Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 April 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 1 April 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 April 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 Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the findings of the Oxford Economics report commissioned by the University of Sheffield entitled the Economic Costs and Benefits of International Students, January 2013.
(194284)
2
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the economic benefits to the UK of international students.
(194285)
3
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the effect on higher education providers of charging fees to international students for use of the NHS.
(194286)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
4
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the likely change in the number of people in the UK who will be aged 90 years and over between 2012 and 2023.
(194120)
5
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disabled people were in paid work in Brigg and Goole constituency in each of the last five years.
(194258)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
6
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of air passenger duty (APD) on the number of passengers travelling between Belfast and Newark International; and if he will take that assessment into account when considering changes to levels of APD for other flights from and within the UK.
(194123)
7
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue likely to accrue to the Exchequer from the sale of EU Emissions Trading Scheme allowances in each year to 2021.
(194278)
8
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to set a time limit within which property management companies will have to produce their service charge accounts.
(194294)
9
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the guidance given to those approaching retirement will be a specific recommendation of a product to secure the best income in retirement.
(194272)
10
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on (a) prices and (b) availability of annuities.
(194273)
11
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the price of an annuity for those with pension pots worth (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000, (d) £40,000, (e) £50,000 and (f) £100,000.
(194274)
12
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the availability of an annuity for those with pension pots worth (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000, (d) £40,000, (e) £50,000 and (f) £100,000.
(194275)
13
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff work in his Department’s Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit.
(194287)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
14
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to hold Armed Forces Day events in Northern Ireland in June 2014.
(194119)
15
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support British service personnel are providing to the Afghan National Security Forces to ensure that the elections in Afghanistan are free and fair.
(194094)
16
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the UK is offering to the (a) EU and (b) OSCE election monitoring missions to Afghanistan.
(194095)
17
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the 60 questions relating to the future Strategic Defence and Security Review to which the Permanent Under-Secretary of his Department referred during his oral evidence to the Defence Select Committee on 25 March 2014.
(194118)
18
N
Thomas Docherty
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he or officials of his Department will discuss the issues raised by Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan of the US Air Force in his testimony on the F-35 programme to the US House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces sub-committee with their US counterparts.
(194198)
19
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women there were in the reserve forces in Brigg and Goole constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
(194259)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
20
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17 and (e) 18 year olds enrolled at each university technical college in 2013-14.
(194108)
21
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of all primary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
(194088)
22
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of all secondary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
(194089)
23
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the three most popular instruments are for primary school children in England who are learning an instrument in school.
(194090)
24
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the three most popular instruments are for secondary school children in England who are learning an instrument in school.
(194091)
25
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary school children in England learning an instrument in school (a) paid a charge and (b) received their tuition free of charge in each of the last five years.
(194092)
26
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has met; and if he will publish the minutes of that Panel's meetings.
(194096)
27
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with members of the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews.
(194097)
28
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews have been (a) commissioned and (b) published since June 2010.
(194098)
29
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what interaction the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has had with the Local Safeguarding Children's Board Network.
(194099)
30
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to whom the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews is accountable; and what the terms of reference of that Panel are.
(194100)
31
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber were adopted in each of the last five years.
(194260)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
32
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the socio-economic development performance of Magnox in North Ayrshire.
(194319)
33
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the socio-economic development performance of NMP in West Cumbria.
(194320)
34
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sunderland Central dated 27 February 2014 relating to the Eggborough power station.
(194302)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
35
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Hunting Act 2004.
(194121)
36
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the estimated cost of the direct damage caused by recent flooding in Somerset meets the eligibility criteria for the European Union Solidarity Fund; and what discussions his Department has had with EU officials on an application to that fund.
(194106)
37
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department spent some or all of their time working on the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date; and what the grade is of each such staff member.
(194164)
38
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has allocated staff resources or established a dedicated unit in his Department to deal with proposed amendments to the Hunting Act 2004.
(194165)
39
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 33W, on flood control, what the reasons are for the disparity between the figures given in that Answer and those contained in the Red Book Table 2.1 Line 34 for 2014-15 and 2015-16.
(194187)
40
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of British-grown wheat used in bio-fuel production.
[R] (194276)
41
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the welfare of horses is considered a priority in live exports and (b) laws relating to the welfare of horses are being enforced.
(194277)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
42
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to promote peaceful dialogue in Venezuela between the government and of that country and political opponents.
(194197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
43
N
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were eligible for and participated in the bowel cancer screening programme in (a) England, (b) each of the five regional programme hubs and (c) each of the 59 regional screening centres in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, and (iv) 2012-13.
(194093)
44
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths attributable to long-term exposure to particularate air pollution in each of the last five years.
(194102)
45
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that local authorities in England pursue a continuous improvement in the proportion of the eligible population offered and taking up NHS health checks.
(194103)
46
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that all NHS trusts are providing the full range of mental health interventions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
(194104)
47
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) fixed costs and (b) annual running costs of Public Health England.
(194105)
48
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed at Public Health England.
(194107)
49
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what outcomes he expects to be achieved over the next 12 months as a result of steps taken to reduce the level of still birth and infant mortality rates.
(194122)
50
George Freeman
(Mid Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on medical research by the (a) National Institute for Health Research and (b) Medical Research Council, broken down by category in each case in the latest period for which figures are available.
(194301)
51
N
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Food Standards Agency has carried out any research on the European Commission's published proposals to change EU Regulation 882/2004 governing official controls in the food and agriculture industries.
(194261)
52
N
Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the views of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the survival benefit of dacabazine as a first line treatment for advanced melanoma; and if he will make a statement.
(193951)
53
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pay rise NHS employees on incremental schemes will receive if they are already at the top of their banding levels.
(194188)
54
N
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on health and safety in NHS hospitals.
(903440)
55
N
Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives are in place to train health professionals on the importance of providing people with Parkinson's disease medication on time while they are in hospital.
(194192)
56
N
Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure there is a quick and easy way for a patient with Parkinson's disease to lodge a complaint against a hospital trust should they not receive their medicine on time during their stay.
(194193)
57
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request NHS England to inform him when the hon. Member for Hartlepool can expect to receive a reply to his letter dated 17 December 2013, on the subject of availability and funding of cosmetic surgery for people born with cleft lip and palate.
(194279)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
58
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on driving: licensing, what proportion of new drivers obtaining driving convictions were offered speed awareness courses in each year since 2010.
(194127)
59
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to work with police forces across the country to protect children from online sexual exploitation.
(194269)
60
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on legal fees in immigration cases when she has been (a) the defendant and (b) the appellant, in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(194153)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
61
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she intends to respond to the email of 17 October 2013 sent by the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish concerning her Department's plan for spending and distributing the core funds of £375 million that were pledged in June 2013.
(194311)
62
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking as co-chair of the Mexico High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development co-operation to ensure that future aid to the private sector respects the Busan principles.
(194268)
63
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking in her role as co-chair of the Mexico High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development to ensure that future development co-operation respects the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developments Busan Principles (a) generally and (b) as they apply to aid allocated to private sector organisations.
(194129)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
64
N
Sarah Champion
(Rotherham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the contracting-out of the Probation Service during 2014.
(194199)
65
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to Articles 122 (1)(a) and 123 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, in each of the last four years.
(193809)
66
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 30 to 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.
(193810)
67
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were serving custodial sentences for non-payment of (i) a television licence, (ii) vehicle excise duty and (iii) council tax on 1 March 2014.
(194101)
68
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which companies additional spaces have been purchased in which prisons in each month since May 2010.
(194109)
69
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent purchasing additional prison places from existing privately run prisons in each month since May 2010.
(194110)
70
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of fines levied on but uncollected from people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax was on 1 March 2014.
(194111)
71
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine was for people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax in each of the last four years.
(194112)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
72
N
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland that depend on the UK's membership of the EU.
(194114)
73
N
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless (a) single people and (b) families in Scotland.
(194115)
74
N
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on maximising tourism opportunities in Scotland.
(194116)
75
N
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on NHS Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
(194117)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
76
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce which stations will receive (a) access for all funding and (b) national station improvement programme funding between 2014 and 2019.
(194262)
77
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he expects all peak services provided by Southeastern to be formed of 12 car trains.
(194263)
78
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on platform lengthening on the Integrated Kent Franchise routes in each year since 2000, by station.
(194264)
79
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost per mile of building cycle lanes; and what steps he is taking to reduce this cost in rural areas.
(194267)
80
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) net franchise payment, (b) revenue support sum and (c) net subsidy are for the 22 month direct award of the northern franchise to Northern Rail Ltd.
(194113)
81
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Transport for London on the South East Flexible Ticketing scheme.
(194128)
82
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update the business case for High Speed 2 to reflect the fact that there will be no link with High Speed 1.
(194270)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
83
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 255W, on Personal Independence Payment, what his Department's original guideline assumptions were of the percentage of personal independence payment new claim referrals that would involve a consultation assessment; and if he will make a statement.
(194283)
84
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on Personal Independence Payment, what discussions he has had with providers about personal independence payment claim processing times.
(194292)
85
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on Personal Independence Payment, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of personal independence payment claim processing times.
(194293)
86
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each parliamentary constituency are currently incurring the under-occupancy penalty.
(194189)
87
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding cases of social fund loan repayments his Department is curretnly pursuing; in what year each such loan was issued; what estimate he has made of the total value of such outstanding repayments; and how much his Department is paying a debt management service to pursue such repayments.
(194152)
88
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Ministerial Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 56-8WS, on Atos, how much Atos has paid to his Department in order to exit its contract early; and whether he plans for the new contract provide for payments calculated on the number of assessments completed.
(194148)
89
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, columns 232-3W, on social security benefits: young people, if he will publish information relevant to the original question in whatever format that is available.
(194288)
90
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department makes available to people who are unable to work whilst receiving treatment for cancer and what assets which cannot quickly be converted to enough money to cover consequential costs.
(194168)
91
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department collects information from Jobcentre Plus offices on the number of people referred to local advice providers to use telephones.
(194147)
92
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance was given to Jobcentre Plus offices on supporting people internally rather than externally following the recent removal of warm phones.
(194151)
93
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many repeat employment and support allowance claimants have been placed in the work-related activity group with the prognosis that engagement in work is unlikely in the longer term since October 2008.
(194166)
94
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new employment and support allowance claimants have been placed in the work-related activity group with the prognosis that engagement in work is unlikely in the longer term since October 2008.
(194167)
95
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions are in place to enable a lone parent on out-of-work benefits and on a course taking up more than 16 hours per week, whose youngest child turns five years old, to complete the course notwithstanding the 16 hour rule.
(194200)
96
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidance his Department has issued to Jobcentre Plus staff on how to advise clients on alternatives to warm phones for contacting Jobcentre Plus or applying for jobs by telephone.
(194201)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
97
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that applicants for means-tested benefits aged 55 years and above will not be deemed for purposes of benefit eligibility assessment to have vested in the capital and potential income held within their defined contribution pension pots.
[Transferred]
(194190)
98
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of extending the rights to exercise choice in the future investment of the proceeds of defined contribution pensions to all pension holders who have bought an annuity since 6 April 2013.
[Transferred]
(194191)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
99
N
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of (a) pneumonia, (b) septic pneumonia, (c) Pericarditis, (d) Septic Pericarditis, (e) Peritonitis, (f) septic peritonitis, (g) Oedema, (h) Emaciation, (i) Bruising or trauma, (j) Abscesses in offal, (k) Abscesses in carcases, (l) Pyaemia, (m) animals with septicaemia, (n) Animals with tumours, (o) Hydronephrosis, (p) Nephritis and septic nephritis, (q) Lymphadenitis, (r) Tuberculosis, (s) Erysipelas in pigs, (t) Steatosis, (u) Actinobacillous and (v) Actinomycosus in red meat animals have been identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for an on behalf of the FSA since 1 April 2012.
[Transferred]
(194202)
100
N
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of (a) faecal contamination, (b) cellulitis, (c) dermatitis, (d) ascites, (e) salpingitiss, (f) egg impaction, (g) peritonis, (h) pericarditis, (i) pericarditis, (j) foot infections or problems, (k) arthritis and joint problems, (l) septicaemia and fever, (m) tumours, (n) air sacculitis, (o) Marek's disease, (p) white muscular disease and (q) Aspergillosis have been identified at post mortem inspection of poultry and prevented from entering the food chain 1 April 2012.
[Transferred]
(194203)
101
N
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of parasitic lung worms have been identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
[Transferred]
(194194)
102
N
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of the cystic stage (C Bovis) of the human tapeworm Taenia Saginata have been identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
[Transferred]
(194195)
103
N
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of (a) Cysticercus Tenuicollis (adult tapeworm - Taenia Hydatigena), (b) Cysticercus Ovis (adult tapeworm - Taenia Ovis), (c) Hydatid Cysts (adult tapeworm - Echinococcus Granulosus), (d) Generalised (cysts identified in multiple parts of the animal including the musculature the consumer would define as meat) and (e) Cysticercus Ovis have been identified at official post-mortem inspections and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
[Transferred]
(194196)
104
N
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times lesions on livers caused by the intermediate stage of the parasitic roundworm ascaris suum identified in pigs at official post mortem inspection have been prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for or on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
[Transferred]
(194265)
105
N
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the liver fluke fasciola hepatica identified at official post mortem inspection has been prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency performing thorough meat inspection since 1 April 2012.
[Transferred]
(194266)