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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 1 May 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Thursday 1 May 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Thursday 1 May 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 1 May  
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to put in place an inspection regime for the quality of education at private further education colleges.
      (196977)
2  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for further education was in 2005-06.
      (197009)
3 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the stabilisation period in respect of the privatisation of Royal Mail, as detailed in the engagement letter between his Department and the underwriting banks, ends; and how that period has been defined.
      (196951)
4 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many workplaces employ apprentices in each (a) region and (b) parliamentary constituency.
      (196849)
5  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage more women to franchise their businesses.
      (197026)
6  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new businesses have been registered in Swindon since 2010.
      (197030)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
7 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change in the percentage of working age population employed by the public sector was in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland between 2012 and 2013.
      (196862)
8 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish copies of the correspondence sent by his Department to other government departments requesting that they review the check-off system for union subscriptions.
      (196853)
9 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department requested that government departments review the check-off system for union subscriptions.
      (196913)
10  
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are (a) employed on zero-hours contracts and (b) paid at a rate below that defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage in Warrington North constituency.
      (197165)
11 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to require companies running public services to become more transparent about their performance and financial data and be subject to Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a statement.
      (196854)
12 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ensure that public sector, in-house, social enterprise and not-for-profit provision are given full consideration before public services are contracted out to the private sector; and if he will make a statement.
      (196855)
13 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men employed on zero-hours contracts in the UK.
      (196923)
14  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average time taken to process applications for redundancy payment is through My Civil Service Pension; and what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken.
      (197038)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
15  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Office of Tax Simplification.
      (197027)
16 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the level and practice of undeclared costings charged by financial institutions to private investors on open-ended investment trusts and other products.
      (196864)
17 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the government of the Irish Republic currently owes the UK; and when he expects the amount outstanding to be repaid in full.
      (196865)
18 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in income tax relief was added to the personal pensions of higher rate taxpayers in 2013-14.
      (196866)
19  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have declared income on their income tax returns from (a) rent from a residential property, (b) rent from a furnished holiday letting, (c) rent from commercial properties and (d) income under the Rent a Room Scheme in the last tax year.
      (196979)
20 N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to incentivise the sale of alcohol-free beers and ciders.
      (196848)
21 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of employees hired under the Employment Allowance Scheme are (a) employed on zero-hours contracts and (b) paid below the living wage as set by the Living Wage Foundation.
      (196856)
22  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is giving to credit unions to help extend access to fair credit.
      (197059)
23  
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Tax Credit Error and Fraud Adding Capacity trial involving the private company Transactis in 2013.
      (197122)
24  
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the business case for the outsourcing of compliance checks on tax credits claims.
      (197123)
25  
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Revenue and Customs will share the evaluation of the Tax Credit Error and Fraud Adding Capacity trial with recognised trade unions.
      (197124)
26  
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by HM Revenue and Customs on preparatory work for the outsourcing of Tax Credit Error and Fraud Adding Capacity to date.
      (197125)
27  
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the PCS Union on the future of HM Revenue and Customs Debt Management and Banking operations.
      (196985)
28  
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to privatise HM Revenue and Customs Debt Management and Banking operations; and if he will make a statement.
      (196986)
29  
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) London, (b) Hounslow Borough and (c) Brentford and Isleworth constituency, will benefit from the Government's tax free childcare policy.
      (197018)
30 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in HM Revenue and Customs' National Minimum Wage team were monitoring Scotland in each year from 2010 to 2014.
      (196927)
31 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with banks about the closure of branches; and if he will make a statement.
      (196915)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
32  
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the draft National Pollinator Strategy as it relates to planning.
      (197034)
33 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to publish data on (a) women's homelessness, (b) the number of women who become homeless in a reporting period and (c) the length of their homelessness.
      (196818)
34 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent and tackle women's homelessness.
      (196820)
35  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households are housed by local authorities in the private rented sector on (a) two year long contracts, (b) three year long contracts and (c) contracts longer than three years.
      (197126)
36  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been received by the Housing Ombudsman service in the latest year for which figures are available.
      (197131)
37  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) improvement notices in accordance with section 11, (b) prohibition orders in accordance with section 20, (c) hazard awareness notices in accordance with section 28 and (d) emergency remedial actions under section 40 or emergency prohibition orders under section 43 of the Housing Act 2004 have been issued by local authorities in England following the discovery of a category 1 hazard during a housing health and safety rating system inspection in the private rented sector in the last year.
      (197159)
38  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in the private rented sector were evicted under section 8 of the Housing Act 2004 in the last year for which figures are available.
      (197160)
39  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenancy relations officers are currently employed by each local authority.
      (197199)
40  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many environmental health officers are currently employed by each local authority.
      (197200)
41  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many landlords have been prosecuted in England for (a) illegal evictions and (b) harassment in the latest three years for which figures are available.
      (197201)
42 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much financial support his Department provided to Show Racism the Red Card in each of the last three years; and what controls are in place to prevent the use of such monies for party political campaigning.
      (196797)
43  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the (a) fairness and (b) viability of reforming the firefighters' pension scheme allow members to retire on the basis of length of service rather than age.
      (107177)
44  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has (a) discussed with and (b) received any representations from the Fire Brigades Union regarding the adoption of a firefighters' pension scheme which would allow members to retire on the basis of length of service rather than age.
      (107178)
45 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in his Department have been employed on zero-hour contracts in each of the last two years.
      (196956)
46 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the spending power is for (a) Wokingham Council and (b) Newcastle upon Tyne City Council in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
      (196704)
47  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce the allocation of additional support to local authorities in England to support corporate counter-fraud activity.
      (197204)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
48 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to improve broadband coverage in rural areas.
      (903806)
49  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints the Advertising Standards Authority has received about letting agencies failing to advertise their fees since November 2013.
      (197128)
50 N
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects of betting shops located in areas with high levels of deprivation on those areas.
      (903815)
51 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment he has made of high speed broadband coverage between (a) Northamptonshire and other counties and (b) the UK and other EU nations.
      (196919)
52  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department are employed on zero-hours contracts.
      (107180)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
53  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many berths are assigned to Royal Marines on board the (a) Queen Elizabeth Carriers, (b) Type 45 and (c) Type 26.
      (197060)
54  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the dimensions will be of the cargo lifts on the (a) Queen Elizabeth Class carriers and (b) Type 26 Global Combat Ships.
      (197132)
55  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the long-term future of the Puma helicopter; and if he will make a statement.
      (197133)
56  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on the ability of former services personnel to reintegrate into civilian life.
      (196990)
57  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who authorises the public release of photographs of aircraft that are intercepted during Quick Reaction Alert flights.
      (197166)
58  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) photographs have been taken of intercepted aircraft on Quick Reaction Alert flights and (b) such photographs have been released to the public in each of the last three years.
      (197167)
59  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration his Department gave to procuring the Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing System with Collision Warning software for installation on the Tornado aircraft.
      (197168)
60  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by whom the decision was taken not to proceed from the Technology Demonstrator Phase of the EASAMS collision warning system to Full Development and Production; and whether that decision was reflected in the relevant platform risk registers.
      (197169)
61  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what satellites currently use facilities at West Freugh for data transmission.
      (197170)
62  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Skynet 5 satellites can use facilities at West Freugh for data transmission.
      (197171)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
63  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 348W, on Colombia, which representatives of Colombian trades unions he met during his visit to Colombia in February 2014.
      (197173)
64  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral Answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 348W, on Colombia, what discussions he held with (a) business, (b) government and (c) civil society representatives regarding the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Action Plan on Business and Human Rights during his visit to Colombia in February 2014.
      (197174)
65  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 692W, on Colombia, which representatives of non-governmental organisations accompanied him on his visit to Colombia in February 2014.
      (197202)
66  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 692W, on Colombia, which individuals accompanied him in an official capacity during his visit to Colombia in February 2014.
      (197203)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
67  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues on what criteria schools should use when deciding whether to employ an individual who does not possess a formal teaching qualification as a teacher.
      (197035)
68  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 9 April 2014, Official Report, column 1417WS, on qualifications reform, and the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on in vitro fertilisation, whether the study of the human genome as part of the revised content for GCSEs in science will involve pupils learning that genomic DNA is only found in the cell nucleus and that mitochondrial DNA is not part of the genome.
      (197055)
69  
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) managerial, (b) teaching and (c) clerical staff in schools in Enfield were paid more than (i) £42,000, (ii) £69,000 and (iii) £100,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
      (197130)
70  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial provision he is making available to schools in Bournemouth for expansion of kitchens to provide free school meals for under sevens.
      (197129)
71 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral Answer of 20 January 2014 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Planning, Official Report, column 7, on major developments (new schools), what scope there is for organisations other than local education authorities to be involved in the design, planning and sponsorship of new build primary and secondary schools in major new residential developments.
      (196796)
72  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what methods the National College of Teaching Leadership gathers information on the risk of sexual abuse at independent schools.
      (197117)
73  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role the National College of Teaching Leadership plays with regard to investigations of allegations of historic, sexual abuse at independent schools for which they are now responsible.
      (197118)
74  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are open to the National College of Teaching Leadership on receipt of information of an allegation of child abuse at an independent school.
      (197119)
75 N
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to remove any contractual gagging orders or similar measures applicable to staff in the West Midlands involved in the ongoing investigation into school governance in that area led by Ian Kershaw.
      (196860)
76  
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Devon have (a) applied for and (b) received academy status since 2010.
      (197037)
77 N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to review the list of facilitating subjects for Key Stage 5 performance tables.
      (196816)
78 N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will add economics, English literature and computing to the list of facilitating subjects for Key Stage 5 performance tables.
      (196819)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
79  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, if he will place in the Library a copy of Bloomberg's analysis of investment in renewables.
      (197221)
80  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, what the evidential basis is for the statement that average annual investment in renewables has more than doubled in the current Parliament compared with the previous one.
      (197222)
81  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 909, on energy price freeze, what the evidential basis is for the statement that independents' share of the retail market has increased from one per cent in 2010 to five per cent.
      (197223)
82  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there is a pipeline of £187 billion of investment in the electricity sector.
      (197224)
83  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, what the evidential basis is for the statement that investment in the electricity sector has been, on average, £8 billion a year in the present Parliament.
      (197225)
84  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, how much investment there was in (a) renewable and (b) non-renewable sources of electricity in each year between 1997 and 2013.
      (197226)
85  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, how much investment there was in the electricity sector in each year between 1997 and 2013.
      (197227)
86  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 906, on energy price freeze, what the evidential basis is for the statement that energy bills rose by (a) 11 per cent a year in the last parliament and (b) 8 per cent a year in the current Parliament.
      (197228)
87  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 998, with which other countries his Department is working on the New Climate Economy report.
      (197229)
88  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 982, on energy markets: competition, what measures his Department has introduced to deregulate the energy market since 2010.
      (197230)
89  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 994, on energy efficiency, how many of the 600,000 households that have received energy-efficiency improvements received assistance under the (a) Energy Company Obligation and (b) Green Deal.
      (197231)
90  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 993, on energy efficiency, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area have received energy efficiency improvements under the Energy Company Obligation.
      (197232)
91  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 991, on energy supply, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the amount of electricity traded on the day ahead market has increased from five per cent to more than 50 per cent.
      (197233)
92  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 990, on energy bills, how many households are forecast to receive assistance under the Energy Company Obligation (a) in each year between 2013 and 2017 and (b) in total.
      (197234)
93  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 990, on energy bills, what the evidential basis is for the statement that more households will receive assistance under the Energy Company Obligation as a result of proposed changes to that scheme.
      (197235)
94  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 998, if he will publish the terms of reference for the New Climate Economy report.
      (197236)
95  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 998, when his Department expects work to begin on the New Climate Economy report; and when he expects that report to be published.
      (197237)
96  
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): 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 community engagement in tidal energy developments.
      (197031)
97 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 424W, on fossil fuels: imports, how much (a) oil and (b) gas was exported from the UK to (i) Russia, (ii) Norway, (iii) the Middle East and (iv) Latin America in each year from 2002 to 2013.
      (196814)
98 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 424W, on fossil fuels: imports, how much (a) oil and (b) gas was imported into the UK from (i) Russia, (ii) Norway, (iii) the Middle East and (iv) Latin America in each of the last two years.
      (196815)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
99  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any restrictions exist in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on upland farms contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident in April 1986.
      (196981)
100  
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on flood defences in each county in the south west of England since 2010.
      (197036)
101 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the exporting of live horses and ponies for slaughter.
      (196910)
102  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to reduce the time taken to update its flooding maps after the completion of flood defence projects.
      (197043)
103  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy either that carrier bags containing a defined percentage of recycled plastics should be exempt from a levy on plastic bags, or that there should be no such exemptions at all.
      (196982)
104  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the number of jobs supported by the recycled plastics industry.
      (196983)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
105  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had with (a) representatives of the Colombian government, (b) Colombian civil society and (c) Colombian businesses to discuss his Department's Action Plan on Business and Human Rights since its launch in September 2013.
      (107176)
106  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Islington of 2 September 2013, Official Report, columns 294-5W, on Israel, what recent steps he has taken to raise allegations of corporate complicity in human rights abuses and international law violations by G4S in Israeli prisons with G4S.
      (197161)
107  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Venezuela.
      (197196)
108  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on anti-democratic violence in Venezuela.
      (197197)
109 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Egypt; and if he will make a statement.
      (196926)
110  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation in North Korea.
      (197029)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
111 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to maintain NHS Health Checks when funding ringfencing is removed from the public health budget.
      (196941)
112 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had on changing the name of the condition post-traumatic stress disorder to post-traumatic stress injury.
      (196943)
113 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report column 56W, on soft drinks: schools and the Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 718, on children's diet, whether the restrictions referred to in that Written Answer are the same as the ban on sugary drinks referred to in that Oral Answer.
      (196976)
114  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines cover preoperative pregnancy checks in (a) the NHS and (b) private medical institutions.
      (197019)
115  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the meta-analysis by Huang Y et al. published in the journal Cancer Causes Control in November 2013, investigating the link between termination of pregnancy and breast cancer.
      (197022)
116  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on In vitro fertilisation, (a) what the evidential basis is for his statement that no genomic DNA is found in the mitochondria but only in the cell nucleus, (b) what account he took of the data on the human genome available in the ENSEMBL and OMIM databases in preparing that statement and (c) what genetic modifications applied to the eggs or embryos would prevent any nuclear DNA from the eggs or embryo donor being inherited by the resulting child.
      (197061)
117  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he gives on ensuring that all women seeking an abortion are given accurate, complete, balanced and up-to-date information regarding the potential health risks of the procedure.
      (197120)
118 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to put safeguards in place to ensure that services within an individual clinical commissioning group area are not put at risk if that area is performing satisfactorily against its required targets, even if there is unsatisfactory performance at county level under the Better Care Fund requirements.
      (196942)
119  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been received about the NHS in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and on what grounds such complaints have been made.
      (196978)
120 N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made by his Department of the effects on GP services nationally of changes to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee.
      (196885)
121  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of support available for sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
      (196991)
122  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths in (a) Portsmouth, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East attributed to air pollution in each of the last 10 years.
      (196992)
123 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of current provision of pain education for undergraduate medical students.
      (196883)
124 N
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what powers (a) his Department, (b) the NHS Information Centre and (c) the Health and Social Care Information Centre charge commercial companies to receive downloads of NHS patient data.
      (196884)
125  
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make representations to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence regarding its technology appraisal of ipilimumab.
      (197033)
126 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what clinical fields were disclosed in the Health and Social Care Information Centre's (HSCIC) data release to Dr Foster Intelligence (Row ID 448 on the HSCIC's register of approved data releases); and how many individual patient records were disclosed.
      (196807)
127 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reuse agreement in appendix B of the Health and Social Care Information Centre's (HSCIC) data release to Dr Foster Intelligence (Row ID 448 on the HSCIC's register of approved data releases) covers.
      (196808)
128 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the Health and Social Care Information Centre's (HSCIC) data release to Dr Foster Intelligence (Row ID 448 on the HSCIC's register of approved data releases) does not have (a) corresponding s251 support and (b) a corresponding entry in the Confidentiality Advisory Group's (CAG) register; and whether the CAG, the Data Access Advisory Group or any other body scrutinised the application.
      (196809)
129 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether data releases by the Health and Social Care Information Centre that contain identifiable data can be classified as non-sensitive.
      (196810)
130  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to section 3 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, if he will require NHS England to publish the objective evidence on which it based its decision not to allow patients to be treated with the Gamma Knife at University College London Hospital.
      (197023)
131  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to section 3 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, if he will require NHS England to publish the names of all referring consultants, patients groups, charities and any other service providers it consulted prior to making its decision not to allow patients to be treated with the Gamma Knife at University College London Hospital.
      (197024)
132  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to section 3 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, if NHS England will publish the details of all contracts it has signed with providers of radiosurgery services in England.
      (197025)
133  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the palliative care service ratings for England were in the most recent period for which information is available.
      (197032)
134  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a maximum charge for homecare and other non-residential social services.
      (197039)
135  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage change in the number of NHS beds in England was in each year since 2010.
      (197040)
136  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the case for abolishing prescription charges in England.
      (197041)
137  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of seeing a dentist was in England in each year for which data is available.
      (197042)
138  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing staff were in post in each year since 1999.
      (197121)
139  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent podiatrists were employed in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
      (197207)
140  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department made of the prevalence of grade down-banding of podiatrists employed within the NHS.
      (197208)
141  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on trends over the last five years in the number of employees at (a) bands 5 and 6 and (b) bands 7 and 8 employed as podiatrists in the NHS.
      (197209)
142  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence he has received relating to reductions in the number of podiatrists employed in each of the regions of England in each of the last three years.
      (197210)
143  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote best practice in NHS podiatry services in (a) NHS England, (b) health and wellbeing boards and (c) clinical commissioning groups.
      (197211)
144  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the standard of podiatry services in the NHS.
      (197212)
145  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the relationship between the availability of podiatry services and the rate of lower limb amputations.
      (197213)
146  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to extend Pulse Oximetry screening for children.
      (197116)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
147  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure the viability of the financial position of the North East Refugee Service; and for what reasons her Department has not yet paid exit costs to that organisation.
      (197162)
148 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in the light of the High Court decision of 11 February 2014, she will now set up a public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.
      (195699)
149 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates the Violence Against Women and Girls Inter-Ministerial Group has met since 1 February 2013.
      (196822)
150  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the approved bidders for the Community Rehabilitation Companies have (a) been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of business and (b) committed an act of grave misconduct in the last five years.
      (197100)
151  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place should any of the preferred bidders for the Community Rehabilitation Companies be found guilty of (a) a criminal offence relating to the conduct of business and (b) an act of grave misconduct in the period before any contracts are signed.
      (197101)
152  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on converting HM Prison The Verne for use as an immigration removal centre to date.
      (197102)
153  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK were (i) on zero-hours contracts and (ii) temporary staff in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
      (107179)
154 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of animals used in medical research.
      (196924)
155  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will require local police forces to cover the costs of police presence at Remembrance Sunday events.
      (196984)
156 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) amount her Department spent and (b) fee income it has received in connection with (i) the asylum system, (ii) immigration control at home and abroad and (iii) enforcement in each of the last 10 years.
      (196874)
157  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle domestic abuse.
      (197028)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
158 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what consultations the House authorities held with English Heritage prior to implementing the recent changes to St Stephen's Entrance; whether those changes will be permanent or temporary; and what steps the Commission plans to take to ensure that better protection from inclement weather and other improved facilities are provided for visitors to the House.
      (196940)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
159 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements his Department plans to leave in place in Afghanistan to protect education for female children.
      (196925)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
160 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal proceedings involving the licensing of taxi and private hire vehicles, operators and drivers have been dealt with in the court system in each year since 2000.
      (196817)
161 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 396W, on courts, how many calls were made to higher rate telephone numbers for (a) magistrates' courts, (b) county courts and (c) the county court bulk centre in Northampton in each year since 2009; what the average duration was of calls to the higher-rate telephone numbers in each case in the most recent period for which figures are available; how much revenue was generated from such calls; which individual numbers are used for more than one court; and how many courts are covered by each of these numbers.
      (196914)
162  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 548W, on female prisoners, which domestic violence programmes and interventions will be delivered in which prisons in 2014-15.
      (197011)
163  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade were employed at HM Prison Northumberland on 1 April (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
      (107175)
164 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for receiving each type of illicit or unauthorised items into prison through the post in each of the last four years.
      (196850)
165 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were charged with receiving illicit or unauthorised items through the post in each of the last four years.
      (196851)
166 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for sending illicit or unauthorised items through the post to prisoners in establishments in England and Wales in each of the last four years.
      (196852)
167 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what books are banned from being kept in prison libraries.
      (196882)
168 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department maintains a list of books which are not allowed to be kept in prison libraries.
      (196912)
169  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the days staffing levels were against the (a) benchmark and (b) baseline staffing level at the time of the disturbance of HM Prison Northumberland on Saturday 29 March 2014.
      (197062)
170  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what shortfalls in staffing (a) including and (b) excluding temporary cover against Target B3 staffing levels there were at the time of the disturbance of HM Prison Northumberland on Saturday 29 March 2014.
      (197063)
171  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time equivalent prison officers were employed and how many such staff were off sick at HM Prison Northumberland on Saturday 29 March 2014.
      (197064)
172  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Prison Northumberland was (a) contributing staff to and (b) receiving staff as part of the detached duty programme on Saturday 29 March 2014.
      (197065)
173  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what time the disturbance at HM Prison Northumberland on 29 March 2014 began; when it ceased; how many prisoners were involved in that disturbance; what injuries were sustained by prisoners and officers; how many prison officers were used to quell the disturbance; and what resources external to the prison were called on to assist in quelling the disturbance.
      (197066)
174  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of (a) all people in prison and (b) all people in prison who self-identified as Muslims in 1 January 2014 were serving custodial sentences of less than (i) one month, (ii) three months, (iii) six months, (iv) 12 months, (v) 24 months, (vi) 60 months, (vii) 10 years and (viii) over 10 years.
      (197067)
175  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of (a) all people in prison and (b) all people in prison who self-identified as Muslims on 1 January 2014 had (i) no previous custodial sentences, (ii) one previous custodial sentence, (iii) between two and five previous custodial sentences, (iv) between six and 10 previous custodial sentences and (v) over 10 previous custodial sentences.
      (197068)
176  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the nationality was of (a) all people in prison and (b) people in prison who self-identified as Muslim on 1 January 2014.
      (197069)
177  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proven re-offending rate was of (a) those released from prison and (b) those released from prison who self-identified as Muslim in each year since 2010.
      (197070)
178  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent purchasing additional prison places from existing privately run prisons in each month since 1 January 2014; from which prisons such additional spaces have been purchased; how many additional spaces were agreed; for how long each such additional space has been purchased for; and what the cost was for each space agreed.
      (197071)
179  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults against prison staff there have been in HM Prison High Down in each month since September 2013.
      (197072)
180  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many acts of prisoner on prisoner violence there have been in HM Prison High Down in each month since September 2013.
      (197073)
181  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount was generated by levies under the Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996 Levy in each of the last four years.
      (197074)
182  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the unit cost per offender in a (a) secure children's home, (b) young offender institution, (c) secure training centre and (d) the adult secure estate was in each year since 2010.
      (197075)
183  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the unit cost per offender supervised by (a) youth offending teams and (b) the Probation Service was in each year since 2010.
      (197076)
184  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days were lost due to sick leave among teaching staff in (a) secure training centres and (b) young offender institutions in each of the last four years.
      (197077)
185  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days in total were lost due to sick leave among all staff in (a) secure training centres and (b) young offender institutions in each of the last four years.
      (197078)
186  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many teaching staff in young offender institutions and secure training centres in 2013 had a formal teaching qualification.
      (197079)
187  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time equivalent teaching staff there were in total in young offender institutions and secure training centres in each of the last four years.
      (197080)
188  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days in total have been lost due to staff sickness in each prison in each of the last four years.
      (197081)
189  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual assaults on prison staff there were in each prison in each of the last four years.
      (197082)
190  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what items prisoners are barred from purchasing with earned income.
      (197083)
191  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were employed in work in jails on 1 April in each of the last four years.
      (197084)
192  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were employed in work in the community on 1 April in each of the last four years.
      (197085)
193  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest amount earned by any prisoner in jail was in 2013.
      (197086)
194  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what cap exists on the level of income a prisoner can earn inside jail.
      (197087)
195  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were subjected to levies under the Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996 in each of the last four years.
      (197088)
196  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) net and (b) gross earnings were of each prisoner in each month in each of the last four years.
      (197089)
197  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of (a) those in prison and (b) those in prison who self-identified as Muslim were (i) under the age of 18, (ii) aged between 18 and 21, (iii) aged between 21 and 25, (iv) aged between 26 and 30, (v) aged between 31 and 40, (vi) aged between 41 and 50, (vii) aged between 51 and 65 and (viii) aged over 65 years on 1 January 2014.
      (197090)
198  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional staffing requirements will arise in HM Prison Hull and HM Prison Chelmsford from the re-opening of closed wings; what the cost of this re-opening will be; and where any additional staff be sourced from.
      (197091)
199  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what extra capacity will be created by re-opening the closed wings at (a) HM Prison Hull and (b) HM Prison Chelmsford.
      (197092)
200  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much will have been spent on maintining the closed wings at HM Prison Hull and HM Prison Chelmsford by the time both will re-open.
      (197093)
201  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent maintaining the closed wings at HM Prison Hull and HM Prison Chelmsford to date.
      (197094)
202  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the re-opened wings at (a) HM Prison Hull and (b) HM Prison Chelmsford will take prisoners.
      (197095)
203  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the closed wings at (a) HM Prison Hull and (b) HM Prison Chelmsford were (i) closed and (ii) re-opened.
      (197096)
204  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what change in full time equivalent staff of each grade there has been at HM Prison Northumberland since the running of the prison was transferred to Sodexo.
      (197097)
205  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the staff turnover rate has been in (a) the prison estate and (b) HM Prison High Down in each month since September 2013.
      (197103)
206  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the staff sickness rate has been in (a) the prison estate and (b) HM Prison High Down in each month since September 2013.
      (197104)
207  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners and (b) young adult prisoners were on suicide watch in HM Prison High Down on (i) 1 September 2013 and (ii) 1 April 2014.
      (197105)
208  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in HM Prison High Down on 1 April 2014 there were (a) in total, (b) aged under 18, (c) aged 18 to 20 and (d) aged 21 or over.
      (197106)
209  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adult prisoners were held in HM Prison High Down on 1 April (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
      (197107)
210  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HM Prison High Down has had to (a) close wings, (b) close workshops and (c) restrict family visits due to staff shortages since September 2013.
      (197108)
211  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HM Prison High Down has been (a) a recipient of and (b) a contributor to the detached duty programme in each month since September 2013.
      (197109)
212  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 406W, on prisons: postal services, how many incidents of (a) drug-related or (b) miscellaneous contraband were found in post received by prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
      (197172)
213 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 93W, on conditions of employment, how many people in his Department were employed on zero hours contracts in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
      (196917)
214 N
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that women's rights are not undermined by the use of Sharia law.
      (903799)
215 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings the sub-groups set up to support his Department's Working Group on the implementation of reforms to personal injury compensation following a road traffic accident have held; and when his Department plans to publish the minutes of those meetings.
      (196949)
216 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria have been used by his Department in choosing membership of the sub-groups set up to support his Department's Working Group on the implementation of reforms to reduce the cost of personal injury compensation following a road traffic accident.
      (196950)
217  
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vulnerable prisoners are currently held in prisons in England and Wales.
      (197198)
218  
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vulnerable prisoners are held in dedicated vulnerable prisoner accommodation.
      (197220)
Questions to the Prime Minister
219 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Prime Minister, what receptions were held in 10 Downing Street on each day in the week commencing 21 April 2014; and what the occasion was of each reception.
      (196811)
220 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Prime Minister, how many visits he made to Northern Ireland in an official capacity in 2013.
      (196863)
221  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 473W, on Pakistan, whether Pakistan's possession of nuclear weapons and the prospects of Pakistan joining the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty were discussed at his 30 April 2014 meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
      (197010)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
222 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many women in Scotland were self-employed in the most recent period for which information is available.
      (196922)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
223  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 766W, on electoral register, in which cases numbers of electors registered to vote in the transition from individual electoral registration will be monitored at an electoral ward level.
      (197056)
224  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, columns 305-6W, on electoral register, if the Electoral Commission will start to collect the number of visits that ERO's staff make to individual non-responding households as part of their activities to maintain the electoral register.
      (197057)
225  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what advice the Electoral Commission has given to electoral registration officers on the necessity of conducting local government data matching for the purposes of transition to individual electoral registration.
      (197127)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
226  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the changes to Network Rail's planned redevelopment of the western elevation of New Street Station, set out in planning application 2014/02551/PA to Birmingham City Council.
      (196980)
227 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure there is a Liverpool City Region representative on the HS2 Growth Taskforce chaired by Lord Deighton.
      (196944)
228 N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to streamline provisional licences for the drivers of heavy goods vehicles.
      (196857)
229 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have been employed on zero-hour contracts in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
      (196958)
230 N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will include small and medium-sized enterprises in the procurement process for its contract to manage direct debit payments for vehicle tax discs.
      (196295)
231 N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency meets the deadline of 1 November 2014 for enabling payment for vehicle tax discs by direct debit.
      (196296)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
232 N
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of progress in closing the gender pay gap.
      (903796)
233 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, in what areas the Equality and Human Rights Commission has plans to improve its performance.
      (196920)
234 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if he will undertake a review of continued efficacy of Section 193(5) and (6) of the Equalities Act 2010; and if he will include in that review an estimate of the number of bodies to which that legislation applies.
      (196945)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
235 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many short-term benefit advances were made between April 2013 and March 2014.
      (196821)
236 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of single people who will be claiming universal credit in the first year of the roll-out of universal credit in the six boroughs of the Merseyside Jobcentre Plus district.
      (196916)
237 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for the personal independence payment in (a) Edinburgh East constituency and (b) Scotland since June 2013; how many have been awarded the payment in each case; how many have requested that a refusal of the payment be reconsidered; how many have been awarded the payment following a request for reconsideration; how many have appealed against a refusal of the payment; and how many have been awarded the payment following an appeal.
      (196921)
238  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting times for (a) personal independence payments assessments and (b) work capability assessments conducted by Atos in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
      (196987)
239  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent residing in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were (a) commenced, (b) concluded successfully and (c) suspended in the last three years for which figures are available.
      (196988)
240  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency whose incomes from benefits payments have reduced by (i) 10 per cent, (ii) between 20 and 49 per cent and (iii) 50 per cent or more since May 2010.
      (196989)
241 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average change in the number of days people will spend claiming benefits as a result of the help-to-work scheme.
      (196911)
242 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with the rising cost of funerals.
      (196806)
243  
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the average UK saver of delaying the pensions charge cap from April 2014 to April 2015.
      (197020)
244  
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people made requests of the pension tracing service to find lost pension pots in each year since May 2010; and how many of these were successful.
      (197021)
245  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from the (a) Local Government Association, (b) Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and (c) Welsh Local Government Association on issues of staff protection, finance and timing in relation the proposal to establish a single fraud investigation service.
      (197205)
246 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of jobseeker's allowance claimants who did not have basic English, mathematics or IT skills in each of the last five years.
      (196858)
247 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have been made subject to a benefit sanction since 26 June 2013 because they have not been prepared to learn English.
      (196859)
248 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants were supported by Jobcentre Plus to obtain basic English, mathematics or IT skills in each of the last five years.
      (196861)
249 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.197 of the Autumn Statement 2013, what the expected cost to the public purse will be of the basic skills pilot; how many people will benefit from that pilot; what its start and end dates will be; and if he will make a statement.
      (196918)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
250  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many prisoners did not have (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2 and (c) Key Stage 3 qualifications in (i) English and (ii) mathematics when they entered prison in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (197098)
251  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many prisoners reached (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2 and (c) Key Stage 3 qualifications in (i) English and (ii) mathematics whilst in prison in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (197099)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
252 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government Actuary's Department provided Ministers with estimates of additional monies received from extra contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme before 19 March; and if so, if he will publish such estimates.
   [Transferred]  (196812)
253 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government Actuary's Department will publish details of the valuation of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
   [Transferred]  (196813)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
254 N
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what progress the Government has made on increasing the representation of women in public life.
   [Question Unstarred]  (903800)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
255  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of TUPE contract protection available to fraud staff currently employed by local authorities who will be transferred to the Department for Work and Pensions as part of the single fraud investigation service.
   [Transferred]  (197206)

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