Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 4 February 2014
Notes:
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[N]
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 4 February 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 4 February 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
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
To ask the Attorney General, whether he was consulted about the choice of Mr Stephen Wooler to head the investigation into the RSPCA's prosecution policy.
(186016)
2
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to monitor whether the Serious Fraud Office complies with its obligation under the Human Rights Act 1998 when executing requests for mutual legal assistance.
(185588)
3
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what the policy is of the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office on whether to proceed with prosecutions of defendants who have not been able to find counsel to represent them under the new fee regime for very high-cost criminal cases.
(185900)
4
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 30 January 2014, how much of the £19 million additional resources for the Serious Fraud Office has been ear-marked for specific investigations or prosecutions.
(185994)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
5
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his strategy is for devolving skills funding in Wales and Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
(185917)
6
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the number of apprentices progressing to level 5 qualifications.
(186132)
7
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had on proposals to reduce funding for the Student Opportunity Fund.
(185993)
8
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the sustainability of the universal postal service of the extension of end-to-end delivery services by providers other than the universal postal service provider.
(185874)
9
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the universal postal service of operators other than the universal postal service provider extending end-to-end services in (a) Manchester, (b) Liverpool, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Glasgow and (e) Birmingham.
(185875)
10
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will request Ofcom to expedite its review of the effect of end-to-end competition in the postal services market in order to ensure that the universal service obligation is protected.
(185876)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
11
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any official files contain a more accurate and precise time of death of the 7/7 victims than that given to their families.
(186195)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
12
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the annual benefit to the public purse of reducing (a) the annual allowance for tax relief on pensions contributions to £30,000 and (b) the lifetime allowance to £1 million.
(186010)
13
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency paid the top rate of tax in each of the last five years.
(186051)
14
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) couples with children who are no longer eligible for working tax credits and (b) children now deemed to be in poverty as a result of the higher working hours threshold.
(186154)
15
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional gaming duty raised by taxing at the point of consumption remote gambling operators based offshore.
(186155)
16
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue from remote gaming duty in each year since 2010.
(186156)
17
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) per-container cost and (b) costs to industry of introducing a duty-paid tax stamp on all products liable to beer duty.
(186173)
18
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the reintroduction of fiscal stamps on alcohol products and their permissibility under the EU Treaty provisions on the freedom of movement of goods.
(186174)
19
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to tackle duty fraud before wholesale-registration comes into effect in 2017.
(186175)
20
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what resources he will provide to enforce the wholesaler registration scheme when it comes into effect in 2017.
(186176)
21
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from Severn River Crossings plc to date as a result of (a) the phasing out of the industrial buildings allowance and (b) VAT payments since the introduction of VAT on tolls.
(185730)
22
N
John Stevenson
(Carlisle):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from stamp duty for properties worth (a) up to £250,000, (b) between £250,000 and £500,000 and (c) over £500,000 in 2012-13.
(184221)
23
N
John Stevenson
(Carlisle):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from stamp duty on (a) commercial and (b) residential properties in 2013.
(184222)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
24
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will be on the panel of the review into local authorities' role in housing supply in addition to Natalie Elphicke and Councillor Keith House.
(186000)
25
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the review into local authorities' role in housing supply.
(186001)
26
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Natalie Elphicke and Councillor Keith House will be paid to lead the review of local authorities' role in housing supply.
(186007)
27
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Ministerial Recovery Group has met since 7 January 2014; and who has attended each meeting.
(186139)
28
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps to assist communities affected by the flooding and bad weather since the Christmas storm his Department has taken as a result of decisions of the Ministerial Recovery Working Group.
(186140)
29
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statistics the Government keeps on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender homelessness.
(185916)
30
N
John Stevenson
(Carlisle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much revenue was raised from commercial rates in 2013.
(184223)
31
N
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that state-funded publications and literature by local authorities are politically impartial when communicating the scale of government funding reductions and budgeting.
(186053)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
32
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which official within her Department is the (a) national lead and (b) strategic commissioner for under-14 community sport.
(186012)
33
N
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made in establishing the Recognition Panel.
(184868)
34
N
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency budget exists for the Recognition Panel established for the purpose of press regulation; and if she will make a statement.
(186054)
35
N
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on creating the Recognition Panel for the purpose of press regulation.
(186055)
36
N
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the salaries are for the members of the Recognition Panel established for the purpose of press regulation.
(186056)
37
N
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the key performance indicators are of the Recognition Panel for the purpose of press regulation; and what steps she plans to take to monitor the work and expenditure of that body.
(186057)
38
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Oral Answer by the Prime Minister of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 295, whether the review of Category B gaming machines due to report in the spring will include an assessment of effects of £100 stakes and £500 prizes of fixed odds betting terminals in betting shops on problem gambling; and if she will make a statement.
(186021)
39
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much arts funding from her Department and the Arts Council per head of population was allocated to (a) the North West, (b) Cheshire and (c) Warrington in each of the last five years.
(186052)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
40
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rehabilitation periods for individuals with criminal records who wish to apply to join the Royal Navy are; and what plans he has to review them.
(186168)
41
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official report, column 598W, on drones, what definition he uses of contingent purposes.
(186125)
42
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official report, column 598W, on drones, what possible options he is considering for future basing options of Reaper drones.
(186126)
43
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official report, column 598W, on drones, when a final decision will be reached as to the future basing options for Reaper drones.
(186127)
44
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions were held between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and representatives of the Colombian government on the International Security Strategy and related matters; and if he will make a statement.
(186123)
45
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome has been of the recent UK-Colombian discussions on proposed collaboration between the Royal Navy and the Colombian armed forces.
(186131)
46
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role Arfan Chaundhry has in the bilateral discussions between his Department and the (a) Colombian government and (b) Colombian armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
(186136)
47
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the draft memorandum of understanding between the Government and the government and armed forces of Colombia arising from their discussion held aboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena; and if he will make a statement.
(186137)
48
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to support service families affected by domestic violence.
(186005)
49
N
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the funding streams his Department has to the Afghan government; what the purposes are for the funding in each case; what steps he is taking to ensure that such funds are used by the Afghans for the intended purposes; and if he will make a statement.
(185296)
50
N
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the successful bidder in the competition to purchase the lease for the site of his Department's Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood, in New Forest East, will be required to make a full planning application for any change of use; and if he will make a statement.
(185299)
51
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what personnel and assets from his Department will take part in the Iceland Air Meet 2014.
(185822)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
52
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions an Education Funding Agency (EFA) investigation into alleged financial impropriety has been undertaken in each year of the EFA's existence.
(186117)
53
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes he has put in place to enable the Education Funding Agency to scrutinise the finances of academies and free schools.
(186144)
54
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how many institutions the Education Funding Agency has exercised its responsibility for financial oversight in each year of its operation.
(186145)
55
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes he has put in place to enable a whistleblower to generate an Education Funding Agency investigation into alleged financial impropriety.
(186146)
56
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff at the Education Funding Agency (EFA) have been responsible for the oversight of finances of academies and free schools in each year since the EFA was established.
(186147)
57
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) biology teachers there are in each local authority area.
(185918)
58
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 18 year olds in further education are affected by reductions in funding; and what proportion of these students are pursuing vocational studies.
(186138)
59
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers will be affected by the reduction in funding of 18 year olds announced by the Education Funding Agency.
(185948)
60
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures he is considering to mitigate the effects of the reduction in the funding of 18 year olds announced by the Education Funding Agency.
(186004)
61
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber will be affected by the reduction in funding for 18 year olds announced by the Education Funding Agency.
(186008)
62
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether information from the Autism Act 2009 statutory guidance will be included in the final Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.
(186013)
63
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the final Special Educational Needs Code of Practice will refer to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on assessment and diagnosis of autism.
(186014)
64
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the need to conduct a review into the feasibility of the single point of appeal for education, health and care plans.
(186015)
65
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will work with (a) the National Autistic Society and (b) other disability charities to ensure that educational needs of children and young people with specific impairments are fully reflected in the description of special educational need in the final Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.
(186022)
66
N
Mr Michael Thornton
(Eastleigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges in Eastleigh constituency have defibrillators installed.
(185913)
67
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued in the past to potential free school applicants on the freehold and leasehold of school sites.
(186111)
68
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department considered purchasing the freehold for the Lidget Green site of the Kings Science Academy.
(186112)
69
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) schools and (b) local authorities on the use of radio-frequency identification technology (RFID) with a Real Time Location System (RTLS) in schools for (i) tracking children and (ii) tagging equipment; if he will place in the Library a copy of such guidance; and if he will make a statement.
(186124)
70
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence his Department has had with the Information Commissioner's office on the compatibility of radio-frequency identification technology with a Real Time Location System in schools and the Data Protection Act 1988 in the last three years.
(186128)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
71
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of ring fencing between energy supply and generation businesses.
(185995)
72
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he intends to publish the post-adoption statement following the closure of the consultation period on the strategic environmental assessment on shale gas.
(185996)
73
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of staff have been employed by his Department to work full-time on carbon capture and storage in each month since June 2010.
(185997)
74
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis is for the assumption in the strategic environmental assessment on shale gas that production over the lifetime of a well is three billion cubic feet of gas per well.
(185999)
75
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the benefit to local communities of receiving one per cent of revenue from each shale gas site.
(186002)
76
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total value of payments made by customers to British Gas through domestic energy bills as a result of the introduction of the Energy Company Obligation at 31 December 2013.
(186105)
77
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to monitor methane emissions from shale gas extraction sites.
(186166)
78
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many inspections have taken place by the Environment Agency and Health and Safety Executive of drill sites operated by Cuadrilla resources at (a) Preese Hall, (b) Balcombe and (c) Becconsall in each year of activity on each site.
(186167)
79
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what quantities of liquid and solid wastes were produced at drill sites operated by Cuadrilla Resources at (a) Preese Hall, (b) Balcombe and (c) Becconsall; what the composition of those wastes were; how and where those wastes were treated and disposed of; and what permits were issued for their storage, transport and disposal, for each year of activity on each site.
(186169)
80
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of methane leakage from shale gas extraction on the UK's greenhouse gas inventory.
(186170)
81
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, What estimate the Government has made of the costs of regulation of the shale gas industry during the (a) exploration and (b) commercial extraction stages.
(186171)
82
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the final decision to be made on approval and implementation of Ofgem's reforms to Project TransmiT.
(185909)
83
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of the year's delay in the implementation of Ofgem's reforms to the transmission charging regime, Project TransmiT, announced by Ofgem on 16 December 2013.
(186020)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
84
Harriett Baldwin
(West Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information is made available to members of the public about individual recipients of environmental stewardship grants from Natural England.
(186177)
85
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to control the sale and use of chlorpyrifos.
(186191)
86
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish the results of the investigation into the pollution of 15km of the River Kennet following the release of chlorpyrifos into that river at Marlborough in 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(186192)
87
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in discussions with Thames Water on ending over-abstraction from the River Kennet; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (186193)
88
N
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent investigations his Department has undertaken into river bed changes and sedimentation rates on the upper River Thames and its tributaries, particularly in Oxfordshire.
(185901)
89
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he received from public authorities in the Somerset Levels for assistance following the flooding in late 2013.
(186003)
90
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date his Department received requests for assistance from Somerset County Council arising from flooding incidents.
(186023)
91
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates his Department received requests for assistance from Sedgemoor District Council arising from flooding incidents.
(186024)
92
N
Nick Herbert
(Arundel and South Downs):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade (a) domestically and (b) internationally.
(185991)
93
N
Nick Herbert
(Arundel and South Downs):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on allocating funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit beyond March 2014.
(185992)
94
Mr Michael Thornton
(Eastleigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people live within the 75 decibel noise contour of each motorway in Eastleigh constituency.
(186172)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
95
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 428W, on Iran, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart about recent remarks that the P5+1 are misrepresenting Iran's commitments under the Joint Plan of Action.
(185910)
96
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 428W, on Iran, what measures the Iranian authorities need to take to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear programme.
(185919)
97
N
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the funding streams his Department has to the Afghan government; what the purposes are for the funding in each case; what steps he is taking to ensure that such funds are used by the Afghans for the intended purposes; and if he will make a statement.
(185297)
98
N
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on Iran's possession of advanced IR-1 centrifuges.
(186114)
99
N
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether IAEA inspectors will be granted access to Iran's Parchin facility under the P5+1-Iran Joint Plan of Action.
(186115)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
100
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the seasonal influenza vaccination public awareness campaign for 2013-14, by category of expenditure.
(186134)
101
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the introduction of a community-based awareness scheme for autism.
(186151)
102
N
Richard Harrington
(Watford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the use of telehealth in the delivery of healthcare to tackle health issues for (a) the homeless, (b) those suffering from long-term physical and mental health conditions and (c) other health problems.
(186149)
103
N
Richard Harrington
(Watford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to support women suffering from post-natal depression; and what steps he has taken to increase awareness of post-natal depression in maternity services and social support.
(186150)
104
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on conversion therapy.
(185912)
105
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce ambulance waiting times at Warrington Hospital; and when he last discussed those waiting times with (a) representatives of that hospital and (b) the North West Ambulance Trust.
(185990)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
106
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list (a) the occupations which the Migration Advisory Committee has recently added to the shortage occupation list and (b) the estimated shortages by category.
(186133)
107
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial and practical support she will provide for Syrian refugees permitted to enter the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(186118)
108
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what method of transport will be used to move those Syrian refugees granted permission to enter the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(186119)
109
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be used to determine which Syrian refugees are of sufficiently high need to receive permission to enter the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(186120)
110
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Government will monitor the wellbeing of those Syrian refugees that enter the UK.
(186121)
111
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has given directions under Section 94 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to the providers of telecommunications services for the acquisition of data in bulk relating to (a) thousands and (b) millions of people.
(186135)
112
N
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions by the National Fraud and Intelligence Office involving fraudulent activity on eBay there have been since 2010.
(185998)
113
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which NHS bodies have replaced primary care trusts as responsible authorities for the purpose of determining a premises license application; and when she plans to update the guidance given to local authorities and potential applicants on the .gov.uk website to reflect the fact that primary care trusts no longer exist.
(185911)
114
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of existing regulations on money transfer networks for preventing money leaving the UK to fund on-demand online child abuse; and what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend these regulations in line with the particular threat associated with payments to certain countries.
(186017)
115
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cats and dogs were used in experiments in the UK (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in the year ended January 2009; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the use of cats and dogs in experiments is phased out.
(185490)
116
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to release more information pertaining to the conducting of animal experiments in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(185572)
117
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets she has established for timely payment of fees to junior barristers commissioned by her Department for representation at immigration and asylum tribunals; and if she will make a statement.
(186011)
118
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spouse visa applications have been deferred on financial grounds whilst awaiting further evidence on the sponsors income in the last 12 months.
(185877)
119
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spouse visa applications have been deferred on financial grounds whilst awaiting further evidence on the sponsors income to date.
(185915)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
120
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many tours of the Palace of Westminster were conducted by Blue Badge guides in each year since 2011; and how many such tours have been so allocated for 2014.
(185589)
121
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions the Commission has had on the fact that Palace of Westminster guides conduct Royalty and Splendour, and Tactile tours but are excluded from other non-Member tours.
(185590)
122
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much (a) Blue Badge guides and (b) Palace of Westminster guides are paid per tour of the Palace.
(185591)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
123
N
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the funding streams her Department has to the Afghan government; what the purposes are for the funding in each case; what steps she is taking to ensure that such funds are used by the Afghans for the intended purposes; and if she will make a statement.
(185298)
124
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects funded by her Department have been (a) given an extension of or (b) started with a value of more than £50,000 in the current financial year.
(186194)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
125
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of human trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in July 2013; in which (a) region, (b) country, (c) metropolitan district, (d) district council area, (e) city and (f) Parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to the scheme; and in which town the shelter to which they were placed for the statutory period was.
(185712)
126
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport about the 38 per cent rise in fatalities caused by dangerous driving in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking in response to that rise.
(186006)
127
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued by courts and (b) collected in 2013-14 to date.
(185878)
128
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department worked on collection of fines in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(186100)
129
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders (a) were issued and (b) went uncollected in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
(186101)
130
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value was of fines remaining uncollected on 31 December (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(186102)
131
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what local targets each probation trust has.
(186107)
132
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of undertaking recruitment to fill the recently advertised positions in the Public Defender Service (PDS); and what estimate he has made of the annual (a) running costs and (b) pay bill will be of the PDS.
(186130)
133
N
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce re-offending among young offenders.
(902394)
Questions to the Prime Minister
134
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the minutes of any meetings between him and the Chief of Defence Staff which took place in his constituency between 11 May 2010 and 31 May 2011.
(185914)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
135
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget of the Vehicle and Operator Standards Agency was in each year from 2009 to date; and what his estimate is of the budget in 2015.
(185908)
136
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Angus of 16 January 2014, Official Report, column 643W on driving: licensing, what proportion of driving licences surrendered voluntarily following a health-related incident were restored within the 90 day target in each of the last five years.
(186009)
137
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety implications of quiet vehicles.
[R] (186189)
138
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the schedule and costs were of (a) the original advertising campaign for the consultation on the High Speed 2 Phase One Environmental Statement and (b) the advertising campaigns following the ruling of the Standing Orders Committee to extend the consultation period.
(186143)
139
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the overall Network Grant was intended to be used for subsidising track access charges in each year from 2008-09 to 2012-13.
(186110)
140
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the continued availability of zero or low content biofuel at five per cent or below for use by owners of older motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (185399)
141
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current estimated end date is of the Severn River Crossings concession.
(185728)
142
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the level of the outstanding debt following the end of the Severn River Crossings concession.
(185729)
143
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff were employed at the Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in each of the last five years.
(185906)
144
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre was staffed at below risk assessed levels in January 2014.
(185907)
145
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff are currently employed at the Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.
(186019)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
146
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) appeals against ATOS assessments and (b) successful appeals in (i) Leeds and (ii) Leeds Central constituency there have been in each of the last three years.
(186018)
147
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in the universal credit pilot areas have (a) been mandated out of the universal credit scheme or (b) found employment since the introduction of universal credit.
(186113)
148
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in Warrington have been sanctioned in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
(186122)
149
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington North constituency have (a) been placed in the work-related activity group for employment and support allowance, (b) appealed against a decision to place them in that group and (c) died before their appeal was against a decision to place them in that group was heard or in the last 12 months thereafter in each of the last three years.
(186129)
150
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a breakdown by principal impairment of the number of people in receipt of employment and support allowance who have so far been referred to the Work Programme; and how many in each category have so far secured a job outcome.
(186103)
151
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's contracts are covered by the EU's de minimis funding rules.
(186104)
152
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of Jobcentre Plus support contracts; and if he will make a statement.
(186106)
153
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) employment and support allowance placed in the support group and (c) income support have volunteered for the Work Programme in each month since June 2011.
(186108)
154
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether jobseekers whose benefit has been sanctioned but who otherwise meet the conditions for entitlement to jobseeker's allowance are included in the claimant count; and if he will make a statement.
(186109)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
155
N
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools of 7 January 2014, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1473, on Report Stage of the Children and Families Bill, what funds have been allocated by his Department to assist training providers and award organisations to ensure that apprentices who have previously failed key skills due to a lack of support are able to sit a new functional skills test; and when such apprentices can expect to be able to site a new functional skills test.
[Transferred]
(186148)