Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 25 March 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 25 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
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to better prosecute cases involving female genital mutilation.
(192572)
2
N
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a copy of evidence submitted by the Law Officers' departments to the independent review of the RSCPA's prosecutions activity being carried out by Mr Stephen Wooler.
(193040)
3
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, when he plans to reply to Question 184962 on Crown Prosecution Service tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 20 January 2014.
(192921)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
4
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Intellectual Property Office has taken to promote existing protected but underused intellectual property to companies that may be interested in taking it up.
(193267)
5
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote small business entrepreneurial skills for unemployed people in Chelmsford constituency.
(193007)
6
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the resource, accounting and budgeting charge is for student loans issued (a) to those on the new funding regime, (b) in 2013-14 and (c) in 2012-13.
(193225)
7
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what revisions have been made to the fair value of student loans issued under the previous funding regime.
(193230)
8
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) face and (b) fair value of existing student loans.
(193231)
9
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the resource, accounting and budgeting charge is for student loans issued (a) those who started study before September 2012, (b) in 2013-14 and (c) in 2012-13.
(193232)
10
Jim Dowd
(Lewisham West and Penge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to amending the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 to remove section 1(c) of schedule 1 on intellectual property contracts.
(193238)
11
Jim Dowd
(Lewisham West and Penge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received in favour of the inclusion of intellectual property contracts in the Consumer Rights Bill.
(193239)
12
Jim Dowd
(Lewisham West and Penge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to amending the Consumer Rights Bill to provide greater protection for creators against unfair contracts.
(193249)
13
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on maintaining the requirement for quoted companies to report on their greenhouse gas emissions.
(193215)
14
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has submitted an application for approval under EU state aid rules in relation to the Export Refinancing Facility.
(192982)
15
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have received support through the Export Refinancing Facility to date; and what the value of such support is.
(192983)
16
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been received for proposals for co-investment alongside private sector investment in the first phase of the Business Bank programme.
(192984)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
17
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of families that will directly benefit from the tax-free childcare scheme that will be (a) couples and (b) lone parents.
(193089)
18
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are currently employed by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each Scottish parliamentary constituency.
(193010)
19
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the interest incurred on the debt needed to finance High Speed 2.
(193261)
20
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the tourism industry in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) England and Wales of the decision by the government of Ireland to retain a reduced rate of VAT on tourism; and if he will make a statement.
(192754)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
21
N
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many onshore wind farm applications for what wind capacity were received by the Secretary of State in each month in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013; and how many of those applications of what capacity had been recommended for consent by the Planning Inspectorate.
(193073)
22
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to ensure that the legal costs accrued over the closure of the Traveller site in Fylde are recovered from the travellers.
(193259)
23
N
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the use of sheltered housing to house families in temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
(193143)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
24
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the comparative risks of (a) death, (b) concussion and (c) other medical problems and injuries resulting from taking part in major sports.
(193006)
25
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to promote tourism in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) the UK.
(193211)
26
N
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of successful prosecutions of individuals or companies involved in unsolicited marketing by phone or text message about accident claims.
(903263)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
27
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NATO training exercises in Europe UK forces have been involved in in each year since 2010.
(192634)
28
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much his Department underspent in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(192643)
29
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds his Department has returned to the Exchequer as a result of underspend in each year since 2010.
(192644)
30
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 652W, on D-Day landings: anniversaries, how many (a) veterans, (b) widows, (c) spouses and (d) carers of veterans have registered their interest with the Royal British Legion regarding their attendance of the 70th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
(193144)
31
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 652W, on D-Day landings: anniversaries, how many (a) veterans, (b) widows, (c) spouses and (d) carers of veterans of the D-Day operations currently reside in the UK.
(193145)
32
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 652W, on D-Day landings: anniversaries, how many (a) veterans, (b) widows, (c) spouses and (d) carers are expected to receive financial support from the Big Lottery Fund for the Heroes Return 2 programme.
(193146)
33
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 652W, on D-Day landings: anniversaries, how much financial support from the Big Lottery Fund for the Heroes Return 2 programme will be given to (a) veterans, (b) widows, (c) spouses and (d) carers wishing to travel to Normandy for the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day.
(193147)
34
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the contribution to the hon. Member for South West Wiltshire of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 549W, whether there are plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day beyond those he outlined.
(193148)
35
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings have accrued to the Exchequer through the linking of the value of armed forces pensions to the Consumer Prices Index rather than the Retail Prices Index.
(193206)
36
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received on the work of military personnel in flood recovery operations.
(193213)
37
N
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF personnel of each (a) rank, (b) duty and (c) location are currently serving overseas.
(193207)
38
N
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what courses are currently taught at the Defence Academy.
(193208)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
39
Bill Esterson
(Sefton Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who owns the freehold of schools which have converted to academies; and what restrictions there are on the use of such freeholds.
(193219)
40
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria were used to calculate the uplift of (a) primary and (b) secondary students grant per pupil in each local education authority; and for what reasons Staffordshire received no special uplift.
(193237)
41
N
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many graduates from each Russell Group university applied to the Teach First programme in each year since 2010.
(193047)
42
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the 60 mathematics teachers brought to the UK from Shanghai for an exchange organised by his Department were chosen.
(193216)
43
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government announcement entitled New opportunities for young people on 27 February 2014, by what date he expects a new website providing information on training and apprenticeship opportunities for young people to be operational.
(192985)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
44
N
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much onshore wind capacity (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each month in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013; and how many planning applications for onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each of those months.
(193072)
45
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his Written Statement of 11 March 2014, Official Report, columns 14-5WS, on EU Energy Council, what the evidential basis is for his statement that climate policy had had little impact on energy prices across Europe.
(193273)
46
N
Christopher Pincher
(Tamworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's (a) officials and (b) senior officials working on the development of the Energy Act 2013 left the Department in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) since 18 December 2013.
(192552)
47
N
Christopher Pincher
(Tamworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's officials left the Department in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; and how many have left since 1 January 2014.
(192553)
48
N
Graham Stringer
(Blackley and Broughton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what basis the assumed outputs from certified heat pumps installed in domestic premises will be used in calculations of progress towards achieving EU renewable energy targets.
(193151)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
49
N
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidence submitted by his Department to the independent review of the RSCPA's prosecutions activity being carried out by Mr Stephen Wooler.
(193041)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
50
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of human rights in Kashmir.
(193044)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
51
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of increasing access to healthy start vitamins available to pregnant women (a) from all chemists and (b) without not means-testing.
(193132)
52
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Perinatal Institute's Growth Assessment Protocol Programme in the three pilot regions in reducing the number of stillbirths; if he will make this policy to introduce a wider roll-out of this scheme across the whole NHS; and if he will make a statement.
(193153)
53
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK of the planned EU ban on e-cigarettes with over 20mg/ml of nicotine.
(193005)
54
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information Public Health England collects from health and wellbeing boards about their current and future spending on drugs and alcohol treatment services.
(193084)
55
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on research into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in each of the last five years.
(193220)
56
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) partial and (b) whole lung transplants have been performed in the last five years; and which conditions patients had that made them eligible for a lung transplant.
(193221)
57
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices in England have access to spirometry equipment; and what proportion of that equipment is quality-assured diagnostic level spirometry.
(193222)
58
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pulmonary rehabilitation services that were at full provision in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(193223)
59
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spends on provision of pulmonary rehabilitation services in England; and how much the NHS spends on provision of cardiac rehabilitation services in England.
(193224)
60
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department provided for awareness-raising work for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(193235)
61
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on nationally commissioned NHS services (a) at each hospital trust and (b) for each medical specialty in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2009-10, (iv) 2008-09, (v) 2007-08, (vi) 2006-07, (vii) 2005-06 and (viii) 2004-05.
(193226)
62
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on nationally-commissioned NHS services (a) at each hospital trust and (b) for each medical specialty in 2012-13.
(193228)
63
N
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect of reductions in the budget of Trading Standards on its monitoring of food safety in the UK.
(193009)
64
N
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to combat the sale of fake drugs in the UK.
(193070)
65
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of gaming of 18 and 52 week waiting list thresholds by NHS secondary care providers in Greater Manchester.
(193266)
66
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will arrange for a reply to be sent to the Member for Walsall North to the letter that he wrote to the Chief Executive, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust on 18 February 2014 concerning the father of a constituent.
(193093)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
67
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the control of legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
(193090)
68
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to implement the commitments made in the outcome document for UN Commission on the Status of Women 2013; and if she will make a statement.
(193275)
69
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from civil society organisations on the UN Commission on the Status of Women 2014.
(193276)
70
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to appoint an anti-slavery commissioner; and whether such an appointment will be a full-time post.
(193045)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
71
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects the Gurkha Welfare Trust have delivered since June 2010; and how often the Trust reports on its work.
(193149)
72
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources her Department has given to the Gurkha Welfare Trust since June 2010.
(193150)
73
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she had with her Sri Lankan counterpart on the resettling of the population of Myliddy village.
(193152)
74
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her Jordanian counterpart on access of Syrian refugees to work permits in Jordan.
(193154)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
75
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences concerning the illegal wildlife trade in each of the last five years.
(192854)
76
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced in the North Wales Police Force area to immediate custody for (a) less than six months and (b) six months or longer in each of the last six years, broken down by sex; and for which offences they were sentenced.
(193272)
77
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's new national homicide service will provide support to victims involved in a homicide that took place abroad prior to November 2010.
(193171)
78
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the hon. Member for Ashford, of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 317-20WH, on fatal domestic violence, if he will make it his policy that the New Homicide Scheme supports victims involved in a homicide prior to April 2010.
(193174)
79
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims of 5 March 2014, Official Report, columns 319-20W, on fatal domestic violence, what estimate he has made of the number of people bereaved before 2010 who will no longer receive support as a result of the scope of the new Homicide Scheme not covering cases predating the current service.
(193209)
80
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many written statements his Department has published since 1 January 2013 in total; how many such statements were published after the start of the day's business; and how many such statements were published after that day's deadline for requesting Urgent Questions.
(193173)
81
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place for (a) prisoners and (b) prison officers and staff to raise concerns about the radicalisation of prisoners.
(193202)
82
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors were in post in England and Wales of each (a) gender, (b) religion or faith, (c) ethnicity and (d) grade on 1 March in each of the last five years.
(193203)
83
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances there were of radicalised prisoners being prevented from using the internet in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(193204)
84
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) prison officers, (b) prison governors and (c) prison staff in each prison in England and Wales have raised concerns about radicalisation in each year since 2010.
(193205)
85
N
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidence submitted by his Department to the independent review of the RSCPA's prosecutions activity being carried out by Mr Stephen Wooler.
(193042)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
86
N
Ms Rosie Winterton
(Doncaster 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 (a) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) Doncaster Central constituency.
(193008)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
87
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects new trains to run on the electrified Liverpool to Manchester line.
(193227)
88
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date orders were placed for rolling stock to operate on the electrified Liverpool to Manchester line.
(193229)
89
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects training for train drivers to operate rolling stock on the electrified Liverpool to Manchester line to begin.
(193234)
90
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line will be funded.
(193043)
91
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of steps taken to improve the safety of level crossings since the death of Emma Lifsey in Bassetlaw constituency on 4 December 2012.
(193085)
92
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many level crossings have wig-wag lights which are so old that they present a danger to the public.
(193091)
93
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Office of Rail Regulation plans to prosecute Network Rail in relation to the conclusions of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch that the wig-wag lights in place on 4 December 2012, in relation to the incident which killed Emma Lifsey, were old and could not be seen.
(193092)
94
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on the treatment of Emma Lifsey's family by Network Rail following her death on a level crossing.
(193133)
95
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the £20 million of annual funding for the Regional Air Connectivity Fund referred to in The Budget 2014, paragraph 2.42 is additional to the £20 million of funding to improve regional air links referred to in, Investing in Britain's Future, produced by HM Treasury in June 2013, paragraph 8.8.
(193175)
96
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what grants have been approved under the Regional Air Connectivity Fund since its launch.
(193176)
97
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Manchester Airport, (b) Newcastle Airport, (c) Birmingham Airport and (d) Liverpool Airport will meet the requisite passenger number specifications to receive the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.
(193177)
98
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Investing in Britain's Future produced by HM Treasury in June 2013, paragraph 8.8, how much of the £20 million referred to has been allocated already; and for what purposes such funding has been issued.
(193178)
99
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to HS2 Plus published on 17 March 2014, on what basis he has decided that the North's integrated station should be Crewe; and what alternative locations were considered.
(193260)
100
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider rerouting High Speed 2 phase 2 through Stoke-on-Trent rather than Crewe as part of his consideration of the public responses to his Department's consultation.
(193262)
101
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there will be a review of the cost-benefit analysis of High Speed 2 following the decision to revise the High Speed 2 and High Speed 1 link.
(193263)
102
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of how much more tickets for journeys on High Speed 2 will cost than for journeys on conventional trains; and how the cost of tickets for journeys on High Speed 2 will be calculated.
(193264)
103
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2014, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on High Speed 2 railway line, at what URL the March 2012 reports of HS2 Ltd are published; and on what pages of those reports the evidence that led to the decision to route via Crewe rather than Stoke-on-Trent is set out.
(193269)
104
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2014, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on High Speed 2 railway line, what calculations were done to demonstrate that alternative schemes would fail to deliver sufficient additional capacity; and what the passenger load factor of High Speed 2 will be as against the passenger load factor of longer trains.
(193270)
105
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 455W, on High Speed 2 railway line, on what basis it has been calculated that the (a) expense of and (b) disruption caused by adopting double-decker carriages on the West Coast Main Line would be greater than that of the construction of High Speed 2.
(193271)
106
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of bus services that have closed in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the effects of changes to the concessionary travel scheme on the viability of local bus services.
(193214)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
107
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she expects to meet each of the recommendations in the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on the Seventh Periodic Report of the UK Government.
(193218)
108
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government has taken to meet each of the recommendations in the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Seventh Periodic Report of the UK Government; and what progress has been made on each recommendation.
(193233)
109
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the programme budget of the Government Equalities Office was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and what the real terms proportional change was between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
(193257)
110
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the staffing budget of the Government Equalities Office was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and what the real terms proportional change was between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
(193258)
111
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the staffing budget for the Government Equalities Office is for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 years.
(193265)
112
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government Equalities Office programme budget is for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
(193268)
113
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of women in public life.
(193212)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
114
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allow applications to the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance by children under three years old who cannot travel without ventilators and similar large amounts of equipment.
(193155)
115
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities about highlighting the importance of women in the workplace in discussions on decent work at the UN Commission on the Status of Women 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(193277)
116
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have taken the new Habitual Residence Test since its launch in December 2013.
(193094)
117
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of female-headed households which have had to relocate as a result of the under-occupancy penalty.
(193236)
118
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of female-headed households which have had to relocate as a result of the benefit cap.
(193250)
119
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date his Department's statutory consultation on the transfer of staff to the Single Fraud Investigation Service began; when that consultation is due to end; and which trades unions are being consulted.
(193046)
120
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) payment group 1, (b) payment group 2 and (c) payment group 6 have completed two years on the Work Programme since that programme started; and how many of those people secured a job outcome within two years.
(193048)
121
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in Work Programme referral numbers reported in the Work Programme Official Statistics to December 2013; and what his forecast is for future referrals.
(193049)
122
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to prevent the practice of creaming and parking in the Work Programme.
(193050)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
123
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which political and constitutional reform policies contained in the Coalition Agreement are yet to be delivered.
[Question Unstarred]
(903237)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
124
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of regional discrepancies in the provision of drug intervention programmes to provide continuity of drug treatment programmes for those leaving prison.
[Transferred]
(193083)