Session 2013-14
Publications on the internet
The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 29 October 2013
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 29 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.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of sexual discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(172994)
2
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of homophobic or transphobic discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(172995)
3
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of age discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(172996)
4
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of disability discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(172997)
5
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of racial discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(172998)
6
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many employment tribunal hearings have been lodged against the Law Officers' Departments on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity discrimination in each of the last five years; and how many such cases resulted in a ruling against his Department.
(172999)
7
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of employees within the Law Officers' Departments on each Civil Service pay scale have a physical or learning disability.
(173000)
8
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of employees within the Law Officers' Departments on each Civil Service pay scale are (a) white British and (b) from black, Asian and from other minority ethnic groups.
(173001)
9
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of employees within the Law Officers' Departments on each Civil Service pay scale are (a) female and (b) male.
(173002)
10
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of discrimination related to pregnancy or maternity have been lodged against employees of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies by (i) current employees or (ii) prospective employees in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(173003)
11
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Attorney General, what the policy of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is on seeking prosecution of police officers accused of crimes whilst working undercover; whether the CPS is taking steps to examine whether there is adequate evidence to charge Bob Lambert in relation to actions undertaken whilst operating undercover for the Metropolitan Police; and if he will make a statement.
(172846)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
12
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway and (c) Kent to date.
(173031)
13
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his answers of 10 October 2013, Official Report, columns 364-6W and 18 October 2013, Official Report, column 876W, if he will estimate the average annual cost in 2014-15 of a (a) full-time two year degree taught at a further education college, (b) full-time two year degree taught at an English higher education institution (HEI), (c) full-time three year degree taught at an English HEI and (d) four year degree taught at an English HEI.
(172969)
14
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints of racial discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(173021)
15
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints of homophobic or transphobic discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(173022)
16
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints of sexual discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(173023)
17
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of employees within his Department on each Civil Service pay scale are (a) women and (b) men.
(173024)
18
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints of discrimination related to pregnancy or maternity have been lodged against employees of (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies by (i) current employees and (ii) prospective employees in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(173025)
19
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints of age discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(173028)
20
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints of disability discrimination or harassment have been lodged against employees of (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies by (i) employees and (ii) other individuals in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints resulted in disciplinary action.
(173029)
21
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the level of (a) exports and (b) imports between the UK and China was in each of the last five years by sector.
(172923)
22
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the level of (a) exports and (b) imports between the UK and its top 20 trading partners in Asia was in each of the last five years by sector.
(172924)
23
N
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of Cut the Red Tape: Report from the Business Taskforce.
(172837)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
24
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people from Northamptonshire have taken part in the National Citizen Service to date.
(172824)
25
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the relevance of unreleased Cabinet Office 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.
(172829)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
26
N
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what specific targets his Department has put in place for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA); how these targets are measured; what other steps his Department has put in place to monitor the FCA's performance; and if he will make a statement.
(172331)
27
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173069)
28
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce its spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity.
(173076)
29
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies supplied (a) gas and (b) electricity to his Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173082)
30
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place for HM Revenue and Customs' employees who are alerted to loopholes in tax rules.
(173040)
31
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of people (a) who have been moved from a full-time contract to a part-time contract and (b) who have had their number of working hours reduced in (i) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (ii) Renfrewshire, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK since 2010.
(173044)
32
N
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on levying stamp duty on the sale of properties under £2 million.
(172789)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
33
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost to individual members of implementation of his proposed changes to the Firefighters' Pension Scheme.
(172725)
34
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to bring empty retail premises back into use; and what funding his Department has provided for this purpose since May 2010.
(172727)
35
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what evaluation has been undertaken of the A4E's work using volunteers to work with complex cases in the troubled families programme.
(173036)
36
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of the work of private companies working as part of the troubled families programme.
(173037)
37
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse to date due to crime, health and social problems being avoided as a result of the troubled families programme; and how this figure is calculated.
(173038)
38
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of annual local authority spending on flood risk management in each year since 2008.
(172979)
39
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for Bellwin Scheme funding have been rejected by his Department since May 2010; and who made each unsuccessful application.
(172733)
40
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of second homes in the (a) Barrow-in-Furness and (b) South Lakeland council areas.
(172973)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
41
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of volunteer libraries in the country.
(172895)
42
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with libraries about volunteer libraries failing to pay Public Lending Right fees.
(172954)
43
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that volunteer libraries pay Public Lending Right fees.
(172955)
44
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many school age children participated in or accessed (a) dance or singing, (b) playing a musical instrument or writing music, (c) theatre, (d) opera/musical theatre, (e) carnival or circus, (f) street art, (g) visual art and photography, (h) film or video, (i) craft, (j) creative writing and (k) another cultural event in each year between 2009-10 and 2012-13.
(172956)
45
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many 16 to 24 year olds participated in or accessed (a) dance or singing, (b) playing a musical instrument or writing music, (c) theatre, (d) opera/musical theatre, (e) carnival or circus, (f) street art, (g) visual art and photography, (h) film or video, (i) craft, (j) creative writing and (k) another cultural event in each year between 2009-10 and 2012-13.
(172957)
46
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria relating to increasing the participation of (a) women, (b) people with physical or learning disabilities and (c) people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups are included as part of the bidding process for Sport England funding.
(172985)
47
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote participation in sport among (a) women, (b) people with physical or learning disabilities and (c) people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups; and what assessment she has made of trends in such participation since 2010.
(172986)
48
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the proportion of Sport England funding allocated to each funded sport which is spent on encouraging greater participation by women.
(172987)
49
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of households in Barrow and Furness constituency which have (a) 3G network coverage and (b) 3G network coverage by more than one network provider.
(172974)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
50
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on improving and increasing defence interoperability with the UK's (a) NATO allies and (b) non-NATO partners.
(172726)
51
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what geographic telephone numbers his Department advertises for use by the general public.
(173042)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
52
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 69W, on the curriculum, whether any new sources of funding will be provided to assist schools in providing training for teachers; and if he will make a statement.
(172786)
53
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 69W, on the curriculum, what discussions he has had with subject experts, publishers and school suppliers to identify what support for schools is already in place and what is still needed to fulfil the requirements of the new National Curriculum; which organisations or individuals his Department is working with in this area; and if he will make a statement.
(172787)
54
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 69W, on the curriculum, when his Department will have formulated a communications plan for ensuring that schools are aware of the changes to the National Curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
(172788)
55
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2013, Official Report, column 696W, on Education Endowment Foundation, what information his Department holds on meetings between Ministers of his Department and EEF since May 2010.
(172826)
56
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the use of Ofsted to inspect and report upon all arrangements for the teaching of deaf children in schools.
(172983)
57
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve collection of data on deaf children in England.
(172988)
58
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of data sets available to local authorities for accurately identifying children who are deaf.
(172989)
59
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential damage to children as a result of attendance at boarding school from a young age.
(172984)
60
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on establishing a lower limit on the age at which children can full board at boarding school.
(172990)
61
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the risk of potential psychological damage to children as a result of attendance at boarding school from a young age.
(172991)
62
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable children are not harmed as a result of boarding at a young age.
(172992)
63
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training Independent Schools Inspectorate inspectors received on safeguarding and the protection of children in relation to practice in independent schools.
(172836)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
64
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to reduce its spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity.
(173070)
65
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what public consultation and what meetings with stakeholders his Department has held in the Republic of Ireland regarding the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point.
(172825)
66
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by price rises by (a) SSE, (b) Scottish Power, (c) Npower and (d) British Gas in (i) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (ii) Renfrewshire, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK.
(173039)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
67
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the UK's imported food supply enters the UK by (a) land, (b) shipping and (c) air freight.
(172841)
68
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the UK's food supply is produced (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.
(172842)
69
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the current level of the UK's food security.
(172843)
70
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to (a) publish and (b) respond to the findings of the independent evaluation of the Partnership Funding approach for flood funding commissioned by his Department.
(172978)
71
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provisions are in place to cover financial liabilities arising from environmental damage and civil claims associated with shale gas exploration should a shale gas operator be declared bankrupt.
(172980)
72
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with shale gas operators on their ability to meet the costs of (i) environmental clean-up and (ii) civil claims should pollution or damage to third party interests occur.
(172981)
73
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to publish a summary of responses to his Local Air Quality Monitoring consultation.
(172982)
74
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173063)
75
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce its spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity.
(173071)
76
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies supplied (a) gas and (b) electricity to his Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173077)
77
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of that Department's policies on food poverty in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(172902)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
78
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173064)
79
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce its spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity.
(173072)
80
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which companies supplied (a) gas and (b) electricity to his Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173078)
81
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Iran and the persecution of people from religious minorities in that country.
(172827)
82
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has he made of the most recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran and freedom of religion in that country.
(172904)
83
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the situation of members of the Bahá'i faith.
(172905)
84
N
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the human rights for Baha'i in Iran with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, at the Interactive Dialogue at the UN on 29 October 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(172734)
85
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will (a) raise with the Moroccan ambassador and (b) instruct the UK ambassador in Rabat to investigate the injuries caused by police and security forces when breaking up demonstrations in El Aaiun, Western Sahara on 19 October 2013.
(172975)
86
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will (a) raise with the Moroccan ambassador and (b) instruct the UK ambassador in Rabat to investigate allegations that Saharawi homes were broken into and ransacked by Moroccan security forces following demonstrations in El Aaiun, Western Sahara on 19 October 2013.
(172976)
87
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on establishing a UN mechanism to monitor the human rights situation in Western Sahara.
(172977)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
88
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited longer than 18 weeks for treatment in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) the latest period for which figures are available.
(172730)
89
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had to wait more than (a) 28 days, (b) six months and (c) one year for treatment under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in the last five years.
(172907)
90
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what real-terms expenditure on adult mental health services has been in each year since 1997-98.
(172908)
91
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of staffing levels at places of safety in England as defined by the Mental Health Act 1983.
(172909)
92
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2013, Official Report, column 716W, on Warm Homes Healthy People Fund, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of the delivery of the ring-fenced funding and the Warm Homes Healthy People Fund.
(172918)
93
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of staffing levels at places of safety in England as defined by the Mental Health Act 1983 for each year since 1997-98.
(172953)
94
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK have been registered with NHS dentists in each of the last five years.
(172844)
95
N
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions officials of his Department have had with officials of the Department for Education and education departments in devolved administrations on incorporating organ donation and transplantation into schools curricula.
(172692)
96
N
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS Blood and Transplant and his Department plan to conduct a public survey on support for organ donation.
(172703)
97
N
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS Blood and Transplant plans to sponsor a systematic review of the current evidence base on consent for organ donation.
(172704)
98
N
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS Blood and Transplant and his Department plan to publish a national strategy to promote a shift in behaviour to increase consent for deceased organ donation.
(172705)
99
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to ensure that the Government's strategy for recovering NHS costs from those not entitled to free NHS treatment is compatible with its strategies for (a) opposing female genital mutilation and (b) ending violence against women and girls.
(172767)
100
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to ban the use of colouring additives, such as sunset yellow, caroisine and quinoline yellow, in children's medicine; and if he will make a statement.
(172631)
101
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress to date towards the Coalition Agreement Commitment in the provision of 4,200 more health visitors.
(172920)
102
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage NHS trusts to employ more health visitors.
(172921)
103
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of regional variations in standards of post-natal care; and what steps he is taking to ensure consistently high levels of care.
(172922)
104
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173065)
105
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce its spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity.
(173073)
106
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies supplied (a) gas and (b) electricity to his Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173079)
107
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of drug treatment clients with parental responsibility who are prescribed opioid substitution therapy receive their treatment by (a) supervised consumption, (b) daily pick-up and (c) weekly pick-up regimes.
(172898)
108
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug treatment clients who are prescribed opioid substitution therapy also have parental responsibility.
(172900)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
109
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there has been a delay in publication of an evaluation framework for the national drugs strategy; and what the nature of any such delay is.
(172728)
110
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers have received training in mental health in each of the last five years.
(173032)
111
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children trafficked (a) into and (b) out of the UK annually.
(173033)
112
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has put in place to identify victims of child trafficking at UK borders.
(173098)
113
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) cost savings and (b) the number of extra police officers able to be hired if police officer time spent on Police Federation business was not charged to the public purse and paid for by the Police Federation.
(172729)
114
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of time spent by police officers conducting West Mercia Police Federation business during the working day in the latest period for which figures are available.
(172731)
115
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the exercise by immigration officials of powers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 when they detained Baraa Shiban at Gatwick Airport on 23 September 2013.
(172958)
116
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173066)
117
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce its spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity.
(173074)
118
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies supplied (a) gas and (b) electricity to her Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173080)
119
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 UK participation in SCH/Com-ex (99)6 on the Schengen acquis relating to telecommunications.
(173047)
120
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends that actions required of the UK by SCH/Com-ex (99)6 will continue to be carried out, in the same way, if the UK ceases to be bound by that measure pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
(173048)
121
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of how co-operation with other EU member states will be affected if the UK ceases to be bound by SCH/Com-ex (99)6 on the Schengen acquis relating to telecommunications pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
(173049)
122
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 compliance with Council Decision 2008/852/JHA.
(173050)
123
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures (a) the EU, (b) other EU member states and (c) the UK have taken to prevent and combat corruption in each of the last five years as a result of UK participation in Council Decision 2008/852/JHA; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of such measures in preventing and combating corruption.
(173051)
124
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times in the last five years, as a result of Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/852/JHA, representatives of UK authorities have met other members of the network established by that Council Decision; and what the outcome of each such meeting has been.
(173052)
125
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government would seek to continue co-operation and information exchange with other EU member states and EU bodies that was the same in content as that which currently occurs as a result of Council Decision 2008/852/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 this co-operation and information exchange would then be conducted; and what assessment she has made of whether this would be at least as efficacious as UK participation in the Council Decision.
(173053)
126
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms license applications have been rejected on the grounds of a history of (a) domestic violence, (b) violent conduct and (c) drug or alcohol abuse in each of the last five years; if she will investigate trends of such refusals; and if she will publish the results of such an investigation in the Library.
(172735)
127
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to gather information on the number of offences committed involving (a) legally held and (b) illegally held firearms.
(172737)
128
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of head shops selling legal highs in (a) the UK and (b) each local authority area.
(172971)
129
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total value of legal highs sold in the UK (a) by head shops, (b) online and (c) by other outlets.
(172972)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
130
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she intends to take to ensure that women's equality and empowerment are part of the post-2015 international development agenda.
(173026)
131
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173067)
132
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce its spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity.
(173075)
133
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which companies supplied (a) gas and (b) electricity to her Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173081)
134
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK-funded aid programmes in Belarus.
(172906)
135
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spends annually in Belarus (a) directly and (b) with multilateral organisations; and on what programmes such funding is spent.
(172910)
136
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have visited Belarus since May 2010.
(172912)
137
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times she has met Ministers from the Belarusian government since taking office.
(172913)
138
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries her Department's contribution to EuropeAid is directed.
(172914)
139
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what geographic telephone numbers her Department advertises for use by the general public.
(173041)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
140
Sir Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the report shown to Benjamin Mire before his resignation from the Property Tribunal Panel; and if he will make a statement.
(172993)
141
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of district judges at a County court level were (a) male, (b) female, (c) black, Asian and minority ethnic, (d) educated at the University of Oxford or University of Cambridge, (e) educated at other Russell Group universities, (f) educated at all other universities, (g) solicitors, (h) barristers and (i) Queen's Counsel in each year since 2003.
(172831)
142
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of recorders were (a) male, (b) female, (c) black, Asian and minority ethnic, (d) educated at the University of Oxford or University of Cambridge, (e) educated at other Russell Group universities, (f) educated at all other universities, (g) solicitors, (h) barristers and (i) Queen's Counsel in each year since 2003.
(172832)
143
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of circuit judges were (a) male, (b) female, (c) black, Asian and minority ethnic, (d) educated at the University of Oxford or University of Cambridge, (e) educated at other Russell Group universities, (f) educated at all other universities, (g) solicitors, (h) barristers and (i) Queen's Counsel in each year since 2003.
(172833)
144
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of deputy masters, deputy registrars, deputy cost judges and deputy district judges were (a) male, (b) female, (c) black, Asian and minority ethnic, (d) educated at the University of Oxford or University of Cambridge, (e) educated at other Russell Group universities, (f) educated at all other universities, (g) solicitors, (h) barristers and (i) Queen's counsel in each year since 2003.
(172834)
145
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of masters, registrars, costs judges and district judges working in the Principal Registry of the Family Division were (a) male, (b) female, (c) black, Asian and minority ethnic, (d) educated at the University of Oxford or University of Cambridge, (e) educated at other Russell Group universities, (f) educated at all other universities, (g) solicitors, (h) barristers and (i) Queen's counsel in each year since 2003.
(172835)
146
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
(173068)
147
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current waiting time is for inmates awaiting enrolment on (a) domestic violence offender behaviour programme, (b) general offending behaviour programme, (c) sex offender behaviour programme, (d) substance misuse behaviour programme and (e) violence offender programme; and how many inmates are (i) currently undertaking and (ii) on the waiting list for each such programme.
(172732)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
148
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the relevance of unreleased Northern Ireland Office historical documents held at Swadlincote to the work of the Historical Enquiries Team in investigating cases from the past; and whether she plans to release these records to the National Archive under the Public Records Act 1958.
(172830)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
149
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the statement of 24 October 2013 on Haulage, Road Tank Vehicle Compliance, which model of fuel tanker the statement refers to; for what reason they are not in full compliance with the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road; what assessment he has made of the risk posed by such non-compliance to other road users; and what assessment he has made of vehicle inspection services by Bureau Veritas.
(172968)
150
N
Mr Alistair Darling
(Edinburgh South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the punctuality targets are for trains between (a) Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross and (b) Glasgow Central and London Euston; and what proportion of those targets are currently being met.
(172769)
151
N
Mr Alistair Darling
(Edinburgh South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to (a) amend the current punctuality targets for trains between (i) Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross and (ii) Glasgow Central and London Euston and (b) announce any such amendment.
(172770)
152
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current punctuality targets are for franchises on the (a) West Coast mainline and (b) East Coast mainline; and what he plans such targets to be in the next control period.
(172896)
153
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department provides to the (a) Better Bus Area Fund, (b) Green Bus Fund and (c) Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
(172845)
154
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people retained by HS2 Ltd on personal service contracts have been found not to have been compliant with their tax and National Insurance obligations until contacted by the Department's representive looking into this aspect of their employment.
(172915)
155
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 124W, on High Speed 2, if he will list the 48 people who have been engaged by HS2 Ltd in the last 12 months via personal service companies together with copies of their contracts.
(172916)
156
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 120W, on High Speed 2, if he will publish (a) the case for strategic rail alternatives to High Speed 2 commissioned from WS Atkins, (b) the Professional Services Commercial analysis WP7 commissioined from PwC, (c) the professional Services Regional Economic Analysis commissioned from KPMG LLP and (d) the professional services full audit of HS2 Ltd modelling from Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Ltd (SKM).
(172917)
157
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which people engaged by (a) HS2 Ltd and (b) his Department with responsibility for the High Speed 2 project have (a) received bonuses or (b) been contracted with promises of bonus payments; what the value of each such bonus payments was; and what performance indicators were attached to such bonuses.
(172919)
158
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the parliamentary constituencies which the KPMG report on the economic impact of High Speed 2 indicated would be negatively affected.
(172925)
159
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment in (a) infrastructure, (b) rolling stock and (c) stations on the Cross Country Line there has been since 2009-10.
(173018)
160
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment in (a) on-board catering facilities, (b) WiFi and (c) recycling facilities has been made on the Great Western Line since 2009-10.
(173019)
161
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total value of the maintenance contract for the Inter City Express programme train fleet allocated for service on the Great Western Line.
(173020)
162
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total investment in (a) infrastructure, (b) rolling stock and (c) stations on the Greater Anglia Line from 2009-10 to date has been.
(173030)
163
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total investment in (a) infrastructure, (b) rolling stock and (c) stations on the Great Western Line from 2009-10 to date has been.
(173034)
164
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total investment in (a) infrastructure, (b) rolling stock and (c) stations on the West Coast Main Line from 2009-10 to date has been.
(173035)
165
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of Liverpool John Lennon Airport on the (a) North West and (b) British economy.
(172736)
166
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to consult on the terms of the contract to operate Trans Pennine rail services between April 2015 and February 2016; and what form that consultation will take.
(172970)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
167
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of insurance companies in resolving cases of asbestos liability claims.
(172768)
168
Jonathan Evans
(Cardiff North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of reports that pensions providers are refusing low-paid employees pensions under the auto-enrolment scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(173027)
169
N
Andy McDonald
(Middlesbrough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to tackle unemployment among those people who are without work but not currently claiming jobseeker's allowance.
(172828)
170
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of electrical fires in workplaces in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
(173043)
171
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 657W, on employment: disability, if he will commission an impact assessment into the effect on (a) sick leave and (b) health of staff who have returned to work as a consequence of changes to disability benefit.
(173045)
172
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 455W, on credit: interest rates, if he will estimate the number of people with disabilities who have requested a payday loan in each of the last 60 months.
(173046)
173
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the effect on the relative health of claimants and their dependants of changes to the jobseeker's allowance sanction regime introduced in October 2012.
(172926)
174
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the classifications of primary health conditions recorded for claimants of employment and support allowance are.
(172897)
175
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information sources are drawn on in determining which primary health condition should be recorded for each claimant of employment and support allowance.
(172899)
176
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he intends to issue a report on the deliberations of the Work Programme best practice group; and if he will make a statement.
(172901)
177
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Work Programme best practice group has met since 24 April 2013.
(172903)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
178
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 so that it explicitly applies to social media.
[Transferred]
(172911)