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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 10 February 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 10 February 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 10 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.

Monday 10 February  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Attorney General, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187238)
2  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of staff of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187260)
3  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) the Law Officers' Departments and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187279)
4  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, what consideration he has given to the observations of His Honour Judge Peter Murphy about the financial implications of prosecution disclosure in the case of R v Renata Andrews and Others.
      (186749)
5  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by the Law Officers' Departments is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186858)
6 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for (a) rape, (b) other violent crimes and (c) burglary there were in Northamptonshire in 2013; and what proportion of such prosecutions were successful.
      (186915)
7  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Attorney General, which paid public appointment contracts the Law Officers' Departments has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187010)
8  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Attorney General, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187071)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
9  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187237)
10  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187259)
11  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187278)
12 N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities he has for regulation of residential and property management agents in Wales.
      (186843)
13  
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the majority of Government services are still available throughout the sub-post office network.
      (187042)
14  
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of Post Office Limited to discuss investment in the sub-post office network to allow sub-postmasters to grow their businesses.
      (187043)
15 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Chelmsford constituency are enrolled in adult skills sessions.
      (185597)
16 N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to increase the participation of older people in further education.
      (902478)
17 N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many women's business centres are still operational; and how such centres can be contacted.
      (186511)
18 N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedure and checks his Department and the Student Loans Company (SLC) use to monitor the advice given to students by alternative providers as to which of their courses have been designated for SLC funding.
      (186680)
19 N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedures and checks (a) his Department and (b) the Student Loans Company (SLC) use to monitor the applications from the students of alternative providers for SLC funding for designated courses.
      (186687)
20 N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedures and checks (a) his Department and (b) the Student Loans Company (SLC) use to monitor the claims of alternative providers for SLC funding for designated courses.
      (186688)
21 N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what investigations relating to student support claims and Student Loans Company funding have taken place or are currently underway in respect of alternative providers.
      (186689)
22  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which colleges have incorrectly advertised eligibility and access to Student Loans Company services in the last year.
      (187134)
23 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that regions of the UK other than Greater London benefit from economic recovery and new business growth.
      (186645)
24 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies operating in the UK are (a) fully and (b) partly owned by Chinese companies.
      (186727)
25  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men applied for the 24+ advanced learning loan in the 20013-14 academic year.
      (187046)
26  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men aged 24 years old and above applied for Government financial assistance for further education in each of the academic years between 2008 and 2013.
      (187048)
27  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of businesses with an annual rental value of £50,000 or less a year are owned by (a) women and (b) men.
      (187174)
28  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Local Enterprise Partnerships shared a first draft of their Strategic Economic Plans with his Department by the end of December 2013; whether his Department provided feedback on each of these plans by the end of January 2014; and which such plans included specific proposals relating to (a) funding for skills provisions and (b) capital funding for further education colleges.
      (187172)
29  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer on state aid to Lord Stoddart of Swindon, House of Lords Official Report, 23 January 2014, WA column 166, what the subject is of each of the UK state aid cases currently before the European Commission for approval.
      (187055)
30  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186857)
31 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons those universities not based in the eight core city local enterprise partnerships areas are ineligible to apply for a university enterprise zone.
      (186957)
32 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to allow all universities to apply for a university enterprise zone.
      (186958)
33 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of how much funding employers provided to fund non-statutory training of their staff in each of the last five years.
      (186685)
34 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much finding (a) his Department and (b) the Skills Funding Agency has provided to (i) McDonalds, (ii) Morrisons, (iii) Tesco and (iv) Sainsbury's to provide training or apprenticeships for their staff in each of the last five years.
      (186686)
35 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to support the participation by UK construction companies in World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
      (186559)
36 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade & Investment is giving to UK companies seeking to participate in World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
      (186560)
37 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will offer the UK's support to the government of the UAE in its preparations for World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
      (186561)
38 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will form a cross-departmental working group to co-ordinate the UK's participation in World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
      (186562)
39 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade & Investment will give to companies based in Shrewsbury which wish to bid for contracts relating to World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
      (186563)
40  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187009)
41  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187070)
42 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2013, Official Report, columns 1067-8W, on industrial disputes: independent review, what decisions have been taken on the review chaired by Bruce Carr QC in respect of (a) its terms of reference, (b) its membership, (c) when its work will start and finish and (d) whether a final report of its findings will be produced.
      (186905)
43 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside who are unable to (i) read and (ii) write.
      (186850)
44 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were started in the Barrow and Furness constituency in each industrial sector in each of the last five years.
      (186677)
45 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeships were started in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will publish such figures with reference to apprentices' (a) age and (b) gender.
      (186678)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
46 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of working age adults are currently registered as disabled in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
      (186493)
47  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187239)
48  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which central government office estate buildings are currently (a) unoccupied and (b) under-occupied.
      (187257)
49  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on relocating civil servants from expensive city centre locations since the publication of the Government's Estate Strategy in June 2013.
      (187258)
50  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187261)
51  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187280)
52 N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were attributable to legal highs in the last year for which data is available.
      (186259)
53 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts of what value have been awarded to companies or projects based in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex local authority area.
      (185594)
54 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Chinese nationals are currently residing and working in the UK.
      (186731)
55  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many regulations made since May 2010 contain a sunset clause.
      (187103)
56  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of chairs of public bodies appointed since 5 May 2010 are (a) men and (b) women.
      (187047)
57  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many chairs of public bodies were (a) men and (b) women in each of the last five years.
      (187049)
58  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186859)
59 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children living in households where one or both parents are (a) working part-time because they are unable to find full-time work and (b) employed on a zero hours contract.
      (186513)
60  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187011)
61  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187072)
62  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the public appointments made by Government in each department between 1 April and 30 September 2013 were to remunerated posts; and in what pay band each such appointment was.
      (187121)
63  
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of fundraising by charities in streets and other public places.
      (186746)
64 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside who have jobs which primarily require working (i) during the day and (ii) at night.
      (186849)
65  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that local resilience forums have effective and linked websites providing public information before, during and after an emergency.
      (186938)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
66  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the average price of a bottle of (a) spirits and (b) wine is comprised of tax; and if he will make a statement.
      (186816)
67  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the conclusions he has given to Ernst and Young's economic impact assessment of the wine and spirit industry in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (186817)
68  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect that removing the alcohol duty escalator would have on levels of alcohol fraud in 2014; and if he will make a statement.
      (186818)
69  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that would be created as a result of the alcohol duty escalator in 2014; and if he will make a statement.
      (186819)
70  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187253)
71  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187275)
72  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187294)
73  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of UK labour productivity; and if he will make a statement.
      (187305)
74  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people earning less than the annual equivalent of the primary threshold had a class 1 National Insurance contribution liability in each of the last seven years.
      (186823)
75 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consult the Association of British Insurers on whether the insurers' code of conduct is working effectively for people about to retire.
      (186643)
76 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount that will be received in penalties paid by people who failed to complete their self assessment by 31 January 2014.
      (186644)
77 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who would pay no income tax or national insurance contributions if the threshold at which such payments began were raised to £12,000 a year in 2014-15.
      (186743)
78  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on business rate discounts for (a) cinemas and (b) DVD rental shops.
      (186883)
79  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received on whether the Colombian mining industry, including companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, is contracting army units for private security purposes in Colombia.
      (187141)
80 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in the level of (a) national insurance contributions and (b) VAT for a family with two people earning £10,000 per annum since May 2010.
      (186488)
81  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the rural fuel rebate scheme.
      (186985)
82  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with members of the European Parliament representing (a) English, (b) Scottish, (c) Welsh, (d) Northern Ireland constituencies and (e) the European Committee of the Regions on the rural fuel rebate scheme.
      (186986)
83  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186874)
84  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget of HM Revenue and Customs for landfill tax fraud investigation is.
     [R] (186948)
85  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs investigations into landfill tax fraud are currently underway.
     [R] (186950)
86  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from landfill tax receipt in the last financial year.
     [R] (186951)
87  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what monitoring is undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs to ensure operators are paying the correct landfill charge.
     [R] (186952)
88 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions for landfill tax fraud have been brought in the last three years.
     [R] (186969)
89 N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many transactions have taken place under the Help to Buy scheme for home purchase valuations (a) under £100,000, (b) between £100,000 and £200,000, (c) between £200,000 and £300,000, (d) between £300,000 and £400,000, (e) between £400,000 and £500,000 and (f) between £500,000 and £600,000; and what the value of the guarantee provided was in each such transaction.
      (186796)
90 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2013, Official Report, columns 258-9W, on mortgages: government assistance, if he will place an analysis of the people to whom such mortgages have been granted.
      (186566)
91 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of ISA financial products held by people living in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.
      (186828)
92 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of ISA products issued by UK companies registered in (a) Scotland and (b) other parts of the UK in each of the last 10 years.
      (186844)
93 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of deposits held by financial institutions registered in Scotland which are covered by the current Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
      (186845)
94 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of deposits held by UK residents which are covered financially by the current Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
      (186846)
95 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce the cost of living for those on low incomes; and if he will make a statement.
      (186694)
96 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of small business start-ups in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.
      (186829)
97 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to support women who want to set up businesses in Scotland.
      (186830)
98 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) economic and (b) fiscal effect of reducing the the take of bingo duty to 15 per cent.
      (186518)
99  
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the financial effect of the introduction of universal credit on couples in receipt of the transferable tax allowance.
      (186745)
100 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a taper for the removal of the transferable tax allowance in the event of a change in (a) personal and (b) financial circumstances.
      (186758)
101 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will happen to the transferable tax allowance of individuals when (a) their spouse or civil partner dies, (b) they divorce and (c) they separate; and after what period of time the change would take place.
      (186759)
102 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) married couples and civil partnerships and (b) families with children he expects to be eligible for the transferable tax allowance in 2015-16.
      (186760)
103  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187029)
104  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187089)
105  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional revenue secured since 2010 as a result of changes to the IR35 tax regulations affecting the self-employed.
      (187119)
106  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of enforcement of the IR35 rules since 2010.
      (187120)
107 N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Government's policy on tax-free childcare on low income households.
      (902490)
108 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department as paid the living wage or above.
      (186697)
109 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued about the freehold and leasehold of school sites for potential free schools.
      (186765)
Questions to the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners
110  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, when he last met the Rural Affairs Group of the Church of England.
      (187221)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
111  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties were sold under the Right to Buy scheme in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and what the average discount given to house buyers was under that scheme in those years in each local authority area.
      (187163)
112  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of preserved right-to-buy sales on affordable housing policy.
      (187164)
113  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of preserved right-to-buy sales on rental incomes for housing associations which were part of large-scale voluntary transfer schemes.
      (187165)
114  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many replacement homes (a) are under construction or (b) have completed as a result of preserved right-to- buy sales subsequent to the enhanced discount introduced on 2 April 2012, by local authority.
      (187166)
115  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many replacement homes (a) are under construction or (b) have completed as a result of all right-to-buy sales subsequent to the enhanced discount introduced on 2 April 2012, by local authority.
      (187167)
116  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what total amount of discount has been applied as part of the preserved right-to-buy sales in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
      (187169)
117  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to replace housing stock as a result of preserved right-to-buy sales.
      (187170)
118  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount of discount is that has been applied as part of all right-to-buy sales in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
      (187171)
119  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties have been sold under the preserved Right-to-Buy scheme in each of the last five years; what the average discount given to house buyers was under the scheme in those years; and if he will list this information by local authority area.
      (187334)
120  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187240)
121  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187262)
122  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187281)
123  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in local government procurement from small, local businesses.
      (187306)
124 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of (a) people in work, (b) carers, (c) disabled people, (d) war widows and (e) veterans who have seen an increase in their council tax bill following changes to the payment of council tax benefit.
      (186484)
125 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data he (a) is currently collecting and (b) plans to collect on the number of (i) households and (ii) people paying council tax for the first time or seeing an increase in their council tax bill as a result of the changes in council tax benefit who have received a visit from a bailiff over non-payment of council tax.
      (186485)
126 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the effect of (a) changes to and (b) localisation of council tax benefit over the next 12 months.
      (186486)
127 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has asked any local authority for (a) an assessment of and (b) data on the effect of the changes in and the localisation of council tax benefit; and if he will place in the Library copies of any information so provided.
      (186508)
128 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data his Department (a) collects and (b) plans to collect on the number of households and inviduals (i) that are paying council tax for the first time or whose council tax bill has increased as a result of recent changes to council tax benefit and (iii) who have been summonsed to court for non-payment of council tax since those changes took effect.
      (186509)
129 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when Sir Bob Kerslake approved the process by which Hatfield would be considered as a Town Team; and if he will place a copy of the approval in the Library.
      (186766)
130 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the timelines for closing ministerial e-mail accounts once a Minister has left the Department.
      (186767)
131 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account his Department's policy on the retention of ministerial e-emails that are relevant to the subject of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 takes of section 12.3c of the Lord Chancellor's Code of Practice on the management of records issued under section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (186768)
132 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the e-mail accounts of each Minister who has left his Department since May 2010 (a) have been deleted, (b) remain available to the Department and (c) have been archived.
      (186770)
133 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the approval process is for the archiving or deletion of ministerial e-mail accounts.
      (186771)
134  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will consider introducing an exemption for extending permitted development rights in national parks.
      (187057)
135  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has given to (a) the Homes and Communities Agency and (b) other Government departments on consideration of demand for retirement housing when disposing of public land assets.
      (186750)
136  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units of retirement housing of all tenures were completed in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
      (186751)
137  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has given to (a) local authorities and (b) the Planning Inspectorate on building more retirement housing.
      (186752)
138  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage the delivery of retirement housing for home-owners.
      (186753)
139  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the current planning system on the supply of retirement housing; and what recent discussions he has had with that sector to encourage the provision of such funding.
      (186754)
140  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will develop a national strategy for the delivery of retirement housing.
      (186755)
141 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirement the Homes and Communities Agency imposes in respect of the proportion of one-bedroom properties to be provided in social housing developments funded through a social housing grant.
      (186769)
142 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's announcement in January 2014 of a review of how more social homes can be built, what selection process was used leading to the appointment of Natalie Elphicke and Keith House to lead the review; who was consulted before the decision to commission the review was taken; who was consulted about the appointment of the leaders of the review; where the appointment process was advertised; who made the appointments; what remuneration is being paid to the review leaders; and what resources of his Department are being committed to the review.
      (186912)
143  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote the sharing of services between fire brigades and (a) police forces and (b) other local authorities.
      (186804)
144  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of 18 December 2013, Official Report, column 759, on local government finance, what support to meet future equal pay commitments his Department will provide to local authorities that have followed his advice to use reserves for front-line services.
      (186774)
145  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186860)
146  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been collected in business rates in (a) Hyndburn constituency and (b) Rossendale in each of the last 10 years.
      (187352)
147  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times he has exercised his power of recovering a planning appeal to (a) overturn and (b) uphold a local authority's decision to (i) allow and (ii) refuse a planning application for (A) housing and (B) commercial development on a flood plain or in an area of flood risk in each of the last four years.
      (186800)
148  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times he has exercised his power of calling in a planning application to (a) approve and (b) reject a planning application for (i) housing and (ii) commercial development on a flood plain or in an area of flood risk.
      (186805)
149  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend the deadline for applications to the Bellwin Fund beyond the end of March 2014 in respect of damage caused by and recovery measures relating to the recent winter floods.
      (187300)
150  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for consideration of applications to the Bellwin Fund of the fact that the winter floods are still ongoing, making the extent of damage difficult to assess.
      (187301)
151  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187012)
152  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187073)
153 N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits for tenants and practitioners of consolidating current legislation relating to leasehold and commonhold interests in land.
      (186790)
154  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make flood risk part of the mandatory search requirements for property purchase.
      (186888)
155  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authority (a) chief executives and (b) leaders in providing public reassurance and advice through local media during a flooding emergency.
      (186940)
156  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the full actuarial cost of fire deaths was in each of the last 10 years.
      (187224)
157  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire deaths there were in each of the last 10 years.
      (187225)
158  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the Government to assist first-time home buyers.
      (186780)
159  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 47 of the National Planning Policy Framework, whether local authorities are required to include greenbelt land in their five-year supply of deliverable housing sites if no other sites are available.
      (187222)
160 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to recover costs against the Lymington River Association in the event that their application for an oral hearing in respect of the operation of Wightlink Ferries is successful, but the hearing rules against them.
      (186653)
161  
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to gain a more accurate representation of gypsy and traveller numbers in South Staffordshire constituency; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the duty of pitch provision is more evenly spread across all nearby local authority areas.
      (187181)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
162  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
      (187241)
163  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187263)
164  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) her Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
      (187282)
165 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2014, Official Report, column 88W, on mobile telephones, what steps she will take on what timeframe to provide a gaining-provider-led system for mobile contract switching.
      (185698)
166  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has made to (a) Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the inclusion of (i) cinemas, (ii) art galleries, (iii) local cultural centres and (iv) other arts-related premises within the scope of business rates discount.
      (186884)
167  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186861)
168  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how Lord Lingfield's name was spelt on all documentation regarding his application to her Department regarding the future of HMS Victory 1744.
      (186932)
169  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what due diligence her Department conducted regarding the genealogy of Lord Lingfield and his request to raise HMS Victory 1744.
      (186933)
170  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, under what conditions and criteria her Department transfers ownership of discovered British shipwrecks to private individuals.
      (186934)
171  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish details of the location and contents of all the protected wreck sites designated by her Department under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
      (186937)
172  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187013)
173  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187074)
174 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to implement section 93 of the European Commission's guidance on Public Sector Broadcasters (PSBs); and what steps she is taking to ensure that an arm’s length principle is applied to all subsidiaries of PSBs.
      (186974)
175  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the Northern Ireland Executive on promoting Northern Ireland as a tourist destination.
      (186782)
176  
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department has issued to the Arts Council on its distribution of funds across urban and rural communities.
      (187179)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
177  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187242)
178  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187264)
179  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187283)
180 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review current armed forces redundancy legislation covering service personnel made compulsorily redundant close to pension point.
      (186789)
181  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost at outturn prices of the Trident replacement programme.
      (187135)
182  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost at outturn prices of the D5 missile extension programme.
      (187136)
183  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of developing and procuring a replacement missile for the Trident D5 missile for the remainder of the replacement submarine service life after 2042.
      (187137)
184  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual expenditure on the Trident nuclear weapons system, including all capital expenditure at HMNB Clyde, AWE Aldermaston and AWE Burghfield, has been since 2000.
      (187138)
185  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) expenditure and percentage share of his Department's procurement budget that the design and construction of the Trident replacement submarines will represent and (b) what the running costs and percentage share of his Department's overall spending of the existing Trident nuclear weapons system will be in each of the next 10 years.
      (187142)
186  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated annual expenditure and percentage share of his Department's procurement budget the design and construction of the Astute-class submarines will represent in each of the next 10 years.
      (187143)
187  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of nuclear liabilities associated with berthing and decommissioning submarines, decontamination of associated sites and storage of related nuclear materials, including disaggregation by (a) out-of service submarines, (b) in-service submarines and (c) Trident replacement submarines.
      (187144)
188  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186862)
189 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Parachute Regiment recruit training courses are at full capacity.
      (186961)
190 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of infantry recruit training courses are at full capacity.
      (186962)
191  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the location and contents of all the controlled sites and protected place sites designated and administered by his Department under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
      (186935)
192  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence on 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 14, on European Defence Agency, what types of expenditure by the Agency fall into (a) its operational budget and (b) its functional budget; what the purpose is of the Agency's functional expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
      (187223)
193 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets his Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
      (186635)
194  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many such posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187014)
195  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187075)
196  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department undertook an analysis of its human resources needs before taking the recent decision to make redundancies among medical and dental staff from the RAF.
      (186925)
197  
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what due diligence and accurate detailed correlation exists between civilian clinical practitioners' notes and his Department's individual service records when conducting treatment or diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans.
      (186879)
198  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the Ministry of Defence Police adhere to the College of Policing standards.
      (187329)
199  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicle urgent operational requirements of each type have been (a) ordered and (b) delivered to Headquarters Land Forces since 2006.
      (186886)
200  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent redundancies on the level of suitably experienced and qualified personnel.
      (187232)
201  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence establishments are subject to Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations; and which establishment received a (i) stage 1 risk assessment and (ii) stage 2 risk assessment in the most recent period for which data are available.
      (187233)
202  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Movement and Transport Safety Regulator has identified instances of dangerous goods being transported from Afghanistan in each of the last five years; what the nature and risk was in each incident; and when each incident occurred.
      (187234)
203  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 37 of his Department's Safety and Environmental Protection Assurance Report 2012-13, what the life-limiting features that cannot be mitigated through life extension programmes are for existing nuclear-powered submarines.
      (187336)
204  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether plans to establish a Navy Safety Centre have been approved; and where this centre will be located.
      (187337)
205  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to install a buoyancy aid for embarked Apache attack helicopters.
      (187338)
206  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many safety critical posts exist in Defence Equipment and Support; and how many such posts are currently vacant.
      (187339)
207  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve cyber security at Ministry of Defence sites.
      (187307)
208  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many attempted cyber attacks on his Department were recorded in the last 12 months.
      (187308)
209  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel have been killed in live fire exercises in each of the last five years.
      (187309)
210  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the safety of personnel during live fire exercises.
      (187310)
211  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on armed forces recruitment post-2014.
      (187311)
212  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of Scottish independence on recruitment to the armed forces.
      (187312)
213  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many citizens of the Republic of Ireland are currently serving in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Navy.
      (187313)
214  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army officers are recruited from (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
      (187314)
215  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy officers are recruited from (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
      (187315)
216  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Army is recruited from (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
      (187316)
217  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement UK armed forces currently have in Libya.
      (187321)
218  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the outsourcing of Defence Munitions Plymouth.
      (187092)
219 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report entitled The medical implications of vehicle-mounted water cannon with special reference to the Ziegler Wasserwerfer 9000 (WaWe 9) system, published by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in 2013.
      (186847)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
220  
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 79W, on electoral register, when applicants for the Rock Enrol initiative in schools who submitted proposals by the deadline of August 2013 will be told whether they have been awarded funding.
      (186809)
221 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which representatives of (a) human rights organisations, (b) civic society and (c) trades unions he met on his recent visit to Colombia.
      (186792)
222  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which paid public appointment contracts his Office has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187015)
223  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Office since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187076)
224  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, columns 386-87W on electoral register, how his Department encourages local authorities to use their own council tax records to find eligible electors.
      (187227)
225  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, columns 386-7W, on electoral register, how many local authorities inspect their own council tax records to find eligible electors.
      (187228)
226  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, columns 181-2W, on electoral register, if he will make it his policy to collect data intended to improve efficiency in registration of electors.
      (187229)
227  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on electoral register, on what dates the student forums established by his Department for the purpose of promoting registration have met in each region; and what the main collective outcomes of these meetings were.
      (187350)
228  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on electoral register, if he will place a copy of the best practice to increase voter registration turnout in the Library.
      (187351)
229  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 387W, on electoral register, if he will relay this information to hon. Members and local councillors on a regular basis.
      (187371)
230  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the outcomes were of his recent official visit to Colombia.
      (186781)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
231  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187243)
232  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187265)
233  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187284)
234 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff working in his Department have a teaching qualification.
      (186955)
235  
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in England in 2012-13 failed to get a GCSE grade A*-C in both English and mathematics.
      (187302)
236 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the potential benefits of establishing more grammar schools in England.
      (186646)
237  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that free schools demonstrate compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty by publishing their equality information and objectives.
      (187140)
238  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the School Teachers' Review Body about extending the terms and conditions for teachers to allow them access to salary sacrifice car schemes.
      (186808)
239  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the reduction in funding for full-time education places for 18-year-olds on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
      (187347)
240  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186863)
241 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that infant schools still receive the level of pupil premium they are entitled to once free school meals for all have been introduced.
      (186786)
242 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has provided to Ofsted in each year since 2010; and how much such funding he plans to provide in each year to 2015-16; and what proportion of such funding is used for inspection of (a) early years and childcare, (b) children and family services, (c) schools and (d) further education and skills.
      (186684)
243 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding for new school building has been allocated to Warrington Borough in each year since 2010.
      (186791)
244  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for South West Wiltshire of 11 November 2013, Official Report, column 412W, if he will have meetings with the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the re-basing of troops to the local authorities in which (a) Dalton Barracks, Abingdon, (b) Kendrews Barracks, Cottesmore and (c) Imjin Barracks, Gloucester are situated.
      (186927)
245  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish details of any meetings involving officials or special advisers in his Department since May 2010 that included discussion of Edapt UK Ltd; and whether any of the ministerial meetings listed in his Department's Ministers' Quarterly Returns for 2012 or 2013 relating to gifts, hospitality and meetings included discussion of Edapt UK Ltd.
      (186882)
246 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role Ofsted plays in relation to permanent exclusions of statemented SEN children.
      (186654)
247 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings he has had with individuals and representatives from organisations on online safety for children since 1 January 2013.
      (186788)
248 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library the minutes of the meeting between the Minister of State for Children and Families and Apple Corporation representatives on 12 February 2013.
      (186908)
249 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children with dyslexia or other language difficulties will be allowed additional time for GCSE examinations to take into account the assessment of grammar and language for all GCSE subjects.
      (186909)
250 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make special arrangements for children with dyslexia and other language difficulties in regard to the new marking system which includes spelling and grammar assessments for all GCSE subjects.
      (186910)
251  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on increasing the number of children adopted in England.
      (187220)
252  
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to schools on how to identify and address the root causes of poor behaviour and absenteeism.
      (186926)
253  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187016)
254  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187077)
255  
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on child protection issues.
      (186931)
256 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on multi-agency safeguarding hubs.
      (186959)
257 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside are currently in receipt of free school meals.
      (186837)
258  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools were built (a) with and (b) without fire sprinklers in each of the last 10 years.
      (187226)
259  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the per pupil place value for money of free schools; and what effect the acquisition of sites (a) in London and (b) outside London has on that value for money.
      (187184)
260  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupil vacancies there are in free schools in (a) London and (b) England; and what proportion of free schools opened in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013 have vacancies.
      (187185)
261  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any consented free school applications have been withdrawn to date by (a) the proposers in the community or (b) the proposed provider.
      (187186)
262  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the capital and revenue costs of free schools that (a) have been provided to date, (b) are to be provided in 2013-14 and (c) are projected to be provided in 2014-15.
      (187187)
263  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional school places have been created by the free schools that (a) have been provided to date and (b) are projected to be provided in 2014-15.
      (187188)
264  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department's estimate of December 2012 that the 79 open free schools would create at least 34,000 additional school places was accurate.
      (187189)
265  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size is in free schools open to date.
      (187190)
266  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of existing multiple academy trusts to take on the remaining community schools in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire.
      (187191)
267  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children with a statement of special educational needs being educated in free schools.
      (187192)
268  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children with (a) dyslexia and (b) dyspraxia being educated in free schools.
      (187193)
269  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of free schools which participate in the relevant local authority's admissions process to enable pupil place planning.
      (187194)
270  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children being educated in free schools who qualify for free school meals.
      (187195)
271  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with HM Chief Inspector of Schools about the performance of free schools.
      (187196)
272  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from local authorities about overprovision of school places in areas where a free school or schools are (a) established or (b) proposed.
      (187197)
273  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from any local authorities with a projected school place shortage that will not be met by free school provision.
      (187198)
274  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration his Department has given to allowing local authorities to open a new school to meet school place demand; and what representations he has received on this issue.
      (187199)
275 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans he has to safeguard the investment of public money in the buildings on the site of Kings Science Academy in the event of the freeholder not renewing the lease of the site.
      (186756)
276 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 187W, on Kings Science Academy, for what reason his Department decided to (a) purchase the leasehold and (b) not purchase the freehold of the Lidget Green site of the Kings Science Academy.
      (186904)
277 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence his Department holds on the use of radio-frequency identification technology with a real-time location system in schools produced in the last three years.
      (186344)
278 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of schools in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency and (b) Cumbria that will require additional staffing expenditure to allow the introduction of universal free school meals.
      (186785)
279 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of schools in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency and (b) Cumbria which will require capital investment to allow introduction of universal free school meals.
      (186787)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
280  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187244)
281  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187266)
282  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187285)
283  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on storage of waste from Hunterston nuclear power station.
      (187343)
284  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of contracts connected to decontamination work at Sellafield have been awarded to parent companies of Nuclear Management Partners; and what the value of those contracts is.
      (187344)
285  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess whether there was a benefit to the local supply chain in West Cumbria from the work of Nuclear Management Partners at Sellafield.
      (187345)
286 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will ensure that any benefits that come from fracking will be experienced by the whole country and economy.
      (186919)
287 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of revenues from fracking he expects will accrue to (a) the Exchequer, (b) local communities and (c) private companies.
      (186920)
288 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contribution he expects fracking to make to the UK economy.
      (186924)
289 N
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made in instituting safeguards to prevent the selling and operation of turbines which have been de-rated to allow them to benefit from higher tariffs; and what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of de-rated turbines.
      (186916)
290  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the UK-France Declaration on Nuclear Energy of 31 January 2014, what the dates and themes have been of the joint meetings held between respective national ministries, regulators, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Gendarmerie to date; what decisions were taken and what actions arose; and what the cost has been of such co-operation since May 2010.
      (186979)
291  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons his Department supported the five-year contract award to Nuclear Management Partners to manage the Sellafield site.
      (186996)
292  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department submitted its application to the European Commission for approval of providing state support for the financed radioactive waste and decommissioning plans for new build nuclear power plants; when he expects the decision on this application to be made; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the application.
      (186997)
293  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186864)
294  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187017)
295  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187078)
296  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the Atomic Energy Authority Police adhere to the College of Policing standards.
      (187330)
297 N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many power outages that were in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) Wolverhampton North East constituency in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013.
      (186554)
298 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's electricity was supplied by each source, for each of the past 12 months.
      (186679)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
299  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187245)
300  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187267)
301  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187286)
302 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish a national review of flood defence mechanisms.
      (186744)
303  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186865)
304  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fires there have been at waste transfer stations in the last three years.
     [R] (186949)
305  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of fuel price rises on households using liquefied petroleum gas.
      (187113)
306  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring off-grid energy within the remit of the energy regulator.
      (187114)
307  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support people who move from a liquid petroleum gas boiler to a conventional boiler.
      (187115)
308  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward winter fuel payments in order to protect pensioners from the price rise associated with off-grid energy at the onset of winter.
      (187116)
309 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 21W, on bovine tuberculosis and with reference to the response to request number RFI 2218 made by Natural England on 15 November 2013, if he will review his policy on parliamentary information to written parliamentary questions to ensure that the standards of openness applied under parliamentary proceedings are no less favourable than those applied under statutory requirements.
      (186517)
310  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on flood protection in Brighton, Pavilion constituency in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11, (e) 2011-12 and (f) 2012-13; and how much has been allocated by his Department for flood protection in that constituency for (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
      (186793)
311  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent floods on the small business sector; what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses affected by those floods; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of an increase in serious flooding events on the small business sector.
      (186806)
312  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the statements (a) in the Biodiversity Offsetting Green Paper that offsetting guarantees there is no net loss from development and supports our ambition to achieve net gain for nature and (b) in his Answer of 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 440, that in Australia there has been a 80 per cent. shift of planning application away from fragile environments; and if he will publish (i) that evidence and (ii) the record of discussions on this issue during the trip to Australia referred to in his evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee on 23 October 2013.
      (186971)
313  
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what investigation his Department has carried out on the effects of neonicotinoids on waterways; and what monitoring the Government undertakes on the effects of the neonicotinoids moratorium on the aquatic environment.
      (187007)
314  
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the UK has taken towards achieving an international agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea including a globally accepted mechanism for designation of high seas marine protected areas before the end of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly this year.
      (187008)
315  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187018)
316  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187079)
317  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what on-the-ground inspections have been planned by the Environment Agency for the two new proposed shale gas drilling sites in Fylde.
      (187304)
318 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new Flood Re scheme will cover the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement.
      (186907)
319  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in providing local resilience forums with inundation maps for both large and small reservoirs for the purpose of (a) assessing risks, (b) contingency planning, (c) warning and evacuation and (d) making outline maps available to the public online since 2008.
      (186887)
320  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken since 2008 to raise awareness among vulnerable residents in flood risk areas.
      (186889)
321  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of local authority flood control centres during and after major flooding.
      (186939)
322  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Met Office and (b) the Environment Agency on the (i) costs, (ii) benefits and (iii) feasibility of a sliding scale of options for greater personalisation of public warning information.
      (186941)
323  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help local resilience forums (a) improve door knocking in times of flood threat, (b) enhance flood warnings, (c) provide information and (d) assess welfare needs of those who have been affected by flooding.
      (186942)
324  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to introduce a public information campaign for use by the media and local authorities to give a definitive set of flood prevention and mitigation advice for householders and businesses; and when such advice was last updated.
      (186944)
325  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Association of British Insurers and other relevant organisations about exploring and developing technological and process improvements to speed up the drying out and stabilising process after a household or business has been flooded.
      (186945)
326  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health on developing a single set of flood-related health advice for householders and businesses to be used by local and national organisations dealing with flooding.
      (186946)
327  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with telecommunications companies on facilitating the roll-out of opt out telephone flood warning schemes to all homes and businesses liable to flooding, including those with ex-directory numbers; and what proportion of households in flood risk areas are now covered by telephone flood warning schemes.
      (186947)
328  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to implement the legislative changes proposed by the Environment Agency in its 2008 Annual Report, post-incident reporting for UK dams.
      (186975)
329  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the export of waste from the UK; and what assessment he has made of the effects of the recent increase in exports of refuse-derived fuel on gate fees in the UK.
     [R] (186825)
330  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish a call for evidence on the refuse-derived fuel market; and what timetable he has set for publication of recommendations arising from that consultation.
     [R] (186826)
331  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on flood defences in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
      (186929)
332  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value of private sector investment has been in flood defences in the UK in each of the last five years.
      (186930)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
333  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187246)
334  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187268)
335  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187287)
336  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of UK nationals on death rows internationally; and what legal support his Department has provided to each such national.
      (186801)
337  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the treatment in Democratic Republic of Congo of failed asylum seekers returned by the Government.
      (186803)
338 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate numbers of international observers will be available at future elections in Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (186740)
339 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet his Bangladeshi counterpart to discuss the reduction of violence in that country and to promote trade links with the UK.
      (186741)
340  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the implementation of his Department's commitment to work with Colombia on the design of a business and human rights strategy; and how his Department is designing this strategy in consultation with a wide variety of civil society organisations.
      (187139)
341 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals live in other EU member states (a) in total and (b) by member state.
      (186728)
342 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals live in (a) China, (b) South Korea, (c) Japan and (d) Singapore.
      (186729)
343  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186866)
344 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the requirements are for special mission immunity to be given.
      (186970)
345  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the regional effect of the Government's approach to trade with Israel.
      (187173)
346  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate the reasons for the gender pay gap at senior management structures 2, 3 and 4 of his Department.
      (186982)
347 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which programmes and funds are currently provided by his Department to promote women's political and public participation; and if he will make a statement.
      (186911)
348  
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to protect Christians in Syria.
      (187123)
349  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187019)
350  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187080)
351 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 63W, on Pitcairn Islands, if he will place in the Library a copy of the third Pitcairn Child Safety Review.
      (186976)
352  
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of North Korea on the treatment of Christians in that country.
      (187054)
353  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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.
      (187317)
354  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what current financial aid commitments the UK has in Libya.
      (187319)
355  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what talks his Department has had with the current Egyptian government on restoring democratic elections in Egypt.
      (187320)
356  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which vessels purchased commercial fishery licences for the waters off Ascension Island in 2013.
      (187322)
357  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many fish of each species were caught in Ascension Island's commercial fishery in 2013.
      (187323)
358  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place a copy of the accounts of the Ascension Island government for financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 in the Library.
      (187324)
359 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department are paid the living wage or above.
      (186682)
360  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Ukraine on political unrest in that country.
      (186798)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
361 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited for more than a year for treatment in each of the last three years.
      (186490)
362  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187247)
363  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187269)
364  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187288)
365 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of current models of care and treatment for people with autism in the NHS.
      (186482)
366 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 69W, on health education: sex, how many cases of shigella there have been in (a) total and (b) each parliamentary constituency since 2010.
      (186956)
367 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has given to (a) local authorities in England and (b) health and wellbeing boards on the Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme.
      (186960)
368 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, column 349W, on self-harm, how many people attended accident and emergency due to self-harm in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
      (186964)
369  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, column 648W, on National Clinical Excellence Awards, what consideration he has given to offering awards to those performing clinical roles other than that of consultant in medical teams.
      (187353)
370  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, column 648W, on National Clinical Excellence Awards, what proportion of NHS consultants are women; and what proportion of recipients of the awards are women.
      (187354)
371  
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people presented at accident and emergency departments in England in each of the last five years.
      (186877)
372  
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who presented at accident and emergency departments in England were diagnosed as having (a) scurvy and (b) rickets in each of the last five years.
      (186885)
373 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust have been occupied by patients affected by delays in discharge in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
      (185596)
374  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes from each governance meeting between his Department and Action on Smoking and Health in the last year.
      (186928)
375  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people detained under the Mental Health Act were transferred from Northern Ireland to hospitals in England in 2012-13.
      (186984)
376  
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from ambulance trusts on the provision of stab vests for ambulance personnel.
      (187058)
377  
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to ambulance trusts on the provision of stab vests for ambulance personnel.
      (187059)
378  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many errors in handling patient data resulting in breaches of confidentiality took place in the NHS in each of the last five years for which data are available.
      (186990)
379  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether information on the treatment and diagnosis of sensitive health conditions will be excluded from the care.data extraction of patient data.
      (186991)
380  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures his Department has to audit the usage and security of patient data disclosed to third parties by the Health and Social Care Information Centre; whether any audits have been carried out on such usage; and whether any confidentiality breaches have taken place in the last two years.
      (186992)
381  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 96W, on gender recognition, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of cases referred to gender identity clinics that have had funding applications refused.
      (186747)
382 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of planned elective operations was cancelled in each week since 4 November 2013.
      (186757)
383  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186867)
384  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times he has made an official visit to a hospital in Yorkshire and Humber.
      (187327)
385 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on better addressing issues in the criminal justice system raised during the recent listening exercise on the review of the adult autism strategy.
      (186556)
386 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Education on better ensuring that it addresses issues on transition raised during the recent listening exercise on the review of the adult autism strategy.
      (186557)
387 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on better addressing issues in the criminal justice system raised during the recent listening exercise on the review of the adult autism strategy.
      (186558)
388 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Home Office on the implementation of the adult autism strategy in the criminal justice system.
      (186954)
389  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 147WH, what progress the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made in developing guidance relating to trauma.
      (186980)
390  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Contribution of the Minister of State for Care and Support of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 148WH, what assessment he has made of how the work of clinical commissioning groups complies with NHS England guidelines.
      (186981)
391  
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure e-liquids used in e-cigarettes are diacetyl free.
      (186972)
392  
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require that all batches of e-liquid for consumption in the UK are analysed by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer.
      (186973)
393  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187021)
394  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187082)
395 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency consultation on a proposed early access to medicines scheme which closed in October 2012.
      (186848)
396  
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England plans to update its commissioning fact sheet on fertility services.
      (186802)
397  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of sugar consumption on heart disease.
      (186772)
398  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which medical conditions and diseases are adversely affected by an above-average consumption of sugar.
      (186784)
399  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of how much the NHS spent on mindfulness-based treatments in each of the last five years.
      (186807)
400  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at which English hospitals long-term follow-up care of bone marrow transplant recipients normally resident in Wales has taken place; and how many such bone marrow transplant recipients were treated at each such hospital in the last five years.
      (186812)
401  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests have been (a) made and (b) granted allowing a bone marrow transplant recipient normally resident in Wales to receive long-term follow-up care in an English hospital once they reach 100 days after their transplant; and what the total amount of such requests (i) made and (ii) granted was in the last five years.
      (186813)
402  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people normally resident in Wales have undergone a bone marrow transplant at an English hospital.
      (186814)
403  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the five-year survival rate of people who have received a bone marrow transplant.
      (186815)
404  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the health and wellbeing of people whose households have been flooded.
      (186943)
405  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on UK-wide strategies for diabetes, obesity, heart and rare diseases.
      (186783)
406  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the health budget in Crawley constituency was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
      (186994)
407 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds operated or owned by North West London Hospitals NHS Trust there were at (a) Central Middlesex Hospital, (b) Northwick Park Hospital and (c) other hospitals in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
      (186890)
408 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) in total and (b) in each hospital in London who were admitted to accident and emergency departments were not seen by a doctor within four hours in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (186891)
409 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical and (b) non-medical staff were employed in each NHS trust within London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (186892)
410 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were carried out at Northwick Park hospital in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
      (186893)
411 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited more than (a) two and (b) four hours to be seen by accident and emergency staff in each London NHS trust in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (186894)
412  
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled on or after the day of admission in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (187050)
413  
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many out-patient appointments were cancelled in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (187051)
414  
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health staff were employed by the NHS in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (187052)
415 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether someone who is sanctioned while a mother in receipt of jobseeker's allowance remains eligible for healthy start vouchers.
      (186692)
416 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts provide specialist employment support; and if he will make a statement.
      (186906)
417 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department are paid the living wage or above.
      (186690)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
418 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes to Criminal Records Bureau checks on taxi drivers.
      (186491)
419  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
      (187248)
420  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187270)
421  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) her Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
      (187289)
422 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to each (a) police force and (b) other agency in respect of (i) non conviction-based confiscation orders, (b) conviction-based confiscation orders and (c) cash forfeiture in each year for which figures are available.
      (186897)
423 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confiscation orders have been recorded by each force on (a) the Joint-Asset Recovery Database and (b) other databases for (i) below £100, (ii) between £100 and £50,000 and (iii) above £50,000 in each year for which figures are available.
      (186898)
424 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many financial investigators are currently accredited; and which such investigators are accredited for (a) confiscation orders, (b) civil recovery, (c) cash seizure litigation and (d) intelligence.
      (186899)
425 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restraint orders have been made by each police force in each year for which figures are available.
      (186900)
426 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police cars are equipped with defibrillators.
      (186492)
427  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the proposed ban on khat will come into force.
      (187094)
428  
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 483W, on social networking, what steps the Government is taking to raise procedures for timely compliance of Twitter with requests from enforcement agencies.
      (186936)
429 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex have been fined for employing illegal foreign national workers in each of the last five years.
      (185593)
430 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in each of the last five years.
      (185595)
431  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of a link between the consumption of highly alcoholic beverages and anti-social and criminal behaviour; and if she will make a statement.
      (187178)
432 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas have been issued to Chinese nationals in each of the last five years.
      (186730)
433 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on establishing a national pricing scale for charges by local police authorities for policing of commercial public events; and if she will make a statement.
     [R] (186260)
434 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the charges levied by local police authorities for policing of commercial public events; and if she will make a statement.
     [R] (186261)
435 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the different level of charges levied by local police authorities for policing of commercial public events; and if she will make a statement.
     [R] (186262)
436  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Chapter 4 in Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, what steps she has taken to (a) implement provisions to enable individuals to apply to have relevant offences disregarded and (b) raise awareness of the new provisions on erasing historic convictions for consensual homosexual sex contained in that Act.
      (186878)
437 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list all the people who have been deprived of British citizenship since 2010.
      (186564)
438  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186868)
439 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from the Association of Chief Police Officers on the cost of licensing firearms.
      (186478)
440 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects on incidence of (a) antisocial behaviour and (b) domestic violence of extensions to pub opening hours.
      (186480)
441 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) administering firearms licenses and (b) income from firearms licenses was in each police force in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
      (186652)
442 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence her Department collected before the announcement of a consultation on extended pub opening hours on 14 June 2014.
      (186963)
443 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 151W, on licensed premises, what steps she has taken to consult on the implementation of full-cost recovery for alcohol licences; and whether she intends to implement this in July 2014.
      (186832)
444 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have introduced (a) a late night levy and (b) an early morning restriction order; and how much she estimates those powers (i) raised in their first year of operation and (ii) will raise in their second year of operation.
      (186833)
445 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) staff, (b) senior staff and (c) staff in ministerial private offices in her Department are female.
      (186835)
446 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the inter-ministerial group on drugs has met since May 2010; and how many times (a) prevention, (b) education, (c) legal highs and (d) treatments have been on the agenda of those meetings.
      (186836)
447  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what position the UK Government will be taking on drugs policy at the G8 Summit hosted by Russia on 4 and 5 June 2014; and if she will make a statement.
      (186773)
448  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the specification for the contract awarded to Migrant Help to provide advice services for asylum seekers from April 2014.
      (186795)
449  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187022)
450  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187083)
451  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of how representative each police service is of its community.
      (186775)
452  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what bursaries and financial assistance her Department makes available to those from lower socio-economic backgrounds to attain the Certificate in Knowledge of Policing.
      (186776)
453  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what obligation exists on police and crime commissioners to adhere to the framework of national standards and authorised professional practice.
      (186778)
454  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that police and crime commissioners engage with the College of Policing.
      (186880)
455  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of current governance arrangements between local authorities and police forces for addressing anti-social behaviour.
      (186881)
456  
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in each region in the UK in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; for what offences such notices were given; and if she will make a statement.
      (186953)
457  
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that speed limits are adhered to in rural constituencies.
      (187180)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
458  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) her Department and (b) the public body accountable to her.
      (187249)
459  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) the public body accountable to her work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187271)
460  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) her Department and (B) the public body accountable to her.
      (187290)
461 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the extent of the UK's involvement in abortion provision overseas in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2122.
      (186921)
462  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what part the UK will play in international scrutiny of the anti-corruption pact in Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (186742)
463  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186869)
464  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187023)
465  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187084)
466  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided for children's health and education in Syria since the beginning of unrest in that country.
      (186779)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
467  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187250)
468  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187272)
469  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187291)
470 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for each category of conviction used by the Crown Court relating to financial gain in each (a) county and (b) other area for which figures are available in the last year.
      (186901)
471  
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will summarise the research and evidence sources that underpinned his decision to open the supply of probation services to a wider range of potential suppliers.
      (186748)
472 N
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new matter starts there have been in (a) welfare benefits, (b) family and mediation, (c) debt, (d) employment and (e) housing since April 2013.
      (186512)
473 N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects that his proposed round-table meeting with groups representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse will take place; and when he expects that invitations to participate in that meeting will be issued.
      (186553)
474  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure women released from prison into a different contract package area under the Transforming Rehabilitation proposals will receive high quality and holistic rehabilitation services and support.
      (186998)
475  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186870)
476  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent those women's centres which do not end up in Transforming Rehabilitation supply chains closing from a lack of funds.
      (187032)
477  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to award Transforming Rehabilitation contracts in respect of women's services.
      (187033)
478  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the likely level of the female prison population over the next five years.
      (187034)
479  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of Welsh language services in the justice system.
      (186821)
480  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates in (a) Wales and (b) each Welsh county are Welsh speaking.
      (186822)
481 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have gone through his Department's benchmarking process to date; and which prisons are due to be benchmarked under that process during 2014 and 2015.
      (186639)
482 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how each prison that has gone through his Department's benchmarking process scored against each of the criteria in that process.
      (186640)
483 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been received on Community Payback since Serco was awarded the contract for that scheme in London; and on what date that contract commenced.
      (186641)
484 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the comparator benchmarking scores used in his Department's benchmarking scheme are; and how those scores are calculated.
      (186642)
485 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times, and to which prisons, the police were called out in each month since May 2010.
      (186838)
486 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to regionalise victims services currently run by Probation Trusts in England and Wales.
      (186842)
487 N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under payment of results schemes for the provision of offenders services, what proportion of the contract will be subjected to this scheme.
      (186655)
488 N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Magistrates' Association has raised any concerns in respect of the probation change programme.
      (186656)
489 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the shortlist of contractors for the construction of the prison at Wrexham.
      (186762)
490 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the name, opening date and operator of each prison in England and Wales are.
      (186763)
491 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the specifications for the design of the proposed prison at Wrexham.
      (186764)
492 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the number of mother and baby units at HM Prison Holloway and HM Prison Askham Grange on (a) the ability of women in prison to maintain family contact and (b) the distance women are held from their families.
      (186840)
493 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assets his Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
      (186636)
494  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187024)
495  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187085)
496  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of self-harm among women in prison.
      (186794)
497  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of repeat offenders with undiagnosed mental health issues.
      (186777)
498  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Sentencing Council keeps under review the offence of causing death by disqualified or uninsured drivers.
      (187107)
499  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are in place to support the resettlement of young offenders back into the community.
      (187108)
500  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of youth custody in Young Offender Institutions.
      (187109)
501  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to equip young offenders with the skills, qualifications and self-discipline they need to lead law-abiding lives in the community.
      (187110)
502  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to expand the number of rape support centres across the country.
      (187111)
503  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for employment and support allowance appeals.
      (187112)
504  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to make the justice system more accessible and easier to understand for those without legal knowledge.
      (187124)
505  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of family mediation services for those are seeking to resolve issues surrounding child contact.
      (187125)
506  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the average hours a week of contracted education provided for 15 to 17 year olds in custody.
      (187126)
507  
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Queen's Counsel were employed by the Public Defender Service in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014.
      (187168)
508 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 to date; and how many such prosecutions have resulted in a conviction.
      (186966)
509 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, where being under the influence of legal highs was a contributing factor in each of the last five years.
      (186967)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
510  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what most recent assessment is of the outcome of the 2013 Investment Conference.
      (186987)
511  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with UK Trade & Investment since the 2013 Investment Conference on following-up opportunities for investment and trade into Northern Ireland.
      (186988)
512  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with banks in Northern Ireland on the level of business lending.
      (186989)
513  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the effect of the 2013 Autumn Statement on the prospect for economic growth in the Northern Ireland economy.
      (186993)
514  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of the level of VAT on the tourism and hospitality sectors.
      (187041)
515  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186871)
516 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assets her Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
      (186637)
517  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187025)
518  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187086)
519  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 189-90W, on electoral register: Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Deputy Prime Minister and Electoral Commission on transferring the best practice in Northern Ireland on registration of attainers to the UK.
      (187297)
520  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 189-90W, on electoral register: Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of registration levels for attainers in the year prior to the introduction of individual electoral registration, the years after the introduction of individual electoral registration and the most recent date for which data is available.
      (187298)
Questions to the Prime Minister
521 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with the (a) Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) Minister for Crime Prevention before stating on social media on 3 February 2014 that the Government would consult with the pub trade, police and councils on having extended pub opening hours on 14 June 2014.
      (186479)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
522  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in his Department.
      (187251)
523  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of staff of his Department work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187273)
524  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by his Department.
      (187292)
525  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186872)
526  
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had about public access to Royal Residences in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
      (187162)
527  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on Common Agricultural Policy implications for Scotland post-2014; and if he will make a statement.
      (187219)
528 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the level of private sector job creation in Scotland.
      (186555)
529 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the level of child poverty in Scotland.
      (186695)
530  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187027)
531  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187087)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
532  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the likely effect on the (a) numbers of postal ballots forms issued after the updating of its Code of Conduct in May 2014 and (b) effect of such a change on voter turnout.
      (187127)
533  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with Citizens Advice on making registration and postal ballot forms available for all Citizens Advice clients and paying the Citizens Advice for this service.
      (187128)
534  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what input and output measures are used to assess specific aspects of the success or otherwise of electoral registration campaigns.
      (187130)
535  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 2011 research into the accuracy of the electoral registers.
      (187131)
536  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will repeat its 2008 request to the Office of National Statistics to match census data against electoral registration data.
      (187132)
537  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 208-9W, on electoral register, what the average cost per download is of electoral registration forms in each of the three campaigns listed in the answer.
      (187231)
538  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on electoral registration officers, how effective the Electoral Commission's interventions against each ERO who repeatedly failed to implement performance standard 3 were.
      (187299)
539  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 621W, on electoral register, whether the Electoral Commission proactively seeks partnership working with groups in civic society for the specific purpose of increasing voter registration.
      (187325)
540  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 621W, on electoral register, whether civic society groups, beside Bite the Ballot, have requested Electoral Commission help to register voters; and which such organisations were (a) given and (b) not given help, by the Electoral Commission.
      (187326)
541  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer given by the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) of 27 January 2014, Official Report, columns 386-7W, on electoral register, if he will discuss with the Department for Work and Pensions making electoral registration forms available at all Jobcentre Plus offices and ATOS test centres.
      (187331)
542  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 209-10W, on electoral register, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of (a) which were the most cost-effective campaigns and (b) what the reasons were for that cost effectiveness.
      (187332)
543  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 209-10W, on electoral register, whether the Electoral Commission has made a comparative assessment of cost effectiveness of Electoral Commission electoral registration companies and those organised by groups in civic society; and whether the Electoral Commission has considered outsourcing such campaigns on the grounds of efficiency.
      (187333)
544  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on electoral register, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of how well its advice and guidance to electoral registration officers (EROs) on increasing registration of attainers is being implemented; and which EROs are the best performing in this respect.
      (187340)
545  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on electoral register, how the Electoral Commission gathered examples of best practice on increased registration of attainers; and if the Commission will disseminate that best practice information to hon. Members.
      (187341)
546  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on electoral register: fraud, what monitoring of public perception of electoral registration fraud the Electoral Commission undertook prior to 2010.
      (187342)
547  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, columns 619-20W, on electoral register, what funding the Electoral Commission has spent on making the public aware of the transition to individual electoral registration; and what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of that awareness campaign.
      (187346)
548  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2013, Official Report, column 457W, on electoral register, if he will place a copy of the letter sent to hon. Members concerning non-compliance with Electoral Commission regulations and performance indicators on electoral registration in the Library.
      (187349)
549  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 510W, on electoral register, whether the Electoral Commission has itself initiated voter registration days, weeks or months; how much was spent on this; and how effective these campaigns were.
      (187372)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
550  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187252)
551  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187274)
552  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187293)
553 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 13-14W, on tolls, what the (a) gross and (b) net revenue from the (i) Severn Bridge and (ii) Second Severn Crossing was in 2012.
      (186913)
554 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of local authority revenue generated from parking charges and fines deriving from the use of fixed and mobile closed circuit television cameras in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (186914)
555 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people prosecuted under the Road Traffic Act 1988 were prosecuted for an offence while they were participating in authorised off-road motor events in each of the last 10 years.
      (186510)
556 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Livingston of 16 January 2014, Official Report, column 646W, on East Coast Railway Line, if he will publish the minutes and any papers from his Department's meetings monitoring train operator performance.
      (186565)
557  
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Statement 2013 on changes to rules on vehicle tax discs, what guidance his Department plans to issue to car dealers and repair workshops on (a) determining whether a car is taxed, (b) determining whether to use trade plates when road-testing a car and (c) informing customers of the tax status of loaned cars.
      (186820)
558 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for the rail freight line between Southampton and the West Midlands.
     [R] (186852)
559 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a redacted version of the Major Projects Report excluding any content detrimental to the developer of the High Speed 2 project.
      (186739)
560 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the result of the compensation consultation on High Speed 2 will be published.
      (186839)
561  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186873)
562 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) public and (b) private bodies to which the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea is authorised to release the (i) identities and (ii) home addresses of car registration numbers.
      (186416)
563 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the propriety of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea releasing personal data of car registration number owners to private companies; and if he will make a statement.
      (186417)
564 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea carries out on the (a) bona fides and (b) operating standards of private parking companies before releasing personal data to such companies about the owners of car registration numbers.
      (186418)
565 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance under which the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea has been providing personal data of car registration number owners to private parking companies.
      (186419)
566 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea shall not in future supply private car parking companies with the personal data of car registration number owners; and if he will make a statement.
      (186420)
567 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the tender for the next West Coast Main Line franchise.
      (186761)
568 N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of roads capital spending by his Department was spent on facilities primarily aimed at (a) motor vehicles, (b) pedestrians and (c) cyclists in the last year.
      (186965)
569  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187028)
570  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187088)
571 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, into which budgets the £16 million removed from the accounting category Transport Security in his Department's 2013-14 budget was moved; and what guarantees are in place to ensure the same provision of security is maintained under the new budget allocation.
      (186647)
572 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the sources of revenue within the sales of assets accounting category for the Marine and Coastguard Agency in the financial years 2012-13 and 2013-14.
      (186648)
573 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the £70 million liability attached to the International Maritime Organisation building.
      (186649)
574 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will give the reasons for the growth in the cost of central administration in his Department between the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years.
      (186650)
575 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the components of income via interest and dividends in the accounting category K: Aviation, Maritime, Security and Safety in the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
      (186651)
576 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current powers of harbour authorities for preventing accidents involving jet skis.
      (186841)
577  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the British Transport Police adhere to the College of Policy standards.
      (187328)
578  
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals containing provisions similar to those in the Responsible Parking Bill (Scotland) and applying to the rest of the UK.
      (187215)
579  
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of the recent survey by the charity, Guide Dogs, on the number of blind and partially-sighted people who report that cars parked on pavements frequently cause problems for them.
      (187230)
580  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of additional airport capacity in the South East of England on the economies of other regions of the UK.
      (186827)
581 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on incorporating legal highs in the remit of drug-driving offences.
      (186968)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
582  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in his Department.
      (187254)
583  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of staff of his Department work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187276)
584  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by his Department.
      (187295)
585  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186875)
586  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187030)
587  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187090)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
588  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what organisations have applied to conduct an evidence review into tackling homophobic bullying in schools.
      (186810)
589  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she is making on removing barriers for women in the workplace; and how many companies have now engaged in the Think, Act, Report programme.
      (187218)
590  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which paid public appointment contracts the Government Equalities Office has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187020)
591  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by the Government Equalities Office since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187081)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
592 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Coventry have undergone a work capability assessment in each of the last three years.
      (186489)
593  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187255)
594  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
      (187277)
595  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
      (187296)
596  
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what exceptions are in place for those who claim statutory sick pay for a miscarriage at between 20 and 24 weeks who subsequently lose their job before completing the qualifying criterion of two full tax years for claiming jobseeker's allowance.
      (186983)
597  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of women aged between 50 and 64 leaving employment.
      (186811)
598  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): 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 are (a) men and (b) women.
      (187175)
599  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of social housing tenants who have moved to smaller social housing since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty are (a) women and (b) men.
      (187176)
600  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): 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 who have been given exempt status are (a) men and (b) women.
      (187177)
601  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of people who have had their welfare benefits halted as result of review and appeal of their work capability assessment; and what emergency provisions are available to such individuals.
      (186995)
602  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has given to disability employment advisers on referring disabled individuals for training at specialist residential training colleges.
      (186977)
603  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to respond to the July 2013 report of the Independent Advisory Panel which reported to Ministers on the future provision of residential training for disabled individuals in July 2013.
      (186978)
604  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people were referred by disability employment advisers for training at specialist residential training colleges in each year since 2008.
      (187044)
605  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reducing support for training disabled people at specialist residential training colleges.
      (187045)
606  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people referred by disability employment advisers for training at specialist residential training colleges in each year for which data are available were in (a) the employment and support allowance (ESA), work-related activity group and (b) the ESA support group.
      (187053)
607  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
      (186876)
608 N
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on fraud rates among (i) EEA and (ii) EU migrants claiming UK benefits; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of such fraud.
      (186481)
609  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department notifies claimants of attendance allowance at the start of the application process that they must state in their applications whether they are self-funded or receiving public funds to cover care costs.
      (187095)
610 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assets his Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
      (186638)
611 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty with at least one working parent; and what recent estimate he has made of such figures in each year to 2020.
      (186487)
612 N
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken following the conviction of A4E employees for fraud; and what steps he has taken to prevent similar abuse in other companies which are contracted to provide services by his Department.
      (186725)
613  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
      (187031)
614  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
      (187091)
615  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent evidence his Department has about the future career choices of people whose first job is in ancilliary roles in sex establishments such as pole dancing clubs and massage parlours.
      (187117)
616  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the decision to offer job subsidies for the employment of teenagers as auxiliary workers in lap and pole dancing clubs, strip clubs and in saunas and massage parlours; and if he will make a statement.
      (187118)
617  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the future career choices of people whose first job is in ancilliary roles in adult entertainment establishments.
      (187182)
618  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy not to offer job subsidies for employing teenagers as auxiliary workers in adult entertainment establishments; and if he will make a statement.
      (187183)
619  
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to make a decision to award personal independence payments to claimants with terminal cancer is.
      (187056)
620  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support those facing the most complex barriers to securing workplace training and employment.
      (187093)
621  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in exploring options for residential training for disabled people; and if he will make a statement.
      (187101)
622  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of residential training colleges in providing access to employment to those with complex disabilities.
      (187102)
623  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what on-the-ground inspections have been planned by the Health and Safety Executive for the two new proposed shale gas drilling sites in Fylde.
      (187303)
624 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits are available to people appealing an Employment and Support Allowance decision; and if he will make a statement.
      (186683)
625  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the proportion of households in the UK receiving more in cash benefits than paying in total tax is reduced from 37.8 per cent.
      (187318)
626  
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of introducing a mandatory living wage on levels of child poverty.
      (186824)
627  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned in each (a) jobcentre region and (b) parliamentary constituency in each month in each of the last four years.
      (187122)
628 N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the change in the number of jobs in Wales and in other regions in the UK since 2010.
      (186726)
629 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State for Employment in European Committee B on 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 5, in relation to Youth Contract wage incentives, that more than 20,000 have been paid out so far, whether this refers to youth contract wage incentive job starts, or to wage incentives paid out; and to what date the figure refers.
      (186676)
630 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of Work Programme drug and alcohol pilots.
      (186691)
631 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Work Programme providers are using an IPS intervention to assist clients with mental health problems into work.
      (186693)
632 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus is funding employment support through Community Drug and Alcohol services; and if he will make a statement.
      (186696)
633 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to draw on customer experience of the Work Programme to inform the planning of its replacement after 2016; and if he will make a statement.
      (186895)
634 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether, if a Work Programme customer rearranges an appointment with their provider, the provider is required to report to his Department the customer's non-attendance for the originally planned appointment.
      (186896)
635 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received crisis loans in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) 2013.
      (186902)
636 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the current definition of Payment Group 6 in the Work Programme differs from the definition in the Work Programme invitation to tender, which limited participants in Payment Group 6 to customers expected to be fit for work in three months.
      (186903)
637 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department are paid the living wage or above.
      (186681)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
638  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which paid public appointment contracts No. 10 Downing Street has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
   [Transferred]  (187026)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
639 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the possibility of creating a sovereign wealth fund from the revenue proceeding from fracking.
   [Transferred]  (186917)
640 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the experience of Norway in creating a sovereign wealth fund from the revenue accrued from the country's natural resources and the potential use of a spending cap.
   [Transferred]  (186918)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
641  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will commission research on the effect of (a) media coverage of electoral registration fraud, (b) politicians' comments on electoral registration fraud and (c) the Electoral Commission's coverage of electoral registration fraud on the public's perception of electoral fraud.
   [Transferred]  (187129)
642  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the differences in registration rates between (a) the black and Asian communities and (b) the white community.
   [Transferred]  (187133)
643  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, columns 803-4W, on electoral register, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of attainers registered to vote between 2009 and 2012; what steps he has taken to address that reduction; and how successful they have been.
   [Transferred]  (187348)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
644  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of women with mental health problems in the prison system.
   [Transferred]  (186799)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
645  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commission a review of the operation of the Schengen Agreement and the UK's non-participation in the Schengen area arrangements.
   [Transferred]  (187106)
646 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the net cost to local authorities of implementing an alcohol licensing regime.
   [Transferred]  (186834)
647  
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects ratifications by the UK of the Council of Europe's Convention on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence to take place.
   [Transferred]  (187096)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
648 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the abortions referred to in the Written Answer to Lord Lester of 21 January 2014, House of Lords, Official Report, column 93WA, would be performed on the request of the mother at any stage of gestation; what other criteria would be applied, if any; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (186831)
649 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to consult Parliament about the policies he has announced regarding the use of development aid for abortion services which are unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the UK is procuring them.
   [Transferred]  (186922)
650 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what obligations on the UK in relation to the provision of abortions arise from UN Security Council Resolution 2122; and pursuant to the Answer to Lord Lester of 21 January 2014, Official Report, House of Lords, column 93WA, on abortion, which activities are required as a matter of international law.
   [Transferred]  (186923)

Prepared 7th February 2014