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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 7 April 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 7 April 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 7 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.

Monday 7 April  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Attorney General, when he expects to answer question No. 191801 tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Leeds Central on 12 March 2014.
      (194895)
2 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the cyber security crime skills of staff of the Crown Prosecution Service.
      (194951)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish his Department's response to the consultation on Building a responsible payment culture.
      (194885)
4  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable he has adopted for the introduction of a Statutory Code and Adjudicator in the public house sector.
      (195037)
5  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will break down the £31,400,000 for Royal Mail sale transaction costs in his Department's Supplementary Estimates 2013-14.
      (195034)
6  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on raising the cap on the amount of student loan accessible by students studying at alternative learning providers.
      (195051)
7  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful bids from Local Enterprise Partnerships for the Local Growth Fund to date.
      (195055)
8  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total value is of all bids received from Local Enterprise Partnerships for the Local Growth Fund to date.
      (195056)
9  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria is used to assess bids from local enterprise partnerships for the Local Growth Fund.
      (195057)
10  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the standard individual export licence granted in May 2011 to permit tear gas ammunition to be exported to Turkey expired.
      (195000)
11  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will investigate whether any tear gas exported to Turkey under the standard individual export licence granted in May 2011 was used on demonstrators in Turkey in 2013.
      (195001)
12  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to increase the availability of credit for small businesses in (a) Bolton North East constituency and (b) England in the last year.
      (195045)
13 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have applied to be an employee shareholder under the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
      (194810)
14 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have applied to participate in the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
      (194811)
15 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which independent advisers have been paid to advise employees about the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
      (194813)
16  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the First Minister of Scotland has received from UK Trade & Investment ahead of his upcoming visit to the US.
      (195257)
17  
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade & Investment staff were based in Turkey in (a) May 2010, (b) December 2013 and (c) March 2014.
      (194830)
18  
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the prospects for UK exporters to Turkey; and if he will make a statement.
      (194834)
19 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) median and (b) mean (i) annual and (ii) hourly salary is for (A) men and (B) women in Government-sponsored apprenticeship schemes; and what those figures were in each of the last five years.
      (195007)
20  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of small and medium-sized businesses were registered in each parliamentary constituency; and what the equivalent figures were in each of the last five years.
      (195022)
21 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) people, (b) men and (c) women were in (i) work, (ii) full-time work and (iii) part-time work in each constituency earn the national minimum wage; and what those figures were in each year since 2010.
      (195026)
22 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses are registered in each constituency; and how many businesses were so registered in each of the last five years.
      (195028)
23  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy is on the European Commission's proposed amendments to Article 4 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, relating to reducing consumption of lightweight, less frequently re-used plastic bags with a thickness below 50 microns.
      (194987)
24  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the quality and performance of UK Trade and Investment support for UK-Nigeria partnerships in (a) financial services, (b) the creative industries and (c) educational services.
      (195048)
25  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, columns 595-6W, on public sector: food, whether the Manufacturing Advisory Service is unable to give grant aid to the farming industry due to state aid restrictions relating to existing Common Agricultural Policy payments.
      (195018)
26  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations he has received relating to concerns over Grant Thornton's handling of insolvency or bankruptcy cases since 2010.
      (195094)
27  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have applied for part-time higher education courses each year since 2004.
      (195002)
28  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people who are (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 21 and (c) 22 or over have completed an apprenticeship in each year since 2008.
      (195016)
29  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people who run a small or medium-sized enterprise as a secondary form of income alongside another job.
      (195098)
30  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote digital industries in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
      (195156)
31  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the Government's progress in encouraging exports to emerging markets; and if he will make a statement.
      (195157)
32  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote innovation within industry; and if he will make a statement.
      (195158)
33  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many social enterprises there were in Brighton, Kemptown constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
      (195159)
34 N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of people in employment due to Israeli companies investing in the UK in 2013.
      (194652)
35 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were started in the Brigg and Goole constituency in each industrial sector in each of the last five years.
      (194612)
36  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish a summary of the responses to the consultation on strengthening the regulatory regime and fee structure for insolvency practitioners which closed on 28 March 2014.
      (194829)
37  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to respond to the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company.
      (194863)
38  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many responses he has received to the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company; and how many of those were in favour of the proposals.
      (194864)
39  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether trade unions will be consulted before a final decision on the future status of the Land Registry is made.
      (194865)
40  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) conveyancers and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises of a change in the Land Registry's trading status to a Government Owned Company and implementation of the Land Registry plans for e-Mandation and self-service.
      (194866)
41  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when Ministers in his Department met officials from the Insolvency Service to discuss insolvency practitioner (a) fees and (b) partial licences in the last 12 months.
      (194873)
42  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bids by LEPS to the (a) regional growth fund and (b) exceptional regional growth fund have been (i) under discussion with officials, (ii) submitted, (iii) approved and (iv) rejected in each (A) bidding round and (B) region.
      (195179)
43  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total value is of funds not yet drawn down by winning bidders under the regional growth fund in each bidding round and region.
      (195181)
44  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of shares in Royal Mail allocated to priority investors in its recent privatisation are still held by those investors.
      (195193)
45  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials from (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated public bodies worked on the Royal Mail privatisation.
      (195201)
46  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what incentives were (a) offered to (b) accepted by priority investors in relation to Royal Mail privatisation.
      (195211)
47  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 24 and (c) 25 years or over are employed at each of his Department's executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and associated bodies and agencies.
      (195212)
48  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of rates of national minimum wage non-compliance in each (a) sector and (b) region; what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people of each gender who are paid below the national minimum wage; and what information on such people is (i) collected and (ii) held.
      (195240)
49  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 415, on Royal Mail, over what time period the (a) final price achieved and (b) aftermarket performance of the shares will be assessed under the benchmarks set by the Government.
      (195261)
50  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence has taken place between (i) his Department, (ii) Royal Mail, (iii) banks acting as bookrunners, co-ordinators and lead managers and (iv) priority investors since the privatisation of Royal Mail took place; and if he will publish any such relevant correspondence.
      (195278)
51  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) between 19 and 24 and (c) 25 years or over are employed at the Competition and Markets Authority.
      (195281)
52  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what correspondence there was between (a) the bank acting as financial adviser to the Government and (b) banks acting as bookrunners, co-ordinators and lead managers (i) with and (ii) on priority investors; and if he will publish any relevant correspondence.
      (195282)
53  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding allocated under the Regional Growth Fund in each (a) holding and (b) region has not yet been drawn down by winning bidders.
      (195283)
54  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much in Regional Growth Fund money is currently held by intermediaries; and how much such money has been allocated (a) in each bidding round, (b) to each intermediary and (c) in each region.
      (195284)
55  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials currently work in the Government's Reshore UK service; how many such officials were previously employed in (a) the Manufacturing Advisory Service and (b) other Government departments or agencies; and where the staff of the Reshore UK service are currently located.
      (195285)
56  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total value is of all bids to each round of the Regional Growth Fund; how much has been committed to winning bidders in each Regional Growth Fund bidding round; and how much such funding has been drawn down in each region to date.
      (195286)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
57 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on the development of an indicator on five year survival rates from all cancers to support early diagnosis and reduction of preventable mortality from cancer.
      (194932)
58 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pensioners who pay mortgages.
      (195011)
59 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Civil Service Code applies to activities carried out on social media.
      (194605)
60 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidelines are in place for (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers on the use of social media.
      (194622)
61  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on reform of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement.
      (194874)
62 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued on the mobile telephone contracts for telephones used by Government employees.
      (194731)
63 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government (a) spending on mobile telephony services and (b) contracts for mobile telephony services are with each mobile telephone provider.
      (194732)
64 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of eligible voters not registered to vote in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency.
      (194733)
65 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the costs of central government mobile telephone contracts.
      (194799)
66 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many local authorities have adopted the Government's public service network to date.
      (194950)
67 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Civil Service jobs dealing primarily with reserved and excepted matters have been transferred from Northern Ireland in the last six years; and how many such jobs are planned to be so transferred in the next year.
      (194750)
68 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Civil Service posts were relocated from London to Northern Ireland in the last six years.
      (194751)
69 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Honours Committee in each of the last five years.
      (194884)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
70  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment he has made of the effect of pensioners savings bonds on the private sector investment market.
      (195031)
71  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the proposed role for National Savings and Investment (NS&I) offering pensioner savings bonds with NS&I's objective of reducing the cost to the taxpayer of Government borrowing.
      (195033)
72  
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals have been made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme on the level of compensation offered since the scheme began making payments.
      (194827)
73 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of compensation cases which have been miscalculated by the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
      (194850)
74 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme (a) have been decided and (b) are awaiting resolution.
      (194935)
75 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average additional award paid following a successful appeal made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme is.
      (194936)
76 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme have taken (a) more than one month, (b) more than three months, (c) more than six months and (d) over a year to decide.
      (194937)
77 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount is in additional payments made by the Equitable Life payment scheme as a result of successful appeals to date; and what proportion that amount is of the total compensation awarded.
      (194938)
78 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely reduction to the block grant for Northern Ireland in the current financial year arising from lack of progress on welfare reform.
      (194898)
79 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of people currently paying income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) who would not be doing so if the personal allowance threshold were lifted in 2014-15 to £12,000 per annum and the threshold at which NICs are paid were raised to the same level.
      (194900)
80 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of shares bought under the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
      (194812)
81 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total value has been claimed in tax deductions for issuance of shares to employees under the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
      (194814)
82  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next meeting of the Finance Ministers Quadrilateral will take place; and what will be discussed at this meeting.
      (195134)
83  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the last Finance Ministers Quadrilateral met; and if he will place in the Library the minutes of that meeting.
      (195135)
84 N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 595W, on flood control, what the extra sum allocated in Budget 2014 is for each of the devolved administrations for flood defence in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
      (194953)
85 N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what land is owned by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC); and what land HMRC plans to sell in the next year.
      (194789)
86  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings HM Revenue and Customs has conducted with Network Rail on the development of new parking facilities at Dover Priory railway station in the last six months.
      (195065)
87 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with TSB Bank about the decision to close bank accounts of customers who are in order and credit but are not wanted; and if he will make a statement.
      (194619)
88 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on coinage, if he will place in the Library any analysis undertaken by his Department on the projected costs to industry of the introduction of the new £1 coin.
      (194696)
89  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of approved UK tax warehouses for handling oil products.
      (195107)
90  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that the Excise Payment Security System is available to small and medium-sized enterprises in the oil products sector.
      (195108)
91  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what studies the Government is undertaking on the future of the vapour recovery scheme; and when conclusions from such studies will be published.
      (195109)
92  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to extend the tax warehousing system to inland road fuel terminals throughout the UK.
      (195110)
93  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to allow the movement of UK refined oil products to UK oil terminals in coastal tankers on a duty suspended basis.
      (195111)
94 N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what future plans the Government has to utilise funds from the unclaimed life policies or dormant bank accounts.
      (194907)
95 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people in private sector defined benefit pension schemes and (b) the number of such people he expects to switch to defined contribution pension schemes as a result of planned changes to pensions announced in the 2014 Budget Statement.
      (194800)
96 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the Northern Ireland economy of the Irish government's decision to remove airport passenger duty.
      (194604)
97 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the rate of airport passenger duty on levels of tourism in Northern Ireland.
      (194697)
98  
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish estimates produced by the Government Actuary's Department for his Department of any additional monies received from extra contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme before 19 March 2014.
      (195215)
99 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of review assessments are completed by each of the banks in which UK Financial Investments owns a stake; and if he will make a statement.
      (194683)
100  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 13W, on nurseries, if he will collect information on the number of workplace nurseries available to staff in his Department, his Department's executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies in those years.
      (195199)
101  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business rates appeals to the Valuation Office Agency are currently classified as (a) outstanding, (b) received and (c) cleared, by region; and what the current median time taken in days is to clear business rates challenges in each region.
      (195251)
102  
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the second State of Natural Capital report on (a) sustaining economic growth and (b) providing public services; and if he will make a statement.
      (195082)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
103  
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how self-reported data from local authorities on the Troubled Families programme is audited.
      (194861)
104  
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much grant-in-aid his Department has provided to Tell MAMA since May 2010; and what further funding he expects to provide.
      (194862)
105 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to which local authorities he has written about their compliance with the Publicity Code asking them to take steps to ensure complete compliance with that Code; and whether each of these letters was copied to the Leader of the Opposition of the local authority.
      (194880)
106 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the use of public money by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets to fund third sector organisations; and if he will make a statement.
      (194881)
107 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff have (a) taken voluntary redundancy or (b) been made compulsorily redundant from his Department since May 2010; and how many of these (i) received special severance payments or (ii) were subject to compromise agreements.
      (194883)
108  
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer question No. 191956 tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Leeds Central on 13 March 2014.
      (194894)
109 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in shire county council bus subsidies on the opportunities for social interaction of elderly and disabled people.
      (194924)
110  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty homes there are in (a) Rossendale and (b) Darwen.
      (194838)
111  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications made by betting shops have been rejected by local authorities and subsequently overturned by the Planning Ispectorate in (a) Newham and (b) the UK in each year since 2008.
      (195254)
112  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many cases an Article 4 direction has resulted in the rejection of a planning application which has not subsequently been overturned by the Planning Inspectorate; and what assessment he has made of the typical circumstances of such cases.
      (195255)
113 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, how much onshore wind capacity was recovered in each month in 2013.
      (194930)
114 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, how his Department makes decisions on planning and recoveries without centrally holding the capacity of energy schemes.
      (194931)
115  
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the model and detailed methodology used for the forecast of the effects of affordable rent on housing benefit expenditure published by his Department in the document, Impact Assessment for Affordable Rent, in June 2011.
      (195300)
116  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made on the localism agenda; and if he will make a statement.
      (194875)
117  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Mary Portas is still engaged as an adviser to the Government on high streets in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
      (195143)
118  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the protections currently available under planning law for parcels of land which are subject to planning applications and which are close to National Parks.
      (195155)
119  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing units were built in Brighton, Kemptown constituency in the most recent five-year period for which figures are available.
      (195160)
120 N
Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the allocation of sites for Gypsies and Travellers is fair; and if he will take steps to ensure that land is granted to such groups only when there is demonstrable need and a lack of current provision.
      (903558)
121 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of line of business and desktop applications in local government.
      (194949)
122 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average weekly sum in council tax is now due from people whose liability for this tax was previously entirely met through council tax benefit.
      (194687)
123  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many jobs have been (a) created and (b) safeguarded at each enterprise zone to date; how many (i) jobs and (ii) firms are currently based at each enterprise zone; and how many businesses have begun occupying premises at each enterprise zone since it began operation.
      (195301)
124  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant premises are currently located at each enterprise zone.
      (195302)
125  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the extent to which firms in each region will be economically disadvantaged as a result of the Government's decision to delay the revaluation of business rates; and if he will publish a list of firms likely to be so disadvantaged.
      (195304)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
126 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the excessive use of fixed-odds betting terminals on people with a gambling addiction.
      (194899)
127  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of national lottery grants have been provided to good causes in Scotland in each year since 2010.
      (195303)
128 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out for 2014-15 spend by functional flows to (a) museums and galleries, (b) communications, (c) libraries, (d) tourism, (e) Royal Parks, (f) equalities, (g) BBC public sector broadcasting, (h) S4C, (i) arts, (j) sports, (k) gambling and National Lottery, (l) architecture and the historic environment and (m) the creative industries, disaggregating between (i) grant-in-aid and (ii) Lottery and between (A) capital and (B) current.
      (194852)
129  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of whether the Tate Modern extension project will be completed within budget; and when that project is scheduled for completion.
      (195247)
130  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the funding sources are for the Tate Modern extension project.
      (195250)
131  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's total (a) departmental expenditure limits (DEL), (b) resource DEL, (c) capital DEL, (d) resource departmental annually managed expenditure (AME) and (e) capital Department AME will be in 2015-16.
      (195253)
132 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total value was of items covered by Waverley criteria where (a) a decision on the licence application was deferred and (b) the items were subsequently exported in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13; what the percentage by value was of those items subsequently exported in each such year; how many cases there were covered by the Waverley criteria where (A) a decision on the licence application was deferred and (B) items were subsequently exported in each such year; what the percentage by number of cases was of those items subsequently exported in each such year; and if she will make a statement.
      (195012)
133 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of people appointed to boards or other public bodies sponsored by her Department were (a) men and (b) women in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
      (195025)
134  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 26 February 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs J Higham.
      (195060)
135  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote (a) the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and (b) the Amex Stadium at Falmer as one of the venues for that event; and if she will make a statement.
      (194876)
136  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the Government's strategy to encourage the use of libraries; and if she will make a statement.
      (195214)
137  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC Trust regarding the level of income to the BBC from BBC Enterprises; and if she will make a statement.
      (195248)
138 N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on establishing an expert group on the way forward for football supporter club ownership.
      (194797)
139 N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will make a decision on the need for Government intervention in football governance.
      (194798)
140  
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to make it easier for people to switch between telephone and broadband suppliers.
      (195187)
141 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the regulations applying to Channel 3 licence holders and the business practices of their subsidiary companies.
      (194610)
142 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the Channel 3 licence arrangements to prevent licence holders promoting other businesses owned by them through online and broadcast media platforms.
      (194611)
143  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding is still available through the childcare business grant scheme; how many grants under that scheme have been allocated in each region; and how many such grants with a value of (a) £250 and (b) £500 have been allocated.
      (195192)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
144  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what inflation adjustment measures are applied to the pensions paid to armed forces pensioners resident outside the UK.
      (194963)
145  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the payment of armed forces pensions in the event of Scottish independence.
      (194964)
146  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been awarded sub-contracts for construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales since June 2013; at which sites he expects work under each such contracts to be carried out; and what the monetary value is of each such contract.
      (195136)
147 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth of 23 December 2013, regarding a review of a discharge from the British Army.
      (194955)
148 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what valuation was undertaken prior to the sale of Brompton Road tube station.
      (194734)
149 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the sale process was for Brompton Road tube station.
      (194735)
150 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bidders there were for Brompton Road tube station.
      (194736)
151 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tube stations his Department owns.
      (194737)
152  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in implementing the Military Covenant; and if he will make a statement.
      (195185)
153 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the corporate plan of the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation relating to its new bespoke trading fund status.
      (194809)
154 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advantages he expects to accrue from the new bespoke trading fund status of the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation; and what new freedoms that organisation will have which were not previously available to it.
      (194815)
155  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) a bat, (b) a dormouse, (c) a crested newt and (d) an owl survey has been carried out at Defence Infrastructure Organisation site Ashchurch; what the result of each such survey was; and if he will make a statement.
      (195131)
156  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that anonymous military graves at Padstow Cemetery are updated in situations where the identity of the former soldier has been discovered.
      (195217)
157 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2014, Official Report, column 39W, on Military Aviation Authority, when the Military Aviation Authority plans to publish its Annual Air Safety Report for 2012-13; and for what reason it has not yet been published.
      (194766)
158 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of other nations buying fewer joint strike fighters than originally planned on the final price of that aircraft.
      (194767)
159 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned in-service date is for the Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon; how many will be procured; and what estimate he has made of the (a) total programme and (b) unit cost.
      (194768)
160  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made on the effect of changes in the size of the regular Army on the UK's ability to fulfil NATO obligations.
      (195230)
161 N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the detailed arrangements for the bespoke trading entity being set up with existing DE&S.
      (194684)
162 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department spend was in total in 2013-14 on defence procurement; and what proportion of that total was spent in the (a) UK, (b) EU and (c) rest of the world.
      (194941)
163 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department plans to spend on defence procurement in 2014-15 as a proportion of the overall departmental budget.
      (194943)
164 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been any testing (a) in Southern Australia and (b) elsewhere of the ability of the Taranis system to identify or strike targets autonomously.
     [R] (194956)
165  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had any discussions with the government of Afghanistan concerning future basing of UK unmanned aircraft systems in that country after 2014.
     [R] (194985)
166  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 703W, on RAF Mildenhall, whether his Department maintains records of all MQ-1 Predators carried in aircraft which refuel in the air or by landing at RAF Mildenhall; and whether he will disclose the date of each such flight over the last three years.
      (194999)
167  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 322-3W, on unmanned air vehicles, whether the training of UK personnel in the six countries identified has involved unmanned aircraft actively engaged in operations.
      (195003)
168  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 490W, on the Royal Air Force, if he will provide details of (a) each base at which RAF personnel from the Remotely Piloted Air System division are stationed and (b) the branch and specialisation of every such person.
      (195004)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
169 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of eligible voters in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency who will not be auto-enrolled under individual electoral registration.
      (194730)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
170  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Rossendale and Darwen have received funding from the pupil premium; and how many pupils in each such school have attracted such payments.
      (194837)
171 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 426W, on schools: finance, what the (a) total and (b) per pupil funding for each local authority area for 2015-16 is under the proposals currently published for consultation.
      (195005)
172 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, how the progress of pupils with severe educational needs will be taken into account in his Department’s accountability reform programme.
      (194854)
173 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, what account will be taken of the progress made by children who have entered the school beyond the baseline reception assessment procedure, but who do not warrant exemption under the final two years prior to Key Stage 2 exams.
      (194855)
174  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of childcare for a three year old in England has been in each year since 2005.
      (195216)
175  
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers are aware of how to support students at risk of forced marriage; and what material his Department make available in schools on sources of help for those threatened with forced marriage.
      (194819)
176  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to support parents whose children attend a school in special measures; and if he will make a statement.
      (195152)
177  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on care leaving arrangements for asylum seekers who came to the UK alone as children.
      (194871)
178  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibilities local authorities have to ensure that asylum seekers who are leaving care they entered as a child receive alternative support once they reach adulthood.
      (194872)
179 N
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons eight of the 13 governors from Park View Academy resigned within five months of its transfer to academy status.
      (195027)
180  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unauthorised school absences there have been in (a) St Albans constituency, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK since 2010; and what steps he is taking to reduce such absences.
      (195130)
181  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 221W, how many three and four year olds in each parliamentary constituency are accessing the free early years entitlement outside of reception classes.
      (195200)
182 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the incidence of truancy was in schools in the latest period for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce it and to involve parents in those efforts.
      (194633)
183 N
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of how well-prepared school governors are in advance of their taking the first decisions regarding performance-related pay.
      (194632)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
184  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 345-6W, on the Green Deal scheme, if he will take steps to enable Green Deal providers to access all the supporting data for Green Deal reports held by Landmark Information Group.
      (194923)
185 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date he intends to publish the Bioenergy Emissions and Counterfactual calculator.
      (194603)
186 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what audit requirements are (a) in place and (b) planned for generating stations over 1Mw in size that use solid biomass or biogas.
      (194620)
187 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of deterioration in normal operation on the efficiency assumptions for the new combined heat and power classifications.
      (194621)
188 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the quantity of biomass consumed by the one per cent of biomass plant that was below 1MW in capacity.
      (195006)
189  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to secure the long-term provision of energy for the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (195153)
190  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new Fuel Poverty Target will address the specific needs of people affected by conditions such as muscular dystrophy and neuromuscular conditions.
      (194868)
191  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with other government departments on extending the winter fuel payment to people on the higher rate of disability living allowance for care or mobility and the equivalent enhanced rate of the new personal independence payment; and if he will make a statement.
      (195087)
192  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on the regulatory regime associated with fracking.
      (195089)
193 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on fuel poverty and the use of prepayment meters by the fuel poor.
      (194841)
194  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of UK coal-generating capacity was provided by imports from each country in the most recent period for which figures are available.
      (195259)
195  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what involvement his Department had in overseeing the activities of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in awarding the Magnox/RSRL contract; and if he will make a statement.
      (194916)
196  
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what provisions for the uprating of homes in multiple occupation to energy performance Band E he plans to include in his Department's consultation on the implementation of clause 43 of the Energy Act 2011.
      (195030)
197  
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has conducted on the accuracy of assumptions made in the National Housing Condition Survey that all stone properties built before 1920 are of solid wall construction.
      (195067)
198 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether customers phoning Ofgem can speak to an employee in addition to using the automatic system; whether it is Ofgem's policy to advise callers to contact the nearest citizen's advice bureau for queries on energy firms and prices; and if he will make a statement.
      (194650)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
199 N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many legal and enforcement cases in each geographical area of the Environment Agency were (a) under investigation, (b) being considered for enforcement action, (c) being considered for legal action by the legal services department, (d) issued and proceeding through the courts and (e) completed on the final day of that accounting year for each of the years 2010 to 2013.
      (194647)
200 N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time employees in the operations and legal services departments of the Environment Agency work on (a) operations and (b) legal services.
      (194648)
201 N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests to leave the Environment Agency under the voluntary early release scheme are from staff in the operations and legal services departments.
      (194649)
202  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the marine environment of the exemption of biodegradable plastic bags and paper bags from his single-use plastic bag charging policy.
      (194976)
203  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the carbon emissions resulting from the production, transport and disposal or recycling of currently available biodegradable plastic bags.
      (194977)
204  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the carbon emissions resulting from the production, transport and disposal or recycling of paper bags.
      (194978)
205  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria a biodegradable plastic bag will need to fulfil for exemption from his single use plastic bag charging policy.
      (194979)
206  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number of projects was involved in Lot 1, Phase 1, of his Department's Biodegradable Plastic Carrier Bags Solutions through Innovation research call; and how many of those projects met each of the five functions and characteristics outlined in the research call.
      (194980)
207  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many projects were taken forward from Phase 1 of his Department's Biodegradable Plastic Carrier Bags Solutions through Innovation research call feasibility studies which concluded on 31 March 2014 in (a) Lot 1 and (b) Lot 2.
      (194981)
208  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number of projects involved was in Lot 2, Phase 1 of his Department's Biodegradable Plastic Carrier Bags Solutions through Innovation Research Call; and how many of those projects addressed the technical and economic issues outlined in the research call.
      (194986)
209  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff at the Environment Agency are working on the regulation of fracking in England and Wales; and what reductions in the budget of the Environment Agency have affected people working on that regulation.
      (194988)
210  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Environment Agency's budget he proposes will be spent on its role as the regulator for fracking in England and Wales in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
      (194989)
211  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expertise the Environment Agency has on (a) onshore oil and gas exploration, (b) fracking, (c) the disposal of waste products including fugitive emissions resulting from onshore oil and gas exploration and (d) safety management of oil and gas drilling including well casing.
      (194990)
212  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspectors the Environment Agency employs to carry out checks on fracking sites in England and Wales.
      (194991)
213  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much notice the Environment Agency is required to give to companies ahead of inspections of fracking sites in England and Wales.
      (194992)
214  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency has made on the potential for flood risk at UK fracking sites; and if he will make a statement.
      (194993)
215  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether approval will be given for fracking sites on flood plains; and if he will make a statement.
      (194994)
216  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential risks fracking pose to livestock; and if he will make a statement.
      (194995)
217  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which chemicals are authorised for use in the fracking process in the UK; what assessment he has made of the potential risk posed to humans and the natural environment from those chemicals before their authorisation; and if he will make a statement.
      (194996)
218  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much income the Environment Agency expects to raise from fracking firms to pay for the regulation of the industry; and if he will make a statement.
      (195084)
219  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what veterinary and animal welfare qualifications and training are a criteria of becoming an inspector at the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
      (195066)
220  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will issue updated advice on the care of pets to address the issues of the welfare and abandonment of domestic rabbits.
      (194893)
221  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the reporting of the mis-stunning of animals before slaughter by the Food Standards Agency to ensure that the way in which the data is collected provides as accurate a picture as possible of the real situation.
      (194828)
222  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will (a) complete and (b) publish its review of the Chalara Management Plan; and if he will make a statement.
      (195061)
223  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management staff counted under the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management cost-heading at the Environment Agency have been redeployed to inspect flood defence assets in each of the last five months.
      (195062)
224  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of flood management assets have been inspected in each year since 2008-09.
      (195063)
225  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency staff have been redeployed to inspect flood defence assets in each of the last five months.
      (195064)
226  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the individual total cost is of each of the biodiversity offsetting pilot schemes in (a) Devon, (b) Doncaster, (c) Essex, (d) Greater Norwich, (e) Nottinghamshire, (f) Warwickshire, (g) Coventry and (h) Solihull to date; and what the estimated total cost is of the schemes.
      (195095)
227  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide citations of all the scientific literature used by his Department to establish the weightings of risk factors when establishing the metric for biodiversity offsetting.
      (195096)
228  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the time taken for the review of the Chalara management plan; why the updated plan was not published by the Government's March 2014 target; and if he will make a statement.
      (195097)
229  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) staff at the Environment Agency, including such non-FCERM staff funded through the FCERM budget, were redeployed for emergency flood response activities in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
      (195101)
230  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the findings of his Department's root and branch review of the environmental information required from businesses; and when he plans to publish plans for implementing changes to those requirements.
      (195112)
231  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish a report on the implementation of the Department's anaerobic digestion strategy and action plan for 2013-14.
      (195114)
232  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Government's response to the Government's Environmental Audit Committee's Report HC 1195 published on 26 March 2014, what the forecasted costs and savings are under each cost heading for planning authorities of implementing the biodiversity offsetting proposals over a five year period.
      (195142)
233  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reason is for the time his Department has taken to revise and publish environmental guidance on gov.uk.
      (195191)
234 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that costs associated with the regulation and monitoring of exploration and extraction of unconventional gas are levied on industry.
      (194844)
235 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of the budget of the Environment Agency is allocated to staff and other departmental costs associated with the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and unconventional gas in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
      (194845)
236 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff of the Environment Agency are engaged in regulation of hydraulic fracturing and unconventional gas.
      (194846)
237 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the costs of the regulation and monitoring of exploration and extraction of unconventional gas (a) at each drilling site and (b) the exploration in England and Wales.
      (194851)
238  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether income raised from rod licence sales in Wales will continue to be hypothecated for the protection and improvement of fisheries in Wales.
      (194867)
239  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 7 February 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr J Rossi-Stephenson.
      (195059)
240  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received regarding the need for a vaccine for bovine TB; and if he will make a statement.
      (195154)
241  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on its programme of cinema advertising to promote the Common Agricultural Policy.
      (195106)
242  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the threat to the UK's environment from invasive alien plant species.
      (194969)
243  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 35W on nurseries, whether his Department claims tax relief against the cost of such workplace nurseries.
      (195242)
244 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of Alabama Rot there have been in dogs in the UK.
      (194637)
245  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage change there has been in the average cost of a water bill in each year since 2011.
      (194917)
246  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the water industry to discuss the cost of water bills.
      (194918)
247  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of how the recommendations of the HM Treasury report entitled Smoothing Investment Cycles in the Water Sector, published in July 2012, have affected the water sector.
      (195085)
248 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 697W, on unmanned air vehicles, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance note issued to his Department's network staff on data protection aspects of unmanned air vehicles.
     [R] (195013)
249 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he is providing for local authorities to address issues caused by high gull populations.
      (903555)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
250  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's most recent assessment is of the likelihood of President Assad complying with the agreed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons timetable for the removal and destruction of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons.
      (195099)
251  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's latest assessment is of the security situation in Egypt following the recent suicide bombing outside Cairo University grounds.
      (195100)
252  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what level of engagement, support or resource the Government is contributing to the expected EU mission in the Central African Republic.
      (195102)
253  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK has offered through NATO to its Baltic allies since the Russian military incursion into Crimea.
      (195103)
254  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK Government plans to provide through the EU in advance of presidential elections in Ukraine in May 2014.
      (195104)
255  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a Minister of his Department last visited Gibraltar.
      (195105)
256  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Spain on the proposed twinning of the town of Algerciras in Spain with Rio Grande in Argentina.
      (195113)
257  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings the Minister for Europe has held with the European Commission to discuss incursions by Spanish government vessels into British-Gibraltar territorial waters in the last two years.
      (195140)
258  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times he has visited Gibraltar in an official capacity since taking up his present office.
      (195188)
259  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions he has met the First Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, since Mr Picardo became First Minister.
      (195189)
260  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings the Minister of State for Europe has held with the European Commission with the sole purpose of discussing incursions by Spanish government vessels into British Gibraltar territorial waters.
      (195190)
261  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further steps his Department is taking to ensure that the international investigation into the human rights situation in Sri Lanka is carried out transparently, robustly and swiftly.
      (195202)
262  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Government Minister took the decision that there were no grounds for a futher inquiry into the events in Amritsar in 1984.
      (195279)
263  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Cabinet Secretary was tasked with assessing whether there were gounds for a further inquiry into the events surrounding the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
      (195280)
264  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart on the status of foreign lecturers in Italian universities.
      (194913)
265  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he plans to make to the government of Pakistan following the death sentence imposed on Sawan Masih as a result of an alleged offence of blasphemy; and whether he plans to raise that matter at a Commonwealth level.
      (195146)
266  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Bahraini government calling for the release of Hussain Hubail on health grounds.
      (195091)
267  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on (a) the trial in Bahrain of Mohammed Abdulla Al-Tajer and (b) his treatment in custody.
      (195139)
268  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate reports that Osama Hussain Al-Najjar has been tortured while held in custody in the UAE.
      (195213)
269  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he or officials of his Department last raised the issue of torture of prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the government of UAE.
      (195299)
270  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the First Minister of Scotland has received from (a) the British embassy in Washington and (b) consular offices in the US ahead of his upcoming visit to that country.
      (195256)
271 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent claims by senior Palestinian Authority leader Nabil Shaath that the reason the Palestinian Authority has not stopped negotiations is because the Palestinian Authority wants the release of all prisoners arrested by Israel before the Oslo Accords.
      (194939)
272 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review the Government's policy on the position of President Rajapaksa as Commonwealth Chairperson-in-office following the adoption of the Human Rights Council Resolution establishing an international investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes in Sri Lanka.
      (194739)
273  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to meet the Ukranian Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement.
      (195088)
274 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the work of the India-Pakistan working group on confidence-building measures along the Line of Control which met on 4 March 2014.
      (194848)
275 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had about the census in Burma and recognition of the Rohingya population.
      (194879)
276 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's budget for work in Afghanistan will be in 2014.
      (194842)
277 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which staff positions in the UK embassy in Kabul are required to undergo training in human rights and gender awareness; and how many staff in the UK embassy in Kabul have undergone such training.
      (194853)
278 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on financial payments by the Palestinian Authority to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
      (194609)
279  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enhance trade and co-operation between the UK and Singapore.
      (194971)
280  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage his counterparts in other EU member states to support and commit resources to the EUFOR RCA mission in the Central African Republic.
      (195019)
281  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct UK diplomats resident in Japan to raise the human rights case of Mr Iwao Hakamda with the Japanese authorities.
      (195141)
282  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on efforts to reach a comprehensive agreement with Iran on its nuclear programme.
      (195228)
283  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what sanctions the UK has imposed on Russia since Russian troops entered Crimea.
      (195231)
284  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on Russia's actions in Crimea.
      (195232)
285  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on reform of the EU.
      (195233)
286  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on strengthening UK-Iran diplomatic ties.
      (195234)
287  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on lifting existing trade sanctions with Iran in the near future.
      (195235)
288  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of Japan's lifting of its ban on arms exports on the UK.
      (195236)
289  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Russia withdraws all of its forces from the Ukrainian border.
      (195238)
290  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Greek counterpart on whether protests will be permitted to coincide with the upcoming EU meeting.
      (195239)
291  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the pilot recently introduced by the Israeli government in response to the recommendations of the report entitled Children in Military Custody, published in June 2012.
      (194966)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
292 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department received before the removal of pre-conception counselling for women taking anti-epilepsy medications from the Quality Outcomes Framework.
      (194769)
293 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the risks of removing pre-conception counselling for women taking anti-epilepsy medications from the Quality Outcomes Framework.
      (194770)
294 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) patients and (b) parents of patients who cannot afford travel costs to access medical treatment.
      (194771)
295 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of late diagnoses of cancer.
      (194772)
296 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 718 on children's diet, whether the consumption of sugary drinks is banned in schools.
      (194788)
297  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on steps to ensure that specialist neuromuscular physiotherapy is provided to both children and adults with muscle-wasting conditions in South Yorkshire.
      (195038)
298  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of care and treatment of patients with heart failure in the North East.
      (194915)
299  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will create a strategy to address the needs of those with post polio syndrome; and if his Department will take steps to publicise the needs of those with post polio syndrome amongst medical professionals.
      (194920)
300  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of antipsychotic medication in the management of people with dementia; and if he will make a statement.
      (194912)
301  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all cancer strategic clinical networks have adequate financial resources to contribute to the achievement in all domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework.
      (195144)
302  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to improve the experience of cancer patients at the end of life.
      (195145)
303  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of NHS's involvement in No Smoking Day on 12 March 2014 and the performance of the NHS Choices Stop Smoking app.
      (195043)
304  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Bolton have received assistance from the NHS to stop smoking in each year since 2010.
      (195044)
305  
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve international collaboration in (a) sharing sharing research findings and best practice in care and (b) taking steps to remove stigma against those people diagnosed with dementia following the G8 summit on dementia in December; and if he will make a statement.
      (194823)
306  
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to update the NHS Outcomes Framework with the aim of ensuring that every child can access palliative care in the setting of their or their family's choice, 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and if he will make a statement.
      (194824)
307 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the results of the NHS Staff Survey 2013 are used to drive improvements on staff experience and patient experience.
      (194933)
308 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of accident and emergency admissions made up of people approaching the end of life and who have indicated a preference to be cared for and die at home.
      (194934)
309  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library all recent correspondence between Ministers in his Department and their counterparts in the Scottish Government on cross-border public health risks.
      (195138)
310 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS England proposes to champion the use of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standards with providers and commissioners.
      (194903)
311 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to NHS commissioners and providers on their National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standards in planning and delivering services; and how compliance with this requirement will be monitored.
      (194904)
312 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the views and experiences of cancer patients are used to inform the ratings of the Care Quality Commission's hospital inspection programme.
      (195008)
313 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, column 86W, on cancer, what the (a) timescales and (b) terms of reference are of the review on the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
      (195024)
314 N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many foetuses showed signs of life following an attempted termination in each year for which records are available; and how many such foetuses were registered as live births.
      (194840)
315 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local health commissioning groups have prescribed bevacizumab for patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer who have received first and second line treatments.
      (194614)
316 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to (a) NHS England and (b) local commissioning groups about the prescription of bevacizumab for patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer who have received first and second line treatments.
      (194615)
317  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue updated guidance on the two doctor rule for abortions.
      (194878)
318  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths from air pollution in (a) London, (b) Cardiff, (c) Edinburgh and (d) Birmingham in each of the last 10 years.
      (195194)
319  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 779-80W, on death bacterial diseases, if he will make it his policy to collect and publish data on (a) how many NHS patients have died due to antibiotic resistance and (b) which specific pathogens or drug resistant strains of infection caused such deaths.
      (195017)
320 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on the Care Bill, when that committee first met; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the agenda and supporting papers of each meeting of that committee.
      (194695)
321  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the causes of (a) adult and (b) childhood obesity in Harlow constituency.
      (195203)
322 N
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 400W, on Medical Records: Databases, if he will publish and place in the Library a copy of that report at the same time as its release to the board; and if he will ensure that the report contains a complete list of the holders of commercial re-use licences and for each such licence for what purpose the use of Health and Social Care Information Centre data was approved.
      (194606)
323 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting period was for bone density (DXA) scans in each of the last five years.
      (194753)
324 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bone density scanning machines were available in each region of the UK in each of the last five years.
      (194754)
325 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
      (194755)
326 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished hospital admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of fractures attributable to osteoporosis there were amongst (a) women under the age of 50, (b) women over the age of 50, (c) men under the age of 50 and (d) men over the age of 50 in each of the last five years.
      (194756)
327 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating fractures attributable to osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
      (194757)
328 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to exclude retirement income products other than annuities from the asset test used to assess social care funding.
      (194802)
329  
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that there should be universal access to 24 hours a day seven days a week community nursing services to support people to die at home if that is their choice; and if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of introducing such a policy.
      (195083)
330 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will collect data by constituency on the number of people registered with a dentist.
      (194607)
331 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 11 March 2014, Official Report, column 267, regarding the setting up of a committee to advise on guidance to the Trust Special Administrator process, when he expects to publish (a) the committee's terms of reference, (b) details of the committee's membership and (c) details of the committee's secretariat.
      (194928)
332 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 11 March 2014, Official Report, column 267, regarding the setting up of a committee to advise on guidance to the Trust Special Administrator, at which meetings between the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam and the (a) Minister for Care and Support and (b) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health the Trust Special Administrator or the Care Bill [Lords] was discussed.
      (194929)
333 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that parents have some say in whether their teenage children are taking the morning-after pill.
      (194634)
334 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of GPs to patients is in each clinical commissioning group area in (a) Halton constituency and (b) Merseyside.
      (194940)
335 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): 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 particulate air pollution in Halton constituency in each of the last five years.
      (194954)
336  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead, of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 886W, on thalidomide, if he will make representations to his German counterpart on compensation from Grünenthal to UK victims of thalidomide.
      (195148)
337 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations in Cumbria since May 2010.
      (194803)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
338 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of speed awareness courses; and what information her Department collects on speeding and driving offences committed by drivers who have undertaken such a course.
      (194627)
339 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers who received driving convictions within their two year probation period undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010.
      (194744)
340 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers who received driving convictions during the two year probationary licence period undertook (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more speed awareness courses in (i) 2010 to 2014 and (ii) 2005 to 2009.
      (194623)
341 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers who received driving convictions undertook (a) one, (b ) two, (c) three and (d) four or more speed awareness courses in (i) 2010 to 2014 and (ii) 2005 to 2009.
      (194625)
342  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost to her Department is of providing UK border control services at (a) Paris Gare Du Nord station, (b) Bruxelles Midi station and (c) Calais port and Eurotunnel terminus.
      (195249)
343  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of stalking was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for stalking the victim was a woman and the perpetrator a man in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (194958)
344  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of stalking was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for stalking the victim was a man and the perpetrator a man in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (194959)
345  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of stalking was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for stalking the victim was a man and the perpetrator a woman in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (194960)
346  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of domestic violence was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for domestic violence the victim was a man and the perpetrator a woman in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (194961)
347  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of domestic violence was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for domestic violence the victim was a man and the perpetrator a man in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (194962)
348 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long funding will be made available to local authorities for accepting refugees from Syria under the vulnerable persons relocation scheme.
      (194925)
349 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the number of people who have overstayed their approved visa to be in the UK by (a) up to six months, (b) six months to one year, (c) more than one year and (d) more than three years as at 31 March 2014.
      (194952)
350 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of moves to gender-neutral services on support for women victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement.
      (194616)
351 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had on provision for young women aged 16 to 18 years who have been victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement.
      (194617)
352  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the cost to Indian nationals of applying for a (a) UK and (b) US student visa.
      (194825)
353  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for study visas by Indian nationals were (a) granted and (b) refused in the year ending (i) September 2012 and (ii) September 2013.
      (194826)
354  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department makes available to applicants for Tier 4 student visas on maintenance funding requirements; and what types of accounts or financial instruments count towards meeting this requirement.
      (194831)
355  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department offers to local authorities who are caring for asylum seekers who entered care as a child to ensure adequate support is in place when they become care leavers.
      (194870)
356  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will implement travel bans against those who have been actively promoting the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014.
      (194820)
357  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on granting asylum to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people from Uganda.
      (194821)
358  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrians have been brought to the UK under the Vulnerable Person Relocation Scheme to date.
      (194822)
359  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to work with other EU member states to reduce the number of deaths of immigrants illegally coming to the EU via the sea.
      (194970)
360 N
Sir John Randall (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in March 2014; which agency referred each person to that scheme; in which town the shelter to which those people were placed for the relevant period was; and what contact is had with each such victim to ensure their safety after they exit the scheme.
      (194896)
361 N
Sir John Randall (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2014, Official Report, column 277W, on human trafficking and of 14 January 2014, Official report, columns 481-6W, on human trafficking: victim support schemes, what information she has on the whereabouts of each of the (a) 92 victims of human trafficking found in the UK in November 2013 and (b) 113 victims of human trafficking found in UK in December 2013.
      (194902)
362  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase trust in the Metropolitan Police.
      (195237)
363 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons she will no longer fund the detention element of the Choices service from 1 April 2014; whether an alternative assisted voluntary returns programme will be made available to immigration detainees; and what assessment she has made of the potential effects of this decision on the number of (a) assisted voluntary returns and (b) enforced removals.
      (194689)
364 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detainees left the UK through the assisted voluntary returns programmes in each of the last five years.
      (194690)
365 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons are holding individuals solely under immigration powers.
      (194691)
366  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has issued any authorisations under section 42(3) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 which permit intrusive surveillance by unmanned aircraft systems in the UK.
     [R] (194983)
367  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has issued any exemptions pursuant to section 28 of the Data Protection Act 1998 which apply to data obtained via unmanned aircraft systems in the UK.
     [R] (194984)
368 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 607W, on unmanned air vehicles, whether any person, agent or public body has provided video imagery or other data to her Department obtained by unmanned aircraft systems in the UK; and for what purposes.
     [R] (195014)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
369  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Foyle, of 10 March 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on developing countries: abortion, for what reasons data on spend for individual components of sexual and reproductive health and rights policy are not compiled; and if she will estimate the cost of compiling that data.
      (195149)
370  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy that UK public funds should not be used for the purposes of campaigning for more liberal abortion laws in another country.
      (195245)
371  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of early stage co-investment funds in assisting the achievement of development goals.
      (195035)
372  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to work with CDC in delivering early stage investment funds in developing countries to better achieve development goals.
      (195036)
373  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen vocational education in Nigeria.
      (195046)
374  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to increase the role of the UK further education sector in strengthening vocational education in Nigeria.
      (195047)
375  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent meetings she has had with representatives of the Nigerian diaspora in the UK on support for entrepreneurship in Nigeria.
      (195049)
376  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to establish an early stage co-investment fund in Nigeria.
      (195050)
377  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what education projects her Department is supporting in Nigeria.
      (195054)
378 N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking at the High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development to ensure that future aid delivery via the private sector follows the Busan Principles.
      (194624)
379 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with non-governmental agencies in South Sudan on levels of food provision.
      (194681)
380 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the average time taken to register a Syrian refugee in neighbouring countries.
      (194682)
381 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to prevent famine in South Sudan.
      (194692)
382 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with agencies working within Syria on the work of the Syrian Recovery Trust Fund; and how the £3 million funding announced on 31 March will be spent.
      (194738)
383 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that all children are protected from sexual violence in conflict zones.
      (194843)
384  
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her objectives are for the summit on violence against women and girls in humanitarian emergencies.
      (194890)
385  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her future plans are for support to the Caribbean.
      (195229)
386 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Ethiopian government on her Department's aid funding; and what recent reports she has received of the violent expulsion of Ethiopian farmers from their land.
      (194636)
387 N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with which non-governmental organisations and agencies her Department is working to help residents in the desert region of Thar in Sindh Province, Pakistan.
      (194942)
388  
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on aid to the desert region of Thar in Sindh Province, Pakistan in each year since 2010.
      (194967)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
389  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that restricted access to books for prisoners is not an obstacle to preparation for employment; and if he will make a statement.
      (195058)
390  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) Rossendale and (b) Darwen were found guilty of (i) drunk and disorderly behaviour and (ii) drunk and aggravated behaviour in each of the last three years.
      (194835)
391  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many organisations remain in the bidding process for the Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company.
      (195090)
392  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he next plans to review the number of magistrates' courts operating in England.
      (195041)
393  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunals in Scotland have been processed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each year since 2010.
      (195137)
394 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) sentences and (b) other outcomes were received by people aged (i) under 18 and (ii) 18 and over who were prosecuted for carrying a bladed or pointed article in a public place in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
      (194748)
395 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were transferred to secure detention in their home country under (a) compulsory and (b) voluntary prisoner transfer agreements in each of the last five years.
      (194816)
396 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 293W, 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 548W and 31 March 2014 on prisoners: foreign nationals, which three countries have the next largest number of foreign nationals in UK prisons; and what steps he is taking to return those offenders to secure detention in their own countries.
      (194906)
397 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, columns 532-3W, on prisoners: foreign nationals, what the main features of the Early Removal Scheme are; how many foreign national offenders were deported under this scheme in each of the last five years; and what the main features are of the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme.
      (195009)
398 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used to determine the funding allocation for rape crisis centres for the 2014-16 period; and on what grounds the funding for Hull Rape Crisis Centre was cut.
      (194745)
399 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which rape support centres and helplines that received funding from the Rape Support Fund in any of the last three years will not receive any such funding fund in 2014-15.
      (194741)
400 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which rape support centres and helplines (a) nationally and (b) in each region will receive funding from the Rape Support Fund in 2014-15; and how much funding has been allocated in each case.
      (194742)
401 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons were (a) receivers and (b) suppliers of detached duty staff in each month since December 2013.
      (194628)
402 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) workshops and (b) classrooms have been closed in each prison in England and Wales since 1 September 2013 due to staff shortages; and on how many occasions wings have been locked for (i) a half day, (ii) a full day and (iii) a lunch period for that reason since that date.
      (194631)
403 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges and (b) successful convictions have been brought following assaults against prison staff by prisoners in each year since 2010.
      (194693)
404 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults there were against prison officers in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
      (194698)
405 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions prisons have relied on detached duty staff from other establishments since 1 September 2013.
      (194740)
406 N
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Indian nationals there are serving a prison sentence in England and Wales.
      (194948)
407 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners are subject to different conditions depending on their religion.
      (194808)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
408 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee will be given access to papers previously withheld from freedom of information requests as part of its current inquiry into the administrative scheme for the on-the-runs.
      (194901)
409  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings her Department has had with the government of the Republic of Ireland about First World War commemorations.
      (194856)
410  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the level of co-operation between the security forces in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
      (194857)
411  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent on legacy issues in each year since 2010; and how many staff are employed on dealing with such legacy issues.
      (194858)
412  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is of the relocation of the London headquarters of her Department.
      (194859)
413  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the implications for security in Northern Ireland of recent reports of the taping of telephone calls made to and from police stations in the Republic of Ireland; and whether she has made representations to the Irish government on that matter.
      (194888)
414 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she held with ministerial colleagues on the relocation of central Civil Service posts to Northern Ireland.
      (194749)
415 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of dissident republican links with Al-Qaeda involving the supply of weaponry and expertise in warfare.
      (194635)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
416  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the next Joint Ministerial Council (a) Plenary, (b) Domestic and (c) Europe meeting will take place; and what will be discussed at each such meeting.
      (195133)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
417  
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which parliamentary constituencies in Scotland are part of local authority areas whose electoral registration officers did not reach the required performance indicators on Standard 3 in respect of electors who failed to register to vote.
      (195258)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
418  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of congestion on roads in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
      (194832)
419  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age of rolling stock serving the (a) Tees Valley Line and (b) Esk Valley Line is.
      (194914)
420  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions practical driving tests have been appealed to magistrates' and sheriff courts in each year since 2008; how many such appeals were upheld; and for what reasons.
      (194919)
421 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what endorsement codes new drivers have had their licence revoked by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency during their two year probationary period in each of the last five years.
      (194651)
422 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British heavy good vehicles (HGV) are not expected to be fully compensated by the reduction in vehicle excise duty introduced as part of the HGV User Levy; and whether this has changed since estimates were made in 2012.
      (194746)
423 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to work with affected hauliers to avoid the increased cost caused by the reduction in Vehicle Excise Duty introduced as part of the Heavy Goods Vehicle User Levy.
      (194926)
424 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's poolicy is on (a) the frequency of periodic roadworthiness tests for old vehicles and (b) the stringency of technical roadside inspections for commercial vehicles in line with European Union roadworthiness package adopted by the European Parliament on 12 March 2014.
      (194927)
425 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers have had their licence revoked by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year since 2010.
      (194694)
426  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the appropriate age at which people must renew their driving licence; and what evidence his Department took into account when so doing.
      (194892)
427  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) serious injuries were suffered by cyclists in London in each of the last 10 years.
      (195151)
428  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of (a) congestion and (b) traffic accidents in London in each of the last 10 years.
      (195180)
429  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is a correlation between the price of (a) petrol and (b) diesel and the levels of traffic accidents and car journeys in the UK.
      (195182)
430  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of congestion charging on traffic movements in London in each year since the introduction of such charging.
      (195184)
431  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change there has been in the level of accidents attributable to congestion in each of the last 10 years.
      (195246)
432 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Association of Train Operating Companies on the National Rail Conditions of Carriage.
      (194847)
433 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what fines or penalties his Department has been required to pay HM Treasury (a) following the employment of staff through personal service companies and (b) for any other reason since May 2010.
      (194849)
434 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of passenger rail journeys that have been double counted because passengers have used multiple franchises to complete a single journey.
      (194743)
435 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2014, Official Report, column 245W, on aviation, whether the regional air connectivity fund will be available to both new domestic and new international air routes; and when he plans to publish further information and guidance on eligibility for and the operation of the funding process.
      (194699)
436 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of uncollected vehicle excise duty was in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
      (194787)
437  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the helicopter fleet operating in the offshore oil and gas industry is fitted with a side-floating helicopter scheme that is compliant with the Civil Aviation Authority's relevant statutory specifications.
      (194833)
438  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on passenger survivability in the North Sea of side-floating helicopter schemes that (a) comply and (b) do not comply with the relevant Civil Aviation Authority statutory specifications.
      (194869)
439  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the Senior Traffic Commissioner's Statutory Guidance on bus reliability and punctuality.
      (195092)
440  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of financial penalties imposed on bus operators by each of the eight regional traffic commissioners from 2010-11 to date.
      (195093)
441  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 4W on nurseries, whether his Department's workplace nurseries access the Government's tax relief scheme for workplace nurseries.
      (195241)
442 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the level of traffic congestion in Mid Sussex constituency in each year since 1997.
      (194882)
443 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are any plans to alter the opening hours of ticket offices in railway stations within Halton constituency.
      (195029)
444 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made by the cross-government working group on remotely piloted aircraft systems.
     [R] (194957)
445  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to update the current Air Navigation Order to define and categorise unmanned aircraft systems.
     [R] (194982)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
446 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the average change was in the gender pay gap in the (a) public and (b) private sector between 2008 and 2013.
      (194897)
447  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to encourage women to start their own businesses.
      (195023)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
448  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people normally resident in Rossendale and Darwen constituency were prosecuted for offences relating to fraudulent claims for jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years.
      (194836)
449  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus offices in (i) Rossendale and (ii) Darwen in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (194839)
450  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people classed as homeless will be defined as vulnerable under the proposed mechanism within universal credit to pay housing benefit directly to landlords.
      (194860)
451  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which categories of people defined as vulnerable in relation to facilitating housing benefit payments direct to landlords under universal credit.
      (194891)
452  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for a decision for a reconsideration of an employment and support allowance decision has been since 28 October 2013.
      (194910)
453  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for a decision for a reconsideration of a jobseeker's allowance decision has been since 28 October 2013.
      (194911)
454  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of an employment and support allowance decision have been subject to a decision since 28 October 2013.
      (194972)
455  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of a jobseeker's allowance decision have been made since 28 October 2013.
      (194973)
456  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of a jobseeker's allowance decision have been subject to a decision made since 28 October 2013.
      (194974)
457  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of an employment and support allowance decision have been submitted since mandatory reconsideration came into effect on 28 October 2013.
      (194975)
458  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about (a) staff behaviour, (b) contested sanction decisions and (c) telephone line waiting times have been made against Bolton Jobcentre Plus offices in each year since 2010.
      (195040)
459  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of pension credit by eligible pensioners.
      (195042)
460  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead, of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 674W, on jobseeker's allowance, what assessment he has made of the (a) monitoring system which checks that sanctions by Jobcentre Plus staff are applied appropriately and (b) outcome of independent reviews undertaken into sites making exceptional numbers of referrals of clients to decision makers.
      (195147)
461  
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to provide families with financial assistance in caring for a child; and if he will make a statement.
      (194887)
462 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to take mortgage payments into account when calculating pension credit.
      (195015)
463 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of paying a second attachment fee for each person who is transferred from Newcastle College to new providers of the Work Programme.
      (194908)
464  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of social housing tenants have been affected by the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty in each local authority area.
      (195020)
465  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of social housing tenants affected by the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty have been given exempt status in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area.
      (195086)
466  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the Child Support Agency in restarting committal proceedings since the end of the moratorium.
      (195052)
467  
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases the Child Support Agency has started committal proceedings in each of the last five years.
      (195053)
468 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, column 366W, on separated people: finance, whether the effectiveness of the seven projects granted £6.5 million of funding in April 2013 under the Help and Support for Separated Families initiative will be independently evaluated; and whether such evaluations will allow for comparisons between those projects.
      (194700)
469  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much child maintenance debt is regarded as (a) permanently and (b) temporarily uncollectable.
      (194909)
470  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent with care have been suspended in the last year for which figures are available.
      (194921)
471  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability awareness training is provided to disability employment advisers in Jobcentre Plus.
      (194922)
472  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costs his Department has incurred in the development, promotion, monitoring and evaluation of the Sorting Out Separation web app to date; and what budget his Department assigned for the future promotion, updating, monitoring and redesign of that web app.
      (194965)
473  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's proposed Help and Support for Separated Families co-ordinated telephone network is in place; and what processes his Department has put in place to monitor and evaluate its effectiveness in promoting collaborative parenting in the interests of children.
      (195021)
474  
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 348-9W, on social security benefits: young people, if he will publish any information relevant to the original question that is available at proportionate cost.
      (194968)
475  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to implement a universal credit sanctions scheme to replace the current jobseeker's allowance and other sanctions scheme.
      (195032)
476  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review his decision not to carry out a cumulative impact assessment on the effect of welfare reform on people with disability.
      (194889)
477 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bristol are waiting for a work capability assessment.
      (194618)
478 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bristol have been waiting for a work capability assessment for more than (a) three and (b) six months.
      (194626)
479 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to prevent private sector companies providing incentives for their employees to switch from defined benefit to defined contribution pension arrangements.
      (194801)
480  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much local authorities in (a) St Albans, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK have returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding since 2011; and what steps he is taking to ensure that such funds are targeted towards those most in need.
      (195039)
481 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in (a) take-up of workplace pensions and (b) anticipated retirement income from current workplace pension accounts.
      (194629)
482 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the performance of the Pensions Regulator is assessed in relation to trends in (a) take-up of workplace pensions and (b) anticipated retirement income from current workplace pension accounts.
      (194630)
483 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rationale was for the provisions in the Pensions Bill which allow employers to differentiate pension conditions between previous public sector employees now working in privatised companies and protected persons.
      (194701)
484 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether an individual on the minimum wage for a full working lifetime will receive a higher retirement income under the new single tier pension system than under the existing pension system.
      (194702)
485  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why Remploy Employment Services is now called Remploy; and whether his Department will continue to fund employment services provided by Remploy.
      (194877)
486  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 26W, on nurseries, for what reasons his Department is reviewing provision of workplace nurseries; when that review will be complete; how many families access his Department's workplace nursery provision; how much workplace nursery provision by his Department costs each year; and whether his Department claims tax relief on workplace nurseries.
      (195198)
487 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum service levels are in the Work Programme.
      (194685)
488 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service in each year since 2003-04.
      (194686)
489 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Team has been used since May 2010; and how many deployments have occurred in situations where 20 or more people faced redundancy.
      (194688)
490 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirements were placed on a Work Programme participant who finds a job without help from their provider to supply proof of employment to the provider; and what sanctions there are for failing to do so.
      (194747)
491 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have seen their income from benefits reduced by (a) 10, (b) 20 to 49 and (c) 50 per cent or more as a result of benefit changes since May 2010.
      (194905)
492 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff of his Department's staff worked in a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response team in each year since 2004.
      (194944)
493 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the new enterprise allowance in each year since its introduction.
      (194945)
494 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much time someone enrolled on the new enterprise allowance spends with a mentor.
      (194946)
495 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that Work Programme participants should be eligible for the new enterprise allowance; and if he will make a statement.
      (194947)
496  
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 986W, on social security benefits, what the total amount of benefit withheld as a result of sanctions was in each of the last two years.
      (195010)
497  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of vacancies currently available on Universal Jobmatch are employee only jobs.
      (195183)
498  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 723W, on conditions of employment, how many and what proportion of vacancies available on Universal Jobmatch are zero-hours contracts jobs.
      (195260)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
499  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of individuals employed on zero-hours contracts by (a) region and (b) gender; and what research his Department has commissioned on that matter.
   [Transferred]  (195252)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
500  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of contraband cigarettes entering the UK were originally manufactured in the UK.
   [Transferred]  (195150)

Prepared 4th April 2014