Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 22 January 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 22 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
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2014, Official Report, columns 564-5W, on fraud, how many of the investigations launched in 2013 and each of the five preceding years were for alleged frauds or other economic crimes of a value of (a) £1,000,000 to £5,000,000, (b) £5,000,001 to £10,000,000, (c) £10,000,001 to £15,000,000, (d) £15,000,001 to £20,000,000, (e) £20,000,001 to £30,000,000, (f) £30,000,001 to £40,000,000, (g) £40,000,001 to £50,000,000 and (h) more than £50,000,001.
(184058)
2
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2014, Official Report, columns 564-5W, on fraud, how many prosecutions of corporate defendants who contested the charge were (a) unsuccessful and (b) successful in 2013.
(184059)
3
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2014, Official Report, columns 564W, on fraud, how many of the Serious Fraud Office-led prosecutions where the defendant contested the charge were (a) unsuccessful and (b) successful in each year since 2008.
(184060)
4
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many people were charged with arson in each of the last seven years; and of those how many were charged with arson with intent.
(184061)
5
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2013, Official Report columns 545-6W, on Crown Prosecution Service, on which date the lease of each of the closed offices expired; and how much was paid by the Crown Prosecution Service in rent for each such office between closure and expiry of the lease.
(184062)
6
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of tax fraud the Crown Prosecution Service (a) charged, (b) disposed of out of court, (c) prosecuted, (d) prosecuted successfully and (e) prosecuted successfully where the defendant contested the charge in each financial year since 2010-11.
(184063)
7
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many people were charged of malicious wounding offences in each of the last seven years; and of those how many were convicted of malicious wounding with intent.
(184064)
8
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many people were charged with grievous bodily harm offences in each of the last seven years; and of those how many were charged with grievous bodily harm with intent.
(184065)
9
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many hours of overtime have been worked by staff of the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years.
(184066)
10
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of hours of overtime worked by each member of Crown Prosecution Service staff at (a) associate prosecutor level and (b) crown prosecutor level and above in each of the last five years.
(184067)
11
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions has he had with the (a) Secretary of State for Health and (b) Director of Public Prosecutions about the effect on ease of prosecution of making it mandatory for NHS staff to report to police suspected cases of female genital mutilation.
(184068)
12
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many advocates were on the Crown Prosecution Service specialist rape panel in each of the last five years.
(184069)
13
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution Service violence against women and girls scrutiny panels have met in each of the last five years.
(184070)
14
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what the total is of travel expenses for staff of the Crown Prosecution Service whose offices have been relocated since the start of the office closure programme.
(184071)
15
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions has the Crown Prosecution Service charged individuals with (a) grievous bodily harm with intent, (b) malicious wounding with intent and (c) arson with intent in each of the last seven years.
(184072)
16
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has offered (a) no evidence in relation to a charge of arson with intent and (b) left a charge of arson with intent to lie on the file in each of the last seven years.
(184073)
17
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has (a) offered no evidence in relation to a charge of malicious wounding with intend and (b) left a charge of malicious wounding with intent to lie on the file in each of the last seven years.
(184074)
18
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has (a) offered no evidence in relation to a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent and (b) left a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent to lie on the file in each of the last seven years.
(184075)
19
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many witness care units have been transferred from the Crown Prosecution Service to the police in the last three years.
(184076)
20
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service spent on paper in each of the last five years.
(184077)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
21
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which sectors have been submitted to the EU Commission for state aid approval against the cost of the carbon price floor.
(184091)
22
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the level of competition in the salmon farming industry.
(184088)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
23
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each such contract following the contract award.
(183958)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
24
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the levels of annual remittances to persons in other countries made by persons based in the UK through banking and financial services systems located in the UK in each of the last four years.
(184103)
25
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the financial services sector to ensure the continuation of facilities to permit remittances to persons in other countries made by persons based in the UK through banking and financial services systems located in the UK.
(184104)
26
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers participated in the regional employer National Insurance contributions holiday in each region.
(184094)
27
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many adults in the UK are not able to open a fully functioning bank account.
(183990)
28
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs paid to private debt collection agencies in 2012-13.
(184001)
29
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private debt collection agencies are currently used by HM Revenue and Customs' Debt Management and Banking unit.
(184002)
30
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was collected by private debt collection agencies on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs' Debt Management and Banking unit in the last year for which data is available.
(184003)
31
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the value for money of (a) HM Revenue and Customs' in-house debt collection and (b) private debt collection agencies.
(184004)
32
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average end to end costs for HM Revenue and Customs are when recovering £1,000 worth of debt when pursued by (a) HM Revenue and Customs' debt management banking unit and (b) a private debt collection agency.
(184005)
33
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the success rate is of private debt collection agencies engaged to act on unpaid debt by HM Revenue and Customs.
(184007)
34
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2014, Official Report, columns 728-9W, on corporation tax, if he will provide figures for all penalties imposed that were (a) paid, (b) discharged on successful appeal and (c) remitted as uncollectable debt for each of the last four tax years; how much remained unpaid at the end of each such year; and if he will make a statement.
(184087)
35
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each such contract following the contract award.
(183962)
36
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent consultation his Department has undertaken with representatives of the Scotch whisky industry regarding alcohol duty.
(183984)
37
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to trace Equitable Life policyholders regarding compensation under the Equitable Life payments scheme.
(183985)
38
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent changes in alcohol duty on the (a) Scotch whisky industry and (b) international competitiveness of that industry.
(183987)
39
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average holding time was for telephone calls made to HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) customer service helpline in each of the last 12 months; what the longest such holding time was; and how many complaints on telephone holding times for the helpline have been made to HMRC in that period.
(184174)
40
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average response time was for a letter sent to HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) customer service in each of the last 12 months; what the longest such response time was; and how many complaints about letter response times have been received by HMRC in that period.
(184175)
41
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document referred to in footnote 76 of page 49 of the Autumn Statement 2013, entitled Upstream Insight: UK advances shale gas fiscal incentives, Wood Mackenzie.
(183372)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
42
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of all paper and electronic correspondence between (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department and Andrew Lyman, head of Public Affairs at William Hill plc, in the last three years.
(183924)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
43
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each such contract following the contract award.
(183959)
44
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to establish new markets for Typhoon aircraft.
(183991)
45
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 251W, on Afghanistan, 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; 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 how much his Department has (i) allocated and (ii) spent to date on the modification programme for vehicles bought specifically for Afghanistan to ensure that they are fit for use in the UK once the necessary negotiations with contactors are complete and necessary contracts are agreed.
(184138)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
46
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students over 18 years old in each region attending further education colleges received funding from the Education Funding Agency in the most recent academic year.
(184014)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
47
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what advice his Department gives to people facing increasing energy bills as a result of standing charges.
(184093)
48
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of households pay for their (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) water by direct debit.
(184101)
49
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the level of potential flaring on shale gas sites.
(183997)
50
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what additional funding the Environment Agency will receive in order to meet the needs of the shale gas industry.
(183998)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
51
Zac Goldsmith
(Richmond Park):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons fish consumers are subject to a levy to fund the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish).
(184145)
52
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether the genetically modified variety referred to as Golden Rice 3 is safe for human consumption.
(183980)
53
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information he holds concerning the uniformity, stability, yields and beta-carotene levels of the latest Indica varieties of golden rice.
(183981)
54
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information he holds relating to the persistence and availability of beta-carotene in golden rice which has been harvested, stored and cooked in normal domestic situations.
(183982)
55
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the merits of (a) golden rice and (b) green leafy vegetables in the diets of people with vitamin deficiency.
(183983)
56
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funds his Department made available to protect homes, businesses and agricultural land to the east of Lytham St Annes from flooding.
(183999)
57
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has any plans to consult on banning or restricting the use of animal snares.
(183986)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
58
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK will send a representative to the conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons in Nayarit, Mexico on 13 to 14 February 2014.
(184084)
59
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will (a) discuss with the Moroccan ambassador to the UK and (b) instruct HM ambassador in Rabat to report on the incidents in El Aaiún, Western Sahara, on 15 January 2014.
(184000)
60
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Bahrain.
(902110)
61
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each such contract following the contract award.
(183960)
62
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Kyaw Hla Aung was raised when a Minister in his Department last met the new Burmese Ambassador to the UK: and if he will make a statement.
(184164)
63
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions the UK is seeking before the arms embargo on Burma is lifted; and if he will make a statement.
(184165)
64
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the UK take steps to ensure the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma; and if he will make a statement.
(184166)
65
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the UK training of military police in Burma; and if he will make a statement.
(184167)
66
N
Mr Michael Thornton
(Eastleigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss the security of the Hazara community in Afghanistan and the effect on this community of the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan in 2014 at the Foreign Affairs Council planned for 20 January 2014.
(183951)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
67
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients waited longer than four hours to be seen in accident and emergency in each of the first four weeks of January in each of the last five years.
(183964)
68
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 728W, on vaccination: immigrants, which body is responsible for commissioning to meet the needs for specific vaccination programmes among migrants who are not registered with a GP when such needs have been identified by a local clinical commissioning group.
(184133)
69
Steve Brine
(Winchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) meetings he has had with and (b) representations he has received from the (i) Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association and (ii) Electronic Cigarette Consumer Association.
(184143)
70
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on proposals for EU-level regulation of e-cigarettes as medicinal items.
(184105)
71
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to assist GPs to tackle obesity.
(183995)
72
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's paper, Sustaining services, ensuring fairness, whether his intention is for chargeable migrants to pay the full costs of primary healthcare treatments beyond the initial GP or nurse consultation.
(184086)
73
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 159W, on babies: screening, when he expects a recommendation to be made on the accuracy of pulse oximetry as a screening test for congenital heart disease.
(184006)
74
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on seasonal influenza vaccination public awareness campaigns in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
(183137)
75
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many seasonal influenza vaccinations were delivered in (a) the North East and (b) Sunderland in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
(183138)
76
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what artwork is on display in the offices of each Minister in his Department; and what the estimated value is of each such artwork.
(183940)
77
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have met representatives of Sanofi to discuss sodium valproate in pregnancy.
(184168)
78
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
(Bradford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to explore the potential for safeguarding care home residents through the installation of covert CCTV.
(184139)
79
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
(Bradford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with counterparts at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on any requirement to compensate tobacco companies for deprivation of their intellectual property.
(184141)
80
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the McCracken review.
(184085)
81
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on drug-drug interactions resulting from the concurrent prescriptions of multiple psychotropic drugs in children.
(184016)
82
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the prescription of methylphenidate hydrochloride for children.
(184017)
83
James Wharton
(Stockton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received about the use of Sertraline and side effects such as behaviour changes.
(184047)
84
James Wharton
(Stockton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to monitor cases of attempted suicide, suicide and possible suicide in which Sertraline was a possible factor.
(184048)
85
James Wharton
(Stockton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of (a) suicide, (b) possible suicide and (c) attempted suicide that have occurred in each year since Sertraline was introduced in the UK in which Sertraline was a possible factor.
(184049)
86
James Wharton
(Stockton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department gives to doctors prescribing Sertraline.
(184050)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
87
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government stores telephone communications data on British citizens against whom no evidence of criminal activity is held.
(184176)
88
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-British EU nationals were convicted of a serious crime in the UK in each of the last three years; and how many such people have been successfully deported.
(184010)
89
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that EU nationals convicted of serious crimes are deported; and if she will make a statement.
(184011)
90
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints the Passport Office received about the performance of (a) Elucidate Contractor Services and (b) other private sector passport intermediary companies in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14 to date.
(184012)
91
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid by her Department to Raytheon plc in relation to the e-borders scheme.
(184052)
92
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps her Department has taken to monitor the performance of each such contract following the contract award.
(183961)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
93
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian assistance her Department gives the Philippines to help prevent online sex abuse of Filipino children in poverty by paedophiles based in the UK.
(183919)
94
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether funds from her Department to support education in the Gaza Strip (a) support or (b) are ring fenced from the Pioneers of Liberation programme for school-aged children run by the Gazan ministries for education and the interior.
(183930)
95
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will increase her Department's support to the health systems of developing countries to help reduce migration of health workers from the developing world.
(183939)
96
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the November 2013 report by the World Health Organisation entitled A Universal Truth: No Health Without a Workforce.
(183963)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
97
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) active and (b) inactive registered intermediaries there were in each year since 2010.
(184186)
98
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were made for registered intermediaries in each year since 2010.
(184187)
99
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were made for each age group of vulnerable witnesses for registered intermediaries by (a) the police, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service, (c) courts, (d) solicitors and (e) other groups in each year since 2010.
(184188)
100
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) matched and (b) unmatched registered intermediaries there were for each age group of vulnerable witnesses in each year since 2010.
(184189)
101
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual offences were prosecuted which involved a person aged under 18 years old where that person was (a) matched and (b) unmatched with a registered intermediary since 2010.
(184190)
102
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and pre-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation programme from insufficient attention and support from his Department owing to other demands.
(184129)
103
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation programme from insufficient or delayed guidance to probation trusts from his Department.
(184130)
104
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation programme from insufficient capacity in his Department to manage the process owing to their scale and lack of co-ordination between different work streams in his Department.
(184131)
105
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the inherent and post-mitigation risk is to the Transforming Rehabilitation programme from a failure of the programme to be delivered either in scope or within the time scale set by Ministers.
(184132)
106
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to introduce the HM Prison Kirkham Drug and Rehabilitation programme nationally.
(183992)
107
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many holders of a foreign-issued driving licence were prosecuted for non-speeding road traffic offences in the last three years.
(184169)
108
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many holders of a foreign-issued driving licence were prosecuted for speeding offences in the last year.
(184170)
109
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many owners of foreign-registered vehicles have been prosecuted for failure to register their vehicles after remaining in the UK beyond six months in each of the last five years.
(184171)
110
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many holders of a foreign-issued driving licence were convicted of drink driving offences in each of the last five years.
(184172)
111
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the changes announced by the Sentencing Council to the sentencing guidelines of 12 December 2013, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of such changes on the prison population.
(184102)
112
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of arson in each of the last seven years; and of those how many were convicted of arson with intent.
(184055)
113
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of malicious wounding offences in each of the last seven years; and of those how many were convicted of malicious wounding with intent.
(184056)
114
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of grievous bodily harm offences in each of the last seven years; and of those how many were convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent.
(184057)
Questions to the Prime Minister
115
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence dated 3 February 1984 from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the then Prime Minister proposing a response to the Indian government's request for advice on their plans for the Golden Temple; and if he will make a statement.
(183941)
116
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects the review into the events in Amritsar in 1984 to be completed; if he will publish all withheld files on the matter that were not placed in the National Archives under the 30 Year Rule; and if copies of that review will be placed in the Library.
(183942)
117
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Prime Minister, if the review into events in Amritsar in 1984 will examine the role played by Gary Sazena and R.N. Kao of the Research and Analysis Wing of the Indian secret service; whether each such man visited the UK at any time; whether each such man received training in the UK; and what the nature was of intelligence provided to those individuals from the Government.
(183943)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
118
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he makes of the extent to which the Scottish Government makes use of the powers already devolved to it when he decides on proposals for the further devolution of powers to Scotland.
(184163)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
119
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the most recent meeting of his Department's Cycle Safety Stakeholder Forum was held; and when the next such meeting is scheduled.
(183925)
120
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Advertising Standards Agency on counteracting misleading advertising claims for driving licence renewals.
(184142)
121
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of passenger rail journeys requiring (a) no change of train, (b) one change of train and (c) more than one change of train (i) in the last year for which data is available and (ii) in 1994.
(184013)
122
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to upgrade railway stations on the South Fylde line.
(183993)
123
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to limit disruption for rail passengers on the West Coast mainline during periods of extreme weather.
(183994)
124
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 458W, on bus services: disability, if he will place a copy of the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to bus industry representatives on audio-visual systems for buses in the Library.
(184008)
125
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the medical profession on the effect of drug driving legislation on patients; and if he will make a statement.
(184082)
126
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has recently commissioned on the safety and legality of the sale of part-worn tyres; and if he will make a statement.
(183944)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
127
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the quality and effectiveness of literacy and numeracy training provided by Jobcentre Plus and its training providers; and how such information is gathered.
(184089)
128
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to Jobcentre Plus advisers to help them advise customers who have been sanctioned of alternative sources of financial assistance or general advice.
(184090)
129
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to vulnerable people with filling in forms in order to ensure they receive the benefits to which they are entitled.
(184092)
130
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers were (a) identified as lacking basic ICT skills and (b) referred to training within Jobcentre Plus or with a training provider in each of the last two years.
(184097)
131
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus districts are required to report on (a) the numbers of claimants they have identified as having a skills gap in ICT and (b) the number of these claimants who successfully complete a digital skills training course.
(184098)
132
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the quality and effectiveness of digital skills training provided by (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) its training providers; and how this information is gathered.
(184099)
133
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Remploy workers were made redundant as a result of the closure of Remploy in South Gyle, Edinburgh.
(184100)
134
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus adviser skills workshops are part of a formal and mandatory training programme.
(184144)
135
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent meetings officials in his Department have held with representatives of HomeSwapper.
(183974)
136
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that social housing tenants liable for the under-occupancy penalty are assisted in downsizing.
(183978)
137
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to housing benefit bulletin U1/2014, how many people who have wrongly had their housing benefit reduced have subsequently died.
(184095)
138
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to housing benefit bulletin U1/2014, what provision exists for reimbursing the estates of people who have wrongly had their housing benefit reduced and have subsequently died.
(184096)
139
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Atos using computer equipment on his Department's premises owing to data protection issues with the use of their own networks; and what comparative assessment he has made of this cost and the original tender price.
(183988)
140
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on costs and compensation relating to legal action taken against it in each of the last five years for which data is available.
(184009)
141
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Atos is classified as a data processor rather than a data controller when carrying out work capability assessments.
(184015)
142
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria will be used by his Department in its operational readiness review in March 2014 to determine whether the new statutory child maintenance service is working sufficiently well to permit the introduction of fees to use the service and to begin to close down all Child Support Agency cases.
(184134)
143
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received in relation to the application of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights with regard to the lack of right of appeal against the imposition of ongoing child maintenance collection charge by the Child Maintenance Service.
(184135)
144
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances the Child Maintenance Service will consider withdrawal of its collect and pay service from a parent with care who is using it and wishes to continue to use it; and what mechanism will be made available to parents with care to appeal a decision by the Secretary of State to withdraw access to the collect and pay service should they wish to continue using it.
(184136)
145
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date the Child Maintenance Service self-service portal for parents using the collect and pay service will be fully operational.
(184137)
146
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices have been hired due to his Department's new contract for procurement.
(184083)
147
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will carry out an assessment of the potential effect of the under-occupancy penalty on foster carers who look after more than one child.
(184106)
148
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish his response to the consultation on Better Workplace Pensions: a consultation on charging, Cm 8738.
(183929)
149
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the data his Department holds on the number of immigrants who have claimed benefits within three months of registering for a national insurance number in each of the last three years.
(183979)
150
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Health and Safety Executive conduct regular inspections to ensure existing regulations are adhered to in the shale gas industry.
(183996)
151
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses to assess the viability of local authority Social Fund schemes.
(183135)
152
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will review the statutory provisions of local authorities to include local welfare schemes.
(183136)
153
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department received about the cost of telephone calls made by members of the public to officials in his Department in each of the last five years.
(183952)
154
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost of a telephone call from a member of the public to his Department.
(183957)
155
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13, what the value of the funding that is subject to dual key arrangements is referred to in Table 1 on page 172.
(184111)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
156
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy to encourage social housing tenants to use HomeSwapper.
[Transferred]
(183975)
157
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy to encourage social housing landlords to pay for access to HomeSwapper.
[Transferred]
(183976)
158
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will encourage social housing landlords to inform tenants of the company HomeSwapper.
[Transferred]
(183977)
159
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects Islamic mortgages to be available for Right to Buy council home purchases; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(184140)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
160
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many university technical colleges have opened in England to date; and how many such institutions are planned to open in the next five years.
[Transferred]
(183989)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
161
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the costs of policing that part of the pilot badger culls which took place on private land were passed on to the relevant culling company for the reimbursement of the Exchequer.
[Transferred]
(184161)
162
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the policing of the pilot badger culls was carried out on public land; and if he will separately calculate the costs of such policing.
[Transferred]
(184162)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
163
N
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken relating to the effect of dementia on developing countries to support the Prime Minister's Dementia Challenge and the Dementia Summit.
[Question Unstarred]
(902101)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
164
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals were convicted of criminal offences committed in the UK in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(184173)