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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 28 January 2014

Notes:
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+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 28 January 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Tuesday 28 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.

Tuesday 28 January  
Questions to the Attorney General
1 N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the RSPCA's prosecution policy.
      (184943)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist the development of small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
      (184820)
3 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the remaining shareholding the Government holds in Royal Mail; and if he will make a statement.
      (184824)
4  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on an EU-level non-financial reporting law that would require all large companies to report on the effect of their supply chains on people and the environment.
      (185093)
5 N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to announce the allocation for the Student Opportunity Fund for 2014-15.
      (184303)
6 N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the value of the Student Opportunity Fund to learners in Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency.
      (184329)
7 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) maternal employment and (b) the gender pay gap of the introduction of the new shared parental leave plans.
      (184885)
8 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on basic skills training for people in receipt of jobseekers' allowance in each year from 2008 to 2013.
      (184963)
9 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on boosting the literacy and numeracy of people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
      (184965)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
10 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are currently working on matters relating to new towns and garden cities.
      (184825)
11  
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what number of leasehold properties was revealed in the 2011 Census.
      (185033)
12 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when representatives of the Curzon Institute met with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in the last three years.
      (184858)
13 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met Afzal Anim.
      (184940)
14 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is towards second term appointments for the boards of public bodies.
      (184953)
15 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will revise the impact statement of the Deregulation Bill to reflect the amendments to that Bill since July 2013.
      (184954)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
16  
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of stamp duty accruing from leasehold property transactions has been in each of the last 10 years.
      (185034)
17 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has reached an agreement with the Northern Ireland Executive not to impose financial penalties should the under-occupancy penalty fail to be introduced in Northern Ireland.
      (184907)
18 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each of the last six years, (a) how many double tax treaty claims for relief from UK withholding tax on interest were granted, (b) what the total value was of those claims, (c) how many claims were refused by HM Revenue and Customs on the basis that the non-resident claimant was not beneficially entitled to the interest in respect of the relief that was claimed and (d) the total value of those claims.
      (184889)
19 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many technical specialists worked in HM Revenue and Customs Residency, the Centre for Non-Residents, in each of the last six tax years.
      (184892)
20 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have left each HM Revenue and Customs business stream in each of the last five years.
      (184960)
21 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days were lost due to staff sickness in each HM Revenue and Customs business stream in each of the last five years.
      (184961)
22 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in each HM Revenue and Customs business stream have taken sick days due to (a) stress and (b) mental health and behaviour disorders in each of the last five years.
      (184962)
23 N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work his Department has contributed to the drafting of a report or prospectus on garden cities since May 2010.
      (184972)
24  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the net gain accruing to the Exchequer through reduced costs of borrowing if (a) local authorities and (b) Department of Health trusts and foundation trusts were brought into the scope of the Government Banking Service.
      (185139)
25  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the transfer of the Met Office from the Ministry of Defence to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will have on the Ministry of Defence's Spending Review 2010 settlement.
      (185140)
26 N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 10 items are that make up the change in public service spending for the top quintile of chart 2.H of Impact on households: distributional analysis to accompany Autumn Statement 2013; and if he will make a statement.
      (183420)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
27 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dependent children in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England were living in homes not classed as decent in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013.
      (184821)
28  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) local authorities use energy more efficiently in local authority controlled buildings and (b) public street lighting is only illuminated when required.
      (185060)
29 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his contribution of 20 January 2014, Official Report, columns 18-19, whether his Department has (a) received any expression of interest and (b) had any discussions with council officers or councillors about Gerrards Cross being considered as a site for the development of a new town or garden city.
      (184810)
30 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his contribution of 20 January 2014, Official Report, columns 18-19, whether his Department has (a) received any expression of interest and (b) had any discussions with council officers or councillors about Yalding being considered as a site for the development of a new town or garden city.
      (184811)
31 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in his Department are currently working on matters relating to new towns and garden cities.
      (184823)
32  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of council tax benefit subsidy reduction in each local authority in 2014-15.
      (185078)
33  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of council tax support schemes on people on low incomes.
      (185080)
34  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have received a reduction in their council tax benefit following changes to council tax support in April 2013.
      (185082)
35  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK received council tax benefit in each of the last five years.
      (185149)
36 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what grants and contracts of what value have been awarded by his Department in relation to the centenary of the First World War.
      (184851)
37 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met representatives of the Curzon Institute.
      (184941)
38 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many bids for grant funding under section 70 of the Charities Act 2006 were made to his Department in the last year; how many such bids were awarded; and what the value is of each such grant awarded.
      (184942)
39 N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what work his Department has contributed to the drafting of a report or prospectus on garden cities since May 2010.
      (184969)
40 N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what work No 10. Downing Street has contributed to the drafting of a report or prospectus on garden cities since May 2010.
      (184971)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
41 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether couples who registered for a civil partnership before the date of commencement of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 was known but whose ceremonies are due to take place after commencement of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 will be able to change their ceremony from a civil partnership to marriage without further registration.
      (184905)
42  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the dangers of gambling addiction.
      (185064)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
43  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library all assessments of new policy and legislation from his Department since January 2013 which give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
      (185041)
44  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the teaching materials used in the delivery of the Senior Responsible Owners Programme run by the Defence Academy.
      (185062)
45  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the teaching materials used in the delivery of the Defence Strategic Commercial Course run by the Defence Academy.
      (185063)
46  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the teaching materials used in the delivery of the Defence Strategic Support Management Course run by the Defence Academy.
      (185066)
47  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the teaching materials used in the delivery of the Defence Strategic Portfolio and Programme Management run by the Defence Academy.
      (185067)
48  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the teaching materials used in the delivery of the Defence Strategic Finance Programme run by the Defence Academy.
      (185068)
49  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid in radio spectrum fees in each year between 2009-10 and 2012-13.
      (185097)
50  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) Comprehensive Spending Review 1998, (b) Spending Review 2000, (c) Spending Review 2002, (d) Spending Review 2004 and (e) Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 settlement letters.
      (185098)
51  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to pay in radio spectrum fees in each financial year between 2013-14 and 2015-16.
      (185100)
52  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department is making with the sale of (a) 2.3GHz and (b) 3.4GHz electromagnetic spectrum bands; and if he will make a statement.
      (185102)
53  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department is making with the sale of the Defence Support Group; and if he will make a statement.
      (185104)
54  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department is making with the sale of the Oil and Pipelines Agency; and if he will make a statement.
      (185105)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
55 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many officials in his Office are currently working on matters relating to new towns and garden cities.
      (184822)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
56 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will publish the next stage of his consultation on a single funding formula for schools.
      (184843)
57 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he takes to ensure that local authorities fully implement their responsibilities as set out in the Childcare Act 2006 and the Early Education and Childcare: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities produced in 2013.
      (184886)
58 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 502W, on special educational needs, what research his Department has commissioned on reasons for variations in local education authorities' results for special educational needs students at GCSE level.
      (184890)
59 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, columns 100-1W, on pupil exclusion, how many permanent exclusions affecting special educational needs students have been overturned following an independent panel review since 2012.
      (184891)
60 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools have notified his Department of disciplinary action taken against a member of staff as a result of concerns about their sexual behaviour towards children in each of the last five years.
      (184938)
61 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is received by members of independent review panels which consider school exclusion decisions.
      (184939)
62 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 100W, on pre-school education and with reference to his Department's press release on free early years education for disadvantaged two-year-olds issued on 22 January 2014, what the statistical basis is for the statement in that press release by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Childcare that 90 per cent of two-year olds were in good or outstanding settings; what the reason is for the time planned to be taken to publish the data gathered in the Early Years and Schools Censuses; and if he will publish all available data on the proportion of disadvantaged two-year olds receiving early years education in settings rated as satisfactory or requiring improvement.
      (184936)
63 N
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will announce pupil premium allocations for year one and year two pupils in each of the next three years to enable schools to plan budgets including free school meals' provision.
      (184861)
64 N
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for funding of free school meals for year one and year two pupils after 2016.
      (184862)
65 N
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funds for the key stage one free school meals programme will be allocated directly to schools or to local education authorities; and when he plans to announce the allocations of funds for 2014-15.
      (184863)
66 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the proportion of schools in England which have automated external defibrillators.
      (184945)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
67  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased use of wind generated power on imported forms of energy.
      (185035)
68  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish and place in the Library copies of all correpondence between his Department and National Grid concerning the proposed 400kv connection from Cefn Coch to Lower Frankton.
      (185036)
69  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish and place in the Library all correspondence between his Department and the Scottish Government on the recently decided Court of Session decision Sustainable Shetland v Scottish Ministers [2013] CSOH 158.
      (185038)
70  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which Government departments, non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies hold electronic records of transports of (a) fissile and (b) other radioactive material (i) within the UK, (ii) imported into the UK, (iii) exported from the UK and (iv) moved in transit through the UK.
      (185029)
71  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) the Office for Nuclear Regulation, (b) the Department for Transport and (c) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills compile separate electronic records of transports of (a) fissile and (b) other radioactive material (i) within the UK, (ii) imported into the UK, (iii) exported from the UK and (iv) moved in transit through the UK.
      (185030)
72  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which information his Department and the Office for Nuclear Regulation records on the transport of fissile and other radioactive material.
      (185031)
73  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what transports of radioactive material (a) within the UK, (b) imported into the UK, (c) exported from the UK and (d) moved in transit through the UK there have been in each of the last 10 years; and if he will publish and place in the Library all non-confidential records his Department holds on each such transport.
      (185032)
74  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that funds raised from the shale gas community benefit are distributed to residents closest to the drilling sites.
      (185070)
75  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost per kilowatt hour of electricity used by industrial users in the North East was in each year since 1997.
      (185137)
76  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was used by industrial users in the North East in each year since 1997.
      (185138)
77  
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the effect of heat pumps installed in domestic premises on electricity bills for those premises.
      (185058)
78  
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the increase in daily demand for electricity during winter months of shifting (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30, (d) 40 and (e) 50 per cent of the non-daily metered component of total UK gas demand to resistive heating.
      (185059)
79  
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the latest date is on which it is feasible for the Government to shut down usage of the national gas grid to decarbonise heat.
      (185094)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
80  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much livestock originating in Wales has been slaughtered in England in each of the last 10 years; how much levy has not been paid in Wales as a result; and if he will revise how this levy is distributed to reflect this matter.
      (185042)
81  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of carbon emissions from damaged peatlands; and whether his Department has quantified those effects.
      (185079)
82  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of onshore wind farms on house prices in rural areas.
      (185147)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
83  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Iran's portfolio of advanced IR-1m centrifuges will be discussed under the P5+1-Iran Joint Plan of Action.
      (185014)
84  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the P5+1-Iran Joint Plan of Action recognises Iran's right to enrich uranium.
      (185015)
85  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to Iran on human rights abuses.
      (185083)
86  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his (a) US and (b) European counterparts to tackle human rights abuses in Iran.
      (185084)
87 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether P5+1-Iran Joint Plan of Action prevents Iran from manufacturing components for Arak heavy-water facility.
      (184893)
88 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether P5+1-Iran Joint Plan of Action allows Iran to continue manufacturing new centrifuge devices.
      (184894)
89 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the P5+1 - Iran Joint Plan of Action requires Iran to suspend research and development of (a) ballistic missiles and (b) nuclear-related weaponisation.
      (184895)
90 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the P5+1 - Iran Joint Plan of Action requires Iran to grant International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors access to all nuclear-related facilities.
      (184896)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
91 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the effect to date of legislation in Scotland outlawing proxy purchasing of tobacco products.
      (184957)
92 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the (a) dates, (b) agendas and (c) minutes of any meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with representatives of the Institute for Grocery Distribution since May 2010.
      (184958)
93 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what protections he plans to put in place to ensure that the information from patients' records gathered and used by the Health and Social Care Information Centre remains anonymised and that patients' identities are protected and kept secure.
      (184902)
94  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many constituencies there is not a full-time accident and emergency department.
      (185039)
95  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the cost of caring for patients in the acute care setting who suffer from dementia; and what number of acute care beds are occupied by patients with dementia.
      (185040)
96  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report by the Care and Quality Commission published on 20 January 2014, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the number of applications for restrictions on the liberty of elderly patients under the Mental Capacity Act 2008.
      (185081)
97 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has designated NHS Protect or any individual in that organisation to grant authorisation for the carrying out of directed surveillance under section 28 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
      (184944)
98  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to provide immunisation for the HPV virus in young males.
      (185069)
99  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the guidance his Department gives individual funding request panels on interpretation of the rules surrounding clinical exceptionality and taking into account the human impact of their decisions.
      (185028)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
100  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library all assessments of new policy and legislation from her Department since January 2013 which give consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
      (185016)
101  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained by police in a place of safety in accordance with section 136 of the Mental Health Act 2007 in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
      (185043)
102 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the frequency of pedal cyclists ignoring red traffic lights; and what steps she is taking to reduce these offences.
      (184393)
103 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the risk assessment of the move to a shared network communications infrastructure for emergency services and other civil contingency operatives.
      (184952)
104 N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will be replying to the letter sent to her by post and email on 30 December 2013 by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling regarding Mrs Rene Chung requesting a reply by 20 January 2014.
      (184906)
105 N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what grounds Iranian citizens Mr Reza Garjei, Mr Ali Vojdan, and Mr Reza Alizadeh were detained on entry to the UK.
      (184814)
106 N
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions Ministers of her Department have had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the potential effect of clauses in the Immigration Bill on devolved competencies.
      (184859)
107 N
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department is not seeking a Legislative Consent Resolution of the Scottish Parliament in respect of clauses in the Immigration Bill relating to residential tenancies and health services.
      (184860)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
108 N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners diagnosed with a terminal illness were granted (a) release on temporary licence and (b) compassionate release in each of the last five years.
      (184949)
109 N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many older prisoners were granted (a) release on temporary licence and (b) compassionate release in each of the last five years.
      (184950)
110 N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is provided to older prisoners seeking compassionate leave.
      (184951)
111 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed in the Office of the Public Guardian Investigations Unit in each year since 2010.
      (184955)
112 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) complaints and (b) enquiries the Office of the Public Guardian Investigation Unit has received in each of the last three years; and how many such complaints resulted in (a) no further action, (b) further investigation and (c) court proceedings.
      (184956)
113 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints and enquiries the Office of the Public Guardian Investigations Unit received in each month of the last three years.
      (184967)
114 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for causing death by dangerous driving whilst under the influence of alcohol in England and Wales there were in each of the last three years; and how many such convictions resulted in a non-custodial sentence.
      (185011)
115 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for being drunk whilst in charge of a motor vehicle there were in respect of incidents where a fatality occurred in England and Wales in each of the last theee years; and how many such convictions resulted in a non-custodial sentence.
      (185013)
116  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of support services for road crash victims was in each year between 2010 and 2013; and what the budget for such services is in 2014.
      (185090)
117  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost for victims services in each year between 2010 and 2013 was; and what the budget for such services is in 2014.
      (185091)
118  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much he received from victim surcharges on motoring offences and motoring fixed penalty notices in each year between 2010 and 2013; and what estimate he has made of such receipts in 2014.
      (185092)
119  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were injured during non-National Crime Recording Standard offences other than motoring offences in the last year for which data are available.
      (185095)
120  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were injured during non-National Crime Recording Standard motoring offences in the last year for which data are available.
      (185096)
121 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pedal cyclists have been prosecuted for road traffic offences in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
      (184394)
122 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) inherent, (b) target and (c) residual scores are from the risk arising from the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme that information and communication technology systems are unable to reflect the new processes.
      (184776)
123 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) inherent, (b) target and (c) residual scores are from the risk arising from the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme that the design and architecture of the new structure is problematic.
      (184777)
124 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) inherent, (b) target and (c) residual scores are from the risk arising from the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme that there is too much focus on the National Probation Service in relation to planning the expense of the community rehabilitation companies.
      (184778)
125 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) inherent, (b) target and (c) residual scores are from the risk arising from the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme of failure to have a robust operational design in place which has been fully tested.
      (184779)
126 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) inherent, (b) target and (c) residual scores are from the risk arising from the Transforming Rehabilitation Probation programme of poor exit management of Trusts and a failure on the part of the Ministry of Justice to recognise the lead in time to effect a sustainable transition; and what regulations have been put in place.
      (184780)
127 N
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners committed suicide in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many of those suicides occurred in safe cells.
      (184392)
Questions to the Leader of the House
128 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what consultations he had with Westminster City Council before work commenced on the reduction of the highway width around Parliament Square; what assessment he has made of the potential for delays to hon. Members travelling to the Palace of Westminster to vote; and if he will make a statement.
      (184159)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
129 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met ministerial colleagues at HM Treasury to discuss the potential loss of HM Revenue and Customs jobs at sites in Derry, Enniskillen and Newry.
      (184903)
130 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met ministerial colleagues at the Department for Transport to discuss the potential loss of jobs at the Driver and Vehicle Agency in Coleraine.
      (184904)
131 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met with ministerial colleagues at HM Treasury to discuss the imposition of financial penalties on the Northern Ireland Executive arising from the decision not to implement the Government's welfare reform programme.
      (184908)
Questions to the Prime Minister
132 N
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, what level of official Whitehall security clearance Mr Lynton Crosby has had in each of the last 12 months; and which categories of material and information those levels of clearance have entitled him to view or discuss.
      (184815)
133 N
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, to which (a) Ministers, (b) civil servants, (c) special advisers and (d) other people the 10 Downing Street Strategy Unit's weekly report on upcoming business, known as the grid note, is circulated.
      (184816)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
134 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any person working in his Department at (a) Dover House, London and (b) Melville Crescent, Edinburgh is employed on zero-hours contracts.
      (184781)
135 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library the most recent staff survey carried out by his Department.
      (184782)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
136 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many hours the UK's managed motorways sections were closed in part or totally in either direction due to accidents in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) by scheme.
      (184812)
137 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on air quality between junctions 28 and 31 of the M1 of the 2013 changes to the managed motorway design standard.
      (184959)
138  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with operating companies on increasing services on the Aberystwyth to Birmingham train.
      (185027)
139  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Wales Office and the Welsh Government on a proposed bypass between Buttington and Shrewsbury.
      (185037)
140 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the new guidance on street clutter, including road humps, produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government, and published on 28 August 2013, what plans he has to update his Department's guidance on the installation of road humps.
      (184160)
141 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that charges levied for car parking at UK airports are not excessive where these are not subject to competitive pressures.
      (184395)
142 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to restrict heavy goods vehicles to the inside lane on motorways, when, due to roadworks, a four or three lane carriageway is reduced to two lanes.
      (184396)
143  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in HS2 the North West during the building phase of High Speed 2.
      (185061)
144  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefit that High Speed 2 will bring to small and medium-sized businesses in the North West.
      (185065)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
145 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners received the winter fuel allowance in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency and (c) the West Midlands in each of the last three years.
      (184817)
146 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last three years.
      (184819)
147 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in assessing entitlement to which benefits an individual's existing entitlement to disability living allowance is taken into account by his Department.
      (184887)
148 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistical summary, published on 22 January 2014, what analysis he has undertaken of the increase in the number of people in the working age ESA/IB client group indicated in the early estimates between August and November 2013.
      (184909)
149  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of disability living allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (185143)
150  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of employment and support allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (185144)
151  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (185145)
152  
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of Capita's performance as a personal independence payment assessment provider; and what steps he takes to monitor their performance.
      (185101)
153  
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) longest time is between a personal independent payments assessment provider having a face to face consultation with a claimant and passing their assessment report to his Department.
      (185103)
154  
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Coventry South of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 57W, on personal independence payment, if he will make it his policy to collect data on how many complaints personal independence payment assessment providers receive.
      (185141)
155  
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East of 9 December 2013, Official Report, columns 45-6W, on personal independence payment, what data his Department plans to release in early 2014; and when such data will be released.
      (185142)
156  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 601W, on social security benefits, for what reason there is no information available for the amount spent on advertising (a) council tax benefit in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2012, (b) winter fuel allowance in 2012 and (c) pension credit in 2012.
      (185099)
157 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2013, Official Report, column 596W, on universal credit: Hammersmith and Fulham, when his Department plans to make universal credit available to foreign nationals.
      (184966)
158 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to issue tenders for the successor to the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
      (184964)
159 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the effect of Housing Benefit Circular U1/2014 to those most likely to be affected by it.
      (184946)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
160 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were under-employed in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years.
   [Transferred]  (184818)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
161 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the accumulated surplus was in the National Insurance Fund was (a) in May 2010 and (b) on the last date for which data is available.
   [Transferred]  (184935)
162  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of child benefit in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
   [Transferred]  (185146)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
163 N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what work the Cabinet Office has contributed to the drafting of a report or prospectus on garden cities since May 2010.
   [Transferred]  (184968)
164 N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what work the Deputy Prime Minister's Office has contributed to the drafting of a report or prospectus on garden cities since May 2010.
   [Transferred]  (184970)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
165 N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on end-of-life care for older prisoners.
   [Transferred]  (184947)
166 N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure a consistent approach to end-of-life care in prisons.
   [Transferred]  (184948)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
167 N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which Embassy Iranian officials Mr Reza Garjei, Mr Ali Vojdan, and Mr Reza Alizadeh were issued visas to enter the UK.
   [Transferred]  (184813)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
168 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities have decided to take into account entitlement to disability living allowance in assessing applications for discretionary housing payment; and which authorities have decided not to do so.
   [Transferred]  (184888)
169 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department's guidance to local authorities on assessing applications for discretionary housing payments, gave discretion to authorities to take account of applicants' entitlement to disability living allowance.
   [Transferred]  (184937)
170  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) children, (b) pensioners and (c) households were living in poverty in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 2002.
   [Transferred]  (185148)

Prepared 28th January 2014