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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 24 February 2014

Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 24 February 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 24 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 24 February  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of staff recruited to the Law Officers' Departments since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188066)
2  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Attorney General, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of the Law Officers' Departments' Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of the Law Officers' Departments' Ministers.
       (188308)
3  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service records the number of domestic violence prosecutions that are conducted without the participation of the victim.
       (188414)
4  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, who will conduct the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) review of the effects on changes in charging guidance on referrals from the police to the CPS in rape cases; when the review will conclude; and if a report of the review will be made public.
       (188415)
5  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) review of the effects of changes in charging guidance on referrals of rape case from the police to the CPS will also look at referrals of cases of domestic violence and child abuse.
       (188417)
6  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Written Statement of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 39WS, on Serious Fraud Office (Contingencies Fund Advance), for what reasons the Serious Fraud Office was unable to settle its material liabilities without a supplementary estimate at that point in the financial year.
       (188571)
7  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Written Statement of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 39WS, on Serious Fraud Office (Contingencies Fund Advance), what proportion of the additional funds that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has requested from HM Treasury is intended for use in (a) providing blockbuster investigations and (b) meeting the costs of legal actions in which the SFO is the respondent rather than the prosecutor.
       (188572)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
8 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish anonymised details of valuations of Royal Mail made by those banks that bid to be members of the syndicate selling the company.
       (187870)
9 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) median and (b) mean valuation of Royal Mail was provided by the banks that bid to be members of the syndicate selling the company.
       (187871)
10 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many banks which bid to be members of the syndicate selling Royal Mail provided a valuation to his Department that was higher than the amount the company was eventually valued at.
       (187872)
11 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what fees have been paid to the banks advising the Government on the sale of Royal Mail to date.
       (187873)
12 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Royal Mail shares were awarded to banks advising the Government on the sale of that company; and what the value of those shares (a) was at the time of the initial public offering and (b) now.
       (187874)
13  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there has been any fall in participation in further education from learners aged 24 and above as a result of 24+ advanced learner loans.
       (188549)
14  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average loan amount given to a learner under the 24+ advanced learner loan model is.
       (188550)
15  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made as to how level 3 apprenticeships will be funded via the adult skills budget in 2014-15.
       (188551)
16  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made of the effect of funding level 3 apprenticeships via the adult skills budget on apprenticeships and other qualifications.
       (188552)
17  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what change there has been in participation in further education from learners aged 24 and above as a result of 24+ advanced learner loans; and whether any such change was reflected in his Department's impact assessment of that policy.
       (188553)
18  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of each 24+ advanced learner loan which will never be repaid.
       (188554)
19 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been received for non-apprenticeship further education loans so far under the 24+ advanced learner loans scheme.
       (188559)
20 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications are anticipated in 2013-14 for non-apprenticeship further education loans.
       (188560)
21 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the applications for non-apprenticeship further education loans have been subsequently accepted and paid.
       (188561)
22 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the applications in total for further education loans have been subsequently accepted and paid.
       (188562)
23 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the 24+ advanced learner loans budget for 2013-14 has been spent.
       (188563)
24  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which local enterprise partnerships submitted final European Structural and Investment Fund strategies to his Department by the end of January 2014.
       (188472)
25  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of businesses are owned by women in each region.
       (188557)
26 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government cuts off costly calls, published on 13 December 2013, for what reasons banks and transport operators were not included in his Department's proposals to require private companies to use geographic rates for telephone enquiries.
       (188423)
27  
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria are employed in the decision on which method of stem cell research to fund; and if he will make a statement.
       (188147)
28  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the operation of the Start-Up Loans Scheme in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
       (188257)
29  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the Start-Up Loans Scheme in Northern Ireland are based in North Down constituency; and if he will make a statement.
       (188258)
30  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188065)
31 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the employer ownership of skills initiative in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
       (188452)
32  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188307)
33  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will provide funding for young adults on EHCPs between the ages of 19 to 25 who are able and wish to go on to higher education.
       (188364)
34  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department issues on whether apprenticeships are included in higher education for the purposes of education, health and care plans; and if he will make a statement.
       (188367)
35 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding or support his Department has provided to the Year of Code.
       (188533)
36 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the number and proportion of employers that offer (a) employer supported childcare vouchers, (b) workplace nursery provision, (c) flexible working arrangements not including part-time work, (d) enhanced maternity leave and pay, (e) enhanced paternity leave and pay and (f) any other measures to assist employees with childcare.
       (187794)
37 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will commission research on the potential effects of adoption of a living wage on economic growth; and if he will make a statement.
       (188243)
38 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what amount in (a) grants, (b) loan guarantees and (c) other financial assistance the Government has given to small and medium-sized enterprises in each of the last five years.
       (188244)
39 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which universities had departments of (a) biology, (b) chemistry, (c) physics, (d) electrical engineering, (e) mechanical engineering, (f) computing and (g) mathematics in (i) 1997, (ii) 2010 and (iii) the latest date for which data is available.
       (188497)
40 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the creation of new research institutions; and if he will make a statement.
       (188498)
41 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of publicly funded bursaries or scholarships available to students wishing to study (a) biology, (b) chemistry, (c) physics, (d) electrical engineering, (e) mechanical engineering, (f) computing and (g) mathematics at an undergraduate level was for the last three years for which figures are available.
       (188504)
42 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to improve the ability of UK firms to adopt new technologies.
       (188505)
43 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to release statistics on the progress of his traineeships programme; and if he will make a statement.
       (187860)
44  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the number of businesses affected by recent flooding.
       (188299)
45  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on the Flood Re scheme.
       (188300)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
46 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated average change in the level of household (a) borrowing and (b) debt was between 2008 and 2013.
       (188039)
47 N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that future censuses allow people to identify their ethnicity as British Kashmiri.
       (188193)
48 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 376W, on the Major Projects Authority, when he plans to update the published senior salaries listing for officials paid over £150,000; and if he will make it his policy to do so in future on a monthly basis.
       (187714)
49  
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many breast cancer patients in each Clinical Commissioning Group footprint have survived breast cancer for (a) one year and (b) five years, in each year from 1996 to 2012.
       (188054)
50  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188067)
51  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188309)
52  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to Ministers in No. 10 Downing Street is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices at No. 10 Downing Street.
       (188324)
53 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Table 2 of the Statistical Bulletin: Gross Domestic Product Preliminary Estimate, Q4 2013, published by the Office for National Statistics, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the 2.2 per cent quarterly increase in output in the electricity, gas, steam and air utilities sector in Q4 2013 noted in that publication.
       (187786)
54 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 520W, on children, how many children were living in households where one or both parents were working part-time because they were unable to find full-time work in each quarter between April 2010 and March 2013.
       (187862)
55  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department's guidance on the appropriate use of compromise agreements and confidentiality clauses will be circulated to all Government departments.
       (188368)
56 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will support the declaration on social enterprise signed at Strasbourg on 17 January 2014.
       (187777)
57 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding or support his Department has provided to the Year of Code.
       (188531)
58 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance is issued to Government departments on using funds from the public purse for the provision of unhealthy foods for visitors and at meetings.
       (188220)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
59  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by his Department in implementing the commitment contained in the Government's action plan for transgender equality to improve guidance for employers and customers for the implications of gender reassignment for tax purposes.
       (188099)
60  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue guidance for employers and customers for people who do not wish to be identified for tax purposes as a particular gender.
       (188100)
61 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the use and regulation of Bitcoins.
       (186699)
62 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to (a) enable peer-to-peer lending platforms to be included in individual savings accounts (ISAs) and (b) introduce more flexibility in the rules governing ISAs.
       (188271)
63 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of (a) the UK and (b) the South West of the track disruption caused by flooding in 2014.
       (188547)
64 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households in (a) the UK and (b) each region that are subject to the high income child benefit charge and failed to meet the self-assessment deadline of 31 January 2014.
       (188450)
65 N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of current levels of business rates on small firms; and if he will make a statement.
       (188217)
66  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a one-off levy on bonuses given to investment bankers in 2014 to help fund measures needed to assist flood victims.
       (188410)
67  
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the threshold of pension pots before the recipients can receive a lump sum.
       (188294)
68 N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers made use of the provisions of Regulation 5 of the Income Tax (Exemption of Minor Benefits) Regulations 2002 in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
       (188330)
69  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188083)
70  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188327)
71  
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was paid on residential rental income in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 in (i) the UK and (ii) Greater London.
       (188537)
72 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of a cap on lifetime allowance for tax relief on pension contributions.
       (188191)
73 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of additional revenue accruing to the Exchequer of (a) changes in place since 2010 and (b) planned changes to come into force by 2015 to the lifetime allowance for tax relief on pension contributions.
       (188192)
74 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 307W, on beer: excise duties, what proportion of beer sold in the UK is imported.
       (187863)
75  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people employed by large accountancy firms were (a) involved in and (b) consulted on the draft General Anti-Abuse Rule Regulations and whether the draft proposals were circulated to the Big Four accountancy firms before publication.
       (188393)
76  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total investment of British banks in the national debt for (a) Greece, (b) Spain, (c) Italy and (d) Ireland.
       (188394)
77 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are working on the sale of (a) the Government's shareholding in Eurostar International Ltd and (b) London and Continental Railways property assets.
       (187783)
78  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answers of 6 September 2013, Official Report, column 579W and 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 429W, on excise duties: tobacco, what his policy is on imposing restrictions on the personal imports of cigarettes by travellers from certain EU member states, as provided for by Article 4 of Council Decision 2010/12/EU.
       (188199)
79 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the payment system for the collection of taxation through HM Revenue and Customs is able to process taxation in a currency other than sterling.
       (188490)
80  
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much and what proportion of the cost of an average bottle alcohol excise duty has increased between (a) 1997 and 2010 and (b) 2010 and the present day; and if he will make a statement.
       (188290)
81  
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the report produced for the Wine and Spirit Trade Association entitled Economic Impact Assessment into the Wine and Spirit Industry in the UK and its conclusion on the effect of the alcohol duty escalator on the wider economy.
       (188295)
82 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the Government's response to his Department's consultation on tax-free childcare.
       (188351)
83 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish an impact assessment for tax-free childcare.
       (188352)
84 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of tax free childcare national insurance contributions' relief available for workplace nurseries.
       (188523)
85 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mortgage regulations to protect homeowners who took out mortgages before October 2008 from changes to the terms of tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement.
       (188245)
86  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax is levied on a (a) 330ml bottle of beer with an alcohol by volume of four per cent, (b) 750ml bottle of wine with an alcohol by volume of 11 per cent and (c) 700ml bottle of Scotch whisky with an alcohol by volume of 40 per cent.
       (188538)
87  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much the average UK consumer pays each year in (a) fuel duty, (b) alcohol excise duties and (c) tobacco duties.
       (188539)
88  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality sector.
       (188540)
89 N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the ruling by the German Constitutional Court on outright monetary transaction on (a) the stability of the euro and (b) the constitutional arrangements of the EU institutions; and if he will make a statement.
       (187588)
90 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of incorrect P800 notices likely to be sent in July 2014; and if he will make a statement.
       (188524)
91 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the credit reporting agencies on the introduction of real time credit data sharing.
       (188030)
92  
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners have been affected by the 2012 Budget announcement not to increase the age-related personal allowance of £10,660 from 2012-13; and what the average amount is of additional tax pensioners affected by that change paid from 2012-13.
       (188399)
93 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to tackle cases of employees being paid below the minimum wage in Bradford.
       (188577)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
94  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made by his Department in implementing the commitments contained in the Government’s action plan for transgender equality; and if he will make a statement.
       (188095)
95 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on training by the Fire Service College in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 to date; how much he expects to spend in (i) this financial year and (ii) the next two financial years; and if he will make a statement.
       (188488)
96  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 184489, tabled on 22 January 2014 for written Answer 27 January 2014.
       (188384)
97 N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date he plans to make a decision on the planning application relating to Rushden Lakes and Skew Bridge, deferred by him on 11 February 2014.
       (188242)
98 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the success of business improvement districts.
       (188272)
99  
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the Consumer Code for Homebuilders.
       (188481)
100  
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the introduction of a statutory redress mechanism for new homebuyers.
       (188482)
101 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2014, Official Report, column 652W, on housing benefit, whether local authorities will continue to decide on applications for reimbursement of service charging on adaptation following the full introduction of Universal Credit.
       (188446)
102  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the National Flood Forum as to the use of alternatives to sandbags to increase the efficiency of barriers and post-flood community restitution.
       (188411)
103  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Leeds Central of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 560W, on housing: floods, if he will bring forward measures to levy fines on developers who build on flood plains and other flood threatened areas against advice by the Environment Agency not to build on those sites; and if he will use the money raised to support recurrent flood victims.
       (188439)
104  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188068)
105 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was received by Warrington Borough Council in council tax support funding in each year that such support has been available; and what estimate he has made of the amount that council will receive for 2015-16.
       (187788)
106 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of (a) the loss of revenue to Warrington Borough Council arising from the 2 per cent cap on business rates and (b) how much that authority will receive in specific grant allocation to cover this.
       (187861)
107  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188310)
108 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) salary and (b) pension arrangements are of each Chief Fire Officer in England.
       (187709)
109 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many chief fire officers earn more than £115,000 per annum.
       (187710)
110 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he gives to local fire authorities on the remuneration of chief fire officers.
       (187711)
111 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the remuneration of chief fire officers is (a) set and (b) regulated.
       (187712)
112 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that no Chief Fire Officer should be earning more than £80,000 per annum.
       (187713)
113 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his statement of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 574, on flooding, what definition of areas at high risk of flooding is used to record building in such areas; what the nature is of the objections to developments included in the figure of 99.3 per cent; and what locations of the developments objected to was.
       (188276)
114  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will provide funding to compensate the Grand Theatre, Morecambe for increases in the rent of their car park.
       (188366)
115  
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will extend the deadline for local authorities to finalise and submit their local neighbourhood plans including provision for a five-year supply of sites for housing under the National Planning Policy Framework.
       (188251)
116  
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will implement a moratorium on approving planning applications for greenfield sites in Addisbury constituency before local neighbourhood plans are finalised; and if he will make it his policy that a draft local plan should be taken into account when considering such planning applications.
       (188252)
117 N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 182854, tabled for ordinary written answer on 13 January 2014.
       (187730)
118 N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 182853, tabled for ordinary written answer on 13 January 2014.
       (187731)
119 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of additional money promised to local authorities through the Bellwin Scheme will be (a) from his Department's budget, (b) directly from HM Treasury, (c) through a transfer from HM Treasury to the Department for Communities and Local Government and (d) from another budget.
       (187890)
120 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce the decision on the Rushden Lakes planning application.
       (188188)
121 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the business rates appeals process.
       (188215)
122 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will oppose any application for a protective costs order from the Lymington River Association in respect of the latest application for an oral hearing from the Lymington River Association in respect of the operation of Wightlink Ferries in the Lymington River.
       (188401)
123 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the economy of the Isle of Wight of the legal costs of dealing with previous and current applications from the Lymington River Association in relation to the operation of ferry services in the Lymington River.
       (188402)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
124  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish her consultation on statutory restrictions on community radio.
       (188124)
125  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff recruited to her Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188069)
126 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether an impact assessment was carried out in respect of the decision by UK Sport to reduce funding for synchronised swimming and water polo.
       (188453)
127 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much arts funding (a) in total and (b) per head of population was allocated in (i) the North-West and (ii) Warrington in each year since 2010.
       (188178)
128  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of her Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of her Department's Ministers.
       (188311)
129 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Sport England has given to local authorities for the provision of public swimming facilities in each of the last three years.
       (188197)
130 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received about disagreements between the Bletchley Part Trust and the National Museum of Computing over public access and ticketing; and what steps he is taking to help resolve such disagreements.
       (187776)
131 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 434W, on children: day care, how many childcare business grants have been allocated through the childcare business grant scheme in each month; and what estimate she has made of when funding under this scheme will cease.
       (187975)
132  
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that the proposed new statutory code of press regulation prohibits the media harassment of witnesses granted anonymity in court proceedings; and if she will make a statement.
       (188135)
133 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC Trust and the Arts Council on encouraging the BBC and other broadcasters to use British Chinese actors and presenters in their broadcasts; and if she will make a statement.
       (188405)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
134  
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 552, on redundancy, what the job title and salary is of each post filled by individuals re-hired by his Department.
       (188332)
135  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188070)
136 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 351W, on Defence Advisory Notices, whether he intends to make the Defence Advisory Notice System compulsory.
       (188213)
137 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 10 February 2014, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on army: training, what assessment he has made of the effect on future capability of infantry and Parachute Regiment recruit training courses being run at less than full capacity.
       (188545)
138 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 10 February 2014, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on army: training, what steps are being taken to ensure that the position will improve in 2014-15.
       (188546)
139  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188312)
140  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the causes of the four per cent rise in complaints of discrimination, harassment or bullying in the service environment by army other ranks in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
       (188148)
141  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been made in the (a) Army, (b) RAF and (c) Royal Navy in response to a number of cases of harassment reported to the Service Complaints Commissioner by 2012; and if he will make a statement.
       (188149)
142  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by the RAF in response to the Service Complaints Commissioner's report 2012 of the trebling of cases of bullying; and if he will make a statement.
       (188150)
143  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by the Army in response to the Service Complaints Commissioner's report 2012 on cases of bullying; and if he will make a statement.
       (188151)
144  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) sexual harassment referrals there were from the armed forces in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013; how many such cases were directed for trial; how many trials were held; how many guilty verdicts were recorded; what the gender was of each person so referred to in the cases; and if he will make a statement.
       (188152)
145  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ports in the UK the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier simulator successfully navigated and docked at.
       (188386)
146  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear-qualified Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel have been required by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many such posts were vacant in each such year in each location.
       (188387)
147  
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to further improve the Royal Navy's anti-smuggling operations in the Caribbean.
       (188343)
148  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the development of the Automated Logistic Information System (ALIS); and if he will make a statement on what part ALIS plays in his Department's IT rationalisation programme.
       (188301)
149  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-service date for the first tranche of F35 Joint Combat Aircraft will be.
       (188303)
150  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has received from Lockheed Martin on the readiness statistics for the F35B; and whether he is confident that this aircraft will reach levels of readiness comparable to the F-22.
       (188304)
151  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 549W, on armed forces: housing, how many service personnel were placed temporarily in hotels in (a) Plymouth and (b) nationally in each of the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of use of hotels for this purpose.
       (188345)
152  
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 587, how many locally employed interpreters were employed by the government in Afghanistan in the last 10 years; how many such interpreters have come to the UK; how many such interpreters have been given (a) a financial and resettlement package and (b) an intimidation package, in Afghanistan; and how many (i) applications and (ii) refusals have been made in each such case.
       (188542)
153 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ban payday lending advertisements on military bases; and if he will make a statement.
       (188448)
154 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will undertake a feasibility study on establishing a credit union open to British military personnel; and if he will make a statement.
       (188449)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
155 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised the case of Mr Huber Ballesteros with President Santos during his recent visit to Colombia; and what the outcome was of any such discussions.
       (188196)
156  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to his Office's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of his Office's Ministers.
       (188313)
157 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress his Department has made in assessing the bids of the 20 areas invited to bid for City Deal status.
       (187892)
158 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the 20 areas invited to bid for City Deal status have been successful to date; and when he expects the decision on the remaining bids to be announced.
       (187969)
159 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to make an announcement on the City Deal bid submitted by Milton Keynes Council.
       (187970)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
160  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made by his Department in implementing the commitments contained in the Government’s action plan for transgender equality; and if he will make a statement.
       (188088)
161  
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether information about the statutory guidance on social care for deafblind children and adults guidance will be included in Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.
       (188573)
162  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to update the publication Quality Standards: Delivery of Habilitation Training (Mobility and Independent Living Skills) for Children and Young People with a Visual Impairment, published in January 2011; and whether that guidance will be put on a statutory footing.
       (188336)
163  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the role of the local offer will be in the commissioning of habilitation and other specialist services.
       (188337)
164  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how (a) habilitation and (b) other specialist services will be commissioned after implementation of the provisions of the Children and Families Bill.
       (188338)
165  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will be expected to include (a) habilitation services and (b) other specialist services in their local offer for children and young people with special educational needs.
       (188341)
166  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sixth form colleges are able to access the funding announced on 5 February 2014 to encourage graduates to teach mathamatics.
       (188464)
167  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities provided information to the Education Funding Agency regarding high needs funding for people aged between five and 25 years old by 23 December 2013; which local authorities failed to meet this deadline; and which local authorities had failed to provided the information by 31 January 2014.
       (188478)
168  
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants employed by academies and free schools which converted from the maintained sector were subject to changes in the terms and conditions of their employment contracts (a) when that conversion took place and (b) subsequently.
       (188350)
169  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188071)
170 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom rewarding establishments which promote creationism with a Quality Badge award.
       (187962)
171  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will enter into talks with the National Union of Teachers and NAWUWT to resolve their trade disputes.
       (188212)
172  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188314)
173  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made towards the replacement of the Integrated Children's System, as recommended in the Munro Review.
       (188468)
174  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current legislative provisions to protect social workers from violence when carrying out their work.
       (188469)
175  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will carry out a review of the effectiveness of child guardians and the effect their involvement has on the length of care proceedings.
       (188470)
176  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoption breakdowns occurred in each of the years for which records are available.
       (188471)
177 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 101W, on pupils: disadvantaged, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pupils who will benefit from the pupil premium in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Worcestershire and (c) Redditch.
       (188455)
178 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, columns 120-1W, on children: income, what information his Department holds on the special needs of looked after children who have some form of special educational need to ensure that those children are being properly supported.
       (187864)
179 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, columns 105-6W, on special educational need, what guidance his Department gives schools on whether to enter special educational need pupils in the English Baccalaureate instead of GCSEs.
       (188219)
180 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 76W, on integrated chronology tool, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children's social care departments comply with the requirements of statutory safeguarding guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013.
       (188240)
181 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, columns 217-8W, on special educational needs (SEN), what guidance his Department plans to issue to local authorities on building on existing parent partnership services in order to provide information, advice and support to parents and young people up to 25 years old with SEN, about education, health and social care.
       (188241)
182 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 213W, on foster care, when his Department's human resources policy for staff who foster or are kinship carers will be available.
       (188444)
183  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 549, when the consultation will be published; what criteria is outlined in the consultation; when it started; who is being consulted; and if he will look to address the problem of absenteeism amongst Traveller communities.
       (188503)
184 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding or support his Department has provided to the Year of Code.
       (188530)
185 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on the CANParent voucher scheme in each year since that scheme's introduction; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the scheme in each of the next five years.
       (188353)
186 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) whole families, (b) mothers and (c) fathers have used CANParent vouchers for each provider in each year since the introduction of the scheme.
       (188354)
187 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the publication of 13 February 2014, on the Regulation of Childcare consultation report, what estimate he has made of the number of schools that will now start to offer out-of-hours 8 to 6 care as a result.
       (188528)
188 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many three and four year olds in each parliamentary constituency receive free early years education outside of reception classes.
       (188534)
189 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that children with autism are not excluded from the classroom.
       (188182)
190 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any additional funding (a) has been and (b) is planned to be allocated to Sandymore Free School in Runcorn during 2014.
       (187954)
191 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are currently enrolled in Sandymore Free School, Runcorn.
       (187955)
192 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current funding level per pupil is at Sandymore Free School, Runcorn.
       (187956)
193 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Ofsted about altering the evaluation schedule to better incentivise healthy outcomes for pupils.
       (188238)
194 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what effect the Government's plans for free school lunches for reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils in state schools will have on his Department's use of the number of pupils from reception to Year 11 eligible for free schools meals at any point in the last six years when calculating pupil premium.
       (187717)
195 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the uptake of funding for free school lunches for reception, year 1 and year 2 pupils in state schools; and whether there will be clawback of this funding where uptake is less than 100 per cent.
       (188548)
196 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 534W, on pupils: disadvantaged, when data on the number of eligible pupils in each school which will be used to allocate the pupil premium for 2014-15 and beyond will be available.
       (188580)
197 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many existing free schools (a) have a leasehold or rental agreement for the site of their school and (b) own the freehold of their school site.
       (187899)
198 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools that have a rental or leasehold agreement for the site of their school are owned by a (a) local authority, (b) public body, (c) company and (d) private individual.
       (187905)
199 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many planned free schools that have a rental or leasehold agreement for the site of their school are owned by a (a) local authority, (b) public body, (c) company and (d) private individual.
       (187906)
200 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many planned free schools (a) have a leasehold or rental agreement for the site of their school and (b) own the freehold of their school site.
       (187907)
201 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 427W, on Kings Science Academy, if he will publish the assessment of the leasehold options against a freehold acquisition of Hartley Business Park in Lidget Green.
       (187965)
202 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects the next round of priority school building funds to be available.
       (188277)
203  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Government department has responsibility for asbestos policy for schools in Wales.
       (188046)
204  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Government department is responsible for the management of asbestos in schools in Wales.
       (188123)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
205 N
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to ensure that organisations granted STOR Long Term Contracts before May 2012 do not receive double payments for their capacity.
       (187900)
206 N
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that all organisations with capacity awarded through STOR Long Term Contracts granted before May 2012 will only be eligible to participate in the Capacity Mechanism auction as existing capacity.
       (187901)
207 N
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that companies which were awarded STOR Long Term Contracts in 2010 but only began construction after May 2012 are treated as existing capacity in the Capacity Mechanism auction.
       (187902)
208  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has undertaken any work to provide current Magnox employees opportunities to engage in nuclear new build.
       (188565)
209  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy that any company involved in illegal blacklisting should not be awarded a Nuclear Decommissioning Authority contract.
       (188566)
210  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons his Department has not made a full assessment of how many individuals have been removed from fuel poverty as a result of the Energy Companies Obligation.
       (188305)
211  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how his Department will measure the effectiveness of the Energy Companies Obligation alleviations fuel poverty.
       (188306)
212  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department used to establish which technologies should be considered an established technology for the purposes of contracts for difference competitive auctioning from 2014.
       (188164)
213  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for each renewable technology have been made for 33kW connections under section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 over the last 12 months.
       (188209)
214 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total value of payments made by domestic customers to British Gas for the installation of energy efficiency measures in their homes under the Energy Company Obligation as at 31 December 2013.
       (188057)
215  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188072)
216  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188315)
217 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 284W, on energy: finance, how much private sector investment has been made to help provide long-term sustainable energy in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Worcestershire and (c) Redditch.
       (188456)
218 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the effect on energy efficiency measures and planned changes to the ECO and CERO funding on (a) homes, (b) job creation and (c) jobs in the insulation industry.
       (187972)
219 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to ensure that unsuitable cavity wall insulation is no longer used in homes that are prone to flooding or at risk of flooding.
       (188278)
220 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial assistance is available for homeowners whose homes have been affected by flooding to replace current insulation with material suitable for homes in flood risk areas.
       (188281)
221 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many solid wall properties remain to be insulated in the UK.
       (188282)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
222  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the current timescale for extending the River Thames Scheme to Teddington; and if he will make it his policy to fast-track such an extension.
       (188291)
223  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the Environment Agency on the proposed extension of the River Thames Scheme to Teddington.
       (188292)
224  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency will take to investigate the extent to which the management of the Jubilee River contributed to recent water levels in the lower Thames region.
       (188293)
225  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement on 24 May 2012, Official Report, column 83WS, on Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), what steps have been taken to introduce repayment orders to the operations of the GLA; and if he make a statement.
       (188125)
226 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many planning applications have been given (a) standing advice and (b) bespoke advice by the Environment Agency in each local authority area; and what his estimate is in each of the years after 2014.
       (188489)
227  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that animal welfare legislation is enforced in the transportation of equine species from the UK to other countries.
       (188250)
228  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help angling clubs in (a) West Lancashire and (b) England tackle the decline in fish stocks.
       (188118)
229 N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether farmers still require his Department's permission before moving closed herds during the recent flooding period; and how many such applications his Department has (a) received and (b) granted.
       (188174)
230  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 24, on flooding, what participation (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of his Department have had.
       (188383)
231  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the indicative budget is of each of his Department's executive agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies for 2015-16, broken down by (a) capital and (b) revenue.
       (188514)
232  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government contribution to the budget of each of his Department's executive agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies was for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15, broken down by capital and revenue.
       (188515)
233  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government contribution to the indicative budget of each of his Department's executive agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies is expected to be for 2015-16, broken down by capital and revenue.
       (188516)
234  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by each of his Department's executive agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (188517)
235  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes to the total number of (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff employed by each of his Department's executive agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies are expected in 2014-15.
       (188518)
236  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what income was received by each of his Department's expenditure agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies from non-government sources, broken down by source in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
       (188519)
237  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contibution each of his Department's expenditure agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies made to the budget of (a) his Department and (b) HM Treasury in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.
       (188520)
238  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total expenditure was of each of his Department's expenditure agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15, broken by capital and revenue.
       (188521)
239  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to enforce the Balai Directive among the greyhound industry when importing greyhounds from the Republic of Ireland.
       (188166)
240  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 786W, on veterinary medicine: antibiotics, when the detailed measures being developed for the Government Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy will be published.
       (188432)
241  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188073)
242 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of properties that have been flooded in 2014.
       (188176)
243 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total cost of including properties built in accordance with National Planning Policy guidelines since 2009 in the Flood Re scheme.
       (188177)
244 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 560W, on floods: insurance, what assessment he has made of the number of properties built in accordance with National Planning Policy frameworks but which are deemed as high flood-risk by the insurance industry; and what his policy is on including such policies in the Flood Re scheme.
       (188239)
245  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188316)
246  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on flood defence measures in Shrewsbury in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
       (188433)
247  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is forecast to be spent on flood defence measures in Shrewsbury in each of the next five years.
       (188434)
248  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what schemes the Environment Agency West Midlands has planned for flood defences in Shrewsbury over the next five years.
       (188435)
249  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) cattle and (b) other livestock which have been moved as a result of recent floods; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such movement on the spread of bovine TB.
       (188228)
250  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK's position was on permitting EU nations to purchase fishing rights from other EU nations; and which UK fishing rights have been sold under such provision to other countries.
       (188395)
251 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total value of the damage to flood and coastal defences in each local authority area in Cumbria caused by recent floods and storms is; and how much funding his Department is making available for repairs to those defences.
       (188216)
252  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of the Department for Transport of 11 February 2014, Official Report, columns 525-6W, on Government Departments: unmanned air vehicles, which remotely piloted aircraft systems his Department employs to collect data; which policies are supported by the collection of such data; and where those systems are operated.
     [R] (188570)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
253  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the Government's Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in Burma.
       (188398)
254 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the issue of child soldiering with his counterparts in those countries where the practice is prevalent.
       (188038)
255  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ascertain whether any Burmese Army soldiers who are currently receiving training from the British Army previously committed war crimes, or crimes against humanity.
       (188474)
256  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government supports the establishment of an international investigation into human rights abuses against the Rohingya in Burma.
       (188476)
257  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking (a) to support the Middle East peace talks and (b) to encourage all concerned parties to engage constructively in the negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
       (188477)
258  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) civil society in Israel and Palestine and (b) groups which are campaigning for peace.
       (188479)
259  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for New Forest East, on 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 191W, on Afghanistan, how much has been reported as misused in reports he has received in his Department from the United Nations and from advisers within line Ministries in each of the last six years.
       (188203)
260  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department provides to the British Embassy in Pyongyang; and for what purpose such funding is provided.
       (188454)
261  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the Government did not send a delegation to the conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons that began in Mexico on 13 February 2014; for what reasons this decision was not announced until the day before the conference began; and if he will make a statement.
       (188254)
262  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188074)
263  
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Report by ACF International entitled, The Truth about the Assassination of 17 aid workers in Sri Lanka, published on 13 December 2013; and if he will make a statement.
       (188198)
264 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the US administration about improving the operation of mutual legal assistance treaties for obtaining communications data.
       (187960)
265  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188317)
266 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) nature and (b) financial value was of (i) military and (ii) other assistance given to the Pakistani government in each of the last three financial years; what the planned expenditure for each category is in the (A) current and (B) next financial year; and if he will make a statement on areas of bilateral co-operation.
       (187785)
267 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Article 26 of Afghanistan's draft criminal procedure law, prohibition of questioning an individual as a witness, on domestic violence or forced marriage prosecutions in that country; and what representations he has made to the Afghan government since the draft code was approved by the Afghan Parliament.
       (188445)
268 N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Yoweri Museveni about Uganda's proposed anti-homosexuality legislation.
       (188226)
269  
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether grassroots women's rights organisations from conflict-affected countries have been invited to the Preventing Sexual Violence summit in June 2014.
       (188056)
270 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent reports that Iran has test fired an advanced long-range ballistic missile with radar-evading capabilities.
       (188380)
271 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the development by Iran of a new and more powerful generation of uranium enrichment centrifuges.
       (188381)
272 N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of people killed in the Du Chee Yar Tan massacre in Burma.
       (188195)
273  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will grant (a) permanent habitation rights and (b) full local democratic rights to those people living on Ascension Island.
       (188267)
274  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the advice of the Acension Island Council was not followed by the (a) Administrator and (b) Governor of Ascension Island in 2013.
       (188268)
275  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what day his Department will fly the flag of Ascension Island in 2014.
       (188270)
276  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 534W, what response his Department received from the Egyptian government on restoring democratic elections in Egypt; and what further reports he has received on when democratic elections in Egypt will be restored.
       (188385)
277  
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage other nations in the region to support the UK's anti-drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean.
       (188342)
278  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent reports of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel.
       (188541)
279 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 151W, on Burma, whether he has raised the case of Naw Ohn Hla with his Burmese counterpart following her re-arrest in December 2013.
       (188581)
280 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 352W, on Burma, whether he has raised the case of Daw Bawk Ja with his Burmese counterpart; and what reports he has received on whether she has been released.
       (188582)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
281  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of women who had an abortion in each of the last five years but were using some form of artificial contraceptive when they became pregnant; and if he will make a statement.
       (188051)
282 N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS England review of adult congenital heart disease services has spent on external communication consultants from each employed company to date.
       (188175)
283  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by his Department in implementing the commitments contained in the Government’s action plan for transgender equality; and if he will make a statement.
       (188089)
284 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the current level of mental health training given to social workers.
       (187976)
285 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons Enriched Culture Medium testing for group B Strep (GBS) was not introduced on 1 January 2014; and who took such a decision.
       (187978)
286 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the number of patients with mental health issues being transported to hospital in police vehicles; and what steps he is taking to reduce this number.
       (187981)
287 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 14 February 2014, Official Report, column 712, with reference to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's Code of Practice published in June 2013, under what circumstances he would not fulfil his duty to ensure the Joint Committee's recommendations are practicable.
       (188214)
288 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the national GP training curriculum is dedicated to mental health.
       (188389)
289 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions were due to medicine non-adherence in each year since May 2010.
       (188390)
290 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of liver disease he estimates were cases of obesity induced liver disease in each year since 2010.
       (188391)
291 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of medicine non-adherence to the UK economy in terms of (a) lost days at work and (b) reduced productivity for those with long-term conditions.
       (188392)
292  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount his Department has allocated to provision of habilitation services for blind and partially-sighted children and young people under the age of 25 in each of the next three years.
       (188339)
293  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount his Department spent on habilitation services for children and young people under the age of 25 in the last (a) 12 and (b) 24 months.
       (188340)
294 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and support his Department provides to military doctors who subsequently enter civilian service; and whether his Department monitors the performance of such doctors relative to the performance of other doctors.
       (188194)
295 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change to average rates of obesity among children was between 2003 and 2013.
       (188037)
296 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with his counterparts in each of the devolved regions steps to take to share best practice to reduce accident and emergency waiting times.
       (188040)
297  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities have made dementia a public health priority.
       (188397)
298  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements his Department places on local authorities to record or declare the number of visits cancelled or unattended by carers to clients under the care of a local authority.
       (188110)
299  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements there are on local authorities and commissioned care agencies to ensure the health and wellbeing of a client on the occasions a carer is unable to attend an appointment.
       (188111)
300  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of cancelled or unattended carer visits in each of the last five years.
       (188112)
301  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether local authorities are required to pay care agencies for appointments where the carer fails to attend the appointment or the provider cancels the appointment.
       (188113)
302  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems his Department has to monitor how many care appointment visits are cancelled by care organisations paid by local authorities.
       (188115)
303  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs for and (b) other effects on GP practices of delays in NHS hospital trusts issuing a patient's discharge information promptly.
       (188117)
304  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS hospital trusts improve the time taken to issue a patient's discharge information to their GP.
       (188119)
305  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cases in which GP practices are not notified of a patient's discharge timeframe have not been discharged by the NHS hospital trust within the stated timeframe at (a) Southport and Ormskirk NHS Hospital Trusts (b) all NHS hospital trusts in the North West of England and (c) England.
       (188120)
306 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a specified timeframe in which NHS hospital trusts are required to issue a patient's discharge information to their GP.
       (188183)
307 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS hospital trusts on the issuing of discharge notes to a patient's GP.
       (188184)
308  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of positive cases of (a) HIV and (b) hepatitis C reported in 2013 among (i) people who had migrated to the UK within the last two years and (ii) people residing in the UK on visa.
       (188156)
309 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the withdrawal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee for GP surgeries does not detrimentally affect (a) all health services and (b) health services in rural areas.
       (187778)
310 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of GP surgeries who will lose more than £2 per patient per year over seven years as a result of the withdrawal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee.
       (187782)
311  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ground E abortions were diagnosed by (a) amniocentesis, (b) ultrasound, (c) chronic villus sampling and (d) other diagnostic tests in each of the last 10 years; what other methods of diagnosis were listed under other; and how many such diagnoses which did not result in abortion were recorded in the same period.
       (188483)
312  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to identify illegal abortion referrals; whether the competence for such scrutiny rests with the Chief Medical Officer alone; and if he will make a statement.
       (188484)
313  
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics about providing data on breast cancer incidence and survival by clinical commissioning group.
       (188055)
314  
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the advice given by private abortion providers to pregnant women on the illegality of gender selective abortion.
       (188106)
315  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Copeland, of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 616W, on medical records: database, whether the full findings of the survey evaluating the Better information means better care leaflet will be made public; what the sample size and sampling methodology is of this survey; and who will carry out the survey on behalf of NHS England.
       (188235)
316  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that people with a visual impairment or a learning disability are aware of and understand the care.data scheme.
       (188253)
317  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that psychiatric inpatients who are not living at home are aware of the effects of the care.data scheme on their medical data.
       (188255)
318  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he decided not to publish the findings of the review carried out by the Health and Social Care Information Centre at the request of NHS England on the possibility of pseudonymising data extracted under the care.data scheme at source.
       (188256)
319 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with mental health conditions being moved from local authority care to hospital care in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
       (188544)
320  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking through NHS policy frameworks to ensure that clinical commissioning groups reliably and consistently commission secondary fracture prevention services.
       (188126)
321  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold discussions with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on that body reversing the increase in its compulsory annual fee.
       (188536)
322 N
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of administering prescription charges and exemptions is.
       (187797)
323  
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS England's budget for neonatal services will be in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
       (188507)
324  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188076)
325 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what use his Department plans to make of information on female genital mutilation reported by acute hospitals after September 2014.
       (188442)
326  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188318)
327 N
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment NHS England made of a potential conflict of interest prior to commissioning Specialised Healthcare Alliance to produce a report as part of its strategy for commissioning specialised services in the future.
       (188382)
328  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will update the House on the proposed timescale for the release of funding for the 3Ts redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
       (188416)
329  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 606, if he will assess the effects of e-cigarettes on passive smokers in cars; and what estimate he has made of the cost of prescribing e-cigarettes through the NHS.
       (188502)
330  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to develop treatment guidelines to be followed across the prison estate for males and females who self-harm; and if he will make a statement.
       (188137)
331  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence developing self-harm guidelines within the prison estate.
       (188138)
332  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a minimum threshold for moving an individual out of the prison estate and into a psychiatric setting; and if he will make a statement.
       (188143)
333  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many randomised trials of treatments for mental health issues and self-harm have been carried out by academic researchers within the prison estate since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
       (188145)
334 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals of the Better Care Together Review, what progress his Department has made in implementing proposals for a super hospital to serve the whole of Morecambe Bay.
       (188378)
335  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence has been submitted to the Chantler Review of standardised packaging of tobacco which is considered to be outside the remit of that Review; why each such submission is so considered; and whether he plans to publish such evidence.
       (188153)
336  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future funding of the HIV/AIDS support funding line after March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
       (188462)
337  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality and availability of sexual health and HIV testing and prevention services in England; and if he will make a statement.
       (188463)
338  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the names and professional qualifications of those who conducted NHS England's stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy intercranial needs assessment and service review of January 2014.
       (188465)
339  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to section 68, page 18 of NHS England's stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy intercranial needs assessment and service review of January 2014, how many intercranial patients Plymouth hospital has treated stereotactically in each of the last two years; whether Plymouth hospital has a device dedicated solely to providing intercranial stereotactic radiotherapy; and for what reason Plymouth hospital was chosen to make the assessment assumptions.
       (188466)
340  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to table 39 on page 36 of NHS England's stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy intercranial needs assessment and service review of January 2014, how many of the hospitals listed have devices dedicated solely to providing intercranial stereotactic radiotherapy.
       (188467)
341  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of potential savings from the implementation of the recommendation of NHS England's stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy intercranial needs assessment and service review, published in January 2014.
       (188475)
342 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many congenital heart disease procedures have been carried out at each of the children's heart surgery units in the UK in each of the last three years.
       (188403)
343 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that the second stage of the review of the suspension of services at the Leeds Children's Heart Surgery Unit will be published.
       (188420)
344 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason is for the time taken to publish the second stage of the review of the suspension of services at Leeds Children's Heart Surgery Unit.
       (188421)
345  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons stakeholder submissions to NHS England's stakeholder engagement programme for specialised services were not collected directly by NHS England but sent to the Specialised Healthcare Alliance.
       (188127)
346  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the Specialised Healthcare Alliance in each of the last three years.
       (188128)
347  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the (a) names of all members of NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group and Direct Commissioned Service Committee and (b) declaration of interests of all members of NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group and Direct Commissioned Service Committee.
       (188129)
348  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to ensure that no people receiving fees from pharmaceutical companies are directly involved in NHS England's specialised commissioning services or sit on any NHS England committees.
       (188130)
349  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what fees (a) NHS England and (b) the NHS and NHS London paid to (i) the Specialised Healthcare Alliance and (ii) JMC Partners in the last three years; and for what work such fees were paid.
       (188131)
350  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the recommendations made by the 2011 National Radiotherapy Implementation Group report into stereotactic radiotherapy remain the standard by which progress in the treatment of stereotactic radiotherapy is measured.
       (188509)
351  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the minutes of all meetings of NHS England's Patient and Public Engagement Steering Group to date.
       (188510)
352  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the minutes all advice given to NHS England by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group on (a) individual funding requests for the treatment of patients with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and (b) funding requests for the prescription of cancer drugs not approved by the National Institute for Care Excellence.
       (188511)
353  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which NHS England committees or advisory groups the Specialised Healthcare Alliance (SHCA) sits; and who represents the SHCA on such committees or groups.
       (188512)
354  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the advice given to the Clinical Director for Specialised Services of NHS England by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group and the Direct Commissioned Service Committee on the cancellation of the NHS Innovations budget.
       (188513)
355 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 616W, on medical records: databases, Question 186539, when he expects NHS England to complete the survey; and if he will publish the detailed results of the survey.
       (188246)
356 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 616W, on medical records: databases, Question 186539, what plans he has for remedial action to ensure that those who have not received a leaflet are informed fully of the scheme to which the leaflet, Better information means better care, relates.
       (188247)
357 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 608W, on accident and emergency departments: departmental services, how many patients have presented at accident and emergency departments where the patient's first treatment was dental treatment in each region in each of the last five years.
       (188248)
358 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the risk to human health from contaminated water and sewage entering people's homes as a result of flooding; and if he will make a statement.
       (188372)
359 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to safeguard the health of people whose homes have been flooded by contaminated water and sewage; and if he will make a statement.
       (188373)
360  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of levels of access to mindfulness-based therapy.
       (188266)
361  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients with depression were given mindfulness-based therapies in each primary care trust area in England in the last year for which figures are available.
       (188568)
362  
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to provide ambulance crews with additional specialised equipment to allow them to deal safely with moving larger patients.
       (188335)
363  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make representations to the European Commission on changing regulations that exempt pharmaceutical companies from testing cancer drugs on children on the grounds that the cancer the drug treats does not not occur in children; and if he will make a statement.
       (188346)
364  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmaceutical companies operating in the UK are engaged in developing drugs to treat cancer in children.
       (188347)
365  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on research to develop drugs to treat cancer in children in the UK in each of the last five years.
       (188348)
366  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote research into a cure for lung diseases.
       (188232)
367  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals he plans to build by 2015.
       (188233)
368  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) cardiac surgeons and (b) nurses have been appointed in the UK in the last 12 months.
       (188234)
369  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring oversight of pregnancy and abortion counselling services within the responsibilities of the Care Quality Commission.
       (188205)
370  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the quality and impartiality of advice provided by pregnancy and abortion counselling services.
       (188206)
371  
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his future plans are for introducing Enriched Culture Medium testing for Group B Strep.
       (188108)
372 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the number of elective operations cancelled in (a) Merseyside and (b) Halton and Warrington in the three months ended 30 September 2013 was.
       (187952)
373 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were from (a) St Helens and Knowsley NHS Hospitals Trust and (b) Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Hospital Trust in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
       (187953)
374  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated by Health and Wellbeing Boards towards (a) primary and secondary care for type-2 diabetes and (b) prevention of type-2 diabetes.
       (188200)
375  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated by Health and Wellbeing Boards towards lifestyle weight management programmes.
       (188201)
376  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings his Department has had with Tier 2 providers on lifestyle weight managment programmes.
       (188202)
377  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) budget and (b) number of staff is assigned to work in the Obesity Project Team at Public Health England.
       (188207)
378  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will publish its updated guidance on obesity.
       (188208)
379 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals (a) the Minister of State for Public Health and (b) his predecessor made to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop guidance on public health.
       (188221)
380 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, columns 624-5W, on obesity: sugar, when he expects the Scientific Advisory Committee's review of Carbohydrates and Health to conclude.
       (188543)
381  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has specialist expertise on the asbestos risks to children.
       (188133)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
382 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many named people without indefinite leave to remain are currently listed on the (a) National Operations Database, (b) Case Information Database, (c) National Allegations Database, (d) Migration Refusal Pool, (e) Warnings Index and (f) Watch Lists.
       (188359)
383  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on implementing the commitments contained in the Government’s action plan for transgender equality to review how gender identification is represented in passport application forms and passports; and if she will make a statement.
       (188091)
384  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences have been recorded in the UK as motivated by hostility towards the victim on the grounds of being transgender in each year since 1997.
       (188093)
385  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hate crimes have been committed against transgender people in each year since 1997.
       (188097)
386  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of progress the Government has made on tackling hate crimes against transgender people.
       (188098)
387  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department ceased to record on passports the holder's (a) profession, (b) place of birth, (c) date of birth, (d) country of residence, (e) height, (f) eye colour, (g) hair colour, (h) special peculiarities and (i) distinguishing features; for what reasons the Government decided to cease recording each of the characteristics on passports; what rules it currently applies to people of indeterminate sex and people who do not identify as either gender in relation to how they describe their gender on passports; what consideration she has given on the need to record a person's sex on passports; and if she will make a statement.
       (188102)
388 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police authorities in the UK have adopted the Newcastle health screening tool to assess patients with mental health issues; and what steps her Department is taking to increase its uptake across clinical commissioning groups.
       (187979)
389  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that regular checks on online retailers' compliance with laws on the sale of alcohol are carried out.
       (188114)
390  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that supermarkets and other businesses have measures in place to ensure that young people cannot purchase alcohol online for delivery.
       (188116)
391  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis she has made of the factors accounting for the variation in performance between each police force dissemination rate and detection rate in fraud cases.
       (188121)
392 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the resources allocated to fraud investigation.
       (188185)
393 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis she has made of the reasons for the disproportionately lower fraud case detection rate in metropolitan police forces compared to non-metropolitan forces.
       (188186)
394 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis she has made of the reasons for the disparity in fraud cases referred to individual police forces by the City of London Police and the number of such cases followed through to arrest.
       (188187)
395  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase pre-entry medical screening for those wishing to reside in the UK for more than six months.
       (188157)
396  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the UK Border Force in safeguarding public health.
       (188158)
397  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many positive cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis were prevented (a) indefinitely and (b) temporarily from entering the UK in 2013.
       (188159)
398  
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on introducing a regulatory system for private investigators; and when she expects such a system to become operational.
       (188231)
399 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 35W, on re-employment, how much was paid to the staff referred to as part of their retirement package.
       (188058)
400  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the proposed (a) terms of reference, (b) method and (c) timescale of her Department's investigation into language tests organised by the Educational Testing Service.
       (188047)
401  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the income provided to the Educational Testing Service for English language tests by (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) her Department in each of the last three years.
       (188048)
402  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff recruited to her Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188077)
403 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has made to the US administration about improving the operation of mutual legal assistance treaties for obtaining communications data.
       (187961)
404 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide de-radicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration for people subject to terrorism prevention and investigative measures.
       (187964)
405 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 395W, on drugs: misuse, what the budget was for the communications campaign mentioned in the answer; how many people that campaign was expected to reach; and what evaluation of the effectiveness of the campaign has been produced.
       (187966)
406 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Secretary of State for Education to discuss campaigns against female genital mutilation; and if she will make a statement.
       (188180)
407 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be used to determine the allocation of funds from the Female Genital Mutilation Community Engagement Initiative.
       (188181)
408  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of her Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of her Department's Ministers.
       (188319)
409 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial assistance her Department has provided to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for counter narcotics work in (a) Pakistan and (b) Afghanistan since 2010; and what future such assistance her Department plans to provide.
       (187716)
410 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance is currently being given to help combat drug trafficking in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the form of (a) financial support, (b) operational support and (c) resource and information sharing.
       (187779)
411 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase cooperation with Pakistan to combat drug trafficking following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding.
       (187780)
412 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to increase co-operation between Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran to stop the increase in drug trafficking along their borders.
       (187781)
413 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of services supplied to her Department by (a) Capita and (b) G4S in each of the last five financial years by (i) casework, (ii) decision-making, (iii) the serving of official documents and (iv) dealing with removals.
       (187718)
414  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish revised guidance on procedures for dispersing and accommodating pregnant women who seek asylum in the UK.
       (188376)
415  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British citizenship have been made by foreign and Commonwealth personnel (a) currently or (b) recently serving in the armed forces who have been refused citizenship on the grounds that the good character request is not met; and if she will make a statement.
       (188104)
416  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect children from online paedophiles.
       (188230)
417 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she 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.
       (188418)
418  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2014, Official Report, column 713, on police integrity, what progress has been made towards ensuring that those officers under investigation for misconduct are not allowed to avoid sanctions or charges through leaving the force; and if she will make a statement.
       (188204)
419  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of the Department for Transport of 11 February 2014, Official Report, columns 525-6W, on Government Departments: unmanned air vehicles, which remotely piloted aircraft systems her Department employs to collect data; which policies are supported by the collection of such data; and where those systems are operated.
     [R] (188569)
420 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his letter to the interim director general, UK Visas and Immigration of 8 January 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M294/14.
       (188224)
421 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his letter to the interim director general, UK Visas and Immigration of 15 January 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M697/14.
       (188225)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
422  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many abortions funded by her Department were (a) procured in jurisdictions other than the UK and (b) provided in cases of rape in each of the last 10 years.
       (188049)
423  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department ensures value for money in overseas aid to abortion providers; and if she will make a statement.
       (188050)
424  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial support was provided as aid to procure abortion services overseas in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
       (188052)
425  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial support was provided to (a) Marie Stopes International, (b) the International Planned Parenthood Federation and (c) the United Nations Population Fund in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
       (188053)
426 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure the Post 2015 Development Framework includes as a priority tackling (a) leprosy and (b) other neglected tropical diseases.
       (187973)
427 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to provide (a) healthcare, (b) education and (c) training programmes to those with leprosy.
       (187974)
428  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department is having with the government of Burma to reduce the risk of the census in March 2014 triggering communal violence and increasing ethnic tensions.
       (188473)
429  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the goal set by the Palestinian National Plan to modernise the Palestinian education system.
       (188146)
430  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to monitor commitments made by the Palestinian Authority on the educational goals set by the Palestinian National Plan.
       (188154)
431  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the funding given to the Palestinian Authority aimed at improving educational progress.
       (188155)
432  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to ensure that UK aid funding does not help promote anti-Semitic or otherwise inappropriate material in schools in the Palestinian territories.
       (188160)
433  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has for determining future funding to the Palestinian Authority.
       (188163)
434 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 304W, on re-employment, how much was paid to the staff referred to as part of their retirement package.
       (188061)
435  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of staff recruited to her Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188078)
436  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of her Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of her Department's Ministers.
       (188320)
437  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial support the Government has provided in aid to procure abortion services overseas in each of the last 10 years.
       (188436)
438  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has put in place to ensure value for money in the provision of overseas aid to abortion providers; and if she will make a statement.
       (188437)
439  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial support the Government provided to (a) Marie Stopes International, (b) the International Planned Parenthood Federation and (c) the United Nations Population Fund in each of the last 10 years.
       (188438)
440  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many abortions funded by her Department were procured in jurisdictions other than the UK in each of the last 10 years.
       (188501)
441 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanism her Department has put in place to assess and demonstrate the effect of Mozambique Regional Gateway Programme on people in poverty.
       (188170)
442 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanism her Department has put in place to assess and demonstrate the effect of the South Asia Regional Trade and Integration Programme on people in poverty.
       (188171)
443 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanism her Department has put in place to assess and demonstrate the effect of Making Financial Markets Work for the Poor Programme on people in poverty.
       (188172)
444 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to monitor its expenditure on disaster risk reduction.
       (188173)
445 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to implement its 2006 disaster risk reduction policy goals of allocating approximately 10 per cent of its funding in response to natural disasters to preparedness and mitigation measures; and what the target date for reaching that target is.
       (188377)
446  
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to develop her Department's strategic priority on violence against women and girls in Afghanistan; and whether those programmes will focus on preventing violence as well as responding to violence.
       (188107)
447 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid contribution her Department has made to Burmese refugees living in camps on the Thailand-Burma border in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
       (187855)
448 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid her Department provided in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to support victims of rape and sexual violence by Burmese armed forces.
       (188522)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
449  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the provisions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 2012 for sentences to be aggravated for any offence motivated by hostility towards the victim on the grounds of being transgender were commenced; and how many aggravated sentences of this kind have been imposed since commencement.
       (188094)
450  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that implementation of new regulations by the Solicitors Regulation Authority will result in deaf and hard of hearing clients having access to interpreters when seeking legal counsel from solicitors' firms.
       (188109)
451 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 226W, on re-employment, how much was paid to the staff referred to as part of their retirement package.
       (188060)
452  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188079)
453 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were employed in each prison in England and Wales in 2013.
       (187963)
454 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic background, age cohort and gender of lay magistrates in each panel for each year from 2010.
       (188223)
455 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investigations into injuries of children resident in secure children homes have taken place since 2010; and how many such investigations have concluded that restraint of the child by a member or members of staff have been found to be the cause of the injury.
       (188375)
456 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of women in prison who have been subject to domestic violence or sexual abuse prior to conviction.
       (187787)
457  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188321)
458 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department will have to pay to Serco for their surrender of the contract for running community payback in London.
       (187894)
459 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many allegations of mistreatment at the Medomsley Detention Centre his Department has received to date.
       (187895)
460 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much will Serco have been paid for running community payback in London when the contract ends.
       (187896)
461 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the terms of the surrender by Serco of the contract for running community payback in London were.
       (187897)
462 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what liability his Department has for termination payments to Serco for their surrender of the contract for running community payback in London.
       (187898)
463 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new criminal offences have been created in each year since May 2010; and what the predicted effect was on the number of prisoners for each such offence.
       (188279)
464 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been received by Serco in relation to the contract for Community Payback in London since taking over that contract.
       (188280)
465 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has asked the police formally to investigate allegations of mistreatment at the Medomsley Detention Centre.
       (188443)
466 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of custodial sentence handed down to people found guilty of (a) the offence of making or possessing an explosive under suspicious circumstances, (b) weapons training for terrorism and (c) training for terrorism was in each of the last 10 years.
       (188576)
467 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of breaches by offenders released on licence there were in each year since 2002.
       (188583)
468 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of offenders remaining at large after (a) recall and (b) temporary release there were in each year since 2002.
       (188584)
469 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the contract for construction of the new prison in Wrexham will be signed.
       (188334)
470 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when construction will (a) begin and (b) be completed on the new prison in Wrexham.
       (188355)
471 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to make a decision on who will run the new prison in Wrexham.
       (188357)
472 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of spending on construction of the new prison in Wrexham in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16, (d) 2016-17 and (e) 2017-18.
       (188358)
473  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of constructing the new prison in Wrexham; and what estimate he has made of the amount that will come from (a) his Department's budgets and (b) other Government budgets.
       (188370)
474  
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the potential merits of making squatting in commercial buildings a criminal offence.
       (188344)
475  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issue guidance on when a sentence issued at a summary hearing within the armed forces becomes spent under the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations; and if he will make a statement.
       (188105)
476  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who took their own lives within (a) one month and (b) two months at the end of a custodial sentence in each year between 2010 and 2013; and if he will make a statement.
       (188136)
477  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to introduce comprehensive psychological assessments for a prisoner who has carried out an episode of self-harm; and if he will make a statement.
       (188139)
478  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to introduce a system of case reviews of prisoners engaging in multiple acts of self-harm to determine likely contributory factors; and if he will make a statement.
       (188140)
479  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the number of episodes of self-harm within the prison estate involving (a) prisoners and (b) custodial staff; and if he will make a statement.
       (188141)
480  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many training places are available each year for custodial staff in (a) suicide prevention and (b) self-harm prevention; and if he will make a statement.
       (188142)
481  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what levels of regulatory approval are required before academic research can be undertaken within the prison estate; and if he will make a statement.
       (188144)
482 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is considering any changes to the requirement for anonymity of people accused of sexual offences before and during trials.
       (187959)
483  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will expand the Samaritans and Listener Scheme within prisons in England and Wales.
       (188379)
484  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons are for his proposal to increase the upper age limit of jurors to 75 while that of judges remains 70.
       (188229)
485  
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the changes announced under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will also apply to CRB checks.
       (188558)
486  
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to provide courts with additional powers to prevent the media harassment of witnesses nominally granted anonymity; and if he will make a statement.
       (188134)
487 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average payment was; and how many payments were made to legal aid providers for judicial review cases that were refused at permission stage in each of the last five years.
       (188237)
488 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) name, (b) position and (c) date of appointment is of all current High Court and circuit judges who have identified as belonging to an ethnic monitory.
       (188356)
489 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases have been successful in applying for leave to appeal in each year between 2009 and 2013.
       (187795)
490 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases applied for leave to appeal after their case has been heard in court in each year between 2009 and 2013.
       (187796)
491 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases in which Leave to Appeal was obtained had their original judgment overturned in each year from 2009 to 2013.
       (187854)
Questions to the Leader of the House
492  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Leader of the House, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to his Office's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of his Office's Ministers.
       (188322)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
493 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she expects details of the Polling Station Scheme in Northern Ireland for the forthcoming European and local elections to be announced.
       (188274)
494  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about levels of VAT and their effects on the tourism and hospitality sectors in Northern Ireland.
       (188264)
495  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the implications for Northern Ireland of the Scottish Government's white paper on Scotland's future.
       (188269)
496  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many trade missions involving Invest NI have Ministers in her Department been participants since May 2010.
       (188286)
497  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what comparative assessment she has made of the level of fuel poverty in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) other areas of the UK.
       (188287)
498  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the level of dependence on home heating oil in Northern Irish households and the effect of such dependence on average household energy costs.
       (188288)
499  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the block grant to Northern Ireland has been in each year since 2005.
       (188289)
500  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
       (188371)
501  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the next meeting of the Joint Ministerial Taskforce on Banking and Access to Finance in Northern Ireland will be published; and if she will make a statement on those consulted about drafting of the agenda.
       (188259)
502  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what priorities have been agreed by the Joint Ministerial Taskforce on Banking and Access to Finance in Northern Ireland since its first meeting; and if she will make a statement.
       (188260)
503  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about updating the regulations governing Channel 3 licence holders in Northern Ireland to take account of online advertising; and if she will make a statement.
       (188261)
504  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the appointments to public bodies in Northern Ireland she has made were (a) men and (b) women; and if she will make a statement.
       (188262)
505  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for which appointments to public bodies she is responsible; and if she will make a statement.
       (188263)
506  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of staff recruited to her Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188080)
507  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of her Department's Ministers and non-departmental public bodies is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of her Department's Ministers and non-departmental public bodies is.
       (188323)
Questions to the Prime Minister
508 N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with President Yoweri Museveni about Uganda's proposed anti-homosexuality legislation.
       (188227)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
509  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188081)
510  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188325)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
511  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to make travel easier for those with sight loss; and if he will make a statement.
       (188365)
512  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make if his policy not to increase the requirements of roadworthiness testing of powered two-wheelers; and if he will make a statement.
       (188407)
513  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will reduce staff numbers in his Department commensurately with the delegation of decision-making to a local level; and if he will make a statement.
       (188408)
514 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits and costs of increasing the speed limit for hauliers from 40 mph to 50 mph where current limits apply.
       (187856)
515 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the cost and benefit of introducing a two-tier licensing scheme for tractors so that those which are suitably licensed can travel at 40 mph.
       (187857)
516  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of issuing non-gender specific driving licences to people who do not identify as a particular gender.
       (188101)
517  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time for processing a driving licence application by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency was in each of the years from 2010.
       (188396)
518  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was for issuing vehicle registration marks by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year from 2010.
       (188412)
519  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was for registering and issuing tachograph cards by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year from 2010.
       (188413)
520 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was for issuing a registration certificate to vehicle keepers by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year from 2010.
       (188419)
521 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was for processing an application for confirmation of non-eligibility for a grounds of disability by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year from 2010.
       (188422)
522 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's guidance on the economic impact of highways maintenance and disrepair.
       (188492)
523 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department is conducting on the impact of enabling Part Six of the Traffic Management Act 2004 with regards to infringements made in mandatory cycle lanes.
       (188535)
524 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce the outcome of his review of the work of the Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland.
       (188275)
525  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for his Department's review of all rail infrastructure west of Exeter.
       (188409)
526  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of applications made to the appeals service for parking on private land have related to parking charge notices in hospital car parks; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the issues raised in such applications.
       (188122)
527 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new drivers accumulated six penalty points within the two year probationary period in each of the last five years.
       (187893)
528 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notifications by a court or fixed penalty office were received by the DVLA following the accumulation of six penalty points by a new driver within the two year probationary period in each of the last five years.
       (187903)
529 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notifications of endorsement from a court or fixed penalty office of a driver who meets the criteria of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency following the accumulation of six penalty points by a new driver within the two year probationary period in each of the last five years.
       (187904)
530 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2014, Official Report, columns 307-8W, on parking: fees and charges, what the (a) name and (b) region of registration is of each of the 27 companies suspended from requesting vehicle keeper details from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in 2013.
       (188034)
531 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 525W, on cycling, if he will publish a breakdown of the source of funding for cycling by (a) central government, (b) local authority and (c) other sources in each of the last eight years.
       (188062)
532 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 525W, on cycling, how much was spent on cycling by (a) scheme and (b) source of funding by (i) central government, (ii) local authority and (iii) other sources in each of the last eight years.
       (188063)
533 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on driving: licensing, what proportion of new drivers have had their licence revoked by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency during their two year probationary period in each of the last five years.
       (188222)
534 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the £26 million for rail flood resilience work in the South West will be transferred from his Department to Network Rail.
       (188575)
535 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include in the new Greater Thameslink franchise agreement a conditional level of customer satisfaction on the current Great Northern services with an option to withdraw from the franchise if breached.
       (187866)
536 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from First Capital Connect seeking compensation from Network Rail in the event of Network Rail infrastructure failings; and if he will make a statement.
       (188032)
537 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from First Capital Connect on whether compensation from Network Rail in the event of delay to operating services as a result of Network Rail infrastructure failings (a) over the Great Northern route and (b) the Hertford Loop will be passed on to the cost of passengers' tickets; and if he will make a statement.
       (188033)
538 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include in the new Greater Thameslink franchise agreement a conditional level of customer satisfaction on the current Great Northern route services with an option to withdraw from the franchise if breached across (a) the entire franchise area and (b) the Hertford Loop.
       (188035)
539 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include in the new Greater Thameslink franchise agreement an unconditional requirement to refund season ticket holders automatically when required to do so.
       (188036)
540  
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the London Midland franchise.
       (188211)
541 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which properties in Phase 1 and Phase 2 areas have (a) been purchased to date, (b) exchanged contracts for purchase and (c) undergone a regulation to purchase by HS2 Ltd in each local authority area.
       (188179)
542 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take immediate steps to reverse the recently-announced decision by Dialogue by Design that it will only accept responses to the Environment Statement Consultation on High Speed 2 that are under 25MB.
       (188486)
543  
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new posts have been created in his Department since May 2010; and what the cost of recruitment to those posts was.
       (188189)
544  
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the jobs and skills strategy for the UK workforce by HS2 Ltd.
       (188190)
545  
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 2MC, on re-employment, what the job title and salary is of each of the 10 posts filled by individuals re-hired by his Department.
       (188331)
546  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188082)
547  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188326)
548 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 12W, on road traffic control: schools, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential use of alternative methods of transport to reduce road congestion around primary schools.
       (188457)
549 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2014, Official Report, column 555W, on High Speed 2: railway line, whether his Department has received further representations on this issue; and what his policy is on outside investment in High Speed 2 infrastructure.
       (188458)
550 N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase passenger access to WiFi in the new franchise on the Greater Thameslink Northern line route from September 2014 .
       (187971)
551 N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include a renewal of rolling stock on the Hertford Loop Line in a new franchise granted from September 2014.
       (187977)
552 N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to roll out electronic ticketing on the Greater Thameslink Northern Line franchise.
       (187980)
553 N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include a passenger satisfaction obligation in the new Greater Thameslink Northern Line Franchise.
       (188031)
554  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of bus service operator grant that will be devolved to local authorities outside London during (a) 2014 and (b) financial years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-17.
       (188161)
555  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current total value is of bus service operator grant that has been devolved to local authorities outside London from 1 January 2014 to date.
       (188162)
556 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff at the Belfast Maritime Coastguard Centre were asked to re-apply for their jobs following the reform of the service; and how many such staff were successful in their applications.
       (187865)
557  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds for rail resilience work in the South West will come from (a) his Department’s existing budget and (b) other sources.
       (188302)
558 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he take steps to facilitate direct flights from Heathrow to Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India; and if he will make a statement.
       (188404)
559 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the operations of Wightlink Ferries of the legal costs of dealing with previous and current applications from the Lymington River Association in relation to the operation of ferry services in the Lymington River.
       (188400)
560  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of electric vehicles.
       (188567)
561  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Highways Agency takes to minimise litter on the highways.
       (188574)
562 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which bus companies have received what value of incentive payments for use of (a) low carbon emission buses, (b) smart ticketing technology and (c) automatic vehicle location technology to date.
       (187908)
563 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to launch a review into future incentive payments to bus operators for (a) using low carbon emission buses, (b) fitting buses with smartcard technology and (c) fitting buses with automatic vehicle location equipment; and whether the public will be consulted over the findings of such a review.
       (187909)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
564  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales on the forthcoming NATO Summit in Wales.
       (188349)
565  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188084)
566  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188328)
567  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Government Department has overall responsibility for ensuring that safe standards are achieved in protecting school children in Wales from the dangers of asbestos in (a) local authority schools and (b) schools outside local authority control.
       (188424)
568  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Government Department is responsible for the (a) health and (b) safety in relation to asbestos of children attending schools in Wales.
       (188425)
569  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Government Department is responsible for the (a) health and (b) safety in relation to asbestos of children in Wales when they are not at school.
       (188426)
570  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Government Department has the overall responsibility for issuing guidance to schools in Wales on (a) the risks to children from asbestos and (b) the management of asbestos in schools.
       (188427)
571  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Government Department has the overall responsibility for issuing guidance to the general public on (a) the risks to children from asbestos and (b) the management of asbestos in homes in Wales.
       (188428)
572  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Government Department has the overall responsibility for advising the Welsh Government on (a) the risks to children from asbestos in schools and (b) the measures that should be taken to control those risks in Wales.
       (188429)
573  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Government Department has the overall responsibility for ensuring that safe standards are achieved in protecting children in Wales at home from the dangers of asbestos.
       (188430)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
574  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made by her Department in implementing the commitments contained in the Government’s action plan for transgender equality; and if she will make a statement.
       (188090)
575  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what (a) legislative and (b) non-legislative measures the Government has introduced to promote equal opportunities for transgender people in the UK since May 2010.
       (188092)
576  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what guidance her Department has issued to other Departments on legal recognition for the purpose of official documents for those who do not associate with a particular gender.
       (188096)
577  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what proportion of staff recruited to the Government Equalities Office since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188075)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
578  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the hon. Member for York Central will receive an answer to the Question tabled on 24 April 2013 on whether he will place in the Library a copy of the code of practice agreed by his Department, the National Association of Pension Funds and the Association of British Insurers on entitlement to survivor pensions for spouses and former spouses of transsexual people after the passage of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
       (188087)
579  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 13 May 2013, on pensions: gender recognition, what assessment he made of the representations about pension entitlements for trans people in paragraphs nine to 13 of the paper submitted by Helen Belcher to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Public Bill Committee; and if he will make a statement.
       (188103)
580  
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward plans to increase the £85 disregard in occupational pensions taken into account for incapacity-related benefits; and if he will make a statement.
       (188265)
581 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants based in Northern Ireland are employed on social security and child maintenance issues in Great Britain.
       (188041)
582 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average annual salary is of civil servants currently employed in Northern Ireland who deal with social security and child maintenance issues in the UK.
       (188273)
583  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2013, Official Report, column 489W, on industrial health and safety: temperature, what steps he has taken to clarify with the Health and Safety Executive what level of temperature in the workplace would exceed that considered reasonable.
       (188440)
584 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants have (a) entered into and (b) completed mandatory reconsideration periods; and what financial support aside from jobseeker's allowance is available to support such claimants during that period.
       (188578)
585 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 212W, on re-employment, how much was paid to the staff referred to as part of their retirement package.
       (188059)
586  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of staff recruited to his Department since 5 May 2010 identified their ethnicity as (a) white British and (b) from a minority ethnic background.
       (188085)
587 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful enforcements actions by the Pensions Regulator against foreign-owned companies in connection with allegations of pension abandonment have taken place since the formation of that body.
       (188506)
588  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, columns 376-8W, on internet, if he will undertake not to refer hon. Members to the Stat-Xplore website as a substitute for providing substantive answers to Parliamentary Questions about housing benefit and other data until such time as the usability as that site has been substantially improved.
       (188165)
589  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
       (188329)
590 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to tackle benefit fraud in relation to (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments.
       (187968)
591  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the numbers of elderly people who have ceased receiving attendance allowance because they are in receipt of welfare payments.
       (188236)
592 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed in the Pension Service (a) at each location and (b) in each parliamentary constituency; and what the cost of employing those staff was in each of the last three years.
       (188283)
593 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with private operators on the potential for outsourcing the Pension Service.
       (188284)
594 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of potential savings to the public purse from the privatisation of the Pension Service.
       (188285)
595 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average wait by personal independence payment applicants from initial application to payment; and (a) how many and (b) what proportion of applicants waited longer than (i) three months and (ii) six months in the last period for which figures are available.
       (187891)
596 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the length of time it takes to process a claim for personal independence payment, from initial application to monies received by the claimant; and if he will make a statement.
       (187967)
597  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release by the Health and Safety Executive entitled HSE announces important legislation changes, what plans he has to review the changes made in October 2013 to health and safety regulations; and what consideration he has given to recommendations put forward by small and medium-sized businesses.
       (188441)
598 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on small and medium-sized businesses of the changes announced in October 2013 by the Health and Safety Executive to health and safety regulations.
       (188447)
599 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the payment systems for delivery of benefits through the Department is able to process payments in a currency other than sterling.
       (188491)
600 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount saved on benefits payments by those on zero-hours contracts whose income falls below the minimum jobseeker's allowance qualification for short periods of time but who do not sign on.
       (188529)
601 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for those on zero hours contracts whose income falls below jobseeker's allowance minimum for short periods of time.
       (188532)
602 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to his Department's decision makers since May 2010 on keeping jobseekers allowance claims live following the application of a sanction.
       (187859)
603 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral evidence given by the Minister of State for Employment to the Work and Pensions Committee on 20 November 2013, Question 569, what progress has been made in commissioning the secondary piece of work referred to in that Answer.
       (187957)
604 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 421W, on unemployed people: basic skills, how much his Department spent on Skills Conditionally activities between August 2011 and August 2013.
       (187958)
605 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 3 September 2012, Official Report, column 165W, on employment schemes, how much has been spent on the Work Choice contracts in each contract package area to date.
       (188064)
606 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the job outcome targets are for Work Choice.
       (188167)
607 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase employment among people aged over 50 years old.
       (188168)
608 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job advertisements were removed from Universal Jobmatch in 2013 following complaints; and if he will make a statement.
       (188169)
609 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions were initiated as a result of reports from Work Programme providers in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; and how many such sanctions were rescinded on appeal.
       (188218)
610 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the spending on Work Choice in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 is accounted for by (i) DEL costs of the programme, (ii) service fees, (iii) placement fees and (iv) 26 week sustainment fees.
       (188525)
611 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the spending on the Work Choice programme in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 is grant-in-aid funding for Remploy.
       (188526)
612 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the projected expenditure for the Work Choice programme is for each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
       (188527)
613  
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the efficiency of Atos in undertaking face-to-face assessments on the Isle of Wight.
       (188485)
614 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face to face work capability assessments on the Isle of Wight have been outstanding for longer than (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months and (d) four months.
       (188493)
615 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the face-to-face personal independence payment assessment to be conducted by Atos as referred to in his letter to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight of 15 January 2014 under reference FBH 44237 will take place.
       (188494)
616 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken by Atos Healthcare was to undertake face-to-face assessments for benefit claimants on (a) the Isle of Wight and (b) nationally since it began to deliver that service.
       (188579)
617  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has specialist expertise on the risks of asbestos to children.
       (188132)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
618 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on which occasions the locked box mechanism has been used to establish the acquisition price in the sale of a public asset; and how he intends to set the acquisition price for the sale of (a) the Government's shareholding in Eurostar International Ltd and (b) London and Continental Railways property assets.
   [Transferred]   (187784)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
619  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women are self-employed in each (i) occupational and (ii) industry group in each region.
   [Transferred]   (188555)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
620  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with representatives of the Motorcycle Action Group and the British Motorcyclists Federation to consider the potential benefits of re-evaluating vehicle excise duty in the context of the Government's environmental targets.
   [Transferred]   (188406)
621  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average income of self-employed (a) men and (b) women is in each region.
   [Transferred]   (188556)
622  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his plans are for the future of child benefit.
   [Transferred]   (188210)
623 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small businesses in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Worcestershire and (c) Redditch have benfited from the Funding for Lending Scheme.
   [Transferred]   (188451)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
624  
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2014, Official Report, column 695W, on electoral register, what applicants to the Rock Enrol! initiative were told in the reply they received informing them of the outcome of the process.
   [Transferred]   (188431)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
625 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost is of a place at a secure children’s homes; and what estimate his Department has made of the likely annual cost of a place at secure college or secure training college.
   [Transferred]   (188369)
626 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library staff codes of conduct currently in use at secure children homes.
   [Transferred]   (188374)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
627  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the system of allocation of funding for flood defences and the current division of such funding between capital and revenue; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]   (188461)
628 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cost-benefit ratio he requires the Environment Agency to meet when carrying out flood protection schemes; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]   (187715)
629  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why small businesses are not included in the Flood Re scheme.
   [Transferred]   (188296)
630  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial effect of the exclusion of small businesses from the Flood Re scheme.
   [Transferred]   (188297)
631  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) other departments and (b) external stakeholders on whether small businesses should be included in the Flood Re scheme.
   [Transferred]   (188298)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
632  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the establishment of an independent investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka.
   [Transferred]   (188508)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
633  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths have been recorded from volatile substance abuse in (a) North Staffordshire and (b) the UK in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to prevent volatile substance abuse among children and young adults.
   [Transferred]   (188480)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
634 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new drivers accumulated six penalty points within the two year probationary period in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]   (188333)
635  
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to facilitate the undertaking given by the Chief Secretary to the hon. Member for Eddisbury on 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 928, to secure an answer to the question asking where among the published documents on HS2 a comparison of the economic benefits of using double-decker carriages to relieve the problem of capacity on the West Coast Main Line as against the economic benefits of relieving capacity through HS2 can be found.
   [Transferred]   (188585)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
636 N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help older people claim the benefits to which they are entitled.
   [Question Unstarred]   (902618)
                               

Prepared 21st February 2014