Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 20 January 2014
Notes:
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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 Monday 20 January 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 20 January 2014
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
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff of each grade in the Law Officers' Departments have the authority to make a purchase; what proportion of those staff have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used to assess procurement officers' performance are.
(183473)
2
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been initiated by each Crown Prosecution Service area in the last 12 months.
(183826)
3
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Attorney General, how many bankers have been prosecuted by the (a) Serious Fraud Office and (b) Crown Prosecution Service for financial crimes in each of the last six years.
(183831)
4
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Attorney General, how many EU directives the Law Officers' Departments have transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183858)
5
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 428W, on the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), what responses the Director of the SFO has received to his letters.
(183889)
6
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what recent representations (a) he and (b) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office have received on the safety and whereabouts of Abbas Yazdi.
(183435)
7
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (b) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and (c) the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the disappearance of Abbas Yazdi.
(183436)
8
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, whether decisions by the Serious Fraud Office to comply with requests from overseas jurisdictions for mutual legal assistance are subject to a binding assessment of whether they comply with the Human Rights Act 1998.
(183437)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
9
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of manufacturing activity in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years; and what assessment he has made of future capacity in that sector.
(183518)
10
N
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce an online claim facility for disabled students' allowance.
(183414)
11
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 13 November 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A Ali.
(183745)
12
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 10 December 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr K Joslin.
(183746)
13
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to increase the number of UK Trade & Investment staff in the West Midlands.
(183544)
14
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support UK Trade & Investment West Midlands received from the Government in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2013.
(183545)
15
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade & Investment employees in the West Midlands were focused on attracting inward investment to Shropshire in (a) 2010, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(183546)
16
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of exports from UK Trade & Investment-assisted projects in Shropshire in (a) 2010, (b) 2012 and (c) 2008.
(183547)
17
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many overseas trade delegations UK Trade & Investment West Midlands organised for Shropshire firms in (a) 2008, (b) 2010 and (c) 2012.
(183578)
18
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to encourage inward investment to their area; and what guidance he gives LEPs on steps they should take to differentiate their area from other parts of the UK.
(183764)
19
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many non-medical scientists have been found to have committed research misconduct in the last 30 years.
(183735)
20
N
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions, either oral or in writing, he has had with the Scottish Government regarding future sales of the student loan book.
(183494)
21
N
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2013, Cm 8747, paragraph 2.16, what response he has received from the Scottish Government to the Government's proposal for future sales of the student loan book.
(183532)
22
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 374W, on Perkins Engineering Review, whether he plans to make a formal response to the review.
(183683)
23
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the next Maternity and Paternity Rights and Women Returners Survey between his Department and the Department for Work and Pensions will be (a) commissioned, (b) collected and (c) published.
(183680)
24
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men who (i) did and (ii) did not return to work after taking maternity or paternity leave in the last year for which figures are available.
(183690)
25
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of flexible working requests which were refused by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) regional location of the applicant in the last year for which figures are available.
(183691)
26
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) men and (b) women in the UK workforce who made flexible working requests in the last year for which figures are available.
(183692)
27
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish a further impact assessment for the Government's revised shared parental leave and pay proposals.
(183718)
28
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183857)
29
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the range of qualifications available for the study of fashion and textiles.
(183733)
30
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Skills Funding Agency on the provision of specialist courses that attract fewer than 100 entrants in an academic year.
(183734)
31
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Skills Funding Agency on the number of qualifications that have been removed in the last three years.
(183752)
32
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the importing of furniture that does not meet the requirements in the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988; and if he will make a statement.
(183749)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
33
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's freedom of information case FOI318708, on what date he plans to publish the latest review of the Precedent Book.
(183404)
34
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from whom clearance for his Department's response to freedom of information case FOI318708 was required; and for what reason such clearance was required.
(183405)
35
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibility his Department has for the Youth Worker Workforce; and when such responsibilities were taken on.
(183709)
36
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183859)
37
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to relocate public sector jobs to areas of England with low rates of gross value added.
(183723)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
38
N
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of current accounts and credit cards through building societies.
(183501)
39
N
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to encourage the development of building societies and credit unions as a method of increasing competition within the retail banking sector.
(183502)
40
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) publicise and (b) support debt advice services.
(183759)
41
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent meetings his Department has held with civil society organisations on personal debt advice; and if he will make a statement.
(183760)
42
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of introducing a reduced level of duty on hand pumped ales.
(183485)
43
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the distributional effects of tax relief on pension contributions.
(183439)
44
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of total tax relief on pension contributions is attributable to contributions to (a) defined benefit schemes and (b) defined contribution schemes.
(183440)
45
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the annual allowance for pension contributions on (a) defined contribution schemes and (b) defined benefit schemes.
(183441)
46
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each grade in his Department have the authority to make a purchase; what proportion of those staff have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used to assess procurement officers' performance are.
(183477)
47
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unresolved tax enquiries there were in the Large Business Service in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 to date.
(183513)
48
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unresolved tax enquiries in the Large Business Service are (a) one year old and (b) more than three years old.
(183514)
49
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which companies the Large Business Service currently works.
(183515)
50
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed by HM Revenue and Customs to work in the Large Business Service in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 to date.
(183521)
51
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with how many companies the Large Business Service worked in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 to date.
(183522)
52
N
Mark Reckless
(Rochester and Strood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate by country of residence of the child he has made of the number of migrants residing in the UK who claimed benefits on behalf of children living abroad during 2013.
(183448)
53
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183872)
54
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice his Department has given to the Overseas Territories on public registers of beneficial ownership.
(183412)
55
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he has received from the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the misselling of embedded swaps in fixed rate business loans by (a) Clydesdale Bank and (b) Yorkshire Bank.
(183782)
56
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of job losses arising through the alleged misselling of embedded swaps to businesses by the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks.
(183783)
57
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fixed rate business loans which have embedded swaps sold along with the loan have been made by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks in the last five years.
(183784)
58
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in corporation tax by businesses registered in Barrow and Furness constituency in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of such taxation was paid by small and medium-sized enterprises.
(183706)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
59
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in England have not increased levels of council tax in each of the last three years.
(183496)
60
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council houses have been sold under the Right to Buy scheme since May 2010; and how many council houses have been completed in that time.
(183497)
61
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities in England have in place a core strategy that complies with the National Planning Policy Framework.
(183498)
62
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the take-up of council tax freeze grant by local authorities in England was in each of the last three years.
(183499)
63
N
Lorely Burt
(Solihull):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of recent changes in burial fees charged by local authorities.
(902050)
64
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had on reforming the way the rateable value of pubs is determined for the purposes of business rates.
(183484)
65
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to promote longer tenancies for tenants in the private rented sector.
(183471)
66
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of measures to promote longer tenancies in the private rented sector.
(183472)
67
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities were in receipt of the Efficiency Support Grant Bonus in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much each such local authority received.
(183478)
68
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many void social housing properties with (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedrooms, (c) three bedrooms and (d) four bedrooms there are in each local authority area.
(183479)
69
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made towards the goal of turning around 120,000 families by 2015.
(183418)
70
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on planning applications in respect of fracking; and if he will make a statement.
(183893)
71
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial assistance was given to Bassetlaw council for the (a) police commissioner elections in 2013, (b) Parliamentary elections in 2010 and (c) European elections in 2009.
(183829)
72
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183860)
73
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for ongoing local welfare provision following the withdrawal of support from the Department for Work and Pensions to local authorities in April 2015.
(183696)
74
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable remote attendance at meetings of English local authorities under conditions similar to those provided in section 4 provided in the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011.
(183810)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
75
N
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when mobile spectrum fees were last increased; and what her policy is on future such increases.
(182305)
76
N
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of increased mobile spectrum fees on the ability of providers to meet coverage targets and continue investment in (a) remote and (b) other areas.
(182306)
77
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority swimming pool operators in the UK have implemented the ASA Aquatics Pathway scheme since its introduction.
(183825)
78
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from amateur swimming clubs that closed because they have not been permitted to teach swimming to beginners through the ASA Aquatics Pathway scheme.
(183827)
79
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many amateur swimming clubs operated in local authority swimming pools in (a) 2013, (b) 2012 and (c) 2011.
(183828)
80
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many EU directives her Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in her Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183861)
81
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the transparency of national governing bodies of lottery-funded sports.
(183809)
82
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Hazel Grove of 23 July 2013 regarding funding for junior potential paralympians.
(183896)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
83
N
Mr Julian Brazier
(Canterbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the regular Army transferred to the Territorial Army during (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(183134)
84
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff of each grade in his Department have the authority to make a purchase; what proportion of those staff have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used to assess procurement officers' performance are.
(183474)
85
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the training of the Burmese army provided by his Department was (a) requested by the government of Burma or (b) initiated by the UK Government.
(183720)
86
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what monitoring his Department plans to undertake to ensure that Burmese army soldiers trained by the UK are not subsequently involved in human rights abuses.
(183721)
87
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183862)
88
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what order the Surface Common Combat System Version 1 will be installed on the Type 23 fleet.
(183894)
89
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department's IT system used for emails has failed in the East of Scotland in each of the last three years.
(183895)
90
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 444W, on piracy, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in partner nations on extending the mandates of the anti-piracy operations beyond 2014.
(183888)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
91
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the Office of the Lord Lieutenancy in County Durham paid in rental costs for its offices for each year since 2010.
(183623)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
92
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many small and medium-sized enterprises have offered placements to people aged 16 to 23 years old as part of the Traineeship Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(183768)
93
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the quality assurance auditing process for the new Traineeship Programme is; and if he will make a statement.
(183769)
94
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the research commissioned by the Association of Colleges on the effect of the reduction in funding for 18 year olds on students from disadvantaged areas and Black, minority and ethnic students.
(183807)
95
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified school nurses there were in (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) Hampshire in each of the last three years.
(183754)
96
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibility his Department has for the Youth Worker Workforce.
(183708)
97
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many SEN students achieved the expected level in English and mathematics at Key Stage 2 in each of the last five years; how these figures compare to the national average in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.
(183401)
98
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the provision of automated external defibrillators in schools.
(183619)
99
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183863)
100
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department was first informed that Alan Lewis was not the Chair of Governors at the Kings Science Academy Bradford.
(183415)
101
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what audit his Department has undertaken of the use of school credit cards at the Kings Science Academy Bradford.
(183416)
102
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who will own the buildings on the site of the Kings Science Academy Bradford once the lease of the site ends.
(183417)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
103
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Coventry and (b) Conventry North East constituency have received assistance from the Warm Home Discount Scheme.
(183516)
104
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the financial effect of Ofgem's decision to remove the prompt payment discount.
(183767)
105
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of households in England were pre-payment customers of energy in each year since 2007; and what proportion of such customers were fuel poor.
(183512)
106
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any plutonium created in UK civilian (a) commercial reactors and (b) research reactors has been put to use in (i) nuclear weapons in the UK or elsewhere and (ii) other military uses since each reactor type first started operating in the UK.
(183738)
107
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much plutonium arising from civil commercial reactors has been exported, to which countries and for which end-use since May 2010.
(183739)
108
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of jobs likely to be generated by shale gas extraction (a) in the next licensing round and (b) at peak production in the UK.
(183480)
109
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of Energy Company Obligation installations in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
(183824)
110
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of fracking to the energy mix in the UK.
(183892)
111
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions on fracking he has had with his European counterparts.
(183833)
112
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on which sites in the UK fracking for oil has taken place in the last five years; how many complaints have been received by the Envrionment Agency about such fracking; and what assessments the Environment Agency has made of the risks (a) of earthquakes or tremors and (b) associated with waste water disposal in each site.
(183884)
113
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the contribution of Eggborough Power Station to UK energy generation.
(183618)
114
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183864)
115
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 337W, on electricity: ICT, what discussions he has had with other government departments on working with data centres to reduce energy usage.
(183885)
116
Dr Alan Whitehead
(Southampton, Test):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which local authority and obligated energy company partnerships planning to undertake solid wall house insulation through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) which had been agreed in principle are now suspended or cancelled following changes to the configuration of the ECO.
(183748)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
117
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, following a recent report on the significant reduction in numbers of the West African lion in recent years, if she will take steps to assist in the prevention of the continuation of the significant decline.
(183677)
118
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the additional £120 million allocated in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England in 2013-14 and 2014-15 that has been allocated to the (a) Lower Don Valley in Sheffield, (b) Ipswich tidal barrier, (c) Derby riverside area and (d) Exeter flood defence schemes will come (i) from departmental revenue and capital expenditure and (ii) through a standard partnership funding framework.
(183874)
119
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England in 2013-14 and 2014-15 has been allocated to the (a) Lower Don Valley in Sheffield, (b) Ipswich tidal barrier, (c) Derby riverside area and (d) Exeter flood defence schemes; and what stage of construction each such scheme has reached.
(183875)
120
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the £148 million proposed to be secured from external non-governmental funding for anti-flooding measures in 2011-12 to 2014-15 is proposed to be generated by (a) income, (b) income committed from each source and (c) allocated to each flood protection scheme.
(183876)
121
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding for flood protection had been raised through a standard partnership funding framework on 31 December 2013.
(183877)
122
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding for flood protection in planned to be raised through a standard partnership funding framework in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(183878)
123
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which 50 flood defence schemes have been prioritised by the Environment Agency; how much has been allocated to each scheme; and what the construction status is of each such scheme.
(183879)
124
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England for 2013-14 and 2014-15 is intended to be secured through a standard partnership funding framework.
(183880)
125
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 had been secured through a standard partnership funding framework on 31 December 2013.
(183881)
126
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 has been allocated to a specific flood defence scheme to date.
(183882)
127
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which projects and schemes have (a) been allocated and (b) received how much funding from the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
(183883)
128
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of Common Agricultural Policy Pillar 2 funding he plans to allocate to (a) fostering knowledge transfer and innovation, (b) enhancing competitiveness, productivity and farm viability, (c) promoting food chain organisation and risk management, (d) restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems, (e) promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and (f) promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas in each year to 2017-18.
(183900)
129
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spend on (a) maintaining existing flood defences and (b) new flood defences in each year between 2009-10 and 2013-14; and what his Department's (i) revenue, (ii) capital and (iii) total expenditure on flood protection is planned for each year to 2024-25.
(183901)
130
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 292, on maintaining the current appearance of uplands, if he will amend his policy so as to support farmers to reforest upland areas across the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(183722)
131
Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) maximise the biodiversity benefits of high nature value (HNV) farming; and what steps he is taking to ensure that HNV farming is effectively monitored.
(183890)
132
Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on bovine tuberculosis, how many of the 120 badgers which were subject to post mortem examination were found to have bovine tuberculosis.
(183898)
133
Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on bovine tuberculosis, what steps he is taking to ensure the independence of the assessment of the effectiveness of the trials.
(183899)
134
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department will measure benefits to farmers from the implementation of the recommendations of the MacDonald Taskforce.
(183821)
135
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he intends to implement those recommendations of the MacDonald report concerned with earned recognition.
(183822)
136
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department plans to measure any benefits to farmers arising from implementation of the recommendations of the Macdonald Taskforce on farming regulation.
(183838)
137
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Humber Flood Risk Management Strategy and its ability to better protect local communities from flooding in the future.
(183617)
138
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183865)
139
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department gives to farmers to plant trees on high lands as a means of counteracting flooding; and if he will make a statement.
(183447)
140
N
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to publish the Independent Experts Panel report on the recent pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
(183504)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
141
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Thailand to encourage that country to provide safe shelter to Rohingya children and their families who arrive there by boat.
(183726)
142
N
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions (a) his special advisers or (b) officials in his private office have met senior staff of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; and what was discussed on each such occasion.
(183688)
143
N
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has met the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; and what was discussed on each such occasion.
(183689)
144
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in each of the last 12 months.
(183766)
145
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representation the UK intends to send to the second conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons in Nayarit, Mexico on 13-14 February 2014.
(183740)
146
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on the review of the balance of competitiveness of the EU.
(183891)
147
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff of each grade in his Department have the authority to make a purchase; what proportion of those staff have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used to assess procurement officers' performance are.
(183475)
148
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received of violations of international law taking place in Burma.
(183719)
149
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183866)
150
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will assist the Overseas Territories to set up public registers of beneficial company ownership.
(183409)
151
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has (a) written or (b) spoken to the leaders of any of the Overseas Territories to encourage them to create public registries of beneficial company ownership.
(183413)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
152
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems his Department has in place to monitor the number of people who have not received information leaflets about the GP extraction service.
(183399)
153
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the dates, agendas and minutes of any meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had on the GP extraction service.
(183400)
154
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the increase in work for GPs as a result of patients having to visit their GP surgery to opt out of the GP extraction service.
(183449)
155
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason patients cannot opt out of the GP extraction service online.
(183450)
156
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients can opt out of the GP extraction service by telephone.
(183451)
157
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 (i) one month and (ii) two months from an urgent referral for suspected cancer to the beginning of treatment in each of the last three years.
(183519)
158
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of adults with high blood cholesterol in England.
(183736)
159
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the prevention, early identification and treatment of hepatitis C.
(183787)
160
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 417W, on mental health, what the roles and job titles are of the 16.1 people employed to work solely on mental health policy.
(183533)
161
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 417W, on mental health, how many people his Department employs (a) in total and (b) to work on all other aspects of health policy excluding mental health.
(183534)
162
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 425W, on training, what professional coaching (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have received between May 2010 and January 2013; and what the cost was of that coaching.
(183535)
163
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department has met representatives to the Action on Smoking and Health charity since July 2013; how many such meetings have been held to discuss proposals for standardised tobacco packaging; and who was present at each such meeting.
(183770)
164
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding the Action on Smoking and Health charity received from his Department in the last year; and what assessment he has made of how these funds have been spent.
(183771)
165
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions he or his Department met an organisation, group or person to discuss tobacco control regulation in the last year; who attended each such meeting; which aspect of tobacco control was discussed at each such meeting; and what the date was of each such meeting.
(183781)
166
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department met representatives of the charity Action on Smoking and Health to discuss the Tobacco Products Directive in the last year; and who was present at each such meeting.
(183785)
167
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he is satisfied that the guidance contained in the Chief Medical Officer's letter to GPs and hospitals on the illegality of sex-selective abortions has been followed; and if he will publish the evidence upon which he bases that judgement.
(183812)
168
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many parliamentary constituencies there is a minor injuries unit; when each of these was established; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients attending minor injuries units.
(183407)
169
Dr Liam Fox
(North Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his letter to the right hon. Member for North Somerset of 15 May 2013, what the evidential basis is for the statement that (a) muscular dystrophy is caused by mitochondrial disease and (b) cases of muscular dystrophy could be prevented by new techniques which aim to prevent mitochondrial disorders.
(183835)
170
Dr Liam Fox
(North Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his letter to the right hon. Member for North Somerset of 15 May 2013, for what reason it was (a) stated that muscular dystrophy is caused by mitochondrial disease and (b) implied that cases of muscular dystrophy could be prevented by new techniques which aim to prevent mitochondrial disorders.
(183836)
171
Dr Liam Fox
(North Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his letter to the right hon. Member for North Somerset of 15 May 2013, what the evidential basis is for the statement that proposed new treatments to prevent mitochondrial disorders are not similar to cloning; and under what activities the Newcastle licence for pronuclear transfer (R0153) is covered.
(183837)
172
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to appoint a permanent chair of Monitor.
(183356)
173
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent general practitioners were employed in general practices in Fareham constituency in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14 to date.
(183811)
174
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list all the current investigations by health establishments into the Savile abuse scandals; and what estimate he has made of when each investigation will publish their findings.
(183710)
175
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the enquiries and subsequent report into health establishments involved with the Savile abuse scandal will be independent and rigorous.
(183711)
176
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on reorganising and registering stillbirths before 24 weeks gestation and differentiating such births from miscarriages.
(183712)
177
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183867)
178
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for access to NHS counselling services in each of the last 10 years.
(183727)
179
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which drugs are the five most frequently prescribed in the NHS for treatment of anxiety and depression.
(183732)
180
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS of prescriptions was for anti-depressant drugs in each of the last 10 years.
(183737)
181
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-depressants were issued in (a) England, (b) each region of England and (c) each health authority area in each of the last 10 years.
(183743)
182
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) children were referred through the NHS for counselling to treat depression and anxiety in each of the last 10 years.
(183744)
183
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 414W, on health: children, if he will commission a sample study or a review of sample studies to discover the levels of unfitness in school children.
(183886)
184
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a decision will be made on the application for extra funding made by NHS Manor Hospital, Walsall arising from extra demands from patients arising from external situations.
(183622)
185
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on issuing death certificates for babies who are still-born or who die within 24 hours of birth; and what recent representations he has received on reviewing that policy.
(183705)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
186
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of domestic violence in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what assistance her Department offers to victims of domestic violence.
(183517)
187
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers under which EU citizens may be administratively removed from the UK; what conditions must be fulfilled for such removals to take place; and how many people of what EU nationality have been so removed in each year since 2008-09.
(183495)
188
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that when police officers are involved in the shooting of civilians, the officers involved are immediately interviewed separately about the incident.
(183724)
189
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who ordered the vehicle in which Mark Duggan had been travelling to be removed from the crime scene without forensic examination.
(183750)
190
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to identify and discipline (a) Metropolitan Police officers and (b) members of the Independent Police Complaints Commission who claimed after his death that Mark Duggan had exchanged gunfire with officers.
(183753)
191
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will order an inquiry into the police handling of the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan.
(183788)
192
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained in immigration removal centres for the purpose of age assessment in the last 12 months; and how many were found to be (a) adults and (b) children.
(183481)
193
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time is that a person has been held in an immigration removal centre pending an age assessment in the last 12 months.
(183482)
194
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time is that a person who has been defined as an age dispute case has been held in an immigration removal centre pending release to local authority care in the last 12 months.
(183483)
195
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of policing the badger cull for the (a) original six week period and (b) extension period in (i) Gloucestershire and (ii) Somerset.
(183823)
196
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 2 December 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Muhammad Asif.
(183747)
197
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of each grade in her Department have the authority to make a purchase; what proportion of those staff have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used to assess procurement officers' performance are.
(183476)
198
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU directives her Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in her Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183868)
199
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2013, Official Report, column 438W, on offenders: deportation, what steps she is taking to deport Paulo Sapstyn.
(183897)
200
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time is that an individual who has been defined as an age dispute case has been held in an immigration removal centre pending release to local authority care in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(183008)
201
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time is that an individual who has been held in an immigration removal centre pending an age assessment in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(183009)
202
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been detained in immigration removal centres for the purpose of age assessment in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many of those individuals were found to be (a) adults and (b) children.
(183010)
203
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether decisions by the UK Central Authority to grant requests from overseas jurisdictions for mutual legal assistance are subject to a binding assessment of whether or not they would comply with the Human Rights Act 1998.
(183541)
204
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on granting requests for mutual legal assistance from countries with which the UK does not have diplomatic relations.
(183542)
205
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecuting officers in immigration appeal cases were awarded bonuses or other extras in appreciation of their work in the last five years.
(183402)
206
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions in immigration cases were decided in favour of the appellant (a) a week before the appeal date, (b) a day before the appeal date and (c) on the day of the appeal date.
(183403)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
207
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions he has had with contractors providing services to the House on their duty to monitor the undertakings of subcontractors, including payment of the London Living Wage to all staff.
(183751)
208
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 477W, on occupational health, what budgets were available for services provided to staff of the House to enhance their health and well-being by outside providers including occupational therapists, counselling, classes and other activities.
(183758)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
209
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her Burmese counterpart on minimising threats to humanitarian staff and aid operations in Rakhine state.
(183725)
210
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to allocate development aid equal to 0.7 per cent of UK Gross National Income in 2014-15; and what estimate she has made of this allocation in cash terms.
(183675)
211
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many EU directives her Department and non-departmental public body has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in her Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183869)
212
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce preventable newborn mortality in Liberia.
(183410)
213
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce preventable newborn mortality in Sierra Leone.
(183411)
214
Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance funding, adjusted participation was allocated to the Ministry of Defence in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
(183757)
215
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2013, Official Report, column 366W, on developing countries: genetically modified organisms, when she expects to be able to assess the results of those independent studies.
(183887)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
216
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appellants in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England are waiting for the Tribunals Service to list their first-tier tribunal social security and child support appeal in respect of employment and support allowance.
(183520)
217
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the value of property sold by receivers appointed under the Law of Property Act 1925 in the last year.
(183550)
218
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce a register for receivers appointed under the Law of Property Act 1925.
(183551)
219
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have (a) sought and (b) obtained compensation through the courts for breaches of the Law of Property Act 1925.
(183552)
220
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what minimum qualifications receivers appointed under the Law of Property Act 1925 have to hold.
(183553)
221
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which five offences have recorded the highest number of convicted repeat offenders in the last year.
(183554)
222
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when workshops have been closed at HM Prison Risley since October 2013.
(183443)
223
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which wings at HM Prison Risley have been locked down for half a day due to staff shortages since October 2013.
(183444)
224
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a wing at HM Prison Risley has been locked down during the lunch period since 1 October 2013.
(183445)
225
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many establishments within the prison estate currently have contracts to undertake dry cleaning; and which firms are so contracted.
(183446)
226
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme of a failure to have in place a robust operational design.
(183802)
227
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme if complex human resource issues such as grievances cannot be resolved within the exact timescales.
(183803)
228
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme from difficult and protracted union negotiations.
(183804)
229
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme if the Payment by Results model does not encourage contract providers to invest in services.
(183805)
230
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme from increased costs, lack of funding and pension issues which are unresolved.
(183806)
231
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183870)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
232
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she or Ministers in her Department have discussed banking issues with the Co-operative Bank since 2010.
(183830)
Questions to the Prime Minister
233
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Prime Minister, what resources of his Office were used to invite Conservative councillors to a meeting in Beckingham on 13 January 2014.
(183832)
234
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Prime Minister, in what capacity he met local Conservative councillors in Beckingham on 13 January 2014; and on how many occasions in 2013 he met Conservative councillors without inviting the hon. Member or councillors for the area in which the meeting took place.
(183834)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
235
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2013, Official Report, column 629W, on driving: young people, what his timetable is for consideration of the issue of young driver safety.
(183503)
236
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times since May 2010 he has used his statutory powers to require train operators to comply with the terms of their franchise agreements to use reasonable endeavours to ensure that passengers do not have to queue at a ticket office for more than five minutes during periods of peak demand or for more than three minutes at any other time.
(183761)
237
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he intends to take against train operators who do not decrease the time taken to buy a ticket.
(183762)
238
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the rail industry on the maintenance of electronic ticket machines at stations.
(183763)
239
Sir Peter Luff
(Mid Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Government asked for the removal of Article 6(e) from the EU Commission's proposal for a revision of Regulation 2027/97/EC; and what his Department's policy is on Article 6(e) of that proposal.
(183765)
240
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions have been undertaken by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency against owners of foreign-registered vehicles that have remained in the UK beyond registration deadline in the last year.
(183615)
241
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183871)
242
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to enable the hydrogen fuel industry to compete effectively and secure a position for itself as a viable part of the transport mix.
(183786)
243
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support the hydrogen fuelling market; and what the Government's proposed timeline for implementing these measures is.
(183808)
244
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the Green Paper on young driver safety.
(183408)
245
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of car insurance for young drivers.
(183438)
246
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to implement recommendation 10 of the preliminary report of the Review of Investigation and Closure Procedures for Motorway Incidents, published in May 2011.
(183704)
247
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of three dimensional laser scanning technology in reducing motorway closure times; and if he will provide further roll-out to police forces subsequent to the funding awards made in December 2011.
(183707)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
248
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Inspiring Women Campaign will be extended to Northern Ireland.
(183741)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
249
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the rules limiting claimants of jobseeker's allowance taking up training on a part-time basis of less than 16 hours per week on levels of participation in training programmes in those constituent parts of the UK where the youth unemployment rate exceeds 7 per cent.
(183780)
250
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to complete a review of the operation of local discretionary welfare provision in 2013-14 before discontinuing funding for such provision.
(183548)
251
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from local authorities on the effect of changes to local discretionary welfare provision on the local provision of food banks.
(183549)
252
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) disability living allowance and (d) housing benefit in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral; and what the average duration of each such claim is.
(183500)
253
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of including pre-1997 indexation in determining the pensions of those covered by the Financial Assistance Scheme.
(183684)
254
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of increasing to 100 per cent the pension rights payable to those covered by the Financial Assistance Scheme.
(183685)
255
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average pension is payable to those people covered by the Financial Assistance Scheme.
(183686)
256
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total value of pension liabilities covered by the Financial Assistance Scheme.
(183687)
257
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's annual contribution to an auto-enrolment pension scheme is for an employee earning (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000 and (d) £40,000 a year.
(183442)
258
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington North constituency have been living in the same property and in receipt of council tax benefit since 1996; and what estimate he has made of the number of these people who have (a) received transitional council tax benefit, (b) erroneously had their benefit cancelled and (c) moved home following erroneous deductions from their benefit.
(183406)
259
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens of Romania and Bulgaria registered for a national insurance number in the first two weeks of January 2014.
(183616)
260
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many EU directives his Department has transposed into UK law since 2010; and how many directly acting EU regulations have come into effect in his Department's area of responsibility in the same period.
(183873)
261
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in each Jobcentre Plus office serving Corby constituency in each month since May 2010.
(183674)
262
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information the Government has recently made available about accessing local welfare provision in their area.
(183697)
263
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding will be made available to local authorities to implement the local support services framework for universal credit; and when such funding will be made available.
(183698)
264
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in appointing a Chief Executive for the Health and Safety Executive; and if he will make a statement.
(183678)
265
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what spending in cash terms is projected on housing benefit in each of the next three years; and how much it is projected to be in respect of (a) out-of-work claimants and (b) claimants in work in each year.
(183679)
266
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the spending on housing benefit has been in cash terms in each year since 2009; and how much was paid in respect of (a) out-of-work claimants and (b) claimants in work in each year.
(183681)
267
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the employment prospects of those aged over 50.
(183682)
268
N
Derek Twigg
(Halton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been wrongly identified as liable to pay the under-occupancy penalty in Halton constituency.
(183531)
269
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make changes to the Atos assessment system to make sure that those with severe progressive conditions, who would struggle to find employment, are not deemed fit to work by Atos.
(183620)
270
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to Atos Healthcare on the fitness to work of those with (a) multiple scelrosis and (b) other severe progressive conditions.
(183621)
271
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will exclude war disablement pensions as a source of income when assessing benefits.
(183742)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
272
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change in the aggregate household debt in the UK was between 1 July 2010 and 1 July 2013.
[Transferred]
(183676)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
273
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken in advance of National Registration Day; and if he will create a National Registration (a) Week and (b) Month.
[Transferred]
(183756)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
274
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which local authorities are providing live birth data to Sure Start children's centres; and what guidance he has provided to local authorities and local NHS providers.
[Transferred]
(183699)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
275
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Portsmouth South constituency under the age of 25 years old are recipients of housing benefit.
[Transferred]
(183755)