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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 8 April 2014

Notes:
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+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 8 April 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Tuesday 8 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.

Tuesday 8 April  
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure courses equivalent to those on the list of prescribed courses in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 are not excluded from Higher Education Funding Council for England funding by virtue of coming into existence following the introduction of that Act.
      (195070)
2  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been invested by the Green Investment Bank in the development of wood-based industries and technologies.
      (195346)
3  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much regional growth funding has been allocated to LEPs for wood-focused initiatives to create jobs in rural areas.
      (195352)
4  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 220W, on bananas, if he will hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the effect of supermarket pricing policies on banana farmers.
      (195363)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
5 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the Board of the Big Lottery Fund have their main residence north of the city of Birmingham.
      (195132)
6 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) Brigg and Goole constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and Humber and (iii) the UK have died from coronary heart disease in each of the last five years.
      (195273)
7 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Brigg and Goole constituency are registered self-employed.
      (195274)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
8 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which parties have received the £30 million for the Garden Bridge announced in the National Infrastructure Plan.
      (195166)
9  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Department has responsibility for calculating the estimated cost of the Garden Bridge announced in paragraph 3.45 of the National Infrastructure Plan 2013.
      (195395)
10 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the digital inclusion implications of requiring online accounts for new childcare proposals announced in Budget 2014.
      (195263)
11 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what systems the online account required for the new childcare proposals announced in Budget 2014 will be implemented; and who is responsible for the implementation of those proposals.
      (195264)
12 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Government Digital Service on the integration of the new online childcare accounts into gov.uk.
      (195265)
13 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the voluntary exit scheme for staff at HM Revenue and Customs offices in Northern Ireland.
      (195122)
14 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold.
      (195268)
15 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people with (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more jobs; and how many of such people's total earnings do not meet the lower earnings threshold.
      (195269)
16 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who do not meet the income threshold required to pay National Insurance contributions opt to pay national insurance contributions voluntarily.
      (195270)
17 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of women with (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more jobs; and how many such people do not earn a total income above the lower earnings threshold through all their employments.
      (195289)
18 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will put arrangements in place to enable telephone callers to the Tax Credit Office in Preston to raise queries with an official rather than through the automatic telephone system.
      (195176)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
19 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer question number 193630 tabled on 25 March 2014 for Answer on 31 March.
      (195275)
20 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on charges for property owners who purchase properties with the intention of keeping them vacant.
      (195177)
21 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the effect of buy-to-leave investments on the proportion of homes standing empty.
      (195186)
22  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds have been allocated to each local enterprise partnership area from (a) the Growing Places Fund and (b) other central government funding since March 2012.
      (195307)
23 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to better protect the rights of private sector tenants from irresponsible landlords.
      (195244)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
24 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much in grant or lottery money has been given to (a) the Churches Conservation Trust, (b) Channel 4 Television Corporation, (c) Historic Royal Palaces, (d) Chatham Historic Dockyard, (e) the Design Museum, (f) Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, (g) the National Film and Television School, (h) the People's History Museum and (i) the Royal Household in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
      (195164)
25 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the actual and forecast profile of spend by her Department on the (a) Broadband Delivery Programme, (b) Mobile Infrastructure Project, (c) Spectrum Clearance and Awards Programme and (d) Urban Broadband Fund (Super-connected City Initiative) was or will be in each year between 2010-11 and 2020-21.
      (195218)
26 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on consultancies in each year since 2010-11.
      (195219)
27 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 719W, on public expenditure, what the sources are of the funding for communications.
      (195305)
28  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC Trust on the sale of BBC content in the US; and if she will make a statement.
      (195373)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
29  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will withdraw security assistance to Uganda following the ratification of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in that country.
      (195357)
30 N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the timelines and milestones for Defence Equipment and Support Transformation will be published online and on the Defence Intranet.
      (195165)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
31 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 356W, on London Academy of Excellence, whether the enrolment data for 2013-14 for the London Academy of Excellence is now available; and if he will publish that data.
      (195178)
32 N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will amend the School Admissions Code to allow primary schools' admission arrangements to give priority to pupils attending a primary school's own nursery.
     [R] (195071)
33  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to integrate better into schools children with challenging behaviour; and if he will make a statement.
      (195367)
34  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have visited schools in the areas of highest deprivation since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
      (195371)
35  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the education of children with pathological demand avoidance.
      (195317)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
36 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Prime Minister, (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (c) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the imposition of a cap on the construction and capacity of onshore wind developments.
      (195221)
37 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on (a) delays and (b) the use of recoveries in the planning system for onshore wind developments.
      (195222)
38 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast he has made of the effect of the Supplemental Balancing Reserve on the Loss of Load Expectation for winter 2014-15.
      (195206)
39 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 number of combined heat and power plans delivering more than 10 per cent of input energy as heat output.
      (195207)
40 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his Answer to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West of 3 April 2014, on what dates and with which representative of the European Commission he spoke about the future of UK Coal.
      (195243)
41 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of his proposed changes to energy company obligation funding on families in fuel poverty who were in flood risk areas.
      (195119)
42 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his proposed changes to the energy company obligation will reduce funding availability for flood-risk homes which are automatically defined as hard-to-treat.
      (195120)
43 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many with the homes with hard-to-treat cavity walls and which require insulation measures are situated in flood risk areas.
      (195121)
44  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on the Natural Environment Research Council's funding of a new innovation programme in oil and gas; if he will write to the Natural Environment Research Council on the measures it has taken to assess whether its funding of this programme is compatible with (a) the UK's statutory domestic carbon reductions targets as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008 and (b) the UK's international commitments as set out in the Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun and Camp David agreements; if he will place in the Library a copy of such correspondence; and if he will make a statement.
      (195318)
45  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when work will begin on the bioenergy strategy review; and if he will make a statement.
      (195351)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
46 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department intends to create a strategy to mitigate the effect of air pollution on public health.
      (195292)
47 N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Met Office report, Too Hot, Too Cold, Too Wet, Too Dry: Drivers and impacts of seasonal weather in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (195072)
48 N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report of 31 March 2014 on Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability; and if he will make a statement.
      (195073)
49 N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government's report into the condition of all flood defence assets following the winter floods will be published; and if he will make a statement.
      (195126)
50  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to review the integrity of the coastline following recent severe weather; and if he will make a statement.
      (195364)
51  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the (a) UK coastline and (b) Saltdean, Telscombe Cliffs and Peacehaven stretch of coastline from erosion; and if he will make a statement.
      (195366)
52  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of beak trimming of laying hens; and if he will make a statement.
      (195374)
53  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the live export of animals; and if he will make a statement.
      (195386)
54  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the development of the Grown in Britain certification scheme for timber products.
      (195347)
55  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department gives the private sector on steps to increase the area of woodland with a current UK Forestry Service compliant management plan.
      (195348)
56  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the planting of conifers.
      (195349)
57  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recommendations have been made to him by the Natural Capital Committee on the ecosystem services provided by woodland.
      (195350)
58  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans that the commercial timber manufacturing sector will be represented on the proposed public forest trustee body.
      (195353)
59  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in the development of the Woodland Carbon Code.
      (195355)
60  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made towards the creation of a new public forest trustee body as proposed in the Government's Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement 2013.
      (195358)
61  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on developing an ecosystem valuation approach.
      (195387)
62 N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether parish councils and town councils are eligible to apply for flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid.
      (195127)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
63 N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any Minister of his Department is scheduled to meet President Rajapaska at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
      (195118)
64 N
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 political and security situation in Venezuela.
      (195124)
65 N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the hon. Member for East Devon next plans to meet representatives of President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka's (a) government and (b) political party.
      (195129)
66  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which occasions Ministers in his Department have met President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka since May 2010.
      (195309)
67  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many naval incursions there have been into British Gibraltar territorial waters by Spanish government vessels in each month since June 2010.
      (195310)
68  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Venezuelan counterpart on exercising restraint in response to protests in that country.
      (195311)
69  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Ukraine.
      (195312)
70  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to increase the UK's bilateral financial support for Ukraine in the next six months.
      (195313)
71  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Minister of State, the hon. Member for East Devon, will next travel to Sri Lanka.
      (195359)
72  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on human rights monitoring in Western Sahara.
      (195319)
73  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the statement of the UN Secretary General in his report S/2013/220 published in April 2013 on the human rights situation in Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement.
      (195375)
74  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the 2013 World Report by Human Rights Watch regarding Morocco's 2011 constitution and human rights.
      (195394)
75  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Commonwealth governments regarding Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act.
      (195354)
76  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he or officials in his Department have had with the High Commissioner of Uganda regarding Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act.
      (195406)
77 N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on accepting end-use certificates from the Kurdistan regional government in respect of military and dual-use goods being exported from the UK to Kurdistan; and if he will make a statement.
      (194817)
78 N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on which EU member states have accepted end-use certificates from the Kurdistan Regional Government in respect of military and dual-use goods being exported from their respective countries to Kurdistan.
      (194818)
79 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 433W on St Petersburg International Economic Forum, when he expects to take a decision about Government representation at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
      (195209)
80 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on Kashmir of the forthcoming Indian general election.
      (195123)
81 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's policy is on the intention of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to seek official recognition from UN bodies; and if he will make a statement.
      (195175)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
82 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will provide additional support to care commissioning groups in areas affected by high air pollution.
      (195287)
83 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of premature deaths directly attributable to air pollution in each year since 2010.
      (195288)
84 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of air pollution on levels of physical activity of people in the UK.
      (195290)
85 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of air pollution on those people living with (a) heart disease and (b) lung disease.
      (195291)
86 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people from Scotland received care in hospitals in England and Wales in each year since 2010; and what type of care was so provided.
      (195161)
87 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people from Scotland have received care for cancer in hospitals in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
      (195162)
88 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions Ministers or officials in his Department have contacted their counterparts in the Scottish Government on cross-border public health risks in each year since 2010.
      (195167)
89 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 278W, on the Royal Sussex County Hospital, what progress has been made with the review of the outline business case for the release of funding for the 3Ts redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
      (195172)
90 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of missed NHS appointments in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and Humber in the last year.
      (195271)
91 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) Brigg and Goole constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and Humber and (iii) the UK have been diagnosed with obesity in each of the last five years.
      (195272)
92 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) the UK have motor neurone disease; and how much his Department has spent on tackling that disease in each such area in the last three years.
      (195276)
93 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women under the age of 25 have received the human papilloma virus vaccination in each year since 2008.
      (195173)
94  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage clinical commissioning groups to implement the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.
      (195320)
95  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring and assessment his Department has undertaken on the performance of clinical commissioning groups in implementing the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.
      (195321)
96  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibilities his Department has identified for clincial commissioning groups in implementing the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.
      (195322)
97  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure clinical commissioning groups are fulfilling their roles and responsibilities as identified in the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.
      (195323)
98  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the role of clinical commissioning groups is in implementing the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.
      (195324)
99  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to issue specific guidance relating to pathological demand avoidance.
      (195308)
100  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the diagnosis and treatment of pathological demand avoidance is not subject to regional variations.
      (195314)
101  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he gives GPs and clinical commissioning groups on pathological demand avoidance and its appropriate treatment.
      (195315)
102  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the well-being of children and adults with pathological demand avoidance.
      (195316)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
103 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will digitise all evidence relating to Hillsborough which is being reviewed by the IPCC and Operation Resolve investigations; and if she will make it her policy to publish such evidence electronically upon completion of both investigations.
      (195174)
104 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter to the interim chief executive, HM Passport Office of 27 February 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
      (195117)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
105  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda for the operation of UK aid in (a) the health sector and (b) other sectors in that country.
      (195356)
106  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Government has made of the spread of Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race Four.
      (195325)
107  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking internationally to stem the spread of Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race Four.
      (195326)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
108 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what shortfalls in staffing (a) including temporary cover and (b) excluding temporary cover against Target B3 staffing levels were in each prison since December 2013.
      (195223)
109 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maximum number of staff of each grade could be provided by each prison supplying staff for detached duty in each month since December 2013.
      (195224)
110 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of each grade were available for detached duty arrangements in each month since December 2013.
      (195225)
111 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons received how many detached duty staff of which grade in each month since December 2013.
      (195226)
112 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of each grade were used as part of the detached duty arrangements in each month since December 2013.
      (195227)
Questions to the Prime Minister
113 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 877, what the evidential basis was of his statement that the sale of the Royal Mail was in the manifesto of the last Government.
      (195115)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
114 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 591W, on Southeastern network, what estimate he has made of demand on routes on the Southeastern network; which routes his Department believes require increased capacity provision on peak services; and when he expects capacity to be increased on these routes.
      (195204)
115 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new drivers had their licences revoked as a result of insurance offences in each year since 2010.
      (195128)
116  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Belfast, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in March 2014.
      (195360)
117  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornaway, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in March 2014.
      (195361)
118  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Liverpool, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in March 2014.
      (195362)
119 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which airports meet the eligibility criteria for the Regional Air Connectivity Fund; and how much each such airport has been awarded in each of the last 10 years.
      (195220)
120  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from organisations representing pensioners on the start and end times of the National Concessionary Bus Travel Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
      (195365)
121  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve rail services in the Brighton travel to work area; and if he will make a statement.
      (195368)
122  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Brighton and Hove City Council on the condition of roads in that area; and if he will make a statement.
      (195372)
123 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a 60mph speed limit has been introduced on the A1 in both directions south of Offord near Southoe; and whether that limit is (a) temporary or (b) permanent.
      (194758)
124 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent reports he has received on the removal of the Carnforth station platforms from the mainline; what steps he is taking towards their reinstatement; and if he will make a statement.
      (195068)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
125  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable LGBT people in civil partnerships to convert these to marriages as defined in the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013; and if she will make a statement.
      (195370)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
126 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where each Jobcentre Plus office is in Scotland; when each office opened; and how many people have used each such office in each year since 2010.
      (195163)
127 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned for failing to complete their job search evidence form for the week of 25 December 2013 to 1 January 2014.
      (195208)
128 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for applicants for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the PIP2 form and the date of the face-to-face PIP assessment from each assessment provider.
      (195168)
129 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for applicants for the personal independence payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the PIP2 form and the date of receipt of the first payment after an assessment from each assessment provider.
      (195169)
130 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for applicants for the personal independence payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the DS1500 form and the date of receipt of the first payment after an assessment by each assessment provider.
      (195170)
131 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 318W on the Personal Independence Payment, what assumptions have been made by his Department while preparing the budget for the Personal Independence Payment scheme; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will receive the (a) enhanced and (b) standard rate mobility component of the personal independence payment in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
      (195171)
132 N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the number of nationals of other EU countries accessing benefits in the Peterborough City Council area following changes to (a) the habitual residence test and (b) the minimum earnings threshold; and if he will make a statement.
      (194653)
133 N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of former jobseeker's allowance claimants moving into work from the Work Programme in the Merseyside, Halton, Cumbria and Lancashire contract area started work on (a) a full-time, (b) a part-time, (c) a zero hours and (d) an apprenticeship contract.
      (195069)
134 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department has collected on public perception of health and safety regulation.
      (195116)
135  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2014, Official Report, columns 971-2W, on Remploy, what proportion of the £4.2 million spending has gone to Jobcentre Plus; and who the recipients are of the majority of that funding.
      (195306)
136 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how much each local authority returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
      (194703)
137 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent social and employment programmes financed through the European Social Fund; and if he will make a statement.
      (195267)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
138 N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's latest assessment is of the likely timeframe within which International Monetary Fund funds will be released for the Ukraine.
   [Transferred]  (195125)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
139 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the situation of Christians in North Korea.
   [Question Unstarred]  (903576)
140 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the recent seizure of a cache of long-range rockets from an Iranian shipment in the Red Sea; and if he will make a statement.
   [Question Unstarred]  (903589)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
141  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with chief constables in England and Wales about hate crimes against LGBT people; and if she will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (195369)

Prepared 8th April 2014