Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 30 January 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
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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.
[N]
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 30 January 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 30 January 2014
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will set out the Law Officers' Departments' priorities for discussions with the European Commission over their 2014 Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(185302)
2
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there were following (a) kerb crawling, (b) brothel keeping and (c) controlling prostitution in each of the last six years; and how many such cases were reported to the Crown Prosecution Service by the Police for a charging decision.
(185442)
3
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what recent surveys or studies the Crown Prosecution Service has carried out on (a) the level of victim and witness satisfaction with the quality of service provided by its witness care units and (b) the morale of staff at its witness care units.
(185443)
4
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what data the Crown Prosecution Service records on the call response time of charging lawyers at CPS Direct.
(185444)
5
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of decisions to take no further action referred to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police concerned (a) indictable-only offences, (b) serious sexual offences excluding child abuse, (c) child abuse and (d) domestic violence in each year since 2006.
(185446)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
6
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place a copy of the model used to forecast revenue from student loan payments in the Library.
(185133)
7
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his forecast outturn for science spending is in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(185184)
8
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what publicly-funded research budgets are ongoing at universities in the West Midlands.
(185186)
9
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185557)
10
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in UKTI West Midlands have been tasked with supporting inward investment into the region in each of the last five years.
(185432)
11
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on creating a public register of companies' beneficial ownership.
(185556)
12
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with TNT on extending end-to-end postal services in (a) Liverpool, (b) Manchester, (c) Glasgow, (d) Birmingham, (e) Edinburgh and (f) other areas of the UK.
(185185)
13
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ofcom and (b) Consumer Futures on the effect of end-to-end competition in the postal market on the universal postal service.
(185187)
14
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received (a) in favour and (b) against the provisions in the draft Deregulation Bill on the licensing of insolvency practitioners.
(185385)
15
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of partial licensing of insolvency practitioners on small businesses seeking financial advice.
(185386)
16
Mr Lee Scott
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote UK business at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
(185433)
17
Mr Lee Scott
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what training initiatives his Department has launched to increase the skills needed by young people in new high technology enterprises.
(185449)
18
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make a statement on the implication of the UK aerospace industry of the $8.7 billion subsidy package awarded to Boeing by Washington State in November 2013.
(185347)
19
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will raise with the World Trade Organization the $8.7 billion subsidy package awarded to Boeing by Washington State in November 2013.
(185348)
20
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out his Department's priorities for discussions with the European Commission over their 2014 Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(185301)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
21
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement exercises with other departments and (b) shared between different organisations within the same Department group.
(185395)
22
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
(185401)
23
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185558)
24
N
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that people can continue to communicate with public services in writing after the Government's digital strategy has been fully implemented.
(184702)
25
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out his Department's priorities for discussions with the European Commission over their 2014 Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(185303)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
26
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on a VAT reduction for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement.
(185379)
27
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on advertising on Facebook for the purposes of preventing tax evasion in the current financial year.
(185440)
28
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to require banks not to prevent customers taking out large sums of money in cash without proof of reason for withdrawal.
(185245)
29
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will investigate the potential effect on business of HSBC's policy of limiting the amount customers can withdraw in cash.
(185246)
30
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been compensated for being missold interest rate hedging agreements to date.
(185158)
31
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement exercises with other departments and (b) shared between different organisations within the same Department group.
(185400)
32
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
(185405)
33
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new loans have been made to small businesses in north east England through the Funding for Lending scheme; and which participating building society or bank provided each such loan.
(185474)
34
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185570)
35
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of exempting the state pension from income tax.
(185136)
36
N
Mr Bernard Jenkin
(Harwich and North Essex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the speech delivered to the Mile End Group by the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury on 15 January 2014 represents the policy of the Government.
(185190)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
37
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households will lose eligibility for the reimbursement for costs of servicing essential home adaptations under universal credit.
(185292)
38
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185559)
39
Mr Lee Scott
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice and assistance his Department has made available to communities seeking to retain their local pubs.
(185450)
40
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out his Department's priorities for discussions with the European Commission over their 2014 Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(185304)
41
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that grants paid under section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 can be paid to local authorities promptly during the 2014-15 financial year.
(185273)
42
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the decision to withdraw the local welfare provision grant in 2015-16; and what consultation he undertook prior to making that decision.
(185294)
43
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what date he expects to have made full payments to local authorities in respect of small business rate relief for the 2013-14 financial year.
(185295)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
44
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the level of promotion of food and drink products to (a) child and (b) adult users of online computer games.
(185285)
45
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) children under the age of 16, (b) adults over the age of 60 and (c) people in total who have taken part in a swimming session in each year since 2010.
(185286)
46
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help small and medium-sized arts organisations increase their business and marketing skills.
(185359)
47
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC Trust on political impartiality.
(902301)
48
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from her Department have subsequently been re-employed by her Department since May 2010.
(185561)
49
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that superfast broadband is made available to the village of Braybrooke in Kettering constituency.
(185205)
50
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the rights of LGBT people during the Sochi Olympic Games.
(185349)
51
N
Andrew Selous
(South West Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the £250 million additional funding for superfast broadband rollout to achieve 95 per cent coverage will be delivered.
(185239)
52
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has agreed any voluntary scheme for improved player protection with betting companies; and if she will make a statement.
(185156)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
53
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement exercises with other departments and (b) shared between different organisations within the same Department group.
(185396)
54
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
(185402)
55
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many systems (a) have been delivered and (b) are operational under the Aircrew Moving Map Alerting System contract since that contract was awarded in October 2013.
(185475)
56
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department allocated funding to permit the contract process to begin for the North Uist air defence radar upgrade.
(185276)
57
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department decided that money would need to be allocated to fund the upgrade of the air defence radar on North Uist.
(185277)
58
Patrick Mercer
(Newark):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name and (b) regiment was of the Royal Engineer whose repatriation parade was scheduled for 31 December 2013 but which was cancelled soon after; and for what reason the repatriation was not carried out in public.
(185447)
59
Mr Lee Scott
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had on the possible disposal of surplus Ministry of Defence land and property for housing development in London and the South East.
(185469)
60
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recently declassified study on stress suffered by UK RPAS pilots carried out by Dr Wayne Cappelle.
[R] (185372)
61
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2014, Official Report, columns 578-9W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, what the role of the UK is in each of the three activities of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Programme identified in the Answer.
[R] (185412)
62
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2014, Official Report, column 664W, on Asia, what projects are currently being carried out to help his Department assess the implications of sharing military assets, including unmanned systems, with the US in Asia.
[R] (185420)
63
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 709W, on unmanned Air Vehicles, whether the RAF officer responsible for liaison with US visiting forces at RAF Croughton has authority to stop a command by the USAF Commander for release of a lethal weapon.
[R] (185430)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
64
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which individuals and organisations will accompany him on his forthcoming visit to Colombia.
(185191)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
65
N
Dr Thérèse Coffey
(Suffolk Coastal):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding has been allocated to each local authority for basic need for the 2011-17 period.
(185159)
66
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will categorise the Reception class in primary schools as part of Key Stage 1.
(185500)
67
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185562)
68
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times Edapt UK Ltd has been referred to in his Department's emails and written correspondence in each of the last 12 months; and how many items of email and written correspondence there have been between his Department and Edapt UK Ltd over the same period.
(185448)
69
N
Andy McDonald
(Middlesbrough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the proportion of children of foreign nationals who are enrolled for school but do not attend; and what assessment he has made of the (a) quality and (b) reliability of information received by (i) his Department and (ii) schools from the Immigration Service and other agencies on the whereabouts and wellbeing of such children.
(185197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
70
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made on ensuring that off-grid households have access to affordable heating fuels in winter.
(185473)
71
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK electricity needs that will be supplied by Eggborough power plant in each of the next five years.
(185538)
72
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department uses for allocating green subsidies to power plants.
(185539)
73
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which power plants in the UK applied for the most recent round of green subidies.
(185540)
74
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons his Department did not allocate a green subsidy to Eggborough power plant in the most recent round of subsidies.
(185541)
75
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which power plants that were awarded a green subsidy will be able to commence biomass production as a result of that subsidy.
(185542)
76
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the (a) local and (b) national economy of Eggborough power plant not converting to a biomass energy plant.
(185543)
77
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the number of jobs dependent on the operation of Eggborough power plant.
(185544)
78
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the financial sustainability of power plants that did not receive green subsidies in the most recent round.
(185545)
79
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will draw up a contingency plan for regeneration of the area around Eggborough power plant in the event that that plant closes.
(185546)
80
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the Government's policy is towards permitting fracking operators to drill under land belonging to homeowners.
(185247)
81
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will take steps to ensure that energy companies carrying out fracking cannot drill beneath homes without the homeowners' consent.
(185248)
82
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have held in which the requirement that energy companies carrying out fracking need the permission of homeowners to drill beneath their houses was discussed.
(185249)
83
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to ring-fence funding as part of the boiler replacement scheme for rural pensioners who use oil boilers.
(185479)
84
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185563)
85
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the number of fuel poor households in the private rented sector qualifying for installations under (a) the Affordable Warmth Obligation, (b) the Carbon Saving Communities Obligation and (c) the Carbon Obligation elements of the supplier-funded Energy Company Obligation since the scheme went live in January 2013 in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England and (iii) each of the other constituent parts of the UK.
(185409)
86
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the total amount per year spent on households in fuel poverty for supplier-funded energy efficiency polices in (a) Great Britain, (b) England and (c) each of the other constituent parts of the UK from 2008-209 to date.
(185410)
87
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Energy Company Obligation on the introduction of minimum energy efficiency standards for poorest households living in the coldest homes in England; and if he will make a statement.
(185417)
88
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of fuel poor households who will receive energy efficiency measures installed (a) under the supplier funded Energy Company Obligation, (b) the Carbon Saving Communities Obligation and (c) the Carbon Obligation elements up to (i) 2015 and (ii) 2017 in each constituent part of Great Britain.
(185418)
89
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of fuel poor households (a) benefiting from and (b) taken out of fuel poverty as a result of energy efficiency measures installed under supplier-funded energy efficiency programmes in each year since 2008-09 in (i) Great Britain and (ii) each constituent part of the UK.
(185476)
90
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of fuel poor households benefiting from energy efficiency measures installed under the (a) Affordable Warmth Obligation, (b) Carbon Saving Communities Obligation and (c) Carbon Obligation elements of the supplier-funded Energy Company Obligation in (i) Great Britain and (ii) each constituent part of the UK since the scheme went live in January 2013.
(185477)
91
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on household bills of the closure of Eggborough power station.
(185493)
92
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether all direct employees of Eggborough Power Station are paid above the living wage.
(185494)
93
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of the UK's natural gas consumption was imported in (a) 2000, (b) 2005 and (c) 2013.
(185344)
94
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the United States Department of Energy on the effect of hydraulic fracturing on gas prices in the United States.
(185436)
95
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the level of total shale gas reserves in the United Kingdom.
(185437)
96
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential of hydraulic fracturing to reduce energy bills in the United Kingdom.
(185438)
97
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of energy bills were made up of green levies in 2004.
(185439)
98
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind farms were granted planning permission in each year from 2004 to 2009.
(185537)
99
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many buildings owned by (a) central government departments or agencies and (b) local government have received finance under the Green Deal to date.
(185274)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
100
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list all staff seconded to his Department from private water companies since May 2010; and what the (a) period, (b) terms and (c) duties of those secondments were.
(185334)
101
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any staff have been seconded to his Department from Thames Water since 31 May 2010.
(185335)
102
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any staff seconded to his Department from a private water company since 31 May 2010 worked on (a) water reform policy and (b) the Water Bill currently before Parliament.
(185336)
103
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to guard against any potential commercial or other conflicts of interest involving staff seconded to his Department from the private sector.
(185337)
104
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether staff seconded to his Department from a private water company have contributed to submissions to Ministers.
(185338)
105
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on implementation of the recommendations of the Climate Change Risk Assessment for the Energy Sector on mitigation of the identified in the Tier 1 assessment for each of the 11 sectors collectively; how much has it cost to date to (a) mitigate and (b) adapt to the impacts; and if he will make a statement on how he plans to take forward work on this report.
(185509)
106
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185564)
107
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of dredging the River Ribble in order to minimise flood risk to homes, businesses and agricultural land.
(185408)
108
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on the introduction of mandatory oral and written English tests for veterinary surgeons from the EU.
[R] (185411)
109
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of owls in the UK; and what steps he is taking to increase that number.
(185461)
110
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many wildlife incidents were reported in the UK in each of the last three years; how many such incidents were prosecuted; and how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction.
(185462)
111
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of eels in the UK; and what steps he is taking to improve eel habitats.
(185467)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
112
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the UK, through the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, has had with the Women's League of Burma.
(185283)
113
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of continuing sexual violence by the Burmese Army against women in Burma; and what assessment he has made of the report by the Women's League of Burma contained in Same Impunity, Same Patterns, that over 100 women have been raped by the Burmese Army since the election of 2010.
(185328)
114
N
Michael Ellis
(Northampton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Israel and (b) the Gulf on Iran's support for international terrorism.
(184826)
115
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement exercises with other departments and (b) shared between different organisations within the same Department group.
(185397)
116
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
(185403)
117
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185565)
118
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on establishing more marine reserves in UK Overseas Territories.
(185193)
119
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the Ukranian government and opposition leaders on the street protests in Kiev.
(184864)
120
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Thailand on the recent violence and state of emergency in that country; and what assessment he has made of the effect of this situation on the general election due to be held on 2 February 2014.
(185192)
121
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the government of Pakistan regarding the constitutional Federal Shariah Court in Pakistan's call for the implementation of the death penalty against those found guilty of breaking blasphemy laws; and if he will make a statement.
(185468)
122
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political unrest in Ukraine.
(185160)
123
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the hon. Members who have stayed at the Residence in (a) Paris, (b) Berlin, (c) Rome and (d) Madrid since May 2010; on what date each such visit took place; and if he will make a statement.
(185244)
124
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the safety and whereabouts of Abbas Yazdi; and if he will make a statement.
(185279)
125
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the (a) Home Office, (b) the Law Officers' Departments and (c) the Serious Fraud Office on the disappearance of Abbas Yazdi.
(185280)
126
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials in his Department have participated in any EC Working Group considering policy or law applying to use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
[R] (185350)
127
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on security in Yemen of drone strikes in that country.
[R] (185407)
128
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the South Sudanese government about persecuted religious groups.
(185343)
129
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the political stability of South Sudan.
(185346)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
130
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of trans fats on public health.
(185284)
131
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, column 347W, on fast food, which Ministers attended the meetings on (a) 7 March 2013 and (b) 5 July 2013; and what was discussed at each such meeting.
(185287)
132
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the division of responsibility for health services policy is between his Department and NHS England.
(185374)
133
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time waiting to be seen is for GP appointments in (a) Birmingham South Central clinical commissioning group and (b) clinical commissioning groups in England.
(185240)
134
Sarah Champion
(Rotherham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that greater transparency and accountability in the delivery of services for adults with autism are incorporated into the forthcoming review of the adult autism strategy.
(185495)
135
Sarah Champion
(Rotherham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop greater autism awareness in local communities.
(185496)
136
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dialysis units in England provide the full range of treatments for end stage renal failure.
(185188)
137
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to monitor the performance of renal units in managing kidney transplant recipients.
(185189)
138
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185566)
139
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to promote comprehensive fracture liaison services.
(185491)
140
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people with (a) long-term conditions and (b) osteoarthritis currently have a personalised care plan.
(185492)
141
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to local authorities on (a) assessment of the effect of musculoskeletal conditions on their local population and (b) inclusion of musculoskeletal conditions in Joint Strategic Need Assessments.
(185497)
142
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the benefits to treatment and care quality of making health records available for medical research.
(185506)
143
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, columns 405-6W, on cancer drugs, what communications he has received from NHS England on the effect of NICE decisions on the Cancer Drugs Fund.
(185387)
144
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, columns 405-6W, on cancer drugs, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the cancer drugs approved by NICE on the Cancer Drugs Fund.
(185388)
145
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, columns 405-6W, on cancer drugs, what assurance he has received from NHS England that a potential overspend in the Cancer Drugs Fund will not affect patients who need access to medicines through the Fund; and if he will place in the Library a copy of any such assurance received.
(185389)
146
N
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of a (a) homeless person and (b) member of the general population being infected with (i) active pulmonary tuberculosis, (ii) HIV, (iii) chronic hepatitis B infection and (iv) chronic HCV infection.
(184783)
147
N
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis amongst (a) the homeless population and (b) the general population.
(184784)
148
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include stroke patients in the list of those exempted from prescription charges.
(185431)
149
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Cardiff University on the drug developed by that university that may control the spread of breast cancer.
(185463)
150
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association on the potential health risks associated with mouthwashes.
(185464)
151
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many infants were diagnosed with botulism in each of the last three years.
(185465)
152
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prevent under-age smoking.
(185466)
153
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings of the Health Care Strategy Forum officials from his Department have attended.
(185434)
154
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations on public policy his Department has received from the Health Care Strategy Forum.
(185435)
155
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions patients from other areas were admitted to in-patient psychiatric facilities run by NHS Cumbria due to a shortage of beds elsewhere in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and from which trust areas these patients were transferred.
(185293)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
156
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress the Government has made in eradicating forced marriage.
(902282)
157
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of her Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement exercises with other departments and (b) shared between different organisations within the same Department group.
(185398)
158
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of her Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
(185404)
159
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from her Department have subsequently been re-employed by her Department since May 2010.
(185567)
160
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standard and (b) enhanced disclosure Criminal Record Bureau checks were requested in 2013.
(185278)
161
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to include a target for the number of scientific experiments conducted on animals in her Department's strategy for reducing the number of animals used in medical experimentation.
(185281)
162
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish her Department's strategy to reduce the number of animals used in medical experimentation.
(185282)
163
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the extent to which recommendation 14 in the Fourth Report of the Home Affairs Committee of Session 2001-02, The Conduct of Investigations into Past Cases of Abuse in Children's Homes, HC 836-I, that the use of similar allegations as evidence to corroborate a child sex abuse charge be tightened to include only allegations that bear a striking similarity, has been implemented.
(185345)
164
N
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 638, on police recruitment, if she will place the letter to HM Inspector of Constabulary on an all-force inspection on the welfare of vulnerable people in custody with particular reference to people with mental health conditions and people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds in the Library.
(185207)
165
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police Service has ever trialled or used any unmanned aerial surveillance system.
[R] (185406)
166
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a code or other guidance to regulate the collection, storage and use of data obtained by departments using unmanned aerial systems.
[R] (185419)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
167
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost of preparing, publishing and monitoring Early Day Motions has been in each year of this Parliament.
(185380)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
168
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from her Department have subsequently been re-employed by her Department since May 2010.
(185568)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
169
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been reconvicted within 12 months of breaching a Suspended Sentence Order in each year since the introduction of Suspended Sentence Orders.
(185507)
170
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been sent to prison after breaching a Suspended Sentence Order in each year since the introduction of Suspended Sentence Orders.
(185508)
171
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185569)
172
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in the Prison Service have been on deferred duty in each month since May 2010.
(185135)
173
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what effect the delay in Probation Trust termination orders to 1 June 2014 will have on the tax liabilities of Trusts and Community Rehabilitation companies.
(185154)
174
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) subsistence costs for deferred duty cover for staff in the Prison Service each month since May 2010.
(185161)
175
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what targets community rehabilitation companies will be set under the Transforming Rehabilitation programme.
(185203)
176
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the number of deaths at HM Prison Hewell in the last 10 years.
(184865)
177
N
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what year Lin Liang Ren was deported to China following his conviction relating to the Morecambe Bay cockle pickers disaster; and how many years of his sentence he had served in the UK before that deportation.
(185329)
178
N
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many years Zhao Xiao Qing served in prison in the UK for his part in the Morecambe Bay cockle pickers disaster; and when he was deported to China.
(185330)
179
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a quarterly summary of the number of convictions for a primary offence of rape over the last three years.
(185445)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
180
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the registration rates of attainers in (a) Great Britain and (b) each region of Great Britain.
(185478)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
181
N
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the funding allocation is for Highways Agency route based strategies in Oxfordshire.
(185194)
182
N
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total funding is allocated to Highways Agency route based strategies.
(185195)
183
N
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the funding allocation is for Highways Agency route based strategies in the South East.
(185196)
184
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include information on the new drug driving offence in the driving theory test; and if he will make a statement.
(185501)
185
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the pharmaceutical industry of the changes required to Patient Information Leaflets following the introduction of the new drug driving offence; and if he will make a statement.
(185502)
186
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients taking long-term medication for chronic pain and similar conditions understand the medical defence under in the drug driving legislation; and if he will make a statement.
(185503)
187
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) the Scottish Government on the effect of drug driving legislation on patients taking long-term medication for chronic pain and similar conditions; and if he will make a statement.
(185504)
188
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's business case score for the Crown Point East bypass scheme in Denton, Greater Manchester submitted under the Pinch Point initiative.
(185498)
189
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's business case scores for the projects awarded funding in the latest round of the Pinch Point initiative.
(185499)
190
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure long term investment in train services to the far South West.
(185341)
191
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact on rail resilience of the Environment Agency's proposals for flood defences at Cowley Bridge, Exeter.
(185342)
192
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget for rail resilience works to the Devon stretch of the London Paddington to Plymouth rail link is for the current and next four financial years.
(185378)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
193
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.
(185204)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
194
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what proportion of staff of the Government Equalities Department has not declared their status in answer to any or all of the questions in diversity declaration forms in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(185339)
195
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many employees of the Government Equalities Office are currently (a) male, (b) female, (c) of white ethnic origin, (d) of Black and minority ethnic origin, (e) disabled and (f) not disabled.
(185340)
196
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the average salary was of employees of the Government Equalities Office who were (a) male, (b) female, (c) of white ethnic origin, (d) of Black and minority ethnic origin, (e) disabled and (f) not disabled in the latest period for which figures are available.
(185375)
197
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff currently working at the Government Equalities Office have not received diversity training.
(185376)
198
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many grievances have been raised by staff at the Government Equalities Office on the grounds of any kind of discrimination in each of the last five years; and what the outcome was in each case.
(185377)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
199
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to introduce a pension scheme for those beginning employment for the first time which would commence at a nominal monthly sum, increase automatically each year on a compound basis but have an opt out basis.
(185551)
200
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on advertising (a) tackling benefit fraud and (b) unclaimed benefits on Facebook in the current financial year.
(185441)
201
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to enable local authorities to exempt patients on home dialysis from the under-occupancy penalty.
(185242)
202
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been affected by his Department's decision to time-limit contributory employment and support allowance (ESA) to one year; how many claimants are entitled to means tested ESA after their entitlement to contributory ESA has expired; and how much his Department expects to save by time-limiting contributory ESA to one year.
(185288)
203
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative effects of its policies on disabled people in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and (c) the UK since May 2010.
(185289)
204
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of social housing tenants affected by the implementation of the under occupancy penalty live in wheelchair-standard properties.
(185290)
205
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of social housing tenants in wheelchair-standard properties affected by the implementation of the under occupancy penalty also qualify for and receive disability living allowance.
(185291)
206
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 263W, on children's maintenance, which particular Project Change Lifecycle Framework criteria will govern his Department's assessment of its operational readiness to start the process of Child Support Agency case closure.
(185384)
207
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff who have been made redundant or retired from his Department have subsequently been re-employed by his Department since May 2010.
(185571)
208
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of (a) the cost to the Exchequer of the Government's contribution to an auto-enrolment pension scheme, (b) the number of people enrolled and (c) the average contribution by employees and employers in each year to 2018-19.
(185134)
209
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the average waiting time for claimants of the personal independence payment who require a home consultation in each (a) country, (b) region and (v) parliamentary constituency of the UK.
(185381)
210
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of personal independence payment who require a home consultation have waited longer than (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months and (f) six months or more for such a consultation to date.
(185382)
211
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met (i) Prudential, (ii) Fidelity Investments, (iii) the Association of British Insurers and (iv) the Investment Management Association in the last four months; and for what purpose.
(185421)
212
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Office of Fair Trading to complete its review of legacy pension schemes; and if he will make a statement.
(185422)
213
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussion he has had with the Office of Fair Trading on the review of legacy pension schemes; and if he will make a statement.
(185423)
214
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the take up of pensions credit among those who are eligible.
(185424)
215
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to increase the take up of pensions credit among those who are eligible.
(185425)
216
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 January 2014, on pensions, whether he will introduce a pensions charge cap inclusive of transaction costs; and if he will make a statement.
(185426)
217
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of pension pots in pension schemes with an annual management charge in excess of 1 per cent; and if he will make a statement.
(185427)
218
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a code of conduct on the disclosure of pension charges to employers; and if he will make a statement.
(185428)
219
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the consultation announced by his Department on pension charge cap published on 30 October 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(185429)
220
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written statement of 23 January 2014, on Pensions, whether the delay announced to the introduction of a charge cap on workplace pension scheme also extends to his Department's planned changes regarding the governance of pension schemes; and if he will make a statement.
(185547)
221
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written statement of 23 January 2014, on Pensions, when he expects to bring forward proposals for a pensions charge cap before Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
(185548)
222
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has held with officials from HM Treasury in the last four months.
(185549)
223
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written statement of 23 January 2014, on Pensions, if he will publish the responses to the Government consultation on charging in workplace pensions.
(185550)
224
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will mark the 40th anniversary of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
(185155)
225
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Workchoice programme in getting disabled people into work.
(185157)
226
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects My Benefits Online to be completed; how much it will cost in total; and what proportion of the budget has been spent to date.
(185241)
227
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on My Benefits Online; and if he will make a statement.
(185243)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
228
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that pension providers that send out default annuity offers do so on a more competitive basis.
[Transferred]
(185552)
229
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the abuse of trusts for money laundering.
[Transferred]
(185555)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
230
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect on the Government’s equality policies of information from the 2011 census relating to the employment, education and health prospects of Gypsies and Travellers.
[Transferred]
(185206)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
231
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution of tourism to the British economy.
[Question Unstarred]
(902288)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
232
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) grants and (b) other external activity have been issued under the Democratic Engagement Programme to date.
[Transferred]
(185383)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
233
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to maintain the recent ceasefire in South Sudan.
[Transferred]
(185553)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
234
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of the number of women in prison.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]
(902276)
235
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she intends to implement a ban on pornography depicting rape.
[Transferred]
(185275)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
236
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the effect of drug driving legislation on patients taking long-term medication for chronic pain and similar conditions; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(185505)