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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 10 April 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Thursday 10 April 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Thursday 10 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.

Thursday 10 April  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how much money subject to a Crown Prosecution Service restraining or confiscation order has been diverted to meet the costs of a private-sector receiver in each of the last three financial years; and what proportion that amount was of all assets subject to such orders.
       (195842)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Higher Education Funding Council for England plans to commence its annual monitoring exercise to collect information about the ongoing financial sustainability, quality of provision and changes to management and governance arrangements at alternative learning providers; and when that body plans to publish such information.
       (195753)
3  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what appeals process is in place for alternative providers which unsuccessfully applied to have courses designated under the new specific course designation arrangements; and whether any alternative providers have successfully so appealed.
       (195760)
4  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any alternative learning providers have notified the Higher Education Funding Council for England of material changes which may affect their financial sustainability or quality of provision.
       (195761)
5  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Higher Education Funding Council for England will run its annual monitoring exercise to collect information about the ongoing financial sustainability, quality of provision, and changes to management and governance arrangements at alternative learning providers; and when the Higher Education Funding Council for England will publish this information.
       (195764)
6  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for the nuclear industry has met since it was formed.
       (195921)
7  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for the information economy has met since it was formed.
       (195922)
8  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for construction has met since it was formed.
       (195923)
9  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for oil and gas has met since it was formed.
       (195924)
10  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for the automotive industry has met since it was formed.
       (195925)
11  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for life sciences has met since it was formed.
       (195926)
12  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for professional and business services has met since it was formed.
       (195927)
13  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for offshore wind has met since it was formed.
       (195928)
14  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for international education has met since it was formed.
       (195929)
15  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the industrial strategy sector council for agricultural technologies has met since it was formed.
       (195930)
16  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the minutes of all meetings held by his Department's industrial strategy sector councils since they were formed.
       (195931)
17  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times (a) he or (b) Ministers in his Department attended a meeting of one of the industrial strategy sector councils since they were formed.
       (195932)
18  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the membership of each of his Department's industrial strategy sector councils.
       (195933)
19  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to introduce customer service training in the apprenticeship programme.
       (195934)
20  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to improve levels of customer service in UK businesses.
       (195935)
21  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for which firms his Department has agreed bonus payments as part of the privatisation of Royal Mail; and on what criteria such payments were made.
       (195936)
22  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many professional and business services special envoys have been appointed by his Department; and what the remit of those envoys is.
       (195937)
23  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Industrial Strategy Sector Council for Aerospace has met since it was formed.
       (195938)
24  
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms that advised his Department on the privatisation of Royal Mail were awarded a bonus payment.
       (195939)
25 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what category of investor Lansdowne Partners was with regard to the sale of Royal Mail.
       (195611)
26 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many tier 4 visa applications were refused for applicants intending to study at each English university in the last year for which records are available; and what guidance his Department issues to universities on retaining fees paid by students whose applications for such visas are subsequently refused.
       (195655)
27  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Energy and Climate Change about the local socioeconomic effects of the Magnox nuclear sites before the award of the decommissioning contract on 31 March 2014; and if he will make a statement.
       (195775)
28  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department plans to provide to areas affected by changes to the nuclear decommissioning programme following the award of a new contract on 31 March 2014.
       (195776)
29 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) bonuses, (b) additional salary increments and (c) premiums are offered to UK Trade & Investment staff for proficiency in foreign languages; for which foreign languages these are available; what level of financial support is available for each language; and how many staff receive support for each foreign language for which support is offered.
       (195618)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
30 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will rank each English local authority by the (a) percentage and (b) actual change in (i) total and (ii) per capita expenditure on all provisions for young people since 2010.
       (195480)
31 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each local authority in England reported as its (a) budgeted and (b) outturn expenditure on all youth work and provision of activities for young people in each year since 2010.
       (195481)
32 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of young people in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex who have been unemployed for more than 12 months.
       (195485)
33 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged under 25 years in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland have claimed jobseeker's allowance for more than (a) one and (b) two years in each year since 2010.
       (195613)
34 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people in England and Wales identified themselves as (a) British, (b) Scottish and (c) British and Scottish in the 2011 census.
       (195616)
35 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government on how building regulations can contribute to his Department's Building Information Modelling Smart City project.
       (195614)
36  
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on public sector: fraud, if he will publish the independent project review of the Counter Fraud Checking Service when it is completed.
       (195713)
37 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics includes in its estimate of newly-created private sector jobs those which have been reclassified from public to private sector as a result of privatisation or outsourcing.
       (195608)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
38  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's target impairment for student loans is; how that level was decided on; when that target was introduced; what changes there have been to that target since its introduction; and if he will publish regular information on the level of that target.
       (195774)
39  
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the banking crisis of 2008 has cost the public purse to date.
       (195755)
40  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many property purchase transactions were made in each UK nation and region by non-UK residents in each of the last five years.
       (195714)
41 N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long discussions have been ongoing between HM Revenue and Customs, Network Rail and others on the development of new parking facilities at the Customs House site adjacent to Dover Priory railway station.
       (195432)
42 N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs supports in principle the sale of part of the Custom House site adjacent to Dover Priory Railway Station for the development of new parking facilities.
       (195498)
43 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of staff employed by (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) via his Department's sub-contractors are paid an hourly rate that is lower than the living wage in each site of employment in each parliamentary constituency.
       (195542)
44 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider awarding a loan guarantee under the UK Guarantee Scheme to investors in Helius Energy's proposed biomass energy project in Avonmouth due to concerns surrounding the sustainability of biofuels.
       (195658)
45 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people made the maximum allowed contribution to an ISA in each of the last three years; and how many he estimates will do so in each of the next three years as a result of changes announced in the 2014 Budget.
       (195422)
46 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an impact assessment of planned changes to pensions from 2015 as announced in the 2014 Budget.
       (195423)
47 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative analysis he has carried out of the effects of the changes to pensions set out in the 2014 Budget on men and women.
       (195427)
48 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of raising the £325,000 inheritance tax threshold to (a) £1 million and (b) £500,000 in each of the next five financial years.
       (195626)
49 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times failure to pay the minimum wage has been (a) reported, (b) prosecuted and (c) penalised in the maritime sector since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.
       (195429)
50  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has agreed to the Top Level Budget holder in the Ministry of Defence making ex-gratia payments to members of the armed forces wrongly disciplined under AGAI 67 following receipt of a police caution; what estimate he has made of the level of such payments; when such payments are to start; and if he will make a statement.
       (195769)
51  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect was on revenue from top rate income tax of the reduction of the top rate from 60 per cent to 40 per cent in 1988 in the (a) first year and (b) second year following that reduction.
       (195687)
52  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the difference in the most recent forecast capital gains tax revenue for 2013-14 and the forecast made in Budget 2013.
       (195688)
53  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons were for the fall in capital gains tax revenue in 2012-13.
       (195715)
54  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for forecast capital gains tax revenue in 2013-14 being below that of 2011-12.
       (195716)
55 N
Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many copies of the Prime Minister's recent letter concerning new tax cuts for businesses and charities were printed; what the total cost was of printing, distribution and postage in respect of these letters; and from which Vote this expenditure will be taken.
       (195468)
56 N
Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, on previous occasions, the Chancellor of the day has written to taxpayers about new tax cuts; at what cost; and if he will place copies of such correspondence in the Library.
       (195469)
57 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the Prime Minister's Office obtained contact details of the businesses and charities to which he sent a letter about changes to national insurance contributions which took effect from 6 April 2014.
       (195627)
58 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Prime Minister's Office used private companies to distribute to businesses and charities the letter he signed about changes to national insurance contributions which took effect from 6 April 2014.
       (195628)
59 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of sending businesses and charities the letter the Prime Minister signed about changes to national insurance contributions which took effect from 6 April 2014.
       (195629)
60 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to how many businesses the letter from the Prime Minister about the employment allowance was sent; what criteria were used to select those businesses; and how the addresses and other details of the businesses to which the letter was sent were obtained.
       (195622)
61 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost to the public purse was of the letter sent to businesses by the Prime Minister on the employment allowance.
       (195623)
62  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of unresolved cases of mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies.
       (195851)
63  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to resolve unresolved cases of the mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies.
       (195852)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
64 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the mean retirement age of a firefighter was in each of the last 10 years.
       (195475)
65 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters in Rotherham retired before the age of 60 years in each of the last 10 years.
       (195476)
66 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that betting shops are not placed in the same planning use class as cafes, banks and public houses.
       (195298)
67 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on local authorities when the single tier state pension is introduced in 2016-17 and local authorities no longer receive a national insurance rebate from the contracting out of pensions.
       (194998)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
68 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to follow the model used for the restriction of the resale of football match tickets for other live events.
       (194233)
69 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action his Department is taking to prevent the resale of event tickets on the internet at a significant increase to their original face value.
       (194271)
70 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 718W, on public expenditure, what the projected spending is by his Department in 2015-16 by functional flows to categories other than those specified in the Answer, disaggregating (a) grant-in-aid, (b) Lottery, (c) capital and (d) current expenditure.
       (195495)
71 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 718W, on public expenditure, under which category Heritage Lottery Fund monies have been shown.
       (195496)
72 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Gambling Commission on the independence of the research programme of the Responsible Gambling Trust.
       (195493)
73 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Responsible Gambling Trust on funding for research into fixed odds betting terminals.
       (195494)
74  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the delay in debating the draft Council Regulation on the European Citizens Programme on funding for civil society organisations in UK planning (a) events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War and (b) other events; what the timescale for implementation and release of monies under the Programme is; and if he will make a statement.
       (195810)
75 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of mobile internet services on the rural economy.
       (195500)
76 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effect of mobile network outages.
       (195501)
77 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with mobile network operators on reform of the electronic communications code; and if he will make a statement.
       (195502)
78  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it a condition of the award of a licence for a lottery that financial details of people playing that lottery should not be sold to third parties.
       (195742)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
79  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that RAF medics are placed on the same pay band as their equivalents in the Army and Navy.
       (195684)
80  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff from the US Departments of (a) Energy and (b) Defense are currently on secondment to the AWE facilities at (i) Aldermaston and (ii) Burghfield.
       (195905)
81  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for renewing the 1958 Agreement between the UK and US for Co-operation in the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes; whether he will lay the draft renewed agreement before Parliament; and what role the British Embassy in Washington DC will play in the renewal.
       (195941)
82  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff from (a) his Department and (b) the Atomic Weapons Establishment are on secondment to an institution in the United States involved in nuclear weapons development or nuclear warhead stockpile, stewardship, stability and safety research.
       (195942)
83 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) aggravated assaults against members of the armed forces and (b) times members of the armed forces were discriminated against in bars, restaurants and hotels in each year since 2003.
       (195653)
84  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information is held on the value of the residual estates of service men and women killed in action who were not married at the time of their death.
       (195777)
85  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints have been received following armed forces personnel being disciplined after receiving a police caution; and if he will make a statement.
       (195707)
86  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 182W, on Defence Infrastructure Organisation, whether there are any covenants on the use of DIO Ashcurch; and if he will make a statement.
       (195744)
87  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to contact members of the armed forces wrongly disciplined in addition to receiving a police caution; and if he will make a statement.
       (195811)
88  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first became aware that they had been wrongly allowing armed forces personnel to be subjected to a double punishment under (a) AGA167 and (b) summary hearings; and if he will make a statement.
       (195812)
89  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior members of each branch of the armed forces missed a promotion following the receipt of a police caution in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; and if he will make a statement.
       (195813)
90 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to promote the commercialisation of scientific and technological research by his Department and its agencies.
       (195656)
91 N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's notice 2014DIN01-021, Revision of cost-of-living addition salary bands.
       (195471)
92 N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's notice 2014DIN01-032, Increase in the rate of excess fares allowance from 6 April 2014.
       (195479)
93  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to transfer the maintenance of graves of military personnel who have died since 1945 from his Department to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
       (195886)
94  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to encourage full-time regular soldiers to join the reserves after they leave the Army.
       (195899)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
95 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will rank each English local authority by the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary free schools to have received approval; and what this represents as a proportion of the estimated school-age population.
       (195442)
96 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has in place to support children's centres that wish to move towards a co-operative model following their proposed closure.
       (195433)
97 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide funding for the transition of children's centres to new structures.
       (195434)
98 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to develop the capacity and knowledge of parents and staff who volunteer to take on the running of their children's centre.
       (195474)
99  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Department of Health on joint working to produce best practice guidance for education and health professionals to ensure that children with cerebral palsy have their needs identified and supported.
       (195704)
100  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the quality of early years education support for children diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
       (195705)
101 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contractual arrangements his Department has with Professor Julian Le Grand; and how much he has been paid.
       (195602)
102 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on the Social Work Practice pilots; and which local authorities are taking part in those pilots.
       (195603)
103 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether recommendations from the Independent Experts Panel on Serious Case Reviews to Local Safeguarding Children's Boards are advisory.
       (195604)
104 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments have instituted the role of Principal Social Worker; and how many people each such department employs.
       (195605)
105 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities are involved in investigations of historic abuse by Jimmy Savile; and when he expects the resulting reports to be published.
       (195606)
106 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the school exclusions pilot on pupils with autism.
       (195295)
107 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential role of the local offer in reducing the number of pupils with autism affected by official and unofficial exclusion.
       (195296)
108 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the national curriculum to require the teaching of water safety in schools.
       (195297)
109  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 556W, on children in care, if he will publish the list of local authorities which provided information on virtual school head teachers.
       (195781)
110  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 787-8W, on pupil exclusions: autism, how much funding is allocated specifically to exclusion advisers.
       (195809)
111  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the DSM-5 diagnosis method for autism.
       (195762)
112  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the additional financial contributions made by parents to top up care for children with statements of special educational need.
       (195754)
113 N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools construction, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's non-firm, estimated dates for the start and finish of construction for each PSBP school.
       (195610)
114 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) mothers and (b) fathers with children under two years of age in each of the pilot areas have taken up subsidised relationship support between April 2012 and March 2014; whether this support was face-to-face or online; how much the support cost parents; what the subsidy cost the Government; how much of the £1 million funding has been used; and if he will break down the costs of the scheme by subheading.
       (195439)
115 N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on career colleges.
       (903663)
116 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed 17.5 per cent reduction in funding for full-time education on 18 year olds from ethnic minorities who (a) have poor prior attainment and (b) speak English as an additional language.
       (195478)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
117  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 81W, on solar power, whether he plans to make changes to the 250-5MW FiT band for the purpose of encouraging greater deployment of mid-size rooftop solar PV.
       (195700)
118  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 81W, on solar power, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the solar industry regarding changes to the 250-5MW FiT band for the purpose of encouraging greater deployment of mid-size rooftop solar PV.
       (195701)
119 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been disbursed to Ombudsman Services for work relating to the Green Deal in each month since January 2013; and how many complaints relating to the Green Deal have been processed by Ombudsman Services over the same period.
       (195420)
120 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 impact of capacity contracted under the Supplemental Balancing Reserve to the Loss of Load Expectation in the winter of (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
       (195421)
121 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions and on what dates he has met National Grid to discuss the Supplemental Balancing Reserve in each month since January 2013.
       (195470)
122  
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons he deleted Question 10 in the current consultation exercise on the reductions in the size of the Energy Company Obligation; and what his policy is on the Obligation and its size after March 2017.
       (195736)
123  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Administration Court decision in the case CO/6036/2013, Halite Energy Group Limited v The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
       (195951)
124  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the commerical and procurement capability of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; and what steps have been taken to assist the authority in the development of its capability in this area of operations.
       (195763)
125  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support his Department has given to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for its commercial and procurement capability; and what assessment he has made of that capability.
       (195765)
126  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) highest bonus, (b) number of bonuses and (c) average bonus is that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority plans to pay to employees in 2014.
       (195766)
127  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) highest bonus, (b) number of bonuses and (c) average bonus payments was that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority paid to employees in 2013.
       (195767)
128  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has paid in severance payments and associated pension contributions to employees since May 2010; how many such severance payments there have been; and what the average length of service in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority was of those receiving payments.
       (195768)
129  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the estimated value of the contract of Dounreay Site Restoration was at the time of the award in April 2012; what the estimated savings to the public purse were; what the estimated value of the contract is to date; and what the estimated savings to the public purse are to date.
       (195770)
130  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority made of the performance on previous and existing Nuclear Decommissioning Authority programmes when awarding ownership of shares in Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd on 31 March 2014.
       (195948)
131  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what oversight mechanisms his Department had in place of bid evaluations of the contract to award ownership of shares in Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd on 31 March 2014; and if he will make a statement.
       (195949)
132  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the underlying calculations were for the statement by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority that £1billion would be saved from awarding ownership of shares in Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd on 31 March 2014.
       (195950)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
133 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to protect the UK's honeybee population.
       (195672)
134 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy of the findings of the European Commission's Epilobee Study, published on 2 April 2014; and if he will make a statement.
       (195673)
135 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies the Government has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on the effects of pesticides on honeybee mortality.
       (195674)
136  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to ask the Independent Expert Panel which recently reported on the first year of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire to report on the second year of such culls.
       (195731)
137  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the ongoing monitoring of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire is independently scientifically evaluated.
       (195732)
138  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the ongoing monitoring of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire will be independent and (b) their effectiveness, humaneness and safety is based on rigorous scientific methodology.
       (195733)
139  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer 194164, how many civil servants in his Department of what grade spent some or all of their time working on the Hunting Act 2004 or matters relating to it in each year since 2010.
       (195782)
140  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the additional £5 million for tackling waste crime announced in the budget statement will reduce in the planned workforce and associated workload in the enforcement and legal department of the Environment Agency.
       (195783)
141  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's biodiversity offsetting schemes, what spatial constraints will be placed on the location of such schemes.
       (195680)
142  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings he has had with the Mayor of London on air quality.
       (195708)
143  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which key delivery partners his Department has met to inform a second consultation on local air quality management as mentioned in the Local Air Quality Management in England: Review-Summary of Responses and Government Reply.
       (195709)
144  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many monitoring stations were in place and returning air quality data for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10 in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
       (195710)
145  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has adopted a formal position on the EU air package; and if he will make a statement.
       (195711)
146  
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which air quality monitoring stations went off-line in each year since 2010-11; and on what dates they were off-line.
       (195712)
147  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of consumer confidence in the authenticity of British food.
       (195908)
148  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the desirability of separating responsibility for food safety policy and responsibility for food standards policy in England between the Food Standards Agency and his Department.
       (195910)
149  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the food industry about its compliance with food-related legislation.
       (195911)
150  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that householders may choose a conventional or analogue water meter instead of a wireless smart water meter where their water supplier is rolling out water metering; and if he will make a statement.
       (195780)
151  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts in (a) Malta, (b) Cyprus and (c) Greece about measures to reduce the killing of songbirds.
       (195897)
152  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value to the economy of venison production and sales in each of the last three years; and what steps he is taking to increase production and sale of venison.
       (195898)
153  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to protect each of the 26 species of bee that are under threat in the UK.
       (195900)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
154 N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has asked President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka to resign as Chairperson in Office of the Commonwealth in the light of the decision to investigate potential human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
       (195541)
155 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) male and (b) female (i) HM Ambassadors and (ii) High Commissioners there are from each region of the UK.
       (195617)
156 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the gender balance is of his Department's management board and its sub-committees.
       (195624)
157 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what specific steps the UK has taken to encourage more opposition groups to join the Syrian National Coalition.
       (195625)
158 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Syrian National Coalition.
       (195641)
159 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of his meeting with his Egyptian counterpart on 2 April 2014; and when the next meeting is planned.
       (195383)
160 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the commercialisation of scientific and technical research undertaken by GCHQ.
       (195657)
161  
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has made any assessment of the appointment of former Senator Daniel Filmus as head of the Malvinas Secretariat in Argentina.
       (195824)
162  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to assist in the return of occupied Ukranian government buildings to the Ukranian government.
       (195734)
163  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had about the British Indian Ocean Territory resettlement feasibility study.
       (195738)
164  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Russian annexation of Crimea on the Moldovan government's commitment to signing an Association Agreement with the EU.
       (195756)
165  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Laos about the persecution of Christians in that country.
       (195902)
166  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to draw attention to the persecution of Christians in Vietnam; and what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Vietnam on that matter.
       (195903)
167  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will call for the immediate release of the seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Iran since 14 May 2008.
       (195836)
168 N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of persecution of Christians in North Korea; what steps he is taking within the international community to address that issue; and if he will make a statement.
       (195499)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
169 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what total costs his Department incurred in relation to the Government's claim against Reckitt Benckiser in connection with the supply of Gaviscon to the NHS in England; what sums his Department will receive or has received in settlement of its claim against Reckitt Benckiser as announced on 28 February 2014; and what proportion of the sums to be received from Reckitt Benckiser relate to the costs incurred by his Department in bringing that claim.
       (195441)
170 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the UK receiving long-term care after a bone marrow transplant; and what assessment he has made of variations in the number of such patients across regions.
       (195435)
171 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of GP practices which have a premium or 0845 telephone number to book appointments.
       (195497)
172 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific targets relating to portion size companies which are signed up to the calorie reduction pledge of the Responsibility Deal have agreed to; and what progress they have made in achieving those targets.
       (195540)
173 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to generalise BRCA 1/2 gen testing in England and Wales; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that policy in Scotland.
       (195436)
174 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of missed appointments in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in the last 12 months.
       (195492)
175  
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the current transitional funding arrangements for children's hospices to support the sector during the change to the per-patient funding system for children's hospices beyond 2015.
       (195773)
176  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have been diagnosed via a telephone appointment with their GP in each of the last three years; and how many such diagnoses have (a) resulted in sending a prescription without a face-to-face appointment and (b) needed a face-to-face appointment at a later date.
       (195686)
177  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to clarify the responsibilities of health services in ensuring the early clinical and educational intervention for children under two with cerebral palsy.
       (195853)
178  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to clarify the responsibilities of health services in the identification of cerebral palsy in children under two years.
       (195854)
179  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patient records from private healthcare providers will be extracted as part of care.data.
       (195850)
180  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on a clinical guideline for cerebral palsy.
       (195702)
181  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what early screening protocols by specialist services and paediatricians are in place for children diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
       (195703)
182  
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the new payment framework for maternity care in England; and what steps he has taken to ensure that this process provides sufficient income to providers to deliver his Department's objectives.
       (195771)
183  
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the tariff setting process for maternity services is sufficient to fund safe staffing levels in maternity units in England.
       (195772)
184  
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on providing consultant support in Leicester for people with muscular dystrophy and neuromuscular conditions; and if he will make a statement.
       (195682)
185 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the Data Access Advisory Group's register of approved applications for sensitive data made to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) contains entries which are missing from the HSCIC's overall register of approved data releases.
       (195659)
186 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who would be responsible for informing patients that their confidential medical data had been released without a legal basis.
       (195677)
187 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the approved application for sensitive data made by the Cabinet Office to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Data Access Advisory Group (DAAG), Application Reference OC/HES/030, does not appear in (a) the DAAG meeting minutes and (b) HSCIC's register of approved data releases; what data was requested in that application; and how the decision to approve the data release was made.
       (195678)
188  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of deaths caused by adverse reactions to prescribed drugs in each of the last four years.
       (195685)
189 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) families, (b) mothers and (c) fathers have used CANParent vouchers during the time of the pilot project, broken down by provider; whether any of the parenting classes providers in each of the pilot areas continue to offer either free or paid-for parenting classes; what funding the Department has allocated to CANParent in the next (i) financial year and (ii) parliament; how much was spent on the scheme, broken down by subheading; what plans the Government has for the national rollout of the scheme referred to in the launch of the trial; and when the final evaluation of the CANParent trial will be published.
       (195437)
190 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of new parents have signed up to the NHS Information Service for Parents; how many people have accessed the specially-commissioned videos online to support the scheme since its introduction; what the annual budget is for the NHS Information Service for Parents; and what plans his Department has for the scheme in the next financial year and into the next parliament.
       (195438)
191 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from (a) the European Economic Area outside the UK and (b) other overseas countries registered as a nurse in the NHS in each of the last five years.
       (195477)
192  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's reported entitled, Hope for more: Improving access to lung transplantation and care for people with cystic fibrosis in respect of the donor lung utilisation rate for transplantation; what measures his Department has identified as having the greatest potential to increased utilisation; and if he will make a statement.
       (195888)
193  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the psychological support available to people with cystic fibrosis after lung transplantation.
       (195889)
194  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the current arrangements for donor lung allocation for people with cystic fibrosis.
       (195890)
195  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set in the assurance and planning process for cancer services and care.
       (195757)
196  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to support NHS staff to deliver an improved experience of care for cancer patients.
       (195758)
197  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) cost and (b) savings to (i) the NHS and (ii) local authorities of supporting more people to die in their preferred place.
       (195759)
198  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on whether drinking milk reduces the development of arthritis.
       (195891)
199  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on whether the genetic transmission of illness from parent to child can be prevented by medication.
       (195894)
200  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations for heart transplants have involved the use of genetically modified organs from (a) pigs and (b) cattle in each of the last three years.
       (195895)
201  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average life expectancy is of people into whom genetically modified organs from (a) pigs and (b) cattle are transplanted.
       (195896)
202  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of scarlet fever have been recorded in each of the last five years.
       (195901)
203 N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Vision for Radiotherapy 2014-24, published by Cancer Research UK and NHS England on 3 March 2014; and if he will make a statement.
       (195539)
204 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding of dental visits to schools and Sure Start centres to promote dental awareness.
       (195405)
205 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage reductions in dental decay in young children.
       (195528)
206 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to home visits for frail dental patients.
       (195529)
207 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on replacement of the 2006 Units of Dental Activity dental contract.
       (195530)
208 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care dental services contracts have been secured by UK providers in each of the last four years.
       (195531)
209 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has considered potential alternative sources of funding for additional NHS dental services.
       (195532)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
210  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to allow the most vulnerable Syrian refugees to come to Britain.
       (195778)
211 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons premises in Wales have not been included in the extension of licensing hours during the FIFA World Cup.
       (195384)
212 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include premises in Wales in the extension of licensing hours during FIFA World Cup matches.
       (195385)
213 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of individuals held at HM Prison The Verne solely for immigration purposes as part of the quarterly immigration statistics.
       (195428)
214  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, columns 615-6W, on proceeds of crime, what UK law enforcement agencies do with money frozen at the request of jurisdiction overseas; and how much has been frozen since 2008-09.
       (195841)
215 N
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles have been seized by police officers as a result of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency classification database errors since July 2013.
       (195535)
216 N
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seized vehicles have been released by police officers as a result of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency correction of database errors since July 2013.
       (195537)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
217 N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to Stepping up a gear for girls and women: updates to the Department for International Development's Strategic Vision for Girls and Women, what steps she is taking to promote girls and women as leaders in politics, peace processes, business and public life, and as active citizens with a voice in society; and if she will make a statement.
       (195590)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
218  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received from organisations concerned about the inclusion of books in the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect the inclusion of books in that scheme will have on prisoner rehabilitation.
       (195779)
219 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners borrowed books from (a) HM Prison Belmarsh and (b) HM Prison Brixton in (i) January and (ii) February 2014; and what proportion of the prison population in each prison this represents.
       (195425)
220 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons withhold books from prisoners when they first arrive; and for what reasons such books are so withheld.
       (195609)
221 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements he has put in place to inform victims of crime of the date when perpetrators of crime against them will be released from prison.
       (195652)
222 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of victims of crime who suffer from mental health problems in each of the last five years.
       (195654)
223  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sexual Assault Referral Centres in supporting victims of crime.
       (195944)
224 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons were operating below the (a) benchmark and (b) baseline staffing level in (i) December 2013, (ii) January, (iii) February and (iv) March 2014.
       (195527)
225 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) items of post were received by prisoners and (b) items of contraband was found in prisoners' post in each of the last four years.
       (195533)
226 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what types of contraband were found in items of post received by prisoners in each of the last four years.
       (195534)
227 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have libraries; and which organisations (a) run and (b) fund each such library.
       (195640)
228 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget was for prison libraries (a) in total and (b) for each prison in each of the last four years.
       (195675)
229  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long it took to merge Avon and Somerset Probation Services.
       (195830)
230  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the assessment and allocation tools to be used by probation staff in England and Wales from 1 April 2014 have been finalised.
       (195831)
231  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether sickness rates in probation trusts in England and Wales have risen since January 2013.
       (195832)
232  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the payment by results pilot in HMP Doncaster has been terminated.
       (195833)
233  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when supervision of prisoners on release serving less than 12 months will begin in England and Wales.
       (195834)
234 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) first-tier and (b) upper-tier tax tribunal (i) judges and (ii) expert panel members there were as of April 2014; for how many days (A) first-tier and (B) upper-tier tax tribunal panel members sat in 2013-14; and how much was paid to tax tribunal panel members in 2013-14.
       (195472)
235  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of changes to the number of fast delivery reports to magistrates' courts in England and Wales after the introduction of the Transforming Rehabilitation Agenda.
       (195847)
236  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the National Probation Service will be responsible for the provision of court reports after the introduction of the Transforming Rehabilitation Agenda in England and Wales.
       (195848)
237  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what resources he will make available for interviews between a prisoner and a probation officer to allocate the case to the National Probation Service or a Community Rehabilitation Company after a sentence of imprisonment after the introduction of the Transforming Rehabilitation Agenda in England and Wales.
       (195849)
238  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bids to the Legal Services Commission for a contract to provide publicly-funded immigration services were rejected as incomplete in the 2010 tender round.
       (195843)
239  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Legal Aid Agency first informed Aman Solicitors that its bid was successful for a contract to provide publicly-funded immigration services in Luton in the 2010 tender round.
       (195844)
240  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which firm had its award of a contract to provide publicly-funded immigration services withdrawn in the 2010 tender round.
       (195845)
241  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) asylum and (b) non-asylum New Matter Starts were awarded to the firm that had its award of a contract withdrawn in August 2010.
       (195846)
242 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether police reports to coroners' inquests are available to the connected parties; what the cost is of supplying such reports; and if he will make a statement.
       (195543)
243  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been convicted of child sex offences in each of the last three years.
       (195892)
244  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been charged with child sex offences but not convicted in each of the last three years.
       (195893)
245  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase sentences for shoplifting.
       (195904)
246 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to have concluded his consideration of whether to grant legal aid to the family of Cherry Groce for their representations at the inquest into her death.
       (195619)
247 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will grant the request by the family of Cherry Groce for legal aid for their representations at the inquest into her death; and if he will make a statement.
       (195620)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
248 N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people of pensionable age there were in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland at the most recent date for which figures are available.
       (195612)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
249  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many staff were employed by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) at its London headquarters on 1 June 2010; and of those employees how many are currently employed by IPSA.
       (195887)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
250 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 411W, on transport: schools, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils took part in Bikeability cycle training in each year since 2005.
       (195440)
251 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-registered cars received a parking penalty charge in each year since 2010; how many parking penalty charges for foreign-registered vehicles went unpaid in each year; and what the value was of these unpaid parking charges.
       (195473)
252  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to accept Army Personnel Centre records of driver qualifications as proof of army personnel having passed driving tests.
       (195683)
253 N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on efforts to improve the frequency of services by Cross Country trains between Peterborough and Stansted Airport; and if he will make a statement.
       (195424)
254 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) local authorities and (b) hon. Members in Lancashire on rolling stock in Lancashire.
       (195651)
255  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the capacity utilisation on trains out of Euston between 6.30am and 9.00am on a weekday morning was in the latest period for which figures are available.
       (195752)
256  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of outstanding property development proposals on Network Rail land is.
       (195952)
257  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff Network Rail employed (a) in the last year for which figures are available and (b) in 2010-11.
       (195953)
258 N
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been crushed as a result of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database errors since July 2013.
       (195536)
259 N
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will request the Driving Standards Agency and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to waive charges arising from car seizures as a result of database classification errors.
       (195538)
260  
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect changes to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency vision testing contract will have on independent optical practices.
       (195706)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
261 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many times gender discrimination in the maritime sector has been (a) reported to the Equal Opportunities Commission, (b) prosecuted and (c) penalised under the Equality Act 2010 since the Act came into force.
       (195430)
262 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department of the results of publicly-funded research into gender differences in brain development and functioning.
       (195615)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
263 N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of personal independence payment claimants in Ochil and South Perthshire constituency who waited for more than six months for a home medical assessment.
       (195607)
264  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any jobseeker's allowance claimant was sanctioned for not signing on Christmas Day.
       (195943)
265  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is when a claimant's regular signing on date date falls on a bank holiday.
       (195945)
266  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to Jobcentre Plus on giving written appointment cards to claimants with details of future appointments.
       (195946)
267  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were sanctioned for failure to attend an appointment between (a) April 2012 and April 2013 and (b) April 2013 and April 2014.
       (195947)
268 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that jobs advertised on Universal Jobmatch do not breach his Department's terms and conditions.
       (195431)
269 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which suppliers his Department has contracted for the delivery of his Sorting Out Separation Web Application; and how much was awarded under each contract.
       (195621)
270  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish his Department's risk assessment of the transfer of his Department's contract with Atos Healthcare for provision of work capability assessments to a new provider; and what steps he is taking to mitigate the risks identified in that assessment.
       (195735)
271  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure the effectiveness of the Sorting Out Separation Web app in providing constructive support to assist collaboration for longer-term separated parents in response to the evaluation commissioned by his Department which indicated that the Web app had little relevance or use for this group.
       (195737)
272  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on his Department's child maintenance arrears and compliance strategy for 2012 to 2017; and if he will make a statement.
       (195739)
273  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) timetable and (b) process will be under which debt suspension in older Child Support Agency (CSA) cases will be reviewed during the forthcoming CSA case closure process; and what process will be put in place to enable the participation of the parents in that process.
       (195740)
274  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 56-7W, on Atos, how many Atos Healthcare staff currently carrying out work capability assessments are expected to carry out personal independence payment assessments in future; and if he will make a statement.
       (195741)
275  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 56-7W, on Atos, whether Atos Healthcare will continue to carry out assessments for industrial injuries disablement benefits; and if he will make a statement.
       (195743)
276  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts are held by his Department with Atos Healthcare for the provision of medical and health-related assessments.
       (195784)
277  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the transitional arrangements put in place by Atos Healthcare following the termination of his Department's contract with that company for the provision of work capability assessments.
       (195785)
278 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Government has had with the government of Russia on the failure of certain Russian companies to fulfil their obligations in relation to pension payments to UK citizens following those companies acquiring the assets of UK businesses.
       (195639)
279 N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the minimum income per annum required during an individual's working life to prevent the need to claim means-tested benefits in retirement.
       (195426)
280 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much personal budget his Department allocated to each Remploy worker.
       (195642)
281 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the funding available for Remploy worker personal budgets has been allocated and used by individuals.
       (195643)
282  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Capita on the need to seek evidence from health and social care professionals in progressing personal independence payment assessments.
       (195825)
283  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings he has had with organisations (a) from the advice sector and (b) representing people with disabilities on the performance of Capita in introducing personal independence payments.
       (195826)
284  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will introduce a seven day deadline for the processing of personal independence payments for the terminally ill.
       (195827)
285  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the early operational performance of each private sector company providing personal independence payments assessments.
       (195828)
286  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum length of time taken to process an application for personal independence payments has been since the introduction of that payment.
       (195829)
287  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to personal independence payment providers on calling in clients for personal independence payment assessments who are terminally ill.
       (195866)
288  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Capita personal independence payment assessments have involved people who were mentally ill since the introduction of that assessment.
       (195867)
289  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of Capita on the delivery of personal independence payments for those who are terminally ill.
       (195868)
290  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued on the amount of time to be taken for an individual to be assessed for a personal independence payment.
       (195869)
291  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of Capita in the delivery of personal independence payments in Wales.
       (195870)
292  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken was for personal independence payments to be made in Wales in each month for which data are available.
       (195871)
293  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the quality of feedback to hon. Members by (a) his Department and (b) private sector providers when they raise constituents' concerns about personal independence payments.
       (195872)
294  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new personal independence payment claims were submitted by December 2013; and how many decisions have been made on those claims.
       (195873)
295  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the savings to the public purse from the personal independence payment programme; and what assessment he has made of the long-term risks to that programme.
       (195874)
296  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the administration costs are, per claimant, of (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments.
       (195875)
297  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what outstanding commercial risks that might affect operational security his Department has identified in its relationship with contracted assessment providers.
       (195876)
298  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what tests his Department has made on its operating assumption across the whole claims process to identify future bottlenecks.
       (195877)
299  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has tested (a) assessment providers' and (b) departmental plans for dealing with backlogs and high numbers of assessments.
       (195878)
300  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the National Audit Office's conclusion in its report on personal independence payments: early progress that his Department has increased the risk that the personal independence payment programme will not deliver value for money in the longer term.
       (195879)
301  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to inform claimants about delays they may experience while plans to improve performance of personal independence payment take effect.
       (195880)
302  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department made of Capita's ability to handle large numbers of personal independence payment (PIP) claims before award of the PIP contract.
       (195881)
303  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has held back from payments to Capita because of poor performance on personal independence payment assessments.
       (195882)
304  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the contract for the introduction of personal independence payment included targets for the (a) proportion of assessments to be conducted face to face and (b) average length of time for each assessment.
       (195883)
305  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment assessments were face to face in each month for which information is available.
       (195884)
306  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants faced travel times to assessments greater than 60 minutes; and what proportion of those claimants were mentally ill.
       (195885)
307  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time was taken to process personal independence payments applications and DS1500s for clients who were terminally ill in Wales in the last year.
       (195940)
308  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of need in rural communities for discretionary housing payments beyond 2014-15.
       (195835)
309  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to continue discretionary housing payments for rural communities beyond 2014-15.
       (195837)
310  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what criteria he is distributing the additional £5 million discretionary housing payment for the least densely-populated areas announced on 30 July 2013.
       (195839)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
311 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that more women are able to take up senior positions in engineering businesses.
   [Question Unstarred]   (903652)
312 N
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of migration on UK businesses which require highly-skilled employees.
   [Question Unstarred]   (903672)
313  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce financial support for individuals who have worked previously but do not qualify for statutory paternity leave and pay because they have recently started in their new position.
   [Transferred]   (195838)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
314  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who would lead on negotiations with the Scottish Government in the event of a Yes vote in the Scottish referendum.
   [Transferred]   (195808)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
315  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the prevalence of food fraud in restaurants and food outlets.
   [Transferred]   (195906)
316  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve co-ordination on food standards enforcement across local authority areas.
   [Transferred]   (195907)
317  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to promote best practice in food standards enforcement across the UK.
   [Transferred]   (195909)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
318 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the communiqué of the internet safety summit at Downing Street, published on 18 November 2013, what progress has been made by internet companies on ensuring that child abuse images are not returned following search engine requests.
   [Transferred]   (195676)
319  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Crown Prosecution Service conviction rate was in cases of homicide involving (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more defendants in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]   (195840)
           

Prepared 10th April 2014