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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 19 December 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 Thursday 19 December 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Thursday 19 December 2013

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.

For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.

Thursday 19 December  
Questions to the Attorney General
1 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Attorney General, if he will amend his measurement of performance by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from percentage of cases taken up by the CPS achieving a successful conviction to the percentage of crimes solved; and if he will make a statement.
      (180916)
2 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on the Crown Prosecution Service, what type of offences were concerned in each of the 15 instances where a Crown Prosecution Service review overturned the prosecutor's original decision; and whether it was possible for the suspect in those cases to be re-charged.
      (180894)
3 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), what type of offences were concerned in each of the 57 instances where a CPS review overturned the prosecutor's original decision; and in how many of those instances the suspect was charged.
      (180895)
4  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Attorney General, what assessment the CPS has made of the potential benefits of making evidence of road traffic offences from dashboard cameras permissible in court.
      (181106)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
5 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total number of trading standards officers in each year since 2010.
      (180910)
6 N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many first year undergraduates have paid annual tuition fees of (a) less than £2,000, (b) between £2,000 and £3,000, (c) between £3,000 and £4,000, (d) between £4,000 and £5,000, (e) between £5,000 and £6,000, (f) between £6,000 and £7,000, (g) between £7,000 and £8,000 and (h) between £8,000 and £9,000 in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
      (180892)
7 N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Office for Budget Responsibility's latest forecast of average earnings of growth on his Department's estimate of the Resource Accounting and Budgeting charge.
      (180893)
8  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend credit protection as found in section 54 of the Consumer Protection Act to goods bought through a hire purchase agreement which have not been received.
      (180988)
9  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will re-examine consumer protection law in terms of companies which have gone into administration that have received full payment for goods whilst not releasing those goods.
      (180989)
10  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will re-examine consumer protection law in order to ensure that if a business receives full payment for advertised goods and is in the process of entering administration then that consumer will either receive their goods or a full refund irrespective of method of payment used.
      (180990)
11 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the design sector of each month before the commencement of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
      (180801)
12  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress is being made on persuading timeshare companies to remove the in perpetuity clause on management fees from current contracts with ageing people.
      (181706)
13  
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of electrical product recalls in the UK.
      (180943)
14  
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the EU/US trade agreement; how that agreement would benefit Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
      (181060)
15  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Swindon and (b) Wiltshire in the last five years.
      (181765)
16 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with Andrew Lyman, head of Public Affairs at William Hill plc, in the last three years; on what date any such meetings were held; and what the purpose of those meetings was in each instance.
      (180849)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
17  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the Minister Without Portfolio the right hon. Member for West Dorset, has used an official car from the Ministerial Car Pool since 1 January 2012; and what the departure and destination locations were on each such occasion.
      (181742)
18  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the Minister Without Portfolio the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings, has used an official car from the Ministerial Car Pool since 1 January 2012; and what the departure and destination locations were on each such occasion.
      (181743)
19  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the Minister Without Portfolio the right hon. Member for Rushcliffe, has used an official car from the Ministerial Car Pool since 1 January 2012; and what the departure and destination locations were on each such occasion.
      (181744)
20  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what international visits the Minister Without Portfolio the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings, has undertaken in his official capacity since 1 January 2012; and what mode of travel was used for each such visit funded by his Department.
      (181745)
21  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what international visits the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for Rushcliffe, has undertaken in his official capacity since January 2012; and what mode of travel was used for each such visit funded by his Department.
      (181746)
22  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what international visits the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for West Dorset, has undertaken in his official capacity since January 2012; and what mode of travel was used for each such visit funded by his Department.
      (181747)
23  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers have been employed by the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for West Dorset, since January 2012; and what the salaries, insofar as they were funded by his Department, were of those advisers.
      (181748)
24  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers have been employed by the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for Rushcliffe, since January 2012; and what the salaries, insofar as they were funded by his Department, were of those advisers.
      (181749)
25  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers have been employed by the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings, since January 2012; and what the salaries, insofar as they were funded by his Department, were of those advisers.
      (181750)
26  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been employed by the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for West Dorset, since January 2012; and what the salaries, insofar as they were funded by his Department, were of those staff.
      (181751)
27  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been employed by the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for South Holland and the Deepings, since January 2012; and what the salaries, insofar as they were funded by his Department, were of those staff.
      (181752)
28  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been employed in the office of the Minister Without Portfolio, the Right hon. Member for Rushcliffe, since January 2012; and what the salaries, insofar as they were funded by his Department, were of those staff.
      (181753)
29 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Counter Fraud Checking Service will come into operation.
      (180930)
30 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the extra £210 million announced by his Department on 12 December 2013 was assigned to the cyber security budget; and from where it has been allocated.
      (180931)
31 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget for cyber security is for each Department in each year of the current spending round.
      (180932)
32 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of future funding need of the cyber security programme; and if he will publish that assessment.
      (180933)
33 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
      (180851)
34  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed in (a) Swindon North constituency and (b) Swindon in (i) commerce, (ii) manufacturing, (iii) the service sector and (iv) the financial sector.
      (181107)
35  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in median gross pay in Swindon since 2007.
      (181108)
36  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the occupants of the flats in (a) 10 and (b) 11 Downing Street contribute to a reserve fund to help cover unexpected maintenance and repair costs.
      (181720)
37  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides (a) building and (b) content insurance in respect of chattels not owned by HM Government for the flats in (a) 10 and (b) 11 Downing Street.
      (181721)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
38  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on the Coalition Agreement commitment to work with the Bank of England to investigate how the process of including housing costs in the CPI measure of inflation can be accelerated; and if he will make a statement.
      (180992)
39 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will investigate reports that the Co-operative Bank provided exceptionally low interest rate loans and overdraft facilities to Celtic Football Club.
      (180784)
40 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the UK's loan to the Irish Republic will be repaid in full.
      (180785)
41  
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 202W, on infrastructure, and of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 147W, on written questions, what account he took of paragraph 7.37 of the Office of the Leader of the House's Guide to Parliamentary Work in the preparation of his Answer of 10 December 2013.
      (181048)
42 N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of alternatives to pension annuities.
      (180902)
43 N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the take-up of (a) flexible drawdown pensions and (b) capped drawdown pensions.
      (180903)
44 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received about the Northern Rock Asset Management Group; and if he will make a statement.
      (180770)
45 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on small businesses of the imposition of VAT surcharges for periods during which those businesses were given time to pay; and if he will make a statement.
      (180775)
46 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the additional tax yield has been in each year since 2010-11 as a result of alcohol duty enforcement activities by HM Revenue and Customs.
      (180887)
47 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff have been employed in its alcohol duty enforcement team in each of the last five years; and how many staff he expects to be employed in this area on 31 March in each year between 2014 and 2016.
      (180888)
48 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on alcohol duty enforcement in each year since 2010-11; and how much it expects to spend on alcohol duty enforcement in each year between 2013-14 and 2015-16.
      (180889)
49 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Questions 179068, 179045, 179031 and 179030, tabled by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on 9 December 2013.
      (180837)
50  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for HM Revenue and Customs of the recent High Court decision, R (on the application of Huitson) v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (2011) EWCA Civ 893, in respect of section 58(4) of the Finance Act 2008.
      (180985)
51 N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households who were involved in buying mortgage-backed securities in the UK between 2001 and 2008; and how much compensation those households have received for being sold bad loans to date.
      (180918)
52  
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many months the annual rate of inflation has been larger than the annual rate of growth in average earnings since May 2010.
      (181114)
53  
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of rises in energy prices on the rate of consumer price inflation.
      (181723)
54  
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress his Department has made in implementing the National Infrastructure Plan; and if he will make a statement.
      (181724)
55  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all current letters of comfort.
      (181019)
56  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the Government's capital departmental expenditure limit budget was spent on payments to the private sector as a result of calls on financial guarantees in the financial years 2010-11 to 2012-13.
      (181020)
57  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) the US Administration about the top-level Internet domains .bank and .insurance; and if he will make a statement.
      (181021)
58  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue to the Exchequer as a consequence of NATO's tax-exempt status.
      (181022)
59  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all current indemnities.
      (181028)
60  
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will outline his current plans for infrastructure investment in the UK; what parts of this investment will be targeted at digital infrastructure; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed annual licence fee increases on future private investment in digital infrastructure.
      (180982)
61 N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of progress of redress arrangements for businesses subject to interest rate swap mis-selling.
      (180424)
62 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
      (180854)
63  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 1.50, page 23 of the Autumn Statement 2013, for what reasons business investment is expected to fall by 5.5 per cent in 2013; and what assessment he has made of the implications for government policy of such a reduction.
      (181731)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
64  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued under the Right to Buy scheme to tenants who are considering purchasing leasehold properties on determining the extent of service charges and other leaseholder responsibilities for which they would assume responsibility.
      (180944)
65  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make a statement regarding the proposed merger of Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue services.
      (180948)
66  
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley and (c) Stourbridge constituency will be affected by the proposed £1,000 business rate rebate for any retail premise with a rateable value of under £50,000.
      (181113)
67 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings were demolished by each of the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders in each year that scheme was in operation.
      (180788)
68 N
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to ensure that alternatives to building on the Sutton Coldfield Green belt have been fully explored by the Birmingham City Council Development Plan when submitted in 2014.
      (180781)
69 N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to make an announcement on the local government finance settlement.
      (180890)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
70  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with the BBC Trust the financial effect of BBC network commissions on (a) BBC Scotland and (b) the wider economy in Scotland in the last five years.
      (180983)
71  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the National Lottery has disbursed funds to community groups based outside the UK in any of the last 10 years, other than for the purpose of meeting international development priorities.
      (180984)
72  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to ban adverts for payday loan companies from television programmes aimed at children.
      (181707)
73  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the regional distribution of capital for culture projects across England.
      (180952)
74  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of how public access to radio in the UK will be improved by digital radio switchover.
      (181711)
75  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy that digital radio switchover will only proceed if significant improvements in listening coverage and access are made.
      (181712)
76  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether UK listeners will have the same access to DAB radio in the first year of digital radio switchover as they currently do to AM and FM.
      (181713)
77  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the Department plans to fund local DAB build-out.
      (181714)
78  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the minimum proportion of DAB in-vehicle radio listening in the UK will be before digital switchover takes place.
      (181715)
79  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to improve uptake of DAB in-vehicle radio listening in the UK.
      (181716)
80  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will proceed with digital radio switchover before at least 90 per cent of UK radio listening is digital.
      (181717)
81  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether public funds earmarked for local radio DAB coverage in the event of a digital radio switchover will benefit all radio stations or only stations already on DAB.
      (181718)
82  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria her Department has set for a museum to become a national museum funded by direct grant-in-aid from her Department.
      (181754)
83  
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to change the regulation of the mobile telephone sector.
      (181728)
84  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what specific targets her Department has set for increasing sports participation rates amongst young people; and what recent assessment she has made of progress in achieving those targets.
      (181766)
85 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a list of all paper and electronic correspondence between (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in her Department and Andrew Lyman, head of Public Affairs at William Hill plc in the last three years.
      (180850)
86 N
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will end the statutory requirement for the British Board of Film Classification to clear cinema advertisements.
      (180926)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
87  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when processing of the applications for the Arctic Star medal began; and how many such applications have been processed since that date.
      (181709)
88  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current waiting time is for the processing of applications for the Arctic Star medal.
      (181725)
89  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the proposed modification work on vehicles used in Afghanistan to make them fit for use on UK roads will be undertaken by (a) the Defence Support Group and (b) other agencies or companies; and if he will make a statement.
      (180946)
90  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the companies who will undertake modifications of vehicles returning from Afghanistan to make them fit for use on UK roads have undertaken contract work during operations in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
      (180947)
91  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has (a) allocated and (b) spent to date on the modification programmes for the vehicles bought specifically for Afghanistan to ensure that they are fit for use in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (180956)
92  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security for the armed forces; and how that resolution will be incorporated into the education and training of UK armed forces.
      (181769)
93 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when it was agreed to allow the stationing of nuclear weapons from the US at RAF Machrihanish; who approved the deployment; and how many weapons and what type were involved.
      (180878)
94 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long nuclear weapons from the US were stationed at RAF Machrihanish; what the methods of transportation were to and from the base; what arrangements were in place for storage; and whether RAF aircraft were authorised to deliver the weapons in a nuclear strike.
      (180879)
95 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what US air force aircraft used RAF Machrihanish in the last five years before the base closed.
      (180880)
96  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts about creating a European Reaper Users Association; and if he will make a statement.
      (181024)
97  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department gave to French military operations in Mali; and if he will make a statement.
      (181062)
98  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the papers recently presented to the European Council on Battlegroups and Dual-Use Technologies and small and medium-sized enterprises.
      (181063)
99  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) other European governments on the updating of the European Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
      (181064)
100  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) ministerial colleagues and (b) other European governments with a view to creating a VAT exemption for pan-European defence procurement projects; and if he will make a statement.
      (181065)
101  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2013, Official Report, column 307W, on unmanned air vehicles, what steps he has taken to facilitate referral of remotely-piloted aircraft weapon discharge reports to the ISAF Joint Incident Assessment Team.
     [R] (181719)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
102  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) Christmas card postage in each year from 2005 to 2012.
      (180935)
103  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on Christmas (a) trees, (b) decorations, (c) parties and (d) drinks in each year from 2005 to 2012.
      (180936)
104  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much ministerial private offices in his Department spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) Christmas card postage in each year from 2005 to 2012.
      (180937)
105  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much ministerial private offices in his Department spent on (a) Christmas trees, (b) Christmas decorations (c) Christmas parties and (d) Christmas drinks in each year from 2005 to 2012.
      (181093)
106 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision has been made to claw back funding when free schools fail to recruit projected pupil numbers.
      (180764)
107 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the case of each free school which has been required to return funding owing to low pupil numbers, what the amount of that funding was.
      (180776)
108 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Ministers in his Department each last updated their declaration of interests relating to (a) free schools, (b) academies, (c) initial teacher training provision and (d) other education services.
      (180813)
109 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2013, Official Report, column 226W, on education: young people, what progress his Department has made on examining how data collection would be improved to provide an estimate of that group.
      (180800)
110 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all local authorities provide funding to students aged 16 to 25 with high needs who are in the second year or later of their course.
      (180809)
111  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost of teaching an arts foundation diploma and (b) how many hours of teaching are needed on an arts foundation diploma course.
      (181739)
112  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students obtained an arts foundation diploma in the years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
      (181741)
113  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications of significant incidents were provided to Ofsted for each month of 2012 and 2013 that has been quality assured in full; what the date of each such incident was; whether a serious case review was performed of each such incident; what the age range of the child concerned in each such incident was; what the local authority was; whether the child was a child in care; and on what date Ofsted was notified of whether or not a serious case review was to be performed for each such incident.
      (181014)
114  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications of significant incidents were provided to Ofsted in November 2013; what the date of each such incident was; whether a serious case review was performed of each such incident; what the age range of the child concerned in each such incident was; what the local authority was; whether the child was a child in care; and on what date Ofsted was notified of whether or not a serious case review was to be performed for each such incident.
      (181015)
115  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications of significant incidents were provided to Ofsted in October 2013; what the date of each such incident was; whether a serious case review was performed of each such incident; what the age range of the child concerned in each such incident was; what the local authority was; whether the child was a child in care; and on what date Ofsted was notified of whether or not a serious case review was to be performed for each such incident.
      (181016)
116  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications of significant incidents were provided to Ofsted in September 2013; what the date of each such incident was; whether a serious case review was performed of each such incident; what the age range of the child concerned in each such incident was; what the local authority was; whether the child was a child in care; and on what date Ofsted was notified of whether or not a serious case review was to be performed for each such incident.
      (181017)
117  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications of significant incidents were provided to Ofsted in August 2013; what the date of each such incident was; whether a serious case review was performed of each such incident; what the age range of the child concerned in each such incident was; what the local authority was; whether the child was a child in care; and on what date Ofsted was notified of whether or not a serious case review was to be performed for each such incident.
      (181018)
118 N
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the comparative funding rates for (a) pre-school provision, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) education and training for 16 to 18 year-olds in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (180897)
119 N
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 18 year-olds were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time education funded by his Department in academic years (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and how many of those were studying in (A) school sixth forms, (B) sixth form colleges and (C) further education colleges.
      (180898)
120 N
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement by his Department of 10 December 2013, whether an equality impact assessment has been conducted on the changes to funding for academic year 2014-15 for students aged 16 to 19; and if he will make a statement.
      (180899)
121 N
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason some 18 year-olds are required to take a third year of post-16 education funded by his Department.
      (180900)
122 N
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement by his Department of 10 December 2013, whether the effects of changes to funding for academic year 2014-15 for students aged 16 to 19 were modelled on specific further education and sixth form colleges.
      (180901)
123  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage new childcare providers to enter the commercial market.
      (181025)
124  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures his Department is taking to encourage schools to work with private and voluntary providers to offer after-school and holiday child care.
      (181027)
125  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the expected timeframe for the introduction of a new National Funding Formula for schools is.
      (181029)
126  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to make an announcement on the new criteria for free school meals under universal credit.
      (181030)
127  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 18 year olds were not in education, employment or training in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Hendon constituency in each of the last five years.
      (181729)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
128  
Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of renewable subsidies in Scotland (a) in 2013-14, (b) in the period till 2016-17 and (c) beyond 2016-17.
      (180939)
129  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the impact of policy changes relating to offshore wind farms on Navitus Bay.
      (180991)
130 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the coal industry in the last 12 months.
      (180812)
131 N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Fourth Carbon Budget Review by the Committee on Climate Change, published in December 2013, if he will reduce the renewable heat incentive scheme payments for air source heat pumps in the light of evidence presented on the performance and durability of heat pumps on page 43 of that report.
      (180672)
132 N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to implement sustainability criteria for solid biomass.
      (180678)
133 N
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of surplus funds held by energy providers in respect of bills overpaid by consumers who have switched to an alternative energy provider.
      (180905)
134 N
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made on expediting repayments of funds in respect of overpaid bills held by energy companies on the accounts of consumers who have switched to an alternative energy provider.
      (180906)
135 N
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Statement of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 1095, on annual energy statement, when he will report to the House the outcome of his talks with E.ON, SSE and Scottish Power, Good Energy, Ovo and Co-operative Energy on expediting consumers' switching of energy supplier.
      (180907)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
136  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the £397,000 lost wages to workers identified in Gangmasters' Licensing Authority operations 2012-13 has been recovered to date; and if he will make a statement.
      (181068)
137  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many workers subjected to exploitation identified in Gangmasters' Licensing Authority operations 2012-13 have received compensation; and if he will make a statement.
      (181077)
138  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the safety, humaneness and effectiveness of the badger cull pilots in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
      (181727)
139  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is giving to volunteer-led badger vaccination initiatives such as the Sussex Badger Vaccination project in the fight against bovine tuberculosis.
      (181035)
140  
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to discourage food waste.
      (181061)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
141  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with General Idris of the Syrian National Coalition.
      (181109)
142  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications closure of the Bab al-Hawa supply depot on the capacity of the UK to supply humanitarian aid into Syria.
      (181110)
143  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people engaged in fighting in Syria who are currently affiliated to Islamic Jihad.
      (181760)
144  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, following the suspension of non-lethal support through Bab al-Hawa, whether his Department has conducted a review of the viability of supplying non-lethal military support to the Free Syrian Army through that crossing at Bab al-Hawa.
      (181767)
145  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes the Government will make to its policy on supporting the Free Syrian Army following the takeover of its headquarters and supply depots at Bab al-Hawa by the Islamic Front group.
      (181768)
146  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances the Government will seek before reopening the supply of non-lethal aid to Syrian rebel forces through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing following its decision to suspend aid in December.
      (181772)
147  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the most recent developments have been in relation to the temporary suspension of non-lethal aid to Syria following the breaching of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing in December 2013.
      (181773)
148  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it remains the Government's policy that the Syrian rebel forces should be represented at the Geneva II conference in January 2014 by the Syrian National Coalition.
      (181774)
149  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the government of Turkey relating to the patrolling and policing of Turkey's border with Syria.
      (181775)
150  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the closure of the Bab al-Hawa supply depot on the UK's capacity to supply non-lethal support to the rebel forces inside Syria.
      (181776)
151  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Burmese counterparts to encourage Burma to fulfil its pledge to release all prisoners of conscience by the end of the year.
      (181087)
152  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Burma.
      (181730)
153 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what specialist training or experience representatives of his Department working (a) on the ground in or near the Central African Republic and (b) in the UK to help tackle the current problems in that country have in conflict resolution in respect of sectarian and religious differences.
      (180882)
154 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will review the effectiveness of its strategy on tackling abuse of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (a) in jurisdictions where there is persecution of Christians and (b) in all other jurisdictions where such abuse is taking place.
      (180884)
155 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the extent to which UN representatives dealing with the conflict in the Central Africa Republic have (a) specialist training and (b) experience in conflict resolution in respect of sectarian and religious differences.
      (180885)
156  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he raised the issue of human rights in Azerbaijan during his trip to Baku; and if he will make a statement following his trip to that country.
      (180951)
157 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli government regarding the blockade of Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
     [R] (180769)
158 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the stage of peace talks in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
      (180875)
159 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the Great Lakes region peace talks in the last six months.
      (180876)
160 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on that country signing the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework Agreement.
      (180877)
161 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the government of Guatemala and (b) his EU counterparts on the provisions on human rights and the rule of law in the EU trade deal with Guatemala; and what his strategy is for supporting human rights and the rule of law in Guatemala.
      (180763)
162 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Guatemalan government in support of a free, fair and transparent process for the upcoming elections for the senior judiciary in that country; and what discussions he has had on international observers for those elections.
      (180778)
163 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Guatemalan government on the trial of General Rios Montt and international standards on amnesties; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU regarding due process in that trial.
      (180779)
164 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement at CHOGM in Colombo in November 2013 that, if the government of Sri Lanka does not complete investigations into alleged war crimes in that country by March 2014, he plans to call for an independent international inquiry, what estimate he has made of how quickly after March such an inquiry would (a) commence and (b) conclude.
      (180810)
165  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Israel on the Prawer Plan for the demolition of Bedouin homes without formal land title.
      (180938)
166  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) his European counterparts about updating the European Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
      (181023)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
167 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the House of Lords debate of 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 279, on Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill - Committee, 6th Day, how much was spent on the television-led marketing campaign; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the campaign; whether he has any plans to repeat the campaign; which agency was engaged to make the advertisements; and at what cost those advertisements were made.
      (180886)
168 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of chlamydia were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years, by region.
      (180908)
169 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza inoculations were given by the NHS to people aged over (a) 65, (b) 75 and (c) 85 in each of the last 10 years.
      (180909)
170 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of alcohol-related liver disease were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years, by region.
      (180911)
171  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2013, Official Report, column 322W, on in vitro fertilisation, what the survival rate was of human embryos following pronuclear transfer in available published studies.
      (181736)
172  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2013, Official Report, column 322W, on in vitro fertilisation, what the survival rate was of macaque embryos following pronuclear transfer.
      (181737)
173  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2013, Official Report, column 322W, on in vitro fertilisation, what assessment his Department has made of whether the use of proposed new techniques to prevent mitochondrial disorders will be more or less effective when used with human embryos than has been the case with macaque embryos.
      (181738)
174  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2013, Official Report, column 166-7W on mental health services: young people, how many bed days were recorded for children and young people under the age of 18 who were in a part of an adult psychiatric ward specifically set aside to meet the needs of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services patients, between 2007-08 and 2010-11.
      (181092)
175  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure effective communication of the details of the care data scheme, in particular its opt-out nature, to people with disabilities.
      (180986)
176  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether printed information aimed at the general public regarding the care data scheme is available in formats accessible to disabled people, such as large print or easy read.
      (180987)
177  
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent per capita in each general practice area in Suffolk Coastal constituency in the last year for which data is available.
      (181039)
178  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that women do not experience undue delay in accessing abortion services in the first 10 weeks of a pregnancy.
      (181111)
179  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the declining proportion of abortions taking place at under 10 weeks' gestation; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that women do not experience undue delay in accessing abortion services.
      (181112)
180 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Skills Academy for Social Care graduate scheme; and what plans he has to continue that scheme.
      (180762)
181 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of dealing with domestic violence; what assessment he has made of the effect of domestic violence on physical and mental health; and if he will make a statement.
      (180780)
182 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have an independent domestic violence advocacy service based in their accident and emergency or maternity unit.
      (180783)
183 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of Best and Safest Care by Liam Donaldson, published by his Department in 2007.
      (180896)
184  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which bodies receive the funds accruing from penalties imposed on NHS trusts because of ambulance handover delays; and what restrictions there are on the use of those funds.
      (181034)
185  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 26 November 2013, Official Report, column 143-4, on ambulance handover times, if he will publish the workings behind the figure of 38 per cent; how he assessed that a reduction in delays was as a result of penalty fines; whether any other possible causal factors in that reduction were considered in preparing that Answer; and if he will make a statement.
      (181040)
186  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the number and amount of penalty fines paid by each trust for ambulance handover delays since April 2013.
      (181078)
187  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with (a) ambulance and (b) nursing staff representatives on the effect on staff morale of the penalty fines for ambulance handover delays introduced since April 2013; what his assessment is of the causes of ambulance handover delays; and if he will make a statement.
      (181080)
188  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to NHS England's document Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer Third Annual Report, paragraph 5.17 on stereotactic ablative radiotherpay (SABR), how NHS England plans to examine the potential utility of SABR to treat oligometastic disease.
      (181036)
189  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to NHS England's document Standards for the Provision of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), for what specific cancers other than early stage lung cancer SABR has clear benefits.
      (181037)
190  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to NHS England's document Standards for the Provision of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), section 2.2 Service description/care pathway, what programmes NHS England has in place to measure the cost and clinical effectiveness of SABR treatment for renal cancer, hepatic primary tumours, hepatic metastases, spinal tumours and oligometastases against (a) conventional radiotherapy and (b) surgical procedures.
      (181038)
191  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Public Health England to make available the improved Enriched Culture Medium test for group B Strep carriage.
      (181722)
192  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken from scan to dementia diagnosis is; and whether his Department intends to repeat the scan every two to three years.
      (180972)
193  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance the Government is giving to people who have had faulty breast implants while compensation for those people is agreed.
      (180973)
194  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with medical authorities and Diabetes UK on whether insulin pumps could administer a fatal overdose to diabetics.
      (180975)
195  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetics who use insulin pumps have overdosed in each of the last three years.
      (180976)
196  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died of brain cancer in each of the last three years.
      (180979)
197  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prevent brain cancer amongst children.
      (180980)
198 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
      (180852)
199  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of bed occupancy rates in NHS mental health trusts in England; and if he will make a statement.
      (181755)
200  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the quality of patient care in NHS acute mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
      (181757)
201  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure mental health patients have appropriate access to crisis care and early intervention services.
      (181758)
202  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what indicators will be used by his Department to assess whether the NHS is delivering parity of esteem for mental health and physical health; and if he will make a statement.
      (181759)
203  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress NHS England has made in its review of calculating the proportion of the NHS budget spent on mental health conditions.
      (181761)
204  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness and efficacy of the commissioning of specialised services for mental health conditions following the passage of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
      (181762)
205  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to review the commissioning of specialised services for mental health conditions following the passage of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
      (181763)
206  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what actions his Department is taking to improve and standardise the information in NHS service provider quality accounts; and if he will make a statement.
      (181764)
207 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to support dementia research following the G8 Dementia Summit.
      (180771)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
208 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been subject to removal directions in each of the last three years.
      (180786)
209 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received an immigration decision and reached appeal rights exhausted stage in each of the last three years.
      (180787)
210 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were in the UK illegally have (a) been subject to enforced departure from the UK and (b) left the UK voluntarily in each of the last three years.
      (180835)
211  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identified victims of human trafficking who did not participate in criminal proceedings were granted discretionary leave to remain in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 on the grounds of personal circumstances; and if she will make a statement.
      (181067)
212  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of human trafficking were identified by healthcare providers in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
      (181069)
213  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of trafficking for (a) labour exploitation and (b) domestic servitude were referred to the National Referral Mechanism by each first responder in each of the last three years.
      (181070)
214  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimates she has made of the number of potential cases of trafficking for labour exploitation in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
      (181071)
215  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the selection criteria for first responders to the National Referral Mechanism; and if she will make a statement.
      (181072)
216  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training and support is provided to frst responders, including civil society and local authorities, in identifying trafficking for labour exploitation.
      (181073)
217  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specialist training is offered to asylum case owners with respect to (a) identification of cases of trafficking and (b) working with victims of trauma.
      (181075)
218  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what programmes for rehabilitation and assistance of trafficking victims are offered to victims beyond the 45 day recovery and reflection period; and if she will make a statement.
      (181076)
219  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on human trafficking, what training will be provided to National Referral Mechanism Hub officials; and if she will make a statement.
      (181094)
220  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on human trafficking, whether National Referral Mechanism (NRM) Hub officials will be exclusively dedicated to working for the NRM Hub or whether they will undertake this work alongside other duties; and if she will make a statement.
      (181095)
221 N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 177453 from the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham, tabled on 22 November 2013 for answer on 27 November 2013.
      (180811)
222  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal entrants have been detained at ports of entry to the UK on more than one occasion through the use of sniffer dogs in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
      (180949)
223  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal entrants have been detained at ports of entry to the UK through the use of sniffer dogs in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
      (180950)
224  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entering the UK on intra-company transfers had NVQ Level 4 qualifications in 2012-13.
      (180957)
225  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tighten UK Border Force procedures to prevent criminal activity in regards to gangmasters and smuggling.
      (180971)
226 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people taken into police detention were tested for the presence of Class A drugs under section 63B of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, as amended by section 7 of the Drugs Act 2005 in the last two years for which figures are available; how many such people were referred to a drug treatment programme; and if she will make a statement.
      (180913)
227 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dedicated staff at GCHQ will be appointed to tackle the problem of child abuse material being shared on peer-to-peer networks; what the budget will be of the new taskforce; how it will be organised; which Minister she has appointed to lead on that project; and if she will make a statement.
      (180845)
228 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2013, Official Report, column 313W, on offences against children, who authorised the destruction of 114 potentially relevant files; on what date they were destroyed; and if she will list the title of each file identified by the review that was passed on to the police in the period 1979 to 1999.
      (180891)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
229  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the increased risk of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls in the Philippines due to families in that country taking on additional debt.
      (180953)
230  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the recovery of livelihoods in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan.
      (180954)
231  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) emergency shelter is provided in central and eastern Visayas in the Philippines and (b) early recovery building materials are provided to areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
      (180955)
232  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent fighting in the Qalamoun area of Rif Dimashq in Syria on flows of refugees into Lebanon.
      (180981)
233  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that unregistered Syrian refugees in Lebanon are receiving assistance in coping with winter weather.
      (181082)
234  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic.
      (181083)
235  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of recent attacks on women and children in Mboki and Bouali in the Central African Republic.
      (181084)
236  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to protect children in the Central African Republic.
      (181085)
237  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the spread of measles in the Central African Republic.
      (181086)
238  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the use of international law to challenge restrictions on the delivery of aid to internally displaced ethnic Kachin people.
      (181031)
239  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she had with the government of Burma about their expenditure on (a) health, (b) education and (c) defence.
      (181032)
240  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which civil society organisations in Burma that (a) overtly and publicly promote human rights and democracy and (b) document human rights abuses receive funding from her Department.
      (181033)
241  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which women's organisations in Burma that assist victims of sexual violence by the Burmese military receive funding from her Department.
      (181079)
242  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has made an assessment of the needs of demobilised child soldiers from the Burmese Army.
      (181081)
243 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what specialist training or experience representatives of her Department working (a) on the ground in or near the Central African Republic and (b) in the UK to help tackle the current problems in that country have in conflict resolution in respect of sectarian and religious differences.
      (180881)
244 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will review the effectiveness of its strategy on tackling abuse of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (a) in jurisdictions where there is persecution of Christians and (b) in all other jurisdictions where such abuse is taking place.
      (180883)
245 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and if she will make a statement.
      (180765)
246 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to ensure that assistance is given to the people of Gaza who have been evacuated from their homes owing to flooding.
     [R] (180766)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
247  
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to empower magistrates to require offender supervisors employed by community rehabilitation companies to give evidence in breach proceedings brought before them by the National Probation Service.
      (180960)
248  
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to have completed the handover of all offender supervision cases to (a) the National Probation Service and (b) community rehabilitation companies.
      (180961)
249  
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Magistrates' Association and the Council of HM Circuit Judges about the practicability of dividing the responsibility between community rehabilitation companies and the National Probation Service for reporting breaches of supervision orders and community sentences and the enforcement of the breach in the courts; and if he will make a statement.
      (181088)
250  
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many companies or other organisations have expressed interest in becoming or forming community rehabilitation companies in each of the designated 21 areas specified by him.
      (181089)
251  
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the judiciary and the Director of Public Prosecutions on the lack of common geographical boundaries between the 21 proposed community rehabilitation companies, the police areas and the Crown Prosecution Service areas.
      (181090)
252 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to repeal Section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848.
     [R] (180782)
253 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much severance pay has been paid to prison officers who have been re-employed by the National Offender Management Service in each month since May 2010.
      (180836)
254 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have received severance pay and been re-employed by the National Offender Management Service in each month since May 2010.
      (180839)
255 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the targets for the evening lock-up time have been achieved in each month since HM Prison Oakwood opened.
      (180840)
256 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times prison officer equivalent staff have worked shifts of (a) more than 12 hours, (b) more than 15 hours, (c) more than 18 hours and (d) more than 24 hours in each month since HM Prison Oakwood opened.
      (180841)
257 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in severance pay to prison officers in each month since May 2010.
      (180842)
258 N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to provide safeguards against a person appointed as a deputy by the Court of Protection failing to use compensation awarded for the purposes for which it was intended; and if he will make a statement.
      (180917)
259 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases referred by either the police or the Crown Prosecution Service to either Crown Court or a magistrates' court in London were adjourned (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four or more times in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
      (180912)
260 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people aged 21 and over and suspected of burglary on non-residential premises received police bail in the last two years by (a) police force and (b) region; and if she will make a statement.
      (180914)
261 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people aged under 21 years who were suspected of street robbery received police bail in the latest two years for which figures are available (a) by region, (b) by police force and (c) in total; and if she will make a statement.
      (180915)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
262 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Arriva about bus services on Teesside and in East Cleveland.
      (901719)
263 N
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of pelican crossings, puffin crossings and countdown crossings in operation on national and on local authority roads.
      (180051)
264 N
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the circumstances in which a pelican crossing can have a superior safety record to that of a puffin crossing.
      (180052)
265 N
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the puffin pedestrian crossing accident study published by TRL in March 2011, for what reasons his Department permits local authorities to install new pelican crossings.
      (180053)
266 N
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department needs to commission further research before mandating that local highway authorities discontinue installation or renewal of pelican crossings.
      (180054)
267 N
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance to local highway authorities on the dangers of pelican crossings on roads with multi-lane approaches.
      (180055)
268 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
      (180853)
269  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the expected completion date of the Great Western MainLine electrification works.
      (181105)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
270 N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) York Central constituency, (b) York local authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber (i) had their jobseeker's allowance (JSA) withdrawn as a result of their alleged failure to comply with conditions laid down by his Department, (ii) appealed against that decision and (iii) had their JSA reinstated in October 2012 and each month since then.
      (180919)
271 N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on employment and support allowance in (a) York Central constituency, (b) York local authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber were (i) moved from the support group to the work-related group, (ii) appealed this decision and (iii) were subsequently moved back to the support group in October 2012 and each month since then.
      (180920)
272  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the proportion of people on the Work Programme who possess the basic computer literacy skills necessary to use Jobmatch; what support is available for those on the Work Programme who are required to use Universal Jobmatch but do not possess the computer skills to do so, and how such information is used by providers or Jobcentres to ensure skills gaps are addressed.
      (181708)
273  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobseekers do not have basic computer literacy skills; what support his Department provides to improve the basic computer literacy skills of jobseekers; and how his Department measures the performance of Jobcentre Plus in this area.
      (181726)
274  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter to him from the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland of 20 November 2013 relating to employment and support allowance.
      (181740)
275  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of child maintenance that will be received by parents with care under the child maintenance 2012 scheme in each year up to and including 2017-18.
      (180940)
276  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's final impact assessment of the Child Support Fees Regulations 2014, and pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People of 1 February 2012, Official Report, column 911, on Welfare Reform Bill, what assessment he has made of the costs of (a) establishing and (b) processing (i) application fees, (ii) non-resident parent collection fees, (iii) parent with care collection fees and (iv) enforcement fees.
      (180942)
277  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings his Department expects to achieve following the introduction of fees to use the new CMS collection service, (a) during the transition period of Child Support Agency case closure and (b) once the new statutory scheme is in steady state, as a result of the anticipated increase in the proportion of child maintenance cases where payments are made via Direct Pay rather than via the collection service.
      (181091)
278 N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the guidance given to Jobcentre Plus staff on the provision of information on local food banks to claimants of benefits.
      (180924)
279 N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the latest available statistics and update the figures published to June 2013 on the proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants who have been sanctioned (a) in total and (b) for each of the welfare to work programmes that his Department is currently operating; and if he will publish the figures on a (i) regional, (ii) local authority and (iii) constituency basis.
      (180925)
280 N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps (a) the Pensions Advisory Service and (b) his Department have taken to promote awareness of the alternatives to pension annuities.
      (180904)
281  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the success of the Work Choice wage incentive for young people.
      (181041)
282  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) personal budgets and (b) individual placement and support in the delivery of Work Choice.
      (181042)
283  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the paperwork requirements for verifying job outcomes in Work Choice.
      (181043)
284  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants were waiting for referral to Work Choice in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
      (181044)
285  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how it is possible to transfer between Work Choice and the Work Programme.
      (181045)
286  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to respond to the Independent Advisory Panel Report on Residential Training College Provision.
      (181046)
287  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to expand Work Choice to (a) internships and (b) voluntary work.
      (181047)
288 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Written Statement of 5 December 2013, Official Report, columns 65-6WS, on universal credit, what budget he has allocated to the new digital service for universal credit.
      (180772)
289 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the existing universal credit pathfinder sites.
      (180773)
290 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the freezing of universal credit work allowances will save.
      (180774)
291  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of eligible pensioners that do not currently receive pension credit in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
      (180993)
292  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with pensioner representatives on the under-claiming of pension credit.
      (180994)
293  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for which some eligible pensioners do not claim pension credit.
      (180995)
294  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the number of eligible pensioners who receive pension credit in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
      (180996)
295  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how much his Department spent on publicising benefits in (a) 1997, (b) 2001, (c) 2005, (d) 2010 and (e) 2012.
      (180997)
296  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are eligible to claim cold weather payments in 2013-14; and what estimate he has made of the expected number of such eligible people in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17 and (d) 2017-18.
      (180998)
297 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
      (180855)
298  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time in receipt of jobseeker's allowance is for claimants in Swindon aged (a) 16 to 24, (b) 25 to 49 and (c) over 50 years.
      (181770)
299  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have exited the benefits system and entered employment in Swindon in each of the last five years.
      (181771)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
300  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many pupils entitled to free school meals went to (a) Russell Group Universities and (b) the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
   [Transferred]  (180941)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
301  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children have been diagnosed with cancer in each of the last three years.
   [Transferred]  (180977)
302  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have survived brain cancer in each of the last three years.
   [Transferred]  (180978)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
303  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which categories of migrants are exempt from paying national insurance contributions.
   [Transferred]  (180958)
304  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people entering the UK on intra-company transfers in 2012-13 were exempt from national insurance.
   [Transferred]  (180959)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
305  
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will introduce support mechanisms to help fuel cells and hydrogen energy reach their potential in the UK.
   [Transferred]  (180945)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
306  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many caesarean births there have been in each of the last three years.
   [Transferred]  (180974)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
307  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female victims of trafficking for labour exploitation accessed Government-supported services provided through the Salvation Army in (i) 2011 and (ii) 2012; and if she will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (181066)
308  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of trafficking for labour exploitation received civil or criminal compensation in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
   [Transferred]  (181074)
309  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants-in-person have appeared in UK courts in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the increased numbers of litigants-in-person on the efficient operation of the court system.
   [Transferred]  (181026)
310  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission a review of the effects of the provisions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on referrals to mediation services for divorcing couples.
   [Transferred]  (181710)
Questions to the Leader of the House
311 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent assessment he has made of government departments' performance in answering written parliamentary questions.
   [Question Unstarred]  (901714)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
312 N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of Network Rail's performance in maintaining and upgrading railway infrastructure.
   [Question Unstarred]  (901726)

Prepared 19th December 2013