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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 23 October 2013

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Wednesday 23 October 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Wednesday 23 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.

Wednesday 23 October  
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2013, Official Report, column 855W, on Sri Lanka, which UK companies will attend the Commonwealth Business Forum; and what discussions his Department has had with such companies about the UK Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.
      (172112)
2  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions Ministers or officials of his Department, including the UK Export Control Organisation, have had with their EU counterparts on the unlicensed export of intrusion software from UK-based companies.
      (172205)
3  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers, (c) officials in his Department and (d) the UK Export Control Organisation has had with their EU counterparts on the unlicensed export of Finfisher intrusion software from the UK.
      (172210)
4  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's policy is on the use of geographical telephone numbers to allow the public to contact his Department.
      (172271)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
5  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer if all alcohol duty were frozen in 2014.
      (172154)
6  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of a freeze in alcohol duty in 2014 on consumption of (a) wine, (b) beer, (c) spirits and (d) cider.
      (172155)
7  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made on the cost to the Exchequer of scrapping the alcohol duty escalator and increasing the level of alcohol duty by inflation in the 2014 financial year.
      (172165)
8  
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has revised its estimates first made in the 2013-14 Budget Red Book for the collection of land tax stamp duty.
      (172275)
9  
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the collection of land tax stamp duty in the 2013-14 financial year.
      (172276)
10  
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Equitable Life policyholders who are eligible for a one-off payment of £5,000 have been contacted to date; and how many policyholders he expects to be eligible for compensation.
      (172147)
11  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale between submission of the full business case for the redevelopment of the Royal Sussex Hospital put forward by Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and (a) final approval and (b) release of funding; and if he will make a statement.
      (172158)
12 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 147W, on children: day care, if he will publish a list of all stakeholders consulted as part of his Department's consultation on tax-free childcare.
      (172118)
13 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) businesses, (b) parents and (c) other groups or organisations responded to his Department's consultation on tax-free childcare; what proportion of such respondents supported a tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement.
      (172121)
14 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost to the Exchequer of the tax and national insurance exemption for employer-provided childcare vouchers.
      (172129)
15 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief for workplace nurseries in each year that such relief has been available.
      (172130)
16  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the exclusion of rural areas in Wales from bids for a fuel duty reduction.
      (172150)
17  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the criteria for inclusion in the bids for fuel duty reductions was; and if he will make a statement.
      (172151)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
18  
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have used powers under section 69 of the Localism Act 2011 to grant business rate relief since April 2012; and what the total value is of such relief granted by each authority.
      (172196)
19  
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount (a) received from the Government and (b) reimbursed to bus operators by local authorities for statutory concessionary bus passes in the last year for which figures are available.
      (172164)
20  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total cost of ensuring that all public buildings have changing facilities for disabled adults.
      (172217)
21  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the availability of public changing facilities for disabled adults in (a) Sunderland, (b) the North East and (c) England.
      (172218)
22  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the provision of changing facilities for disabled adults in (a) public buildings and (b) other premises open to the public.
      (172219)
23  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fatalities there were due to home accidents caused by use or misuse of electrical installations in each of the last 10 years.
      (172194)
24  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the use of geographical telephone numbers to allow the public to contact his Department.
      (172270)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
25  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2013, Official Report, column 613, on exercise: young offender institutions, what changes in (a) participation levels and (b) crime rates her Department noted as a result of Sport England-funded projects which work directly with young offenders and young offenders' institutions since 2011.
      (172220)
26  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on the use of geographical telephone numbers to allow the public to contact her Department.
      (172269)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
27  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many submarines of (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the US Navy and (c) other navies have docked at the Z-berth at Gibraltar since 2001.
      (172143)
28  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the UK military base in Gibraltar played in Operation Ellamy.
      (172144)
29  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the use of mindfulness in treating post traumatic stress disorder.
      (172204)
30  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice his Department has (a) sought and (b) received on the GoCo model from (i) Deloitte, (ii) PwC, (iii) Ernst & Young and (iv) KPMG; and if he will place a copy of any such advice in the Library.
     R (172160)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
31  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he has met members of the Welsh Government at which the Constitutional Convention was discussed in the last 12 months; and who attended each such meeting.
      (172149)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
32  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2013, Official Report, column 600W, on schools: sports, what steps he is taking to encourage girls to take part in more physical education at school and to make sport more attractive to girls; and what change in participation level in school sports there has been since the launch of Changing the Game for Girls programme.
      (172216)
33 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted has expressed concern about any free schools to his Department.
      (172079)
34 N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department expects to begin consultation on the building design standard for school premises first announced in November 2011 in respect of (a) guidance on fire sprinklers in particular and (b) other matters.
      (171890)
35  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childminders have been registered in (a) Harlow, (b) the East of England and (c) England in the last 10 years.
      (172159)
36  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on the use of geographical telephone numbers to allow the public to contact his Department.
      (172268)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
37 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Arctic Policy Framework published on 17 October 2013, of which environmental risks associated with oil, gas and mining activities in parts of the Arctic the UK is very aware; and if he will publish the details of what constitute the highest environmental and drilling standards in the Arctic advocated by the UK.
      (172140)
38  
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to determine which technologies are deemed credible to reuse plutonium at the end of the nuclear fuel cycle; and what the reasons are for the time taken to make that decision.
      (172277)
39  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely level of tar shale deposits in the Vale of Clwyd.
      (172206)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
40 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to ensure that people in food poverty with mobility limitations are made more aware of food banks and have access to food banks.
      (172111)
41 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is aware of Government or local authority sources of emergency food that can be accessed without food vouchers.
      (172142)
42 N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for transitional arrangements for agri-environment scheme payments before the commencement of the New Environmental Land Management Scheme on 1 January 2016.
      (171463)
43 N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agri-environment agreements will end prior to the introduction of the New Environmental Land Management Scheme on 1 January 2016; and what estimate he has made of the savings that will accrue to his Department as a result of reduced payments during that period.
      (171464)
44 N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of how many farmers will lose agri-environment payments prior to the introduction of the New Environmental Land Management Scheme on 1 January 2016.
      (171465)
45 N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown by (a) size of farm, (b) type of farm, (c) land tenure and (d) geographical location of farms which will lose agri-environment payments during the transitional arrangements before the New Environmental Land Management Scheme commences on 1 January 2016.
      (171466)
46 N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of (a) the average loss in agri-environment payments and (b) the range of reduced losses for all farms affected by the transitional arrangements before the New Environmental Land Management Scheme commences on 1 January 2016.
      (171467)
47  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage sustainable forest management in (a) the UK, (b) Europe and (c) developing countries.
      (172197)
48  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of badgers culled to date have been infected with tuberculosis.
      (172207)
49  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the use of geographical telephone numbers to allow the public to contact his Department.
      (172267)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
50  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of ethnic cleansing and human rights abuses against the Rohingya people in Burma; and what reports he has received on their continued imprisonment in Thai immigration detention facilities.
      (172209)
51  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 84W, on Iraq: Iran, what issues the British Government has raised with the (a) UN and (b) government of Iraq concerning conditions at Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
      (172213)
52  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 84W, on Iraq, what the outcome was of his discussions with the Iraqi Foreign Minister in February on the humanitarian situation at Camp Liberty; and if he will make a statement.
      (172214)
53  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2013, Official Report, column 877, on human rights: Burma, what recent representations he has made to his Burmese counterpart on (a) allowing the UN access to military sites and (b) ending the recruitment of children as soldiers in Burma.
      (172215)
54  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2013, Official Report, column 427W, on Burma, what the outcome was of meetings in July 2013 between his Department and President Thein Sein of Burma on the treatment of the Rohingya people and the release of political prisoners; and if he will make a statement.
      (172221)
55 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will open discussions with the US Government on the re-negotiation of the 1966 UK-US agreement on British Indian Ocean Territory; and whether such discussions will include resettlement of Chagossians in their homeland.
      (171929)
56  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of patterns of violence perpetrated against the Baha'i community in Iran; and what assessment his Department has made of the level of threat to members of the Iranian Baha'i community.
      (172211)
57  
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the political situation in the Maldives; and what urgent steps he is taking to help ensure that elections in that country take place as soon as possible.
      (172148)
58  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the government and people of the Republic of Guinea in that country's transition to democracy.
      (172200)
59  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress in stabilising Somalia.
      (172201)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
60 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the interest on the Government's deferred payment agreements will count towards the cap on social care costs introduced by the Care Bill.
      (172084)
61 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with commissioners and providers of social care services regarding procurement practices and the effectiveness of 15-minute social care visits.
      (172078)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
62  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of victims chose to punish offenders by (a) a community resolution and (b) formal prosecution in the last 12 months for which information is available.
     R (172162)
63  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she had made of the implementation of the community resolution scheme in combating crime in local communities; and if she will make a statement.
     R (172163)
64 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average fine currently imposed on rogue businesses employing illegal immigrants is; and how many rogue businesses have been subject to a maximum penalty fine in each of the last three years.
      (172080)
65 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases UK authorities have co-operated with the authorities of another EU member state owing to the provisions of Article 9(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA, as amended in each of the last five years; what the substance and outcome of such co-operation was in each case; whether the Government intends to maintain such co-operation unchanged if the UK ceases to be bound by this Framework Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties; how such co-operation would be maintained; and what assessment she has made of whether this would be at least as efficacious as UK participation in the Framework Decision.
      (172113)
66 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA the UK (a) has and (b) has not implemented.
      (172114)
67 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many joint operations have been conducted in the UK in each of the last five years pursuant to Article 17 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA; how many officers and officials of other EU member states, and from which member states, took part in each such operation; and what the aims and outcomes of each such operation were.
      (172115)
68 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK currently implements all the requirements of Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA; and if not (a) which requirements it does not currently implement, (b) what she estimates the cost to UK public funds would be of implementing these requirements and (c) whether the Government intends to implement these requirements if the UK ceases to be bound by Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
      (172119)
69 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many joint operations have been conducted in another EU member state, pursuant to Article 17 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA involving UK officers or officials in each of the last five years; how many UK officers and officials took part in each such operation; and what the aims and outcome of each such operation were.
      (172120)
70  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new provisions of law or practice the UK would need to introduce if it remained bound by Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA after 1 December 2014.
      (172288)
71 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether security checks for further leave to remain applications are made to (a) UK authorities or (b) external authorities.
      (172131)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
72  
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, which company provides energy to the parliamentary estate.
      (172153)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
73  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on supporting deforestation in developing nations for the production of (a) palm oil and (b) biofuels in rare species' wildlife habitats.
      (172146)
74  
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the Stop TB Partnership's TB REACH programme; and when a decision on funding for TB REACH will be made.
      (172273)
75  
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her Canadian counterparts in the Department for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development on support for TB Reach; and what discussions her Department plans to hold with them in future.
      (172274)
76 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding is allocated to multi-faith initiatives and for preventing communal violence in Burma.
      (172083)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
77  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria he used to decide on the deadline for complaints to the Legal Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement.
      (172156)
78  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of deaf prisoners in England and Wales.
      (172198)
79  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to deaf people during court appearances.
      (172199)
Questions to the Prime Minister
80 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to convene a meeting of Cobra to discuss the close down of Grangemouth refinery; and if he will make a statement.
     R (172081)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
81 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which railway lines increased capacity has been observed as a result of the upgrading of track gauges and associated works; and what the increased capacity on such lines was for each of the last 30 years.
      (172116)
82 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of upgrading track gauges and associated works was on each railway line where such work has been undertaken in each of the last 30 years.
      (172117)
83  
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department made available for new buildings in the local authority areas of (a) East Cambridgeshire and (b) Fenland in each year for which data are available.
      (172157)
84 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been the increase in passenger numbers on the London Liverpool Street and Chelmsford service between 2002 and 2012.
      (172030)
85 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase capacity on the London Liverpool Street to Chelmsford line.
      (172031)
86 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of UK railway stations have steps but no lift access.
      (172082)
87  
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to hold the Highways Agency to account for the time taken to repair pedestrian traffic lights across the A27 highway at Arundel over the last three months.
      (172278)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
88 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vacanies were registered with Job Centre Plus in the (a) Chelmsford parliamentary constituency and (b) Chelmsford Local Authority area in each of the last 12 months.
      (172032)
89 N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2013, Official Report, column 829-30W, on employment and support allowance, what categories of prognosis have been adopted by his Department; when these categories were adopted; what guidance has been issued on determining the circumstances in which a health condition falls into a particular category; and what the evidential basis is for the selection of each category.
      (171291)
90  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency receive jobseeker's allowance (JSA); how many people in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency have been sanctioned and had their JSA stopped in the last year for which figures are available; and how many job vacancies there were in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency in that year.
      (172272)
91  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for jobseeker's allowance at Sparkhill Jobcentre Plus in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what proportion of those individuals were sanctioned in each year; and what proportion of all UK claimants were sanctioned over the same period.
      (172282)
92  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2011, Official Report, column 428W, on employment and support allowance: Brighton, if he will update tables 1 and 2 with figures for the latest period available.
      (172208)
93  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 499W, on welfare state: Northern Ireland, what future flexibilities will be introduced for Northern Ireland in respect of mitigation measures for welfare reform.
      (172195)
94  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department gives on work capability assessments governing those who are terminally ill and have (a) 18, (b) 12 and (c) 6 months to live.
      (172145)
95  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many clients have asked for their work capability assessments to be audio taped; and what proportion of such requests were (a) agreed to and (b) denied in the most recent period for which data is available.
      (172166)
96  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in each region who moved from public sector employment into self-employment in the last financial year.
      (172161)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
97  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 84W, on Iraq: Iran, what the curent immigration status is of the 52 residents of Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty who are seeking resettlement in the UK.
   [Transferred]  (172212)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
98  
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the annual energy bill is for the parliamentary estate; what steps the Commission takes to find the cheapest energy supplier; and what recent consideration the Commission has given to changing the energy supplier to the estate.
   [Transferred]  (172152)

Prepared 23rd October 2013