Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 March 2014
Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 13 March 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 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.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effects on prosecutions of the Court of Appeal judgement in the case of Pace and another v R on 18 February 2014, EWCA Crim 186.
(191677)
2
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution lawyers have been trained to deal with offences of stalking under sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, in each Crown Prosecution Service area; and if he will make a statement.
(191332)
3
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many alleged offences under section 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are currently active in magistrates' and Crown Courts in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(191333)
4
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many alleged offences under section 2A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are currently active in magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
(191334)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
5
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England employed an apprentice in each of the last five years.
(191278)
6
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the Competition Commission's decision not to consider issues specific to Northern Ireland within their inquiry into the car insurance industry.
(191262)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
7
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts have been awarded to companies based in Brigg and Goole constituency since May 2010; and what the value of such awards was.
(191363)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
8
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will include measures in the 2014 Budget Statement to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality sector.
(191273)
9
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made before the 2012 Budget of the number of properties valued at more than (a) £2 million and (b) £5 million.
(191427)
10
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made before the 2012 Budget of the average annual payment required from each property valued above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum.
(191429)
11
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made before the 2012 Budget of the effect on stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax receipts of the introduction of a so-called mansion tax designed to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum.
(191430)
12
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consumer goods products sold in the UK attract the highest levels of tax per product; and what level of tax is so levied.
(191559)
13
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what (a) amount and (b) percentage per average bottle alcohol excise duty increased between (i) 1997 and 2010 and (ii) 2010 and 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(191676)
14
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines have been issued to employers in (a) Portsmouth South constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East for non-payment of the national minimum wage in each year since 2010; and what the total value of such fines was in each such area.
(191668)
15
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a business rates holiday for investment in new plant and machinery in 2015-16.
(191657)
16
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the effects of changes to tax and benefits on the number of children living in relative income poverty in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
(191659)
17
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of manufacturing businesses that are currently liable for business rates.
(191660)
18
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of extending £1,000 retail sector business rates relief to manufacturers.
(191661)
19
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to address levels of negative equity and home repossessions in Northern Ireland.
(191505)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
20
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been employed to work on the Gold Standard homelessness initiative; and where they are based.
(191518)
21
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Gold Standard homelessness initiative funding had been spent on staffing by 31 December 2013.
(191519)
22
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities had taken part in the Gold Standard homelessness initiative as of 31 December 2013.
(191520)
23
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the National Housing Advice Service has spent on training to deliver the Homelessness Gold Standard; and how many councils had trained staff as of 31 December 2013.
(191521)
24
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) change and (b) percentage change in homelessness (i) applications and (ii) admissions was in each (A) London local authority area and (B) English region between March 2010 and December 2013.
(191522)
25
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in the number of homelessness acceptances arising from the end of a private sector tenancy in each (i) London local authority and (ii) English region between March 2010 and December 2013.
(191523)
26
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reducing the qualifying period of Right to Buy from five to three years on the feasibility of local authorities ensuring a replacement of homes sold.
(191288)
27
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Departments is taking to ensure that local authorities ensure a one-for-one replacement of homes sold under Right to Buy.
(191289)
28
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish Birmingham City Council's bid for funding for a weekly refuse collection.
(191552)
29
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish data on the level of women's homelessness; and if he will ensure that such data includes (a) the number of women who become homeless in a reporting period and (b) the length of their homelessness.
(191329)
30
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle women's homelessness.
(191330)
31
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of local authorities charging businesses for enforcement of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Food Safety Act 1990 as is currently allowed for the Health and Safety Executive.
(191362)
32
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the governance arrangements of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority to make its members more accountable to the Mayor of London.
(191587)
33
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of single adults who have applied for social housing in (a) England and (b) the London Borough of Havering since May 2010.
(191473)
34
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on preventing the proliferation of betting shops and fixed odds betting terminals.
(191345)
35
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities, which have issued Article 4 directions, have subsequently received planning applications for change of use to a betting shop in the last year.
(191346)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
36
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions she has met representatives of the (a) Premier League and (b) Football Association to discuss access to grassroots football.
(191549)
37
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase and support participation in grassroots football.
(191582)
38
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will authorise the release as a spreadsheet of the postcode data used for the Cumbria County Council broadband coverage map.
(191438)
39
N
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the resource needs of English Heritage over the next five years.
(903013)
40
N
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of local newspapers that have closed since May 2010; and what steps she plans to take to support such newspapers.
(903018)
41
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what timetable her Department has adopted for reform of the Electronic Communications Code.
(191277)
42
N
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with UK and international film production companies to promote Shropshire as a film location.
(903026)
43
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage citizens of the Commonwealth who are studying at UK conservatoires to pursue careers in the UK.
(191476)
44
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on which occasions the flags of the Commonwealth are flown on Parliament Square.
(191478)
45
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the research on fixed odds betting terminals to be conducted by the Responsible Gambling Trust is due to be completed and published.
(191342)
46
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times her Department has met (a) the National Association of Bookmakers and (b) representatives from individual bookmakers since the appointment of the Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities.
(191343)
47
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times her Department has met (a) local authorities and (b) local government representative bodies to discuss licensing of betting shops since the appointment of the Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities.
(191344)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
48
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visitors there were at the (a) National Army Museum, (b) Royal Air Force Museum, (c) National Museum of the Royal Navy and (d) National Memorial Arboretum in the last year for which figures are available; and what the planned grant-in-aid is for each such attraction in 2014-15.
(191425)
49
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will investigate what happened to the citation written for Corporal Stewart McLaughlin who was killed in the Falkland Islands in 1982.
(191388)
50
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service police there were in (a) each branch of the armed forces and (b) the Special Investigations Branch in the last year for which data is available; how many such police have received specialist training in the investigation of sexual offences; and if he will make a statement.
(191443)
51
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times civilian counsel have been briefed by the service prosecution authority in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(191444)
52
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases were taken to summary appeal courts in each year since 2006 by members of each branch of the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
(191445)
53
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving and (b) ex-serving members of each branch of the armed forces were out of time to make an official complaint following their being wrongly disciplined following receipt of a police caution; and if he will make a statement.
(191501)
54
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving and (b) former members of each branch of the armed forces received compensation following the end of the previous policy of disciplining personnel who received a police caution; and if he will make a statement.
(191502)
55
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation has been paid to (a) serving and (b) former members of each branch of the armed forces who were disciplined following receipt of a police caution; and if he will make a statement.
(191503)
56
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to reverse sanctions still having an effect after November 2008 on serving members of each of the armed forces who were disciplined following receipt of a police caution; how many serving members of the armed forces were so involved; and if he will make a statement
(191504)
57
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving members in each branch of the armed forces were deemed to have lost out on promotion following receiving a police caution in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(191525)
58
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service prosecutors there were in the service prosecution authority of each branch of the armed forces in each year since 2006, what the length of their service in each authority was; how many have received specialist training in the investigation of sexual offences; and if he will make a statement.
(191530)
59
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which NATO member states have sent maritime patrol aircraft to (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Leuchars since September 2013; which aircraft were so sent; and what the purpose was of each visit.
(191596)
60
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what conditions have to apply in order to prevent the release of a Service Inquiry report to the general public.
(191597)
61
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets and how many personnel are taking part in Exercise Saber Strike; what the cost to the public purse is of the exercise; and what assets and how many personnel took part in each of the last five Saber Strike exercises.
(191598)
62
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons representatives of his Department did not mention the incident at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment in January 2012 in any of their oral or written reports to the Dounreay Stakeholder Group in 2012 and 2013.
(191599)
63
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first became aware of the increase in discharges of noble gases from the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment as a result of the incident in January 2012.
(191600)
64
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has measured the dimensions of the fracture in the cladding of the fuel core of the reactor in the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment.
(191601)
65
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with its US counterpart on revisions to the future demand for highly enriched uranium for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme.
(191602)
66
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he instructed his officials not to make public the problem with the reactor cooling system at Dounreay Naval Reactor Test Establishment at the Dounreay Stakeholder Group meetings of 19 January, 25 April, 18 July and 7 November 2012.
(191603)
67
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department informed (a) the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator, (b) the Office for Nuclear Regulation and (c) the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency of the incident at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment in January 2012.
(191604)
68
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what revisions his Department has made to the projected future demand for highly enriched uranium for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme.
(191605)
69
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish and place in the Library a copy of the advice from the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator on the incident at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment in January 2012 and its implications for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme.
(191606)
70
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator did not mention the incident at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment in January 2012 in (a) his quarterly reports to the Dounreay Stakeholder Group and (b) his 2012 annual report.
(191607)
71
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has identified the exact location of the fracture in the cladding of the fuel core of the reactor in the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment.
(191608)
72
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons (a) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and (b) the Office for Nuclear Regulation were told to keep the information regarding the problem with the reactor cooling system at Dounreay Naval Reactor Test Establishment on a need to know basis for security reasons.
(191609)
73
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a lessons-learnt exercise has been carried out following the discovery of problems with reactor cooling systems at the Dounreay Naval Reactor Test Establishment; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report from any such exercise.
(191610)
74
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice was given to Ministers by (a) the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator, (b) the Head of Nuclear Propulsion and (c) the Naval Superintendent, Vulcan relating to potential risks to submarine safety following the discovery of problems with reactor cooling systems at the Dounreay Naval Reactor Test Establishment; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the relevant correspondence.
(191611)
75
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which periods the reactor at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment was shut down between 1 January 2012 and 11 March 2014.
(191612)
76
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vessels were (a) intercepted and (b) boarded by the Royal Navy in UK territorial waters in each year since 2011.
(191613)
77
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were conducted to establish the safety of reactors on board the Royal Navy's nuclear powered submarines following the discovery of problems with reactor cooling systems at the Dounreay Naval Reactor Test Establishment; which submarines were investigated; on what dates investigations (a) commenced and (b) were concluded; and whether any implications for reactor safety were identified for any vessel following such investigations.
(191614)
78
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days the reactor at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment was shut down between 1 January 2012 and 6 March 2014.
(191615)
79
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his statement of 6 March 2014, Official Report, columns 1077-9, on nuclear submarines, how much of the additional £150 million investment announced on 6 March 2014 is for (a) Devonport and (b) Raynesway.
(191672)
80
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his statement of 6 March 2014, Official Report, columns 1077-9, on nuclear submarines, what work will be carried out at (a) Devonport and (b) Raynesway as a result of the £150 million investment.
(191673)
81
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any restrictions have been placed on the operation of reactors onboard Royal Navy submarines as a result of the incident at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment in January 2012.
(191674)
82
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the fuel core which will be loaded onto HMS Vanguard in the refuelling announced on 6 March 2014.
(191675)
83
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long (a) HMS Westminster, (b) HMS Brocklesby and (c) HMS Daring will be stationed in Gibraltar.
(191471)
84
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on legal costs relating to International Military Sales Ltd in each of the last five years.
(191575)
85
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of the break clauses in each contract his Department currently holds with Capita.
(191617)
86
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) length and (b) value is of each contract his Department currently holds with Capita.
(191618)
87
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department used in its decision on to whom to award the contract to manage the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
(191619)
88
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role of the new strategic partner taking over the Defence Infrastructure Organisation will be in the statutory planning process; and whether his Department will be the final arbiter in planning matters relating to local plans regarding his Department's land and property following that new partner assuming its role.
(191620)
89
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) serial number and (b) date of entry into service is for each (i) C-17A Globemaster, (ii) Hercules C1/C3 (K), (iii) C4/C5 (J), (iv) Tristar and (v) VC10 airframe.
(191418)
90
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) serial number and (b) date of entry into service is for each (i) BAE 125, (ii) BAE 146, (iii) Agusta and (iv) Islander BN2T CC Mk2 airframe.
(191419)
91
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the date of entry into service is for each (a) Chinook, (b) Griffin HAR2, (c) Puma, (d) Puma HC2, (e) Merlin and (f) Sea King airframe.
(191420)
92
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the date of entry into service is for each (a) Griffin HT1, (b) Hawk T2, (c) Hawk T1, (d) King Air, (e) Tucano, (f) Tutor T Mark 1, (g) Squirrel HT1, (h) Vigilant T1 and (i) Viking T1 airframe.
(191421)
93
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) serial number and (b) date of entry into service is for each (i) Typhoon, (ii) Tornado GR4 and (iii) Sentinel R1 airframe.
(191422)
94
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the military prosecutor who made the decsion not to bring any charges in relation to the rape allegation brought by Corporal Anne-Marie Ellement had undertaken the specialist training on rape and sexual offences compulsory for CPS prosecutors who work on rape cases at the time of that decision.
(191580)
95
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of potential effects of the five additional Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft systems procured under an urgent operational requirement on the final part of the armed forces redundancy programme.
(191662)
96
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a NATO communications installation at RAF Croughton.
(191666)
97
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US C-17 aircraft carrying MQ-1 Predators refuel at RAF Mildenhall.
(191667)
98
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 39 of the final report of UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism dated 28 February 2014, if he will publish the investigations report on civilian casualties through use of remotely piloted aircraft by the UK in Afghanistan.
(191671)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
99
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of religious education lessons were taught by non-subject specialists in each of the last five years.
(191439)
100
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a higher proportion of religious education lessons are taught by fully qualified subject specialists.
(191441)
101
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many specialist religious education teachers there were in England in each of the last five years.
(191442)
102
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 914W, on teachers: training, how many bursaries for initial teacher training were offered for each subject where there was not a shortage of fully qualified subject specialists in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(191526)
103
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the Ofsted report RE: Realising the Potential, published in October 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(191527)
104
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places are occupied in each secure children's home; and what the total capacity is of each such institution.
(191385)
105
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will continue to provide additional funding for the security requirements of Jewish faith schools after 2015.
(191586)
106
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department last visited a Sure Start children's centre that was not in their constituency.
(191374)
107
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of pre-school education on attainment during school years.
(191474)
108
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children aged three or four in (a) England and (b) the London Borough of Havering are in pre-school education.
(191475)
109
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the study of a musical instrument in both (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
(191477)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
110
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department will be taking to implement the findings of the second State of Natural Capital report by the Natural Capital Committee.
(191585)
111
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the Coventry Switch and Save scheme supported by the Cheaper Energy Together fund.
(191201)
112
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding his Department has allocated to the Coventry Switch and Save scheme through the Cheaper Energy Together fund.
(191281)
113
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, columns 11-12W, on the Green Deal scheme, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Green Deal assessments made, (b) Green Deal plans installed and billed and (c) energy company obligation measures installed in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England and (iv) Wales in each month since June 2013.
(191284)
114
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2014, Official Report, column 990, on the wholesale energy market, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the effects of ring fencing between supply and generation businesses within vertically integrated companies.
(191285)
115
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many incidents of safety breaches occurred during transport of nuclear material through the Irish Sea in each of the last five years.
(191264)
116
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what reports he has received of safety breaches during the clearance of the Pile Fuel Storage Pond at Sellafield nuclear plant.
(191265)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
117
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that the upland entry level scheme is maintained; and what discussions he has had of other funding mechanisms to assist upland farmers.
(191286)
118
Zac Goldsmith
(Richmond Park):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grants his Department has made to UK conservation charities in each year since 2010.
(191653)
119
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 287W on unmanned air vehicles, if he will publish a full list of all unmanned air vehicles systems used by those agencies; how many such systems have been acquired for use by those agencies; and what his Department's policy is on the storage and use of data obtained by such systems.
[R] (191663)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
120
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on levels of settlement construction.
(191562)
121
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of human rights violations in Bahrain; if he will designate Bahrain as a country of concern; and if he will make a statement.
(191570)
122
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of progress in implementing the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
(191571)
123
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss the current situation on torture in Bahrain with the UN Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement.
(191572)
124
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received about the shooting of Fadel Abbas by security forces in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
(191574)
125
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, where annual reports of the Inter-departmental Conflict Pool for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 or equivalent information are published.
(191669)
126
N
Michael Ellis
(Northampton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent reports that Israeli forces intercepted an Iranian shipment of advanced, long-range M-302 missiles bound for Gaza.
(191134)
127
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of progress in implementing the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility in the Cayman Islands.
(191569)
128
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce Iranian military and financial support for the Assad regime.
(191616)
129
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in order to prevent further Russian aggression towards Ukraine; and what steps he plans to take following any further such aggression.
(191457)
130
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to prevent drug smuggling into Gibraltar.
(191469)
131
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to strengthen ties with the Commonwealth.
(191470)
132
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to demonstrate to the Spanish government that the UK does not intend to negotiate on the matter of Gibraltar.
(191472)
133
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what correspondence his Department has received from the group For a Humanitarian Frontier.
(191506)
134
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much financial support the UK provides to the Commonwealth Secretariat each year.
(191595)
135
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take in response to the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism in his report dated 28 February 2014 on the use of armed drones in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations.
(191665)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
136
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce salt consumption by children.
(191563)
137
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that psychological support is always provided alongside medical interventions for Tier 3 obesity treatment of children, adolescents and adults.
(191200)
138
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to tackle obesity among members of its workforce.
(191360)
139
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the private availability of vaccines on different measures of health equality.
(191375)
140
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials at Public Health England are tasked specifically with tackling obesity.
(191377)
141
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the inclusion of indicators in the Public Health Outcomes Framework on physical activity levels among people with (a) back pain, (b) osteoarthritis and (c) other painful musculoskeletal conditions.
(191423)
142
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated by each local authority to (a) prevent the onset of musculoskeletal conditions and (b) mitigate the effects of such conditions.
(191424)
143
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of physical activity programmes to address the needs of people with painful conditions such as arthritis.
(191426)
144
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what standards of data collection are required of Clinical Commissioning Groups in respect of abortion services delivered in the independent sector.
(191548)
145
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Salisbury of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 766W, on abortion, how many abortion notification forms which initially offered no information on the method of diagnosis for a ground E termination were returned to practitioners for completion following the decision to return incomplete forms in 2010; how many of those notification forms were subsequently returned completed; and how many such completed forms identified the method of diagnosis as (a) amniocentesis, (b) ultrasound, (c) chorionic villus sampling and (d) other.
(191670)
146
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of trisomy 21 leading to a ground E abortion were diagnosed by (a) amniocentesis, (b) ultrasound, (c) chorionic villus sampling and (d) other diagnostic tests in each of the last 10 years; what those other methods of diagnosis were; and how many diagnoses of that condition, which did not result in abortion, were recorded in that period.
(191546)
147
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of trisomy 18 leading to a ground E abortion were diagnosed by (a) amniocentesis, (b) ultrasound, (c) chorionic villus sampling and (d) other diagnostic tests in each of the last 10 years; what those other methods of diagnosis were; and how many diagnoses of that condition, which did not result in abortion, were recorded in that period.
(191547)
148
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lower limb amputations procedures took place through the NHS in each NHS trust in each of the last five years.
(191446)
149
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stenting procedures in the (a) iliac, (b) femoral and (c) anterior arteries below the knee have taken place in each NHS trust in the latest year for which figures are available.
(191447)
150
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serious data breaches the NHS has registered in each year since 2010.
(191560)
151
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ground E abortions for chromosomal abnormalities other than trisomies 21, 18 and 13 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 heading (d), other; and how many such diagnoses which did not result in abortion were recorded in the same period.
(191458)
152
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ground E abortions for trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) 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 heading (d); and how many such diagnoses which did not result in abortion were recorded in the same period.
(191459)
153
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the reasons for the differences in the statistics gathered by his Department and the Wolfson Institute on the number of abortions carried out in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 for (i) Down's syndrome, (ii) Edwards' syndrome and (iii) Patau syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
(191460)
154
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who currently manages the GP dataset; what commercial companies are involved in its management; and where each server on which data are stored is located.
(191576)
155
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider introducing a national lung allocation system based on need and not location.
(191577)
156
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been received about the Health and Care Professions Council or its predecessor in the last five years.
(191561)
157
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffering with mental health problems were treated using cognitive behavioural therapy in the UK in 2013.
(191448)
158
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with medical authorities on the use of electrical current to treat brain injuries.
(191461)
159
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the use of electrical current as a medical treatment in the NHS.
(191462)
160
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Avastin form of the drug bevacizumab will be made available through the NHS for the treatment of cervical cancer.
(191463)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
161
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to conduct a full child rights impact assessment of the Immigration Bill covering (a) its effect on both migrant and British children, (b) the implications of Article 8 of the European Convention in Human Rights for Clause 14, (c) healthcare charges and (d) immigration checks by landlords in the private rental sector; and if she will make a statement.
(191550)
162
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women who are victims of human trafficking are nationals of non-EEA countries have received return and reintegration assistance through the Assisted Voluntary Returns for Irregular Migrants programme since April 2011; and how much was so made available to those trafficked from (i) inside and (ii) outside the EU.
(191303)
163
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many government victim care contract specialist support providers work (a) full and (b) part-time.
(191304)
164
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many survivors of human trafficking who have been placed in shelters funded by the Government through the Salvation Army received support from the government victim care contract specialist support providers to develop a move-on strategy in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; how many of these victims were (i) men and (ii) women; how many (A) men and (B) women are still receiving such support; and if she will make a statement.
(191305)
165
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with how many victims of human trafficking the government victims care contract specialist support providers are now working; and if she will make a statement.
(191306)
166
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 738W, on human trafficking: Victim Support Schemes, how many Government victim care contract specialist support providers are employed by (a) the Government, (b) local authorities, (c) quasi-automomous non-governmental organisations (NGOs), (e) shelter NGOs, (f) charities and (g) voluntary organisations.
(191328)
167
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passengers (a) leaving the UK and (b) entering the UK had their passport details checked against Interpol's SLTD database in each year since 2010.
(191337)
168
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers travelled to the UK on routes connected to the Semaphore system in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(191338)
169
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on Tier 2 visas studying medicine left the country in each year since 2010.
(191339)
170
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK on Tier 2 visas to study medicine in each year since 2010.
(191340)
171
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to open historic civil registers of births, marriages and deaths and transfer them from superintendent registrars' offices to county record offices.
(191331)
172
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the number of births which took place where no medical attendant was present in each of the last five years.
(191263)
173
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to promote child protection through more stringent enforcement of the Birth and Death Registration Act 1953.
(191266)
174
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 732W, of the 113 cases of births in the last five years not registered with the General Register Office, what assessment has been made of those births not registered; and whether any of these cases have been the subject of police investigations, care orders or serious case reviews.
(191267)
175
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 732W, of the 113 cases of births in the last five years not registered with the General Register Office, how many remain unregistered.
(191268)
176
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 732W, of the 113 cases of births in the last five years not registered with the General Register Office, what assessment has been made of the whereabouts and wellbeing status of these cases.
(191269)
177
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been trained to deal with offences of stalking under sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each police force area; and if she will make a statement.
(191335)
178
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of air passengers showing passports to UK Border agents are from Schengen area countries.
(191203)
179
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the security risk caused by the boarding pass exchange at Gatwick arrivals, where Irish and Channel Islands passengers mix with passengers needing passports to go through UK Border Control.
(191204)
180
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will open an inquiry into the death of Hilda Murrell in 1984.
(191558)
181
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) Cabinet papers and (b) papers of her Department relating to the Hilda Murrell case will be released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the 30th anniversary of Hilda Murrell's abduction and murder.
(191568)
182
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's briefing for the then Minister of State, Giles Shaw, for the adjournment debate on 19 December 1984.
(191573)
183
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions passengers or potential passengers have been arrested as a result of Interpol identifying stolen passports used or about to be used on (a) flights to and (b) transit flights through UK airports in each of the last 10 years.
(191347)
184
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls are in place to ensure that wild animals imported into the UK under scientific licences are only used for scientific purposes and not sold as pets or used for other purposes.
(191654)
185
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre have arrest powers.
(191205)
186
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 292W, on unmanned air vehicles, whether any policies of her Department are developed or monitored through use of data collected by remotely-piloted aircraft systems not directly employed by her Department.
(191664)
187
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 11 February 2014 on behalf of a college in his constituency.
(191274)
188
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 of UK Visas and Immigration of 3 February 2014 on behalf of a constituent, reference M1583/14.
(191275)
189
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 Chief Executive of HM Passport Office of 3 February 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
(191276)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
190
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants (a) elected jury trial at the Crown Court for either way offences where magistrates had accepted jurisdiction and deemed the case to be suitable for summary trial and (b) were sent to the Crown Court for trial by magistrates declining jurisdiction over the case in each of the last three years.
(191270)
191
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants charged with each offence type were sent to the Crown Court for sentence by magistrates in each of the last five years.
(191271)
192
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of an either way office case dealt with at the Crown Court where (a) a guilty plea was entered at the magistrates' court and (b) a guilty plea was entered on the day of trial at the Crown Court in the latest period for which figures are available.
(191272)
193
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of a (a) jury trial at the Crown Court for (i) either way offences sent by magistrates where their sentencing powers were not deemed sufficient, (ii) either way offences where the defendant has chosen to elect jury trial and (iii) indictable only offences and (b) trial in a magistrates' court for (i) summary only offences and (ii) either way offences in the latest period for which figures are available.
(191282)
194
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of men in prison who have been victims of domestic violence.
(191431)
195
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of women in prison who have been perpetrators of domestic violence.
(191432)
196
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of men in prison who have been victims of sexual abuse.
(191433)
197
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of (a) men and (b) women in prison who had alcohol-related issues prior to conviction.
(191434)
198
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of men and women in prison who have previously been in local authority care.
(191435)
199
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received a driving ban alongside a prison sentence of a longer length in each of the last five years.
(191436)
200
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received a driving ban before the age of 17 in each of the last three years; and in what proportion of such cases the ban expired before the offenders' 17th birthday.
(191437)
201
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of the victim surcharge imposed by adult courts since 1 October 2012 has been collected where the main sentence in the case was (a) a conditional discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended prison sentence of up to six months, (e) a suspended prison sentence of more than six months, (f) a prison sentence of up to six months, (g) a prison sentence of between six months and two years, (h) a prison sentence of between two and four years, (i) a prison sentence of between four and 14 years and (j) life imprisonment.
(191440)
202
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women convicted of benefit fraud in each of the last five years received a prison sentence; and what the average prison sentence was for those of each gender so convicted.
(191465)
203
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women convicted of benefit fraud in each of the last five years received (i) a conditional discharge, (ii) a fine, (iii) a community order and (iv) a suspended prison sentence.
(191466)
204
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of any offences relating to scrap metal theft in each of the last three years.
(191467)
205
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the action by barristers on (a) 6 January 2014 and (b) 7 March 2014; and what his policy is on imposing a costs sanction on the barristers involved.
(191468)
206
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 866W, on prisoners: females, in how many of those cases were the women victims of (a) partner domestic violence where the perpetrator was (i) male and (ii) female and (b) family domestic violence where the perpetrator was (i) male and (ii) female.
(191528)
207
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to introduce GPS technology for the electronic monitoring of offenders.
(191384)
208
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places are currently occupied in each (a) youth offenders' institution and (b) secure training centre; and what the total capacity is of each such institution.
(191386)
209
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which secure children's homes Ministers of his Department have visited since May 2010; and what the date of each such visit was.
(191387)
210
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who (a) were given a non-custodial sentence and (b) were given their first custodial sentence in each year from 2004 had previously had (i) no criminal convictions, (ii) one criminal conviction, (iii) two criminal convictions, (iv) three criminal convictions, (v) four criminal convictions, (vi) five to 10 criminal convictions, (vii) 11 to 20 criminal convictions, (viii) 21 to 30 criminal convictions, (ix) 31 to 40 criminal convictions, (x) 41 to 50 criminal convictions, (xi) 51 to 75 criminal convictions, (xii) 76 to 100 criminal convictions and (xiii) more than 100 criminal convictions.
(191341)
211
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many activity spaces per prisoner there were in (a) adult male prisons, (b) adult female prisons, (c) youth male prisons and (d) youth female prisons on 1 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 in (A) the prison estate and (B) each prison.
(191287)
212
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) self-inflicted, (b) non self-inflicted, (c) other non natural causes, (d) restraint, (e) homicide, (f) awaiting classification deaths there were in (i) adult male prisons, (ii) adult female prisons, (iii) youth male prisons and (iv) youth female prisons in each year since 2010.
(191290)
213
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons saw (a) a change and (b) more than one change of governor in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
(191291)
214
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in custody in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 were prisoners of black, Asian and minority ethnic origin.
(191292)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
215
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the investigation into the operation of the Military Reaction Force in Northern Ireland.
(191261)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
216
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Sheffield.
(191658)
217
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Birmingham, Northfield constituency.
(191202)
218
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Bolton North East constituency.
(191551)
219
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) Don Valley constituency.
(191364)
220
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in the Newcastle City Council area.
(191293)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
221
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total sum was spent on safety improvements on the A595 in each of the last four years; and what schemes have been completed using that funding.
(191373)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
222
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve the claimant experience of the work capability assessment.
(191279)
223
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the work capability assessment to establish the fitness to work of those suffering from (a) mental, (b) progressive or (c) fluctuating illnesses.
(191280)
224
N
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what obligations public beach operators have to carry out risk assessments and provide a minimum level of life saving equipment on public beaches.
(191361)
225
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) investigated, (ii) given an administrative penalty, (iii) given a caution and (iv) convicted in court for benefit fraud in each of the last five years.
(191464)
226
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 15 January 2013, Official Report, column 715W, on child poverty, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of (a) the new timetable for the implementation of universal credit and (b) changes to work allowances on the level of relative income poverty among (i) children and (ii) adults.
(191594)
227
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to monitor the effect of recent restrictions on Access to Work funding for communication support for deaf and deafblind people.
(191583)
228
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has changed the requirements for access to funding through Access to Work for communication support for deaf and deafblind people; and if he will make a statement.
(191584)
229
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on the time taken to receive universal credit of a claimant (a) moving to live in an area where universal credit is not being piloted, (b) forming a new relationship and being re-classified as part of a couple and (c) having a child.
(191524)
230
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to penalise those who fail to attend scheduled meetings at jobcentres.
(191450)
231
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many migrants from non-EU countries claim benefit payments.
(191452)
232
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people with mental illnesses find appropriate work.
(191454)
233
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been signed off work in the UK as a result of having obsessive compulsive disorder.
(191455)
234
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent married couples from fraudulently claiming council and housing tax-related benefit available only for single people.
(191456)
235
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of administering housing benefit in each of the last four years.
(191378)
236
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department was of administering job seeker's allowance in each of the last four years.
(191379)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
237
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library copies of the memoranda of understanding underpinning the 2010 sale of 12 VIP AgustaWestland AW 101 helicopters to the Indian government.
[Transferred]
(191543)
238
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Jackie Callcutt was involved in the negotiations for the AgustaWestland deal with India which collapsed earlier this year.
[Transferred]
(191544)
239
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the name was of each official in his Department who took part in negotiations prior to the 2010 sale of 12 VIP AgustaWestland AW 101 helicopters to the Indian government.
[Transferred]
(191545)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
240
N
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of purchasing a home in (a) London and (b) the South East in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(191336)
241
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many graduates of British universities aged 21 to 25 are claiming unemployment-related benefits.
[Transferred]
(191449)
242
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people living in the London Borough of Havering have moved off unemployment benefit as a result of gaining employment in 2013.
[Transferred]
(191451)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
243
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many migrants from EU countries living in the UK receive child benefit.
[Transferred]
(191453)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
244
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of people who face reduced work incentives as a result of changes to council tax support.
[Transferred]
(191529)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
245
N
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that superfast broadband reaches rural areas.
[Question Unstarred]
(903029)
246
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether £100 stakes in fixed-odds betting terminal machines in betting shops contribute to problem gambling.
[Question Unstarred]
(903031)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
247
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which CITES Annex A and B listed species have been (a) imported into and (b) exported from the UK in each of the last five years; and what the reasons for each such import and export were.
[Transferred]
(191655)
248
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of CITES-listed animals imported into the UK in each month of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(191656)