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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 4 March 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 4 March 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Tuesday 4 March 2014

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.

For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.

Tuesday 4 March  
Questions to the Attorney General
1 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Attorney General, how many pagers have been provided to staff by the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010; and what the cost to the Law Officers' Departments was of providing those pagers.
      (190043)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the scope of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to cover student nurses who raise concerns about patient care.
      (190082)
3  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to increase the level of access to credit for businesses in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire in the last year.
      (190084)
4  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in Cannock Chase constituency.
      (190086)
5 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the most recent UK skills shortage by occupation list.
      (189989)
6 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what advice and guidance his Department issues to UK Trade and Investment locations abroad on sourcing ceramic-based promotional material (a) generally and (b) on the Britain is Great promotional campaign.
      (189992)
7 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many pagers have been provided to staff by his Department since May 2010; and what the cost to the Department was of providing those pagers.
      (190042)
8  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the £1.3 billion Government investment into the Post Office network will be spent over what time period.
      (190067)
9  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the Post Office network of withdrawing car tax discs administration and similar services.
      (190068)
10  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's investment into the Post Office network.
      (190069)
11  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department had with UK Export Finance about a licence to the Indonesian military for the purchase of surveillance equipment for its Strategic Intelligence Agency from Gamma TSE; what assessment his Department made of the impact of providing this equipment on human rights in (a) West Papua and (b) Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.
      (190066)
12  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from universities facing financial challenges.
      (190121)
13  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the financial viability of UK non-Russell Group universities beyond the next 15 years.
      (190122)
14  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on drafting the regulations needed to implement changes to copyright exceptions; and if he will make a statement.
      (190065)
15  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the time taken to implement section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 on design businesses and consumers.
      (190092)
16  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the statutory instrument implementing section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 will be laid; and if he will make a statement.
      (190093)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
17  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many firms in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire have been awarded Government procurement contracts in the last four years.
      (190085)
18  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to tender for Government procurement contracts.
      (190087)
19 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pagers have been provided to staff by his Department since May 2010; and what the cost to the Department was of providing those pagers.
      (190044)
20 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people who moved from employment to unemployment or inactivity had (a) no qualifications, (b) a highest qualification below Level 2, (c) a highest qualification at Level 2, (d) a highest qualification at Level 3 and (e) a highest qualification at Level 4 or above.
      (190029)
21 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate how many people moved at least once from (a) employment to unemployment, (b) employment to inactivity, (c) unemployment to employment, (d) unemployment to inactivity, (e) inactivity to employment and (f) inactivity to unemployment in each of the last five years.
      (190030)
22 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the people who moved from employment to unemployment or inactivity in the last year had a partner in (a) full-time work and (b) part-time work at the point before they left employment.
      (190031)
23 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the people who moved from employment to unemployment or inactivity in the last year had a household income (a) below £15,000, (b) below £25,000, (c) below £50,000 and (d) £50,000 or above at the point before they left employment.
      (190032)
24 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals moved (a) twice and (b) three or more times from (i) employment to unemployment or inactivity and (ii) unemployment or inactivity to employment in each of the last five years.
      (190033)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
25 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will fix the carbon floor price for the next period.
      (188726)
26 N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to prevent money from Ukraine derived from illegal sources entering the British financial system.
      (189886)
27 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of providing tax relief to the video games sector.
      (189890)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
28  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to lay the draft Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Combined Authority Order 2014.
      (190089)
29 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Chelmsford constituency in receipt of welfare and disability benefits are liable to pay council tax.
      (189570)
30 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many pagers have been provided to staff by his Department since May 2010; and what the cost to the Department was of providing those pagers.
      (190045)
31  
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of how many people buying leasehold properties in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013 were charged over £500 by management companies for the information they needed to complete the purchase.
      (190123)
32  
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of how long it took people buying leasehold properties in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013 to obtain from management companies the necessary information they needed to complete the purchase.
      (190124)
33  
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will extend the Redress scheme to include management agencies for leasehold properties.
      (190125)
34 N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to Parliamentary Questions 185480, 185481 and 185482, tabled on 28 January 2014.
      (190000)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
35 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pagers have been provided to staff by her Department since May 2010; and what the cost to the Department was of providing those pagers.
      (190046)
36 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing tax relief to the video games sector.
      (189889)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
37 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what accommodation is available for the military in (a) Stirling Castle and (b) Edinburgh Castle; and how many personnel can be accommodated at each such location.
      (189882)
38  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) names of contractors, (b) dates, (c) value, (d) contracted services to be provided and (e) location in Afghanistan are of any contracts to UK-based private military security companies for work in Afghanistan.
      (190064)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
39  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make voting compulsory as a means of increasing voter turnout and engagement.
      (190095)
40  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the (a) fairness, (b) accuracy and (c) completeness of using the (i) census and midterm census and (ii) electoral register to determine the size of constituencies when drawing boundaries.
      (190096)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
41 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the decision to let a contract for a package of help and advice on universal free school meals was made; for how much this contract is estimated to amount; and when he expects to announce the provider.
      (189888)
42 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 217W, on free schools, how many of the free schools that have a rental or leasehold agreement for the site of their school are owned by a (a) local authority and (b) company.
      (189901)
43 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff West, Official Report, column 360W, on teachers: surveys; on what date he plans to publish the findings of the Teacher Workload Diary Survey 2013.
      (190003)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
44 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal assessments were carried out through (a) the Carbon Emission Reductions Obligation, (b) the Carbon Savings Community Obligation, (c) the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation and (d) the Green Deal cash back in 2013.
      (189924)
45 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal assessments were carried out by local authorities in 2013.
      (189925)
46 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal assessments were paid for by private individuals in 2013.
      (189928)
47 N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will reply to the letter sent to him in February 2014 by the hon. Member for Broxbourne on behalf of the Procedure Committee on a parliamentary question from the right hon. Member for Don Valley on the introduction of a ring-fence between the generation and retail arms of vertically integrated energy companies.
      (189887)
48 N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will reply to the letter sent to him on 29 January 2014 by the right hon. Member for Don Valley on the introduction of a ring-fence between generation and retail within vertically integrated energy companies.
      (189895)
49  
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much each of the Big Six energy companies should have spent on energy conservation schemes to fulfil their statutory obligations in the last three years; and how much those energy companies spent on such schemes.
      (190088)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
50  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the expansion of Heathrow on the ability of local authorities in Berkshire, Surrey and the surrounding areas to manage high levels of rainfall.
      (190107)
51  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood prevention measures have been undertaken in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire in the last three years; and how many staff of (i) his Department and (ii) the Environment Agency have been employed on those measures.
      (190083)
52 N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 355W, on cattle: transport, how many applications from farmers seeking to move individual animals or an entire herd subject to disease specific movement controls during the recent flooding period his Department has (a) received and (b) granted.
      (189944)
53 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is a limit on business support, excluding rate relief, which can be provided to a single business to cover costs related to floods.
      (189883)
54 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allow (a) social housing providers and (b) local authorities to claim for flood relief funding provided to freehold owners of flood affected properties.
      (189884)
55 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether leasehold tenants will be eligible for (a) Government assistance if they have been flooded or (b) flood insurance under the Flood Re scheme to cover household contents.
      (189885)
56  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has received on distinguishing between infected and uninfected badgers; and what account his Department took of this advice in conducting the badger cull pilots.
      (190091)
57  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Association of British Insurers on the replacement of old air bricks in flooded properties with new water-proof air bricks.
      (190115)
58  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish figures on the number of badgers culled in total in the Gloucestershire and Somerset pilots.
      (190116)
59 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Envrionment Agency's highest points for each of the rivers on the Isle of Wight are.
      (189900)
60 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of racehorses killed outright or destroyed at (a) Cheltenham and (b) Aintree racecourse in 2013.
      (189927)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
61 N
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he is making on the reciept of compensation for damage done during the attack on HM Embassy in Tehran in 2011.
      (189480)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
62 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 840-1W, on meningitis, if he will publish the report to him by the Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation of their two meetings in February.
     [R] (189892)
63 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to bring the new vaccine for Crohn's disease developed by Professor Hermon-Taylor forward to the human trial stage; and how much funding his Department has allocated to such work.
      (189893)
64  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make a statement on the outcome of the new congenital heart disease review.
      (190090)
65 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department has discussed with NHS England the operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund in the last six months; what the content of those discussions was; and if he will make a statement.
      (189571)
66 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast outturn expenditure on the Cancer Drugs Fund is in 2013-14 across the year as a whole; and if he will make a statement.
      (189572)
67 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have gained access to the Cancer Drugs Fund in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
      (189665)
68 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure of the Cancer Drugs Fund was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
      (189994)
69  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions officials in his Department have had with his Department's arm's length bodies since 1 January 2014 on raising new purchase orders in the current financial year; what the content of those discussions was; and if he will make a statement.
      (190063)
70  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on (a) invasive and (b) non-invasive ventilation; and if he will make a statement.
      (190071)
71 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trained nurses were not registered to practice in England in each of the last five years.
      (190035)
72 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses there were per 100,000 population in (a) the latest month for which figures are available and (b) the equivalent month in each of the last five years.
      (190036)
73 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many nurses will retire in the next five years.
      (190040)
74  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the campaign to inform people they can opt out of the Summary Care Record cost; and how much paper was used in that campaign.
      (190126)
75 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many commissioning access policies are being developed by NHS England; when they will be completed; and what rules apply to patient treatment pending their completion.
      (189948)
76 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff were assigned to specialised commissioning in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14; and what level of expenditure they were responsible for in each such year.
      (189949)
77 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what process and timetable commissioning access policies are developed and agreed when a treatment breaches the current maximum threshold of five individual funding requests in any one NHS England region.
      (190004)
78  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) anti-depressants and (b) mindfulness-based treatment in (i) curing and (ii) suppressing depression.
      (190097)
79 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the spending on locum doctors was in accident and emergency at the (a) Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and (b) Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
      (189894)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
80 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent advice she has received from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre on written material used in child sexual abuse.
      (189926)
81  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what non-statutory discretionary powers she has relating to accepting (a) wider family members and (b) siblings under family reunion applications by refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
      (190099)
82 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to police forces on circumstances under which it should refer a complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
      (189881)
83 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases refused by entry clearance officers were overturned on appeal in the last year for which data is available.
      (189923)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
84  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's objectives are for the UN Commission on the Status of Women; and if she will make it her policy to (a) prioritise women's social and political participation in fragile states and (b) support a gender goal in the post-2015 framework with special reference to fragile states and conflict-affected areas.
      (190070)
85 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which current contracts awarded by her Department did not go through ordinary tender processes.
      (189977)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
86  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prisoners serving a sentence for murder are still unlawfully at large following an escape or abscond since 1 April 2004.
      (190098)
87 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average length of custodial sentence was handed down to those aged 18, 19 or 20 and found guilty of criminal offences and receiving a custodial sentence in 2013.
      (189896)
88 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people aged 18, 19 or 20 who were found guilty of criminal offences received a custodial sentence in 2013.
      (189897)
89 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 18, 19 or 20 received a custodial sentence of (a) under six months, (b) under 12 months, (c) under 18 months, (d) under 24 months, (e) under five years, (f) under 10 years, (g) under 20 years and (h) 20 years or over in 2013.
      (189898)
90 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department has received from (a) members of the public and (b) staff in each year since 2010.
      (189990)
91 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many 18, 19 and 20 year olds are currently held in adult prisons.
      (189991)
92 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been received against named Ministers of his Department from (a) his Department's staff and staff of its agencies and (b) members of the public since May 2010.
      (189945)
93 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transgender prisoners there were on 1 February (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
      (189946)
94 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many releases from prison in error there have been in each month since May 2010, by category of prisoner.
      (189947)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
95 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what evidence she has identified on whether John Downey's letter was issued in error; and what assessment she has made of whether other such letters have not similarly been issued in error.
      (189995)
96 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason letters of comfort were issued to on-the-runs despite the absence of a police force intending to arrest or question them.
      (189996)
97 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Minister is currently responsible for oversight of the letters of comfort issued to on-the-runs.
      (189997)
98 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who first authorised the issue of letters of comfort to on-the-runs.
      (189998)
99 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what statutory provision letters of comfort have continued to be issued to on-the-runs following the withdrawal of the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill in 2006.
      (189999)
100  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Richard Haass was aware of the administrative letter scheme granting immunity from prosecution to on-the-run suspects (a) before, (b) during and (c) after his recent negotiations with the main political parties in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
      (190108)
101 N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many letters were sent to on-the-runs (a) between the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and December 2005 and (b) after December 2005.
      (189899)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
102 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 716W, on Office for Low Emission Vehicles, whether the £170 million projected to be unspent over the period 2010 to 2015 will roll over into the next Parliament in addition to or as part of the £500 million commitment for the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles from 2015 to 2020 referred to in the Answer of 25 November 2013 to the hon. Member for Strangford, Official Report, column 102W, on fuels.
      (190034)
103 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 389W, on the Oxford to Hereford railway line, for what reasons he does not plan to ask train operators to break down the performance of individual routes within a large franchise area when publishing Passenger Charter figures.
      (190001)
104 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 389W, on the Oxford to Hereford railway line, how many through passenger services operated between Evesham and London Paddington in the year immediately before the partial redoubling of the North Cotswold line; and how many such services operate under the present timetable.
      (190002)
105 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect expansion at Gatwick would have on runoff water levels in West Sussex and surrounding areas in cases of severe weather; and if he will make a statement.
      (189891)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
106  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 669W, on employment and support allowance, what medical conditions have been diagnosed in each person transferred from incapacity benefit to jobseeker's allowance after having been seen by an assessor; and how many such people have been diagnosed with each such condition.
      (190127)
107  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 669W, on employment and support allowance, how many people in the work-related activity group who have not been seen by an assessor have been in contact with the Work Programme to date.
      (190128)
108  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the method used by the Valuation Office Agency to calculate the shared accommodation rate so that those with a specific need receive the help to which they are entitled.
      (190132)
109  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the support available on Saturdays for people appealing against the refusal of employment and support allowance is equivalent to that available on other days.
      (190133)
110  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that older workers have access to training to improve their skills and employability.
      (190094)
111  
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he publish data by age range on new claims for personal independence payment made between 8 April and 31 December 2013.
      (190104)
112  
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 to 24 year olds have been reassessed for personal independence payments to date.
      (190105)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
113  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that users of public services can access and control personal data held on them by the Government, its agencies and other public bodies.
   [Transferred]  (190106)

Prepared 4th March 2014