Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 15 May 2013

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 14 May 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 15 May 2013

For Written Questions for answer on the day of issue of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

*1	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on future investment in the aerospace industry in Wales.
	(153883)

*2	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What assessment he has made of the effects of changes to housing benefit rules in Wales.
	(153884)

*3	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the measles outbreak in south Wales.
	(153885)

*4	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of Wales to the UK's national energy infrastructure.
	(153886)

*5	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the effects on the economy in Wales of the Government's fiscal policies.
	(153887)

*6	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and others on the contribution of the M4 to the UK's national transport infrastructure.
	(153888)

*7	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What assessment he has made of the potential for co-operation between enterprise zones in England and Wales.
	(153889)

*9	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and others on the contribution of the M4 to the UK's national transport infrastructure.
	(153891)

*10	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and others on increasing the accessibility of educational institutions in Wales to students from overseas.
	(153892)

*11	Jessica Morden (Newport East): What assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's welfare policies on disabled people in Wales.
	(153893)

*12	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and others on increasing the accessibility of educational institutions in Wales to students from overseas.
	(153894)

*13	Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will consider proposing an alternative name for the National Assembly of Wales as part of the Government's response to the Commission on Devolution in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(153895)

*14	Karen Lumley (Redditch): What assessment he has made of the potential effects in Wales of the reduction in the rate of corporation tax to 20 per cent.
	(153896)

*15	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): What assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's policies on the living standards of people in Wales.
	(153897)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.

*1	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 15 May.
	(154913)

*2	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):
	(154914)

*3	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield):
	(154915)

*4	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):
	(154916)

*7	Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):
	(154918)

*8	Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border):
	(154919)

*9	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):
	(154920)

*10	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South):
	(154921)

*11	Helen Jones (Warrington North):
	(154922)

*12	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):
	(154923)

*13	Naomi Long (Belfast East):
	(154924)

*14	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne):
	(154925)

*15	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry):
	(154926)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 8 May

1 N	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what programmes there are to encourage university students from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to study in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(154727)

2 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the financial benefit to the Portas Pilot Round 1 and 2 winners as a result of local economic growth following their participation in the Portas Pilot scheme.
	(154722)

3 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the money allocated to high street partnerships under the Portas Pilots scheme has been spent to date in respect of each of the schemes funded.
	(154723)

4 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether all agency staff employed by his Department are paid at or above the relevant level of the living wage.
	(154724)

5 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the Portas Pilot (a) Round 1 and (b) Round 2 winners have been visited by (i) Government Ministers and (ii) Mary Portas as part of the Portas Pilot scheme co-ordinated by his Department.
	(154725)

6 N	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what programmes there are to encourage school students from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to study in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(154726)

7 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how he proposes to comply with the standstill obligation in EU state aid law if he enters into an investment contract or sets a strike price before the European Commission has decided whether to approve such measures.
	(154850)

8 N	Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Kuwaiti counterpart on Kuwaiti Bidoons.
	(153905)

9 N	Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on implementing a statutory register of herbal medicine practitioners; and when he expects such a register to be in place.
	(154728)

10 N	Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Kuwaiti Bidoons have claimed asylum in the UK in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	(153904)

Notices given on Thursday 9 May

1 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the statutory or other parliamentary authority is on which he will rely to incur expenditure or other financial liability pursuant to any investment contract he enters into, or strike price agreed, prior to the Energy Bill gaining Royal Assent.
	(154892)

2 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish results of the latest field trials of heat pumps commissioned by his Department.
	(155112)

3 N	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has allocated funding to treat newly-diagnosed NHS cancer patients who cannot access previously reimbursed cancer treatments following the transition of the Cancer Drugs Fund on 1 April 2013.
	(154912)

Notices given on Friday 10 May

1 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to enable young people with an offer of a farriery apprenticeship in 2013-14 to take up those apprenticeships following the withdrawal of funding by the National Farriery Training Association.
	(155289)

2 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the Civil Contingencies Committee has met to discuss the effects of influenza pandemics in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(155212)

3 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency will see a reduction in the additional rate of income tax from 50 per cent to 45 per cent.
	(155222)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) representations she has received and (b) discussions she has had on the No More Page 3 campaign.
	(155309)

6 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the armed forces in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(155299)

7 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals who left the armed forces in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 found employment lasting (i) less than and (ii) more than six months.
	(155300)

8 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals who left the armed forces found employment lasting (a) less than and (b) more than six months through the Career Transition Partnership in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(155301)

9 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces left the service without (a) Level 1, (b) Level 2 and (c) Level 3 training in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(155305)

10 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people went through the Career Transition Partnership in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(155306)

12
N

Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 11 of Traineeships: Supporting young people to develop the skills for apprenticeships and sustainable employment: Framework for Delivery published on 9 May 2013, how many existing training programmes the Government estimates will (a) cease or (b) be subsumed into the new traineeship scheme; and which programmes are under consideration.

(155281)

13
N

Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Part D of Traineeships: Framework for Delivery, published 9 May 2013, what the annual cost of the traineeships programme will be in each of the next three financial years; whether additional funding will be made available to fund the new traineeships programme; how much funding from existing programmes will be diverted to fund new traineeships programme; and how any such funding will be divided between employers and training providers.

(155292)

14
N

Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 87 of Traineeships: Framework for Delivery, published 9 May 2013, what steps he will take to prevent providers from abusing the system by recruiting young people who are already prepared for employment or an apprenticeship in order to secure the funding for a full six month course.

(155293)

15
N

Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Traineeships: Framework for Delivery, published 9 May 2013, what estimate he has made of the (a) likely level of uptake among employers in providing traineeships and (b) number of placements that will be required to meet anticipated demand from young people in each of the next three years.

(155294)

16
N

Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 18 of Traineeships Framework for Delivery, published 9 May 2013, how many providers will be eligible to provide traineeships in 2013-14; which areas will not have any eligible traineeship providers in 2013-14; how he will ensure that all areas of the country have access to one or more traineeship providers after 2013-14; when he expects to achieve nationwide coverage of traineeship providers; and what safeguards he will put in place to ensure low quality providers do not enter the traineeships market.

(155295)

17 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether independent generators, including co-operatives, will be at a market disadvantage under the electricity market reform proposals.
	(155287)

18 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of electricity market reform on community and co-operative energy projects.
	(155307)

19
N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 July 2012, Official Report, column 682W, on gangmasters, what progress he has made in (a) bringing forward proposals for consultation on the introduction of fines and penalties for low level technical and minor offences, (b) issuing sentencing guidelines for gangmaster-related offences and (c) introducing civil penalties for gangmaster-related offences.

(155280)

20 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agency staff are currently working within (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
	(155215)

21 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on agency staff in each year since 2010.
	(155223)

22 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in the North West of England is attributable to cattle movements from the South West or other areas of high bovine tuberculosis risk.
	(155211)

24 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to eradicate tuberculosis from cattle.
	(155284)

25 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of testing arrangements for tubeculosis in cattle; and what steps he is taking to improve those arrangements.
	(155285)

26 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the financial effects of tubeculosis in cattle to the farming industry.
	(155286)

27
N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2013, Official Report, column 610W, on Agricultural Wages Board, how many hours it took officials to scan and publish a summary of responses to the consultation on his Department's website; and what estimate he made of the length of time that it would have taken officials to scan and publish each response to the consultation online.

(155210)

28 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to urge the government of Burma to address rising religious intolerance in that country.
	(155282)

29 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Burma regarding anti-Muslim violence.
	(155290)

30 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to urge the government of Burma to address the culture of impunity in that country.
	(155298)

31 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated in the accident and emergency department of Warrington Hospital in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the number of patients who are likely to require treatment at that department in each of the next five years.
	(155220)

32 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions the accident and emergency waiting time target has been breached in each hospital in the North West in the last 26 weeks for which information is available.
	(155221)

34 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget was available for public health education on the effects of legal highs in the last financial year.
	(155313)

35 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last reviewed the effectiveness of public health education and publicity on the effects of legal highs.
	(155314)

36 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Harrow West dated 4 March and 15 April 2013 to the UK Border Agency regarding Mr Vishal Patel of Harrow.
	(155308)

37 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the effect of biofuels on hunger ahead of the meeting of the EU Energy Council on 6 June 2013.
	(155302)

38 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the G8-linked event on Hunger and Nutrition on 8 June 2013 will address the issue of biofuels as a cause of hunger.
	(155303)

39 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) DECC, (b) DfT, (c) BIS and (d) DEFRA about the proposed amendment to the EU Renewable Energy Directive to limit the amount of food-based biofuels to five per cent of the total.
	(155304)

40 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Mr Lynton Crosby is classified as a Government special adviser; and whether he has been subjected to (a) all forms of personnel security control, (b) a counter terrorism check, (c) a security check and (d) developed vetting.
	(155213)

41 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Mr Lynton Crosby is allocated an office in No. 10 Downing Street; whether he has a Government email address; and if he will list the Government buildings to which he has a security pass.
	(155214)

42 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the £2 billion universal credit spending envelope was spent in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and how much he forecasts will be spent in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
	(155216)

43 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance claimants are in work.
	(155217)

44 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants in (a) the work related activity group and (b) support group find paid employment.
	(155218)

45 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the off flows from the (a) work related activity and (b) support groups have been to date, by reasons for leaving.
	(155219)

46 N	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve job outcomes for homeless people in the Work Programme.
	(155288)

47 N	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet homelessness organisations to assess the effectiveness of the toolkit for identification of homelessness by Jobcentre Plus Advisors.
	(155296)

48 N	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will strengthen the minimum service standards for the Work Programme to provide a better service for homeless people.
	(155297)

49 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of how the allocation of discretionary housing payments in respect of the benefit cap reflects the effect of higher rents in London; and if he will make a statement.
	(155283)

50 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the spending budget in the Spending Review for the Work Programme was in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(155291)

Notices given on Monday 13 May

1 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure fair treatment by supermarkets of farmers who supply them with goods.
	[Transferred] (155247)

2 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has supplied to hotels and other accommodation providers on fitting thermostatic valves in guest rooms.
	[Transferred] (155311)

3
N

Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the calculations which estimated the cost of (a) making the normal pension age 60 years for members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and the Ministry of Defence Police and (b) a potential average increase in pension contributions for these members of staff; and which organisation carried out these calculations.

[Transferred] (155248)

4 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the current level of sales of legal highs and of recent trends in such sales.
	[Transferred] (155312)

5 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contractual obligations will be placed on the holders of air sea rescue contracts to participate in military-led civil operations, exercises and preparation.
	[Transferred] (155310)

6	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Attorney General, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the Law Officers' Departments were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom those amounts were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought in each such case.
	(155612)

7	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Attorney General, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the Law Officers' Departments was since 7 May 2010.
	(155613)

8	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(155614)

9	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(155615)

10	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155402)

11	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which they are responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155421)

12	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which they are responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155441)

13	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155773)

14	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which countries have received official UK Government invitations to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition in September 2013.
	(155384)

15	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider subjecting the export of components of unmanned aerial vehicles to strategic export controls.
	(155500)

16	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to strengthen international environmental standards relevant to UK Export Finance to include limits on emissions of greenhouse gases.
	(155548)

17	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much foreign direct investment the UK has attracted in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(155382)

18	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(155611)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155401)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155420)

21	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155440)

22	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage insurance companies to sign up to the prompt payment code.
	(155518)

23	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of late payment by insurance companies on small businesses.
	(155519)

24	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will launch a specific campaign to encourage insurance companies to pay small businesses promptly.
	(155520)

25	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what amount of funding was spent by the North West Development Agency on regeneration in Blackpool, Southport and Morecambe; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of this funding.
	(155618)

26	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reverse the decline in applications to universities in England and Wales by students from India and Pakistan.
	(155542)

27	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's press notice of 9 May 2013, on inward investment and the London 2012 Olympics, how much of the additional £2.5 billion in foreign direct investment arising from the Olympics went to (a) Wales and (b) other nations and regions of the UK.
	(155385)

Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's press notice of 9 May 2013, on inward investment and the London 2012 Olympics, how many of the 31,000 additional jobs arising from the £2.5 billion in foreign direct investment to the UK as a result of the Olympics were in (a) Wales and (b) other nations and regions of the UK.

(155386)

29	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much research and development funding universities in Wales received from central government in the last year for which figures are available.
	(155549)

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the management of Tata Steel on the continuing operation of research and development facilities in Teesside and Rotherham; and what assistance his Department plans to provide to ensure that research and development facilities for steel technologies in the UK are enhanced.

(155621)

31	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking with the automotive industry to promote the UK as the best location for research, development and commercial application of driverless technology in the automotive industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(155641)

32	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many what proportion of the residents of each parliamentary constituency in England and Wales were born in Scotland.
	(155682)

33	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what outcome his Department seeks in order to meet its commitment to developing a workforce that is representative of the population it serves.
	(155528)

34	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues to Government departments regarding the employment of outgoing civil servants by private employers with whom their former Department has a contractual relationship.
	(155507)

Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Statistical Bulletin on Suicides in the UK, published in January 2013, if he will request the ONS to cross-classify male suicides in England and Wales by the calendar-year quarter of their occurrence in respect of the category, date of death: in 2006 to 2011, and by the calendar-year quarter of their registration in respect of the category registration date: in 2006 to 2011.

(155620)

36	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155403)

37	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155422)

38	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155442)

39	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget of the Single Intelligence Account has been in each of the last 10 years.
	(155364)

40	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the projected total budget of the Single Intelligence Account in each of the next five years.
	(155365)

41	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155684)

42	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Exchequer has received from the train leasing companies (a) Eversholt Rail, (b) Angel Trains and (c) Porterbrook Rail Finance (i) in total and (ii) in capital gains tax in each year since 1994.
	(155733)

43	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' report on the projected increase in childhood poverty in the UK up to 2020.
	(155511)

44	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken since May 2010 to combat tax evasion by UK registered companies; what resources have been committed to each such initiative; and how many (a) HM Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs' personnel respectively are currently employed on combating tax evasion.
	(155512)

45	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of providing incentives through the Enterprise Investment Scheme for energy service companies to invest in projects delivering permanent and verifiable savings on electricity consumption.
	(155630)

46	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in foreign bond holdings has been held by the Government in each of the last five years; and how much in UK bonds has been purchased by foreign governments in each such year.
	(155383)

47	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155417)

48	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155437)

49	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155457)

50	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average proportion of individuals after-tax incomes that were put towards savings in each decile of the working population was in each of the last 30 years.
	(155764)

51	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority spent in fulfilling the statutory duties in respect of home school travel arrangements for young people aged up to 16 years in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(155720)

52	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any local authorities have placed a requirement on bus service operators in their area to charge an adult fare only to persons aged 18 years or over; and if he will consider the merits of supporting any local authority which wishes to do so.
	(155721)

53	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many children in Barnsley Central constituency are currently living in temporary accommodation; and what such figures were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(155539)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155423)

55	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155443)

56	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from social housing providers of the effect on their budgets of planned welfare reform changes and the risk of increased movements of tenants, non-payment of rent and number of voids.
	[R] (155553)

57	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects Ofcom to publish detailed proposals on simplifying non-geographic numbers; and how she expects the proposals to be implemented by (a) government, (b) other public bodies and (c) other UK businesses and organisations.
	(155753)

58	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) her Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155765)

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which company holds the largest contract to provide mobile telephony services to her Department; how much was paid under the contract in the last year for which figures are available; how many individual services are covered by the contract; when the contract was awarded; when the contract will next be renewed; and for how long.

(155635)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155404)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155424)

62	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155444)

63	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Olympic legacy funding has been spent on (a) sports and (b) the arts; and what proportion remains unspent.
	(155616)

64	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to tackle the practice of slamming in the broadband industry.
	(155598)

65	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1125W, on armed forces: Scotland, what the name is of each of his Department's properties in Scotland (a) currently and (b) anticipated to be subject to commercial negotiation.
	(155642)

66	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155686)

67	Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has contributed towards expenditure on urgent operational requirements since May 2010.
	(155552)

68	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for recruitment to the armed forces of plans to raise the school leaving age to 18; and if he will make a statement.
	(155524)

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1127-30W, on armed forces: sexual offences, what power a commanding officer has to (a) refer and (b) not refer an allegation for investigation; under what (i) statutory and (ii) non-statutory authority that power is exercised; who carries out any such investigation; and if he will make a statement.

(155761)

70	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155405)

71	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155425)

72	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155445)

73	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of VAT on foreign military sale contracts in each of the last five years.
	(155370)

74	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has been invited to attend the British Nuclear Test Veterans' Association Conference in Coventry from 24 to 26 May 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	(155695)

75	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Ministry of Defence personnel who will be deployed to the Afghan National Army Officer Academy to provide training and related support will be female; and if he will make a statement.
	(155696)

76	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155771)

77	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2013, Official Report, column 966W, on teachers: qualifications, how many teachers in secondary schools are teaching subjects in which they do not have a degree in each local education authority.
	(155502)

78	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timetable he has set for his Department to come to a decision on funding for a secondary free school in North Kingston.
	(155628)

79	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the accuracy and effectiveness of the statistics used for measuring child poverty in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(155759)

80	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of meeting the child poverty targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(155760)

81	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school students in (a) England and (b) Harlow constituency are eligible for free school meals.
	(155503)

82	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students attending university technical colleges will be eligible for free school meals.
	(155504)

83	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Apprenticeship service website as a tool for young people to find apprenticeships since its inception.
	(155505)

84	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in (a) England and (b) Harlow constituency secured places at (i) their first choice and (ii) one of their top three choices of secondary school during the most recent application period.
	(155506)

85	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155406)

86	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155426)

87	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155446)

88	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commission research on the effectiveness of the introduction of mandatory teaching of CPR skills in the school curriculum in (a) France, (b) Denmark and (c) Norway in order to inform an assessment of the case for such skills being mandatory in England.
	(155648)

89	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take in response to the report of the Office of the Children's Commissioner entitled They Go The Extra Mile, published in March 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	(155688)

90	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether visually-impaired children with special educational needs will be entitled to (a) an education, health and care plan and (b) specialist support from birth where appropriate to their assessed needs; and if he will make a statement.
	(155693)

91	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all children and young people with severe sight loss will receive an education, health and care plan; and if he will make a statement.
	(155694)

92	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department makes available to primary schools to build eco-friendly buildings.
	(155749)

93	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155767)

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to paragraph 31 of page 14 of of his Department's consultation on the Management of the UK's Plutonium Stock, published on 28 May 2012, if he will set out the criteria he intends to use when judging whether to publish applications in redacted form made under the Justificiation Process on the re-use of plutonium.

(155645)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155407)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155427)

97	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155447)

98	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding provided by (a) wind energy companies and (b) coal or gas companies for community benefit schemes.
	(155622)

99	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2013, Official Report, columns 1058-60W, on fuel poverty, what the time lag was for reporting of data in each year; and when he expects figures for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 to be available.
	(155763)

100	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of High Speed 2 on forests and woodland.
	[R] (155532)

101	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met (a) the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment and (b) any other Scottish Government Minister; and what was discussed at any such meeting.
	(155675)

102	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155769)

103	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contribution his Department is making towards the launch of a new critical resources contribution dashboard.
	(155547)

104	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on marketing of plant reproductive material.
	(155629)

105

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155408)

106

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155428)

107	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155448)

108	Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to start bovine TB cattle vaccination trials.
	(155544)

109	Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has submitted a request to the European Commission to start bovine TB cattle vaccination trials; and what the timetable is for any such programme.
	(155545)

110	Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that any bovine TB cattle vaccination trials to be undertaken in England do not adversely affect the ability to export beef and dairy products.
	(155546)

111	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met (a) the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs and (b) any other Scottish Government Minister; and what was discussed at any such meeting.
	(155676)

112	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155774)

113

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the security situation in Libya; and whether such reports affect the right of Libya to hold the trials of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi within its national borders alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.

(155513)

114	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made in respect of technical assistance to Libya in pursuing its right to hold the trials of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi within its national borders alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.
	(155515)

115	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to support the Libyan state in its right under the principle of complementarity to hold national trials in the cases of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.
	(155516)

116

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will recommend to the United Nations Security Council the exercise of the power to order the deferral of proceedings against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi under Article 16 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court in order to support Libya in its right to hold the trials within its national jurisdiction alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.

(155517)

117

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will promote an agreement between Libya and the International Criminal Court (ICC) whereby the ICC can provide technical assistance to Libya to hold national trials in the cases of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.

(155521)

118	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Fiji about the effects on Fiji of its suspension from the Commonwealth.
	(155600)

119	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the readmission of Fiji to the Commonwealth; and if he will make a statement.
	(155617)

120	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UK's investment in public transport in Fiji; and if he will make a statement.
	(155619)

121	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the levels of recruitment and retention of women in the Afghan National Police; what discussions he has had with representatives of the Afghan government on measures to increase levels of recruitment and retention of women; and if he will make a statement.
	(155522)

122	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Afghan government regarding measures to protect Afghan women human rights defenders; and if he will make a statement.
	(155523)

123	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Afghan government with regard to Afghan women participating in all peace negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
	(155525)

124	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide an update on progress made in bringing to justice those responsible for the desecration of British war graves in Libya.
	(155498)

125

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155409)

126

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155429)

127	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155449)

128

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice's adoption of a revised draft resolution on crime prevention and criminal justice responses to illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, reference E/CN.15/2013/L.20/Rev, how his Department plans to respond to this resolution to tackle wildlife crime, including links to serious organised crime.

(155590)

129

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice's adoption of a revised draft resolution on crime prevention and criminal justice responses to illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, reference E/CN.15/2013/L.20/Rev, whether the Government plans to support the resolution.

(155592)

130	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the Friends of Yemen Conference on 7 March 2013 in London.
	(155380)

131	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much and what proportion of funds pledged at each Friends of Yemen Conference have been (a) allocated to projects, (b) approved, (c) disbursed and (d) pledged by the UK Government.
	(155381)

132	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings officials of his Department have had with officials of the US administration on the subject of renewing the lease on Diego Garcia; and on what dates.
	(155750)

133	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to conclude negotiations with the US administration on extending the lease on Diego Garcia.
	(155751)

134	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to Baroness Masham of Ilton of 10 April 2013, Official Report, House of Lords, column 291W, if he will request NHS England to designate a named individual in the Medical Directorate to have a specific remit for dermatology.
	(155526)

135	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether the number of beds proposed under the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital is consistent with (a) reductions in the length of stay in high secure hospitals over the last 10 years and (b) the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention programme.
	(155533)

136	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to evaluate alternative proposals to the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital to meet future needs of the High Secure Service.
	(155534)

137	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the length of time taken to develop the business case for the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital.
	(155535)

138	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources he is making available to train general practitioners and other health professionals to implement (a) NICE guidelines on Psoriasis and (b) the NICE Quality Standard for Psoriasis.
	(155536)

139	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to incentivise the uptake of the Quality Standard for Psoriasis when it is published in August 2013.
	(155537)

140	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he is incentivising the uptake of NICE guidance on Psoriasis.
	(155538)

141	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met (a) the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and (b) any other Scottish Government Minister; and what was discussed at any such meeting.
	(155674)

142	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155770)

143

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 23 January 2013, Official Report, column 361W, on radon gas: health hazards, whether the Health Protection Agency or its successor, Public Health England, has now published the report on the potential areas of public health impact that might arise from the environmental aspects of hydraulic fracturing; if he will place in the Library a copy of any such report; and if he will supply details of how the report can be accessed online.

(155649)

144	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when screening for vCJD will be available to families who have been affected by it.
	(155371)

145	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many silent carriers of vCJD there are in the UK; and how many of those could be potential blood donors.
	(155372)

146	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the number of people in the UK who may be unknowing carriers of vCJD.
	(155373)

147	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he proposes that a vCJD blood screening test will be implemented to screen all UK blood donors.
	(155374)

148	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Bssetlaw constituency have had to wait more than four hours before being treated at an accident and emergency facility in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(155639)

149	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions GP out-of-hours services in Bassetlaw constituency had fewer than the contracted number of GPs available in each month of (a) 2012 and (b) 2013 to date.
	(155644)

150	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155410)

151	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155430)

152	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155450)

153	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on the effectiveness of investment made in the availability of defibrillators in (a) Vancouver, (b) Stavanger and (c) other cities and states that have invested heavily in defibrillators in order to assess the case for greater investment in defibrillators in England.
	(155647)

154	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set a target for the reduction of early-onset group B streptococcus infection in newborn babies; and if he will make a statement.
	(155689)

155	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of a point of care test for group B streptococcus carriage in maternity settings; and if he will make a statement.
	(155690)

156	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to develop a point of care test for group B streptococcus carriage in pregnant women considered to be at high risk; what time-scale has been set for the introduction of such a test; and if he will make a statement.
	(155691)

157	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people accessing specialised cancer services have a positive experience of care.
	(155400)

158	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether financial incentives will be attached to the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcome Indicator Set to reward the high quality commissioning of services.
	(155529)

159	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will incentivise clinical commissioning groups to work in collaboration with cancer strategic clinical networks.
	(155530)

160	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to clinical commissioning groups for diabetes screening for GPs.
	(155376)

161	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue quality and outcome framework targets to GPs for diabetes screening.
	(155377)

162	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department launched the new website for NHS Improving Quality; and how many hits it has received since its launch.
	(155378)

163	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to his Department of rebranding NHS Diabetes to NHS Improving Quality.
	(155379)

164	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions have taken place between his Department and the Welsh Government on arrangements for organ donation following the introduction of presumed consent.
	(155550)

165	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met (a) the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Justice and (b) any other Scottish Government Minister; and what was discussed at any such meeting.
	(155673)

166	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) her Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155685)

167	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of ticket fraud have been received by Action Fraud in each of the last five years.
	(155393)

168	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police constabularies in England have established formal links with Action Fraud.
	(155394)

169	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police constabularies have not yet established formal links with Action Fraud.
	(155395)

170	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of ticket fraud policing since the disbandment of the Operation Podium taskforce.
	(155396)

171	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of ticket fraud received by Action Fraud (a) were issued a crime reference number, (b) were categorised as crime-related, (c) were investigated and (d) resulted in a conviction in each of the last five years.
	(155397)

172	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road traffic officers have been employed in each of the last five years.
	(155531)

173	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 2 April 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr T.N. Tchinda.
	(155631)

174	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from each country of origin arrived in the UK unescorted in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and how many such children have subsequently been returned to their country of origin.
	(155640)

175

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155411)

176

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155431)

177	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155451)

178	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to removing international students from the migration statistics.
	(155543)

179	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will suspend or revoke the establishment licence for Imperial College London to conduct animal research under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and if she will make a statement.
	(155387)

180	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the level of risk rating assigned to her Department's Animals in the Science Regulation Unit has changed in the last six months; and if she will make a statement.
	(155388)

181

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role she expects the National Crime Agency 's organised crime command to play in tackling wildlife crime following the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice's adoption of a revised draft resolution on crime prevention and criminal justice responses to illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora,reference E/CN.15/2013/L.20/Rev.

(155591)

182	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Third Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2012-13, on Wildlife Crime, HC 140, what assessment her Department has made of the feasibility of making wildlife crime offences recordable and notifiable offences.
	(155593)

183	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) agencies, (b) Government departments and (c) groups her Department works with on tackling wildlife crime in the UK.
	(155594)

184	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence and threat of wildlife crime in the UK; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle it.
	(155595)

185

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice's adoption of a revised draft resolution on crime prevention and criminal justice responses to illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, reference E/CN.15/2013/L.20/Rev, what her policy is on the request to fully utilise the UN conventions against transnational organised crime and against corruption to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in wild fauna and flora, and to implement measures to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in wild fauna and flora, including the adoption of the necessary legislation for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of such trafficking.

(155596)

186

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice's adoption of a revised draft resolution on crime prevention and criminal justice responses to illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, reference E/CN15/2013/C.20/Rev), if her Department will investigate the viability of making wildlife crime offences recordable and notifiable offences.

(155597)

187	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision for biometric facilities there is in India for Indian nationals applying for a visa to visit the UK.
	(155375)

188	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had on the role of corporate transparency in the UN post-2015 development framework; and if she will make a statement.
	(155366)

189	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she expects the High Level Panel on the Sustainable Development Goals to produce its report.
	(155367)

190	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on corporate reporting and the UN post-2015 development framework.
	(155368)

191	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on the inclusion of corporate transparency in the UN post-2015 development framework.
	(155369)

192	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met (a) the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for External Affairs and International Development and (b) any other Scottish Government Minister; and what was discussed at any such meeting.
	(155677)

193	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff are located at her Department's headquarters in East Kilbride.
	(155678)

194	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) her Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155768)

195	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department channels aid in a way that encourages cross-sector collaboration.
	(155389)

196	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to improve the integration of her Department's programmes between its Whitehall and in-country offices.
	(155390)

197

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public body for which she is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155412)

198

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public body for which she is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155432)

199	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public body for which she is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155452)

200	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) financial and (b) other support the UK has provided to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria since the inception of the Fund; and if she will make a statement.
	(155692)

201

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the compliance of her Department's policies in respect of funding for aid agencies operating in situations of armed conflict with the (a) general principle of the supremacy of the Geneva Conventions and (b) principle of provisions of non-discriminatory medical care to survivors of rape defined under international law as wounded and sick; and if she will make a statement.

(155627)

202	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last met (a) the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Justice and (b) any other Scottish Government Minister; and what was discussed at any such meeting.
	(155679)

203	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155772)

204	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2013, Official Report, column 455W, on robbery: sentencing Table 2, what the offences committed by those who had previously received a non-custodial sentence for robbery were.
	(155527)

205	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the cost of introducing competition to probation services under his plans for transferring rehabilitation.
	(155587)

206	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of moving probation cases from the Probation Trust to a private sector provider on an occasion when the assessed risk of particular cases changes.
	(155588)

207	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of local initiatives for the provision of probation services including the formation of a staff spin-off mutal by Wiltshire Probation Trust.
	(155589)

208	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many crimes were committed by those released from prison while on licence that were (a) low risk, (b) medium risk or (c) high risk in each of the last five years.
	(155541)

209	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost has been of electronic tagging of offenders in each of the last 10 years.
	(155601)

210	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken into the cost-effectiveness of programmes to supervise former inmates for 12 months after they leave prison.
	(155602)

211	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real-terms change in spending of (a) prisons and (b) the probation service was in each financial year since 1996-97.
	(155603)

212	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what profit has been made by prisons from charging prisoners for access to televisions in their cells.
	(155650)

213	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff have unspent convictions for firearms offences.
	(155636)

214	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirement there is for the management of HM Prison Ranby to report to his Department instances of convictions of prison staff for firearms offences; and on how many occasions such convictions have been reported in the last five years.
	(155637)

215	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any managers working at HM Prison Ranby have received a conviction for firearms offences while employed at the prison in the last five years.
	(155638)

216	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155413)

217	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155433)

218	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155453)

219	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners who are not receiving income from work under the Prisoner Earnings Act 1996 are not working because of restrictions arising from their health.
	(155633)

220	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the retail cost of any items available for purchase in prisons through the canteen system is subsidised from the public purse.
	(155634)

221	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Office of the Chief Magistrate about the use of conditional cautions.
	(155391)

222	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many conditional cautions for which categories of offence were issued by police authorities in each of the last five years.
	(155392)

223

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155414)

224

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155434)

225	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155454)

226	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with the US President the diplomatic efforts to release Mr Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo Bay.
	(155646)

227	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received from Google, Amazon and Facebook respectively in respect of plans to take forward new measures to increase financial transparency.
	(155510)

228	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155415)

229	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155435)

230	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155455)

231	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155766)

232	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Northern Line extension to Battersea; and how much and what proportion of the funding of the project has been contributed by (a) local authorities, (b) private companies and (c) central government.
	(155697)

233	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the construction of London Gateway; and if he will make a statement.
	(155698)

234	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the cost of the Heathrow Capital Investment Programme has been contributed by (a) local authorities, (b) private companies and (c) central government.
	(155699)

235	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on Heathrow Terminal 2A; and whether the system installation has now been completed.
	(155700)

236	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Heathrow Capital Investment Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(155701)

237	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the cost of the Gatwick Capital Investment Programme has been contributed by (a) local authorities, (b) private companies and (c) central government.
	(155702)

238	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Government to issue a cross-departmental cycling action plan; and if he will make a statement.
	(155703)

239	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the first quayside container cranes and port equipment to be delivered to the London Gateway site.
	(155704)

240	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the construction of Felixstowe South; and if he will make a statement.
	(155705)

241	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Gatwick capital investment programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(155706)

242	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what stage of construction the Ordsall Chord element of the Northern Hub has reached; and how much and what proportion of (a) local authorities, (b) private companies and (c) central government has contributed to the cost of the project.
	(155707)

243	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Northern rail connectivity scheme from Liverpool to Newcastle including the Northern Hub; and if he will make a statement.
	(155708)

244	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Reading station area redevelopment programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(155709)

245	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the King's Cross station improvements; and if he will make a statement.
	(155710)

246	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much train operating companies will provide towards the £704 million for electrification of the Great Western Main Line between Cardiff, Bristol and Didcot.
	(155711)

247	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of rail track will have been electrified by 2015; and what timetable he has set for rail electrification projects.
	(155712)

248	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the funding for the Hitchin Flyover and North Doncaster Chord on the East Coast Main Line has been contributed by (a) local authorities, (b) private companies and (c) central government.
	(155713)

249	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the (a) Hitchin Flyover and (b) North Doncaster Chord on the East Coast Main Line.
	(155714)

250	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on smart rail ticketing in London and the South East; and if he will make a statement.
	(155715)

251	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the funding for the Oxford to Bicester rail improvement scheme has been contributed by (a) local authorities, (b) private companies and (c) central government.
	(155716)

252	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the construction of the Oxford to Bicester rail improvement scheme.
	(155717)

253	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the Thameslink rolling stock contract; and if he will make a statement.
	(155718)

254	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects the upgrade of Thameslink rail to be fully operational.
	(155719)

255	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on delivering discounted travel to all persons aged 18 years and under.
	(155722)

256	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider the merits of introducing a statutory definition of an adult fare on all bus services.
	(155723)

257	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on introducing smart ticketing for all bus services for young people; and if he will make a statement.
	(155724)

258	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of progress towards the 2015 and 2020 targets for all buses to be fully accessible to disabled people.
	(155725)

259

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what communications have taken place between his Department and the operators of (a) Thameslink, (b) TransPennine, (c) South Western, (d) Northern, (e) National Express East Anglia and Abellio, (f) C2C (Thameside), (g) First Great Western, (h) Merseyrail, (i) West Coast Main Line, (j) Cross Country, (k) Arriva Trains Wales, (l) Chiltern, (m) Southeastern, (n) Southern, (o) London Midland, (p) East Coast Main Line, (q) London Overground and (r) Scotrail on the closure of station ticket offices in the last 12 months; and on what dates each such communication took place.

(155726)

260	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies have been given permission by his Department to close ticket offices since May 2010; and in respect of which stations such permission has been given.
	(155727)

261	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much people have received the maximum discount on the cost of a new (a) car and (b) van as a result of the Government's Plugged In Places scheme.
	(155728)

262	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his young drivers green paper.
	(155729)

263	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have implemented 20 miles per hour speed limit zones.
	(155730)

264	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representatives of young people were present at the March summit for the motor industry hosted by his Department.
	(155731)

265	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of people who were killed or seriously injured in road accidents in 2011 were involved in a collision where at least one driver was aged (a) between 24 and 35, (b) between 35 and 45, (c) between 45 and 55, (d) between 55 and 65 and (e) 65 years and over.
	(155732)

266	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what stage of construction the M1 junctions 10 to 13 project has reached; and when he expects the project to be completed.
	(155734)

267	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what stage of construction the transport schemes (a) M62 junctions 25 to 30, (b) M4 junctions 19 and 20 and M5 junctions 15 to 17, (c) M6 junctions 5 to 8, (d) M1 junctions 32 to 35A, (e) M1 junctions 28 to 31 and (f) M25 junctions 5 to 6 and 7 have reached; and when he expects each to be completed.
	(155735)

268

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the final cost of the transport schemes (a) M62 junctions 25 to 30, (b) M4 junctions 19 and 20 and M5 junction 15 to 17, (c) M6 junctions 5 to 8, (d) M1 junctions 32 to 35A, (e) M1 junctions 28 to 31, (f) M25 junctions 5 to 6 and 7, (g) M1 junctions 39 to 42, (h) M60 junctions 8 to 12, (i) M60 junctions 15 to 12 and (j) M62 junctions 18 to 20 has been contributed by (i) local authorities, (ii) private companies and (iii) central government.

(155736)

269	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what stage of construction the transport schemes (a) A23 Handcross to Warninglid trunk road and (b) A11 Fiveways to Thetford dualling scheme have reached; and when he expects each to be completed.
	(155737)

270	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the total cost of the transport schemes (a) A23 Handcross to Warninglid trunk road, (b) A11 Fiveways to Thetford dualling scheme and (c) A556 Knutsford to Bowden has been contributed by (i) local authorities, (ii) private companies and (iii) central government.
	(155738)

271	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on alterative approaches to resolving issues along the A14 corridor; and if he will make a statement.
	(155739)

272	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the potential locations for the new Lower Thames Crossing; when he plans to launch a consultation; and if he will make a statement.
	(155740)

273	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the Lower Thames Crossing has been provided by (a) local authorities, (b) private companies and (c) central government.
	(155741)

274	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects the Greater London Authority to raise the £4.1 billion towards its agreed contribution for the total cost of Crossrail from a new business rates supplement.
	(155742)

275	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the funding for Crossrail rolling stock to be met by the Government will be secured through the UK Guarantees scheme.
	(155743)

276	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on his Department's Investment in Local Major Transport schemes package published in January 2012; and what stage of construction each scheme has reached.
	(155744)

277

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the funding of the local authority major transport schemes (a) Heysham-M6 Link Road, (b) Midland Metro, (c) Manchester Metro Link Phase 3A, (d) Birmingham New Street, (e) Nottingham Express Transit and (f) Tyne and Wear Metro renewal has been contributed by (i) local authorities, (ii) private companies and (iii) central government.

(155745)

278	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what stage of construction the local authority major transport schemes (a) Heysham-M6 Link Road, (b) Midland Metro, (c) Manchester Metro Link Phase 3A, (d) Birmingham New Street, (e) Nottingham Express Transit and (f) Tyne and Wear Metro renewal have reached; and when he expects each to be completed.
	(155746)

279

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the cost of the transport schemes (a) A453 widening scheme, (b) M25 junctions 23-27, (c) Manchester Airport link road, second phase, (d) M1/M6 junction 19, (e) A14 Kettering Bypass, (f) A45/A46 Tollbar End, (g) M3 junctions 2-4a, (h) M1 junctions 39-42 and (i) M6 junctions 10a-13 has been contributed by (i) local authorities, (ii) private companies and (iii) central government.

(155747)

280

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what stage of construction the transport schemes (a) A453 widening scheme, (b) M25 junctions 23-27, (c) Manchester Airport link road, second phase, (d) M1/M6 junction 19, (e) A14 Kettering Bypass, (f) A45/A46 Tollbar End, (g) M3 junctions 2-4a, (h) M1 junctions 39-42 and (i) M6 junctions 10a-13, announced in the Autumn Statement, have reached; and when he expects each to be completed.

(155748)

281	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what extra financial help his Department is making available to local authorities to help clear potholes.
	(155398)

282	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155416)

283	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155436)

284	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155456)

285	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in his Department for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.
	(155418)

286	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in his Department enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.
	(155438)

287	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in his Department have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155458)

288	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent representations he has received from Members of the Welsh Assembly in support of the introduction of fire sprinklers in new homes.
	(155623)

289	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing sprinkler systems into homes in Wales.
	(155624)

290

Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Glasgow East constituency and (b) Scotland have (i) received a sanction and (ii) received a sanction and disputed it in each of the last five years; and how many such claimants had a sanction overturned as a result of it being reconsidered or appealed in the last five years.

(155680)

291	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of jobseeker's allowance in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland have received a sanction in the last five years.
	(155681)

292	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland have been supported by the Innovation Fund; and how many such people have gone on to (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment following participation in the scheme.
	(155683)

293	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies procured from companies based in Scotland of a value in excess of £25,000 since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such procurement contract.
	(155687)

294	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial assistance his Department will make available to those receiving universal credit who do not budget effectively and run out of their credit money before the next payment is due.
	(155399)

295	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation he has set in place to assess the effect on (a) lifting people out of poverty and (b) claimants of disablement benefits, of the introduction of the universal credit social benefit scheme; and over what time periods he plans to report to Parliament its impact on the poorest people.
	(155508)

296	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the International Labour Organisation report published on 8 May 2013 on the societal implications of the failure to increase work opportunities for young people.
	(155509)

297	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to recognise the situation of self-employed people and the unpredictable flow of income such people may receive in designing the universal credit system.
	(155754)

298	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of implementation of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	(155755)

299	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has estimated the number of benefit claimants without bank accounts who will receive universal credit.
	(155756)

300	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist universal credit claimants who do not currently have bank accounts.
	(155757)

301	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when benefit claimants in Gloucestershire will be transferred to universal credit.
	(155758)

302	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 13 March 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Winn Walsh, forwarded to him from the Attorney General.
	(155632)

303

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2013, Official Report, column 198W on children: maintenance, what plans he has to ensure that parents with care who benefit from active arrears collection arrangements and who do not have a Child Support Agency (CSA) case with a current liability will continue to receive the child maintenance arrears they are legally owed once their CSA case is closed.

(155540)

304	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in each parliamentary constituency have been paid benefits at a level above the benefit cap maximum in 2013 to date.
	(155643)

305	Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland were underpaid employment and support allowance as a result of error by his Department in each of the last three years; and what the total sum underpaid was in each such year.
	(155752)

306

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each of the last five years; what the total cost was of such claims; and what the monetary value was of the 20 highest subsistence claims in each such year.

(155419)

307

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible enrolled in publicly-funded training courses in each of the last five years; what the total cost has been of such courses; and what the monetary value was of the 10 highest training course fees in each such year.

(155439)

308	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of such claims has been.
	(155459)

309	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision is made in housing benefit regulations to cover the situation in which a household member is absent for part of the year in residence at an educational institution.
	(155762)

310	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to taking steps to ensure that self-invested personal pensions consist of investments in a single pot rather than separate tranches.
	(155599)

311	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in his Department have resigned in the last year for which figures are available; and how many resigned citing ethical reasons for leaving.
	(155551)

THURSDAY 16 MAY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

*1	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What steps he is taking to encourage responsible dog ownership.
	(155334)

*2	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What progress he has made on opening up new markets to British producers.
	(155335)

*3	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): If he will consider banning live animal exports from British ports; and if he will make a statement.
	(155336)

*4	Robert Halfon (Harlow): What steps he is taking to support the glasshouse industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(155337)

*5	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): What steps he is taking to safeguard the future of forests and woodland.
	(155338)

*6	Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport and farmers on mitigating the effects of High Speed 2 on farms affected by the proposed route.
	(155339)

*7	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): What steps he is taking to improve the horse passport system.
	(155340)

*8	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the forthcoming legislation on dangerous dogs.
	(155341)

*10	Jessica Morden (Newport East): What steps he is taking on flood insurance.
	(155343)

*11	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): What steps he is taking on flood insurance.
	(155344)

*12	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to the countryside.
	(155345)

*13	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What steps his Department is taking to promote community orchards.
	(155346)

*14	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): What recent assessment he has made of the health of the UK's bee population.
	(155347)

*15	Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What steps he is taking on flood insurance.
	(155348)

*16	Peter Aldous (Waveney): What progress he has made on opening up new markets to British producers.
	[R] (155349)

*17	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What recent discussions he has had on rural poverty.
	(155350)

*18	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): What progress his Department has made on discussions with the insurance industry about the availability and cost of flood insurance.
	(155351)

*19	David Rutley (Macclesfield): What progress he has made on reducing red tape in the farming industry.
	(155352)

*20	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What policies he is putting in place to encourage growth in the rural economy.
	(155353)

At 10.05am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

*1	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities.
	(155354)

*2	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay):
	(155355)

*3	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):
	(155356)

*4	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford):
	(155357)

*5	Nick de Bois (Enfield North):
	(155358)

*6	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire):
	(155359)

*7	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
	(155360)

*8	David Rutley (Macclesfield):
	(155361)

*9	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan):
	(155362)

*10	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):
	(155363)

At 10.15am

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

*1	Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what progress the Electoral Commission is making on preparations for the full confirmation test in the transition to individual electoral registration.
	(155324)

*2	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church Commissioners provide to refurbish church bells.
	(155325)

*3	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many staff the National Audit Office (NAO) employs; and what information the NAO collects on their previous employment.
	(155326)

*4	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have to make available their buildings and other church property for wider community use.
	(155327)

*5	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions the Church Commissioners have had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
	(155328)

*6	Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church Commissioners are planning to take to support the future work of the Church of England.
	(155329)

*7	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent assessment the Church Commissioners have made of Church of England attendance figures.
	(155330)

*8	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church Commissioners are taking to ensure the protection of religious freedom.
	(155331)

*9	Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what further steps have been taken to make it easier for those eligible to vote overseas to register.
	(155332)

*10	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the merits of including GCSE Religious Studies within the English Baccalaureate.
	(155333)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 10 May

1 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has given consideration to the future of Holloway Crown Post Office.
	(155315)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of the extension of the size of the table at which the Cabinet meets.
	(155318)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have more than (a) £100,000, (b) £500,000 and (c) £1 million in an Individual Savings Account.
	(155320)

4 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the UN Security Council for a human rights requirement to be included in the future mandate of MINURSO.
	(155317)

5 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have not achieved Foundation Trust status; and when he expects all NHS trusts to gain Foundation Trust status.
	(155316)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have returned to the Exchequer the cash value of their (a) winter fuel allowance, (b) free television licence and (c) free bus pass in each of the last three years; and what the total amount is that has been reimbursed to the Exchequer for each such benefit in the last three years.
	(155319)

7 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have contacted his Department requesting to return to the Exchequer the cash value of their (a) winter fuel allowance, (b) free television licence and (c) free bus pass in each of the last three years.
	(155323)

Notices given on Monday 13 May

1 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcy cases were recorded as having few or no assets in each year since 2008.
	(155582)

2 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of debt was for bankruptcy cases (a) recorded as having few or no assets, (b) excluding those with few or no assets and (c) overall in each year since 2008.
	(155583)

3 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Insolvency Service Annual Report 2009-10 and 2010-11, what the threshold is for a bankruptcy case to be recorded as having few or little assets.
	(155586)

4 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office for National Statistics will issue revised Long Term International Migration Statistics for the period between the 2001 and 2011 censuses in line with its revised annual population estimates.
	(155574)

5 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many candidates for special adviser posts have not been appointed because they have not received security clearance since May 2010; and how many special advisers have had their security clearance (a) withdrawn or (b) suspended since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(155484)

6 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths in the UK were attributed to legal highs in each of the last five years.
	(155656)

7 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people are currently on a waiting list for social housing in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England; and how many such people are currently homeless.
	(155561)

8 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households with children in Barnsley Central constituency were accepted as homeless in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
	(155562)

9 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of all the evidence he has compiled relating to the effect of local authority publications on local newspapers.
	(155466)

10 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rules exist regarding the employment of outgoing council employees by private employers with whom their former council has a contractual relationship.
	(155576)

11 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing units there are in England; how many such houses are unoccupied; and what the annual turnover of occupancy rate of such housing has been in each of the last five years.
	(155568)

12 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 April 2013, Official Report, column 827W, on health education: sex, when the Government plans to announce its response to the consultation on changing the exemption of educational DVDs from BBFC age ratings.
	(155578)

13 N	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the number of racehorses killed outright or destroyed on UK racecourses or shortly afterwards due to injury sustained in (a) flat, (b) all weather and (c) national hunt racing in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(155475)

14 N	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of racehorses killed outright or destroyed due to training injuries in the UK in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(155476)

15 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues regarding the employment of outgoing civil servants by private employers with whom his Department has a contractual relationship.
	(155575)

16 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions are placed on businesses who wish to advertise employment vacancies through the Career Transition Partnership.
	(155667)

17 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training is available to those currently serving and preparing to leave the armed forces in order to prepare them to find civilian work.
	(155668)

18 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training is available to those who have left the armed forces to prepare them to find civilian work; and for what period following departure.
	(155669)

19 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policies led by his Department are in place to provide veterans with employment opportunities on leaving the armed forces.
	(155670)

20 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which businesses advertise employment vacancies through the Career Transition Partnership.
	(155671)

21
N

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company holds the largest contract to provide mobile telephony services to his Department; how much was paid under the contract in the last year for which figures are available; how many individual services are covered by the contract; when the contract was awarded; when the contract will next be renewed; and for how long.

(155653)

22 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the levels of turnout of electors voting (a) by post and (b) in person at the 2013 county council elections.
	(155657)

23 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people were (a) permanently excluded and (b) temporarily excluded from schools in (i) Barnsley Central constituency, (ii) Barnsley local education authority area, (iii) South Yorkshire and (iv) England in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13.
	(155560)

24 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to implement the conclusions of Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best: Government response to the Education Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2010-12, First Special Report of Session 2012-13, HC524, published on 16 July 2012.
	(155460)

25 N	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of the introduction of new GCSEs and A-levels at the same time on the workload of schools.
	(155580)

26 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of incentives that will exist for the purchase of renewable energy from independent generators when the renewables obligation ends.
	(155499)

27
N

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that no UK companies are (a) directly and (b) indirectly involved in selling goods to the Assad regime in Syria; and what discussions he has had with his (i) US, (ii) French and (iii) German counterparts to ensure that companies from those countries are not selling goods to that regime.

(155654)

28 N	Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the killing of large numbers of peaceful protestors in Shapla Square, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement.
	(155489)

29 N	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Russian government regarding the detention and trial of Alexey Navalny.
	(155571)

30 N	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Russian government on (a) human rights, (b) the independence of the judiciary and (c) the arrest and prosecution of political opposition figures.
	(155572)

31 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of spending on out of hours care between 2004 and 2010 by primary care trust.
	(155467)

32 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of correspondence his Department received from primary care trusts expressing concern about arrangements for out of hours care following the introduction of the revised GP contract between 2004 and 2010.
	(155468)

33 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual items of correspondence his Department received expressing concern about out of hours care between 2004 and 2010.
	(155469)

34 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices have opted-out of providing out-of-hours care under the provisions of the revised GP contract since April 2004.
	(155470)

35 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of invoiced fees owed to the NHS by foreign patients not entitled to free care which were written off in each of the last 10 years.
	(155471)

36 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop existing high secure hospital estates to meet changes in overall capacity requirements over the next five years.
	(155563)

37 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any review of the capacity of high secure hospitals was undertaken prior to the commissioning of redevelopment plans for Broadmoor Hospital.
	(155651)

38 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum patient capacity of Ashworth Hospital was on the date the hospital was established.
	(155652)

39
N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) GPs and (b) GPs with special interests who diagnose, manage and excise low-risk basal cell carcinomas in the community (i) are fully accredited to do so and (ii) undergo continuous professional development in the diagnosis and management of skin lesions to maintain their accreditation.

(155666)

40 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual items of correspondence his Department received expressing concern about the effects of Government targets on patient care between 2005 and 2010.
	(155477)

41 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many investigations into poor care or malpractice in the NHS were initiated as a result of whistleblowers highlighting these to his Department between 2005 and 2010.
	(155584)

42 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual items of correspondence his Department received from whistleblowers reporting instances of malpractice or poor patient care between 2005 and 2010.
	(155585)

43 N	Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the proposed downgrade of Croydon University Hospital, including the closure of accident and emergency, maternity and children's units; and if he will make a statement.
	(155556)

44 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of secondary care provided to foreign nationals who were not entitled to free treatment.
	(155577)

45 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital admissions arising from legal highs in each of the last five years.
	(155655)

46 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has held with insurance firms on the proposal to place their financial contribution to mesothelioma research onto a statutory basis.
	(155658)

47 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff have the expertise to identify exotic diseases on imported plant material entering the UK.
	(155664)

48 N	Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports she has received from the Metropolitan Police on recent television broadcasts made from London by Altaf Hussain; and if she will make a statement.
	(155488)

49 N	Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the recent televisual appearances of Altaf Hussain; and whether these appearances will have any consequence for his citizenship.
	(155490)

50 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum applicants were granted (a) asylum or humanitarian protection and (b) neither in each of the last five years.
	(155567)

51 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the mutual assistance treaty with Jordan to be ratified by the Jordanian Parliament.
	(155479)

52 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Mutual Assistance Treaty with Jordan to be ratified by the UK Parliament.
	(155480)

53 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the same-day business visa service for Indian nationals announced by the Prime Minister in February 2013 to be introduced.
	(155481)

54 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with UK Visas and Immigration on the provision of service for the introduction of the same-day business visa service for Indian nationals.
	(155482)

55 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision for biometric facilities there is in China for Chinese nationals applying for a visa to visit the UK.
	(155483)

56 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal offences were recorded at (a) Barrow and Furness, (b) Roose, (c) Dalton-in-Furness and (d) Ulverston railway station, by category of offence in each of the last five years.
	(155663)

57 N	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2013, Official Report, columns 566-8W, on sexual offences: police cautions, if he will break down the figures provided by the (a) age ranges, (b) gender of those concerned and (c) the category of offences in relation to the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
	(155665)

58 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those released from prison on licence that were (a) low risk, (b) medium risk and (c) high risk committed criminal offences while on licence in each of the last five years.
	(155557)

59 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) suicide, (b) attempted suicide and (c) self-harming occurred within the first (i) week, (ii) fortnight or (iii) month of arrival into a prison in the last year for which figures are available.
	(155558)

60 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of offences committed is by those released from prison while on licence that were (a) low risk, (b) medium risk and (c) high risk in each of the last five years.
	(155559)

61 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how his Department plans to monitor the effectiveness of GPS-style tagging of offenders by private companies.
	(155604)

62 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of introducing GPS tagging of offenders.
	(155605)

63 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken into the effectiveness of GPS-style electronic tagging of offenders.
	(155606)

64 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the effectiveness in reducing re-offending of the electronic tagging of offenders currently undertaken by each of the private-sector companies contracted to provide such a service.
	(155607)

65 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken into the effectiveness of electronic tagging in reducing reoffending rates.
	(155608)

66
N

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison in the last year; how many and what proportion of such people have been subject to restorative justice procedures; how many and what proportion of such people (a) met the victims of their crimes, (b) made reparations and (c) made a contract to pay back to their victims, their families or the local community in recompense for their actions.

(155569)

67
N

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been in prison in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of such prisoners earned wages for work in prison; how many and what proportion of such prisoners earned (a) more than £50, (b) between £20 and £50, (c) between £10 and £20 and (d) less than £10 per week; what proportion of such prisoners had deductions for restorative justice purposes of (i) more than £10, (ii) between £5 and £10 and (iii) less than £5 a week; what proportion of such prisoners had deductions for administrative purposes of (A) more than £10, (B) between £5 and £10 and (C) less than £5 a week; what proportion of such prisoners were serving sentences of (1) more than 10, (2) between five and 10, (3) between one and five and (4) less than one year; and what proportion of such prisoners were (x) men and (y) women.

(155570)

68 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison inmates have access to (a) television, (b) games consoles and (c) newspaper subscriptions.
	(155461)

69 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost of prisoners' access to (a) psychiatric nurses, (b) psychiatrists, (c) clinical psychologists, (d) occupational therapists, (e) drug workers and (f) counsellors is.
	(155462)

70 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners have been sectioned in each of the last five years.
	(155463)

71 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost of (a) methadone prescriptions and (b) rehabilitative treatment for both prisoners and offenders on probation is each year.
	(155465)

72 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are earning under the Prisoner Earning Act 1996; and what proportion of such prisoner earnings are levied under the 2011 changes to that system.
	(155565)

73 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age group, (b) length of sentence and (c) declared health problem by type is of the UK prison population.
	(155566)

74 N	Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the activities of the leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement leader Altaf Hussain; and what his policy is on the activities of that group in the UK.
	(155491)

75 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he plans to publish the Wilson Review.
	(155464)

76 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what considerations have been made with regards to renaming the National Assembly for Wales the Parliament of Wales.
	(155573)

77 N	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to review the online application process for claiming (a) attendance allowance, (b) disability living allowance and (c) the overseas state pension.
	(155672)

78 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vacancies have been posted in Universal Jobmatch since its inception, by occupation.
	(155472)

79 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when statistics for the Youth Contract wage subsidy scheme will be released.
	(155473)

80 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support he has put in place for those people who will complete two years on the Work Programme without having achieved a job sustainment.
	(155474)

81 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers have received wage subsidy payments under the Youth Contract since April 2012.
	(155478)

82 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vacancies have been posted on Universal Jobmatch to date; and how many job outcomes have been achieved through that system.
	(155485)

83 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken to assess a claim for jobseeker's allowance is in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England.
	(155564)

84 N	Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women were claiming out-of-work benefits in Croydon North constituency in the most recent month for which figures are available; and what the figures are for the same month in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(155554)

85
N

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 18 to 24 in Croydon North constituency had been claiming jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months in the most recent month for which figures are available; what that figure is as a percentage of (a) all jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18 to 24 and (b) the 18 to 24 year old workforce; and what the change in these figures has been in the last year for which figures are available.

(155555)

86 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of universal credit.
	(155486)

87 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons why people who apply for Employment and Support Allowance do not subsequently attend a work capability assessment; and if he will make a statement.
	(155487)

88 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have entered employment as a result of the application of the benefit cap; and if he will make a statement.
	(155492)

89 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the helpline for existing benefit recipients have been declined on security grounds since the introduction of new security checks.
	(155579)

90 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount his Department has spent on the Work Programme in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 to date.
	(155581)

MONDAY 20 MAY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 8 May

2 N	Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether the UK National Reform Programme is a submission the basis of which falls within the scope of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993.
	(154851)

3
N

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in hearing the UK's case regarding Regulation (EU) No 236/2012; when he expects judgement on that case to be given by the CJEU; and if he will place in the Library the written legal submissions made by the Government to the CJEU in that case.

(154852)

4
N

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in hearing the UK's case regarding the European Central Bank's proposed location policy for central counterparties dealing in euro-denominated financial products; when he expects judgement on that case to be given by the CJEU; and if he will place in the Library the written legal submissions made by the Government to the CJEU in that case.

(154853)

5 N	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the damages ordered by the European Court of Human Rights to be paid to Mr Ilyas Elmi Hode and Ms Hawa Aden Adbi in its judgement of 6 November 2012 were paid.
	(153899)

6 N	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the costs and damages ordered by the European Court of Human Rights to be paid to Mr Brett James, Mr Nicholas Wells and Mr Jeffrey Lee in its judgement of 18 September 2012 were paid.
	(153900)

7 N	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the costs and damages ordered by the European Court of Human Rights to be paid to Mr William Beggs in its judgement of 6 November 2012 were paid.
	(153901)

8
N

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which people and organisations the (a) Chairman and (b) Secretary of the Commission on a Bill of Rights have met to discuss the Commissions work since the Commission was established excluding (i) seminars, (ii) meetings with parliamentary committees and (iii) meetings during visits to Strasbourg, Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh.

(153903)

Notices given on Thursday 9 May

1
N

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nationality and (b) gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in April 2013; in which (i) region and (ii) local authority area each of the suspected victims was found; and which agency referred each case to this scheme.

(155115)

2 N	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nationality and (b) gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in March 2013; in which (i) region and (ii) local authority area each of the suspected victims was found; and which agency referred each case to this scheme.
	(155114)

Notices given on Friday 10 May

1 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which occasions the British Indian Ocean Territories administration has intervened or apprehended vessels under suspicion of illegal fishing in the last year.
	(155321)

2 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will make an announcement on the future of the Chagos Islands and the future re-settlement of the islanders.
	(155322)

Notices given on Monday 13 May

1 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department scrutinises the Fundraising Standards Board; when a review was last conducted; and what the outcome was of this review.
	[Transferred] (153902)

2 N	Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the equality of access available for deaf people whose first language is British Sign Language in terms of communicating with (a) civil servants and (b) the agencies and public bodies for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement.
	(155493)

3 N	Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures his Department has in place to ensure that deaf people have the opportunity to communicate in British Sign Language with (a) civil servants and (b) the agencies and public bodies for which he is responsible.
	(155495)

4
N

Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the equality of access available for deaf people whose first language is British Sign Language in terms of communicating with (a) local councillors and local government workers and (b) the agencies and public bodies for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement.

(155494)

5 N	Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures his Department has in place to ensure that deaf people have the opportunity to communicate in British Sign Language with (a) local councillors and local government workers and (b) the agencies and public bodies for which he is responsible.
	(155496)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will commission an investigation into recent trends in football season ticket prices and the effects on consumers of any price rises.
	(155661)

7 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect farmers from the economic consequences of the anticipated high levels of rainfall in summer 2013.
	(155609)

8 N	Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on measures to increase the area of accessible woodland created close to towns and cities.
	(155659)

9 N	Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has made to implement the commitment to increase the amount of woodland cover made in his recent statement on forestry policy.
	(155660)

10 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce psychological damage caused by high levels of household debt.
	(155625)

11 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet representatives of StepChange Debt Charity to discuss their recent investigation into psychological damage caused by high levels of household debt.
	(155626)

12 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to promote gender equality between academics in UK universities.
	(155610)

TUESDAY 21 MAY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 8 May

1
N

Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities failed to identify and work with 75 per cent or more of their target families in 2012-13; which such authorities will have their funding cut in 2013-14 because of such failure; which other local authorities will receive less than 100 per cent of their provisional maximum funding for 2013-14; and for what reasons each such reduction in funding will occur.

(153898)

Notices given on Monday 13 May

1
N

Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the equality of access available for deaf people whose first language is British Sign Language in terms of communicating with (a) cultural, media, sporting and business organisations and (b) the agencies and public bodies for which she is responsible; and if she will make a statement.

(155497)

2 N	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was (a) made available and (b) paid to the Salvation Army Victim Support Scheme in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13; and whether the funding commitment is open-ended.
	(155662)

MONDAY 3 JUNE Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 10 May

1 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations his Department has received on the Connaught Income Series 1 Fund; and what consideration he has given to role of the Financial Conduct Authority in respect of that fund.
	(155224)

TUESDAY 4 JUNE Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 10 May

1 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to launch a consultation on changes to the school day and school calendar.
	(155225)

2 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent research he has commissioned on the effect of changes to the school day and school term on educational outcomes.
	(155226)

3 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has initiated with the teaching unions to discuss changes to the schools calendar.
	(155227)

4
N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to provide support for victims identified under (a) Operation Pallial, (b) Operation Yewtree, (c) Operation Fernbridge and (d) the investigations into Stuart Hall; how much funding her Department has provided for supporting victims identified in each investigation; and with which agencies she has been in contact with regard to support for victims.

(155228)

Prepared 14th May 2013

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