Part 2: Oral and Written Questions beginning on
Monday 20 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 Monday 20 May 2013
(the 'Questions Book')
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.
MONDAY 20 MAY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
*1
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Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
What steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations made by Professor Harrington in his final report on the work capability assessment in November 2012. |
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(155859)
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*2
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Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
What recent assessment he has made of the new enterprise allowance. |
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(155860)
|
*3
|
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
What financial support his Department makes available to sick and disabled people while their claim for employment and support allowance undergoes mandatory reconsideration prior to the formal appeal. |
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(155861)
|
*4
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Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
What assessment he has made of the arrangements for offshore safety inspections in the North Sea. |
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(155862)
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*5
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Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
What assessment he has made of the effects of planned changes to the state pension on women born between April 1952 and April 1953. |
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(155863)
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*6
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Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
How many households in Wales have been affected by the under-occupancy penalty to date. |
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(155864)
|
*7
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Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
What recent estimate he has made of the number of people in full-time employment. |
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(155865)
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*8
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Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
What steps he plans to take to restrict access to benefits for new migrants from other EU member states. |
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(155866)
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*9
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Gavin Williamson
(South Staffordshire):
What steps he is taking to help pensioners. |
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(155867)
|
*10
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Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
What assessment he has made of the preparedness of the universal credit IT delivery system. |
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(155868)
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*11
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Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
What steps he is taking to publicise the potential effects of planned regulation changes on claimants currently in receipt of (a) the disability living allowance higher rate and (b) Motability cars. |
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(155869)
|
*12
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Mr Stephen Hepburn
(Jarrow):
What assessment he has made of the effect of sanctions on jobseeker's allowance claimants. |
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(155870)
|
*13
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Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
What redress is available to tenants whose landlords seek to evict them on the grounds that they are housing benefit recipients subject to the benefits cap. |
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(155871)
|
*14
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Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
What steps he is taking to reduce the eligibility to UK benefits of nationals of other EU member states. |
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(155872)
|
*15
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Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
What steps he is taking to support credit unions. |
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(155873)
|
*16
|
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
What assessment he has made of whether people who claim disability-related benefits are also more likely to receive housing benefit; and if he will make a statement. |
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(155874)
|
*17
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Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
What assessment he has made of his Department's counter-fraud activities. |
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(155875)
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*18
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Henry Smith
(Crawley):
What steps he is taking to help separated parents work together in the best interests of their children. |
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(155876)
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*19
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Glenda Jackson
(Hampstead and Kilburn):
What assessment he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy penalty to date; and if he will make a statement. |
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(155877)
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*20
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Simon Hughes
(Bermondsey and Old Southwark):
What assessment he has made of the implementation of the personal independence payment to date. |
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(155878)
|
*21
|
Mr Rob Wilson
(Reading East):
What recent assessment he has made of the new enterprise allowance. |
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(155879)
|
*22
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David Mowat
(Warrington South):
What assessment he has made of the level of competition in the UK pension fund management industry. |
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(155880)
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*23
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Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
Which groups will benefit from the reforms to the state pension planned for 2016. |
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(155881)
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*24
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Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of the benefit cap. |
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(155882)
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*25
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Claire Perry
(Devizes):
What assessment he has made of the introduction of the universal credit pathfinder. |
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(155883)
|
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
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Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. |
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(155884)
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*2
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Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
|
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(155885)
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*3
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Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
|
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(155886)
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*4
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Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
|
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(155887)
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*5
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Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
|
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(155888)
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*6
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Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
|
|
(155889)
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*7
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Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
|
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(155890)
|
*8
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Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
|
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(155891)
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*9
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Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
|
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(155892)
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*10
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Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
|
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(155893)
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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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(153899)
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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. |
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(153900)
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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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
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(155625)
|
11
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet representatives of the StepChange Debt Charity to discuss its recent investigation into psychological damage caused by high levels of household debt. |
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(155626)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 14 May
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to promote gender equality between academics in UK universities. |
|
(155610)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the international competitiveness of UK universities. |
|
(156101)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider increasing investment in innovative research and development in UK universities to bring it in line with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average. |
|
(156102)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider increasing investment in tertiary education to bring it in line with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average. |
|
(156103)
|
5
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent in total on external legal advice from QCs (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012. |
|
(156022)
|
6
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the top 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom they were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought. |
|
(156024)
|
7
N
|
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department is since 7 May 2010. |
|
(156023)
|
8
N
|
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Liverpool are currently paying the living wage and above; and if he will take steps to introduce a national living wage. |
|
(155856)
|
9
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent in total on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012. |
|
(156025)
|
10
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent in total on external legal advice from QCs (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012. |
|
(156026)
|
11
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members of the (a) Senior Salaries Review Body, (b) Security Vetting Appeals Panel, (c) House of Lords Appointments Commission, (d) Committee on Standards in Public Life, (e) Civil Service Commission, (f) Boundary Commission for Wales, (g) Boundary Commission for England, (h) Big Lottery Fund and (i) Advisory Committee on Business Appointments were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is of each such member. |
|
(155846)
|
12
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has paid into the Green Investment Bank to date. |
|
(156027)
|
13
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in his Department are employed on zero hours contracts. |
|
(156095)
|
14
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the members of the (a) Office for Budget Responsibility and (b) Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the design of coins, medals, seals and decorations were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is of each such member. |
|
(155843)
|
15
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Statement of 9 May 2013, Official Report, columns 4-6WS, on planning: re-use of buildings, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the number of public houses of his proposal to allow businesses currently covered by A1, A2 and A3 use classes to open up in premises currently used as a public house without having to apply for planning permission. |
|
(155899)
|
16
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Statement of 9 May 2013, Official Report, columns 4-6WS, on planning: re-use of buildings, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the likely effect on public health of enabling fast food premises to open up using the new permitted development rights in A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, D1 and D2 premises. |
|
(155900)
|
17
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Statement of 9 May 2013, Official Report, columns 4-6WS, on planning: re-use of buildings, what permission will businesses that have opened up using permitted development rights in A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, D1 and D2 premises have to apply for once two years have elapsed. |
|
(155901)
|
18
N
|
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote retail competition in the super-fast broadband market. |
|
(155849)
|
19
N
|
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory structure of the UK retail super-fast broadband market. |
|
(155850)
|
20
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) Sport England, (b) UK Sport and (c) other Secretaries of State about the appointment of the new chairs of (i) Sport England and (ii) UK Sport. |
|
(156039)
|
21
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recommendations the interview panel chaired by Sir Keith Mills gave on the appointments of the new chairs of (a) UK Sport and (b) Sport England. |
|
(156040)
|
22
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what process the new chair of (a) Sport England and (b) UK Sport was appointed. |
|
(156041)
|
23
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recommendation the (a) Minister of State for Sport and Tourism and (b) the Olympics Legacy Ambassador made about the appointments of the new chairs of (i) UK Sport and (ii) Sport England. |
|
(156042)
|
24
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information she holds on the charges levied by public libraries for the loan of audio books; and what the income received by each local authority area from this service in the last 12 months was. |
|
(156110)
|
25
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many audio-book loans have been recorded in UK public libraries in each year since 2010. |
|
(156111)
|
26
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the continued operation of libraries in deprived areas; and whether the degree of social deprivation in an area for which library closures are proposed is given weight in deciding whether to launch an inquiry into the closures. |
|
(156112)
|
27
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the transfer of public lending rights functions to the British Library will require primary legislation. |
|
(156146)
|
28
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the survival of branch libraries in areas of deprivation that face closure. |
|
(156152)
|
29
N
|
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1116W, on Arts, on which projects relating to the creative industries and the arts the eight full-time members of her Department's staff working in this area are deployed; and how many staff hours are allocated to each such project. |
|
(156153)
|
30
N
|
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will carry out an impact assessment on whether legalising graffiti art would increase the number of street artists in England. |
|
(155857)
|
31
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 612W, on armed forces: apprentices, how many armed forces personnel completed military apprenticeships as a proportion of the total strength of each service in academic year (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. |
|
(155946)
|
32
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Armed Forces who started Phase 2 training had not reached Entry Level 3 skills in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
|
(156028)
|
33
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to mandating GCSE training during (a) Phase 1 and (b) Phase 2 training. |
|
(156029)
|
34
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, columns 611-13W on armed forces: basic skills, what proportion of candidates in the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Army passed the initial assessment results for (i) numeracy and (ii) literacy at the levels referred to in that Answer. |
|
(156031)
|
35
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 611W, on armed forces: apprentices, how many armed forces personnel completed apprenticeships to level (a) two and (b) three as a proportion of the total strength of each service in (i) academic year 2009-10, (ii) academic year 2010-11 and (iii) academic year 2011-12. |
|
(156034)
|
36
N
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator has withheld the use of (a) Z-berth and (b) X-berth in each location in each of the last five years. |
|
(156147)
|
37
N
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Z-berths at (a) Loch Ewe and (b) Loch Goil are available for use. |
|
(156148)
|
38
N
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which periods the Z-berths at (a) Loch Ewe and (b) Loch Goil have been unavailable for use due to regulatory restrictions in each of the last five years. |
|
(156149)
|
39
N
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator has withheld use of Z-berths in each of the last five years; what the duration was of each ban; and what the reason was for each such ban. |
|
(156150)
|
40
N
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Royal Navy has used the Z-berths at (a) Loch Goil and (b) Loch Ewe in each of the last five years. |
|
(156151)
|
41
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in his Department are employed on zero hours contracts. |
|
(156098)
|
42
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the members of the (a) School Teachers' Review Body, (b) Office of the Children's Commissioner and (c) Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is of each such member. |
|
(155844)
|
43
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he still uses the Mrs Blurt email account to send and receive emails for the purpose of official government business; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(155852)
|
44
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the progress of the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office in delivering its national energy efficiency strategy. |
|
(155851)
|
45
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total cost of the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office has been to date. |
|
(155853)
|
46
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's officials work at the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office. |
|
(155854)
|
47
N
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal assessments took place in (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales, (c) Wales in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March and (iv) April 2013. |
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(156033)
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48
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing to scientists working on developing new wheat varieties. |
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(156099)
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49
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide funding for the National Institute for Agricultural Botany to develop a new form of high-yield wheat. |
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(156100)
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50
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which non-target marine species have been recorded as being caught by the commercial fishery in Ascension Island in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2013 to date. |
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(156030)
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51
N
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Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total tonnage of (a) target fish species and (b) non-target species caught by the commercial fishery in Ascension Island was in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) 2013 to date. |
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(156035)
|
52
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many vessels were licensed to fish in the waters of Ascension Island in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2013 to date; and what fish each such vessel was licensed to catch. |
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(156036)
|
53
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value of fishing licences sold for use in the waters of Ascension Island was in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2013 to date. |
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(156037)
|
54
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the flag state was of each vessel licensed to fish in the waters of Ascension Island in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2013 to date. |
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(156038)
|
55
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the members of the (a) Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, (b) Westminster Foundation for Democracy, (c) British Council, (d) Foreign Compensation Commission and (e) Great Britain China Centre were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is of each such member. |
|
(155847)
|
56
N
|
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's analysis of public expenditure on care and support by wealth quintile of care users (2012-13 prices); if he will place the data from which the graph was generated in the Library. |
|
(155848)
|
57
N
|
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Statement of 11 February 2013, Official Report, column 593, on social care funding, if he will publish the evidential basis for his statement that up to 100,000 more people will receive financial support with their care further to the implementation of a cap on care costs. |
|
(155858)
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58
N
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the process to develop a business case for the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital began. |
|
(155902)
|
59
N
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the business case for the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital. |
|
(155903)
|
61
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that those needing NHS dentistry do not resort to home remedies. |
|
(156106)
|
62
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who have complications arising from dentistry home remedies. |
|
(156107)
|
63
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce any inequality in the public health funding settlement for 2014-15. |
|
(156108)
|
64
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what calculations his Department used to calculate the regional public health funding settlement for 2014-15. |
|
(156109)
|
65
N
|
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to support the work of the Museum of Liverpool's House of Memories project. |
|
(155855)
|
66
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police and community support officers have become police officers in each of the last five years. |
|
(156043)
|
67
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of her Department's overseas development assistance budget has been spent in the UK in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156105)
|
68
N
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department provides funding to guarantee safe spaces for community organisations' leaders and local communities to meet and hold discussions. |
|
(156104)
|
69
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who the members of the (a) Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and (b) Independent Commission for Aid Impact were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is of each such member. |
|
(155845)
|
71
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on the introduction of the new enterprise allowance in (a) England and (b) Northamptonshire. |
|
(156094)
|
72
N
|
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Support Agency (CSA) assessed cases with a positive liability, excluding maintenance direct cases, have been fully compliant with the payments required to be made under the Child Support Act 1991 in each of the last four quarters; and how many such cases are (a) fully compliant without deductions being made from a paying parent's earnings or benefits and (b) fully compliant where the CSA is making deductions from earnings or benefits. |
|
(155950)
|
73
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department are employed on zero hours contracts. |
|
(156097)
|
74
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit staff ambassadors are working with Ashton-under-Lyne Jobcentre Plus to assist with the introduction of universal credit. |
|
(155947)
|
75
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department has been rebuked by the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority for misusing statistics since May 2010. |
|
(155948)
|
76
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter sent to him from the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, dated 9 May 2013, whether he plans any changes to his Department's procedures in response. |
|
(155949)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 15 May
1
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in No. 10 Downing Street are employed on zero hours contracts. |
|
(156096)
|
2
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died as a result of thromboembolism diseases in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012. |
|
(155945)
|
3
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from the Law Officers' Departments in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156419)
|
4
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service applied to the Crown to quash its own indictment in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156261)
|
5
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has advised the police not to charge but to issue a caution or other out-of-court disposal instead in cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual offences other than rape, (c) domestic violence, (d) grievous bodily harm and (e) street robbery in each of the last seven years. |
|
(156288)
|
6
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the Crown Prosecution Service was of trials rendered ineffective because of court administration errors in each year since 2007. |
|
(156289)
|
7
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Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has recommended a penalty for disorder notice instead of a criminal charge or caution in respect of (a) criminal damage, (b) actual bodily harm, (c) grievous bodily harm, (d) inciting or threatening violence and (e) drugs-related offences in each of the last seven years. |
|
(156291)
|
8
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has solicited the views of a victim before issuing a caution instead of a criminal charge in each of the last seven years. |
|
(156292)
|
9
N
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, whether the Logica tablets used by the Crown Prosecution Service will (a) have to be returned at the end of the contract, (b) be subject to an automatic upgrade and (c) be compatible with his Department's IT strategy on electronic working. |
|
(156313)
|
10
N
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, whether the Logica tablets used by the Crown Prosecution Service were originally equipped with DVD players. |
|
(156314)
|
11
N
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, whether it falls within the remit of the Serious Fraud Office to investigate allegations of oil-price manipulation by oil companies operating in the UK. |
|
(156355)
|
12
N
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office plans to work alongside the European Commission in investigating allegations that oil prices were manipulated by oil companies operating in the UK. |
|
(156356)
|
13
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) Crown Advocates, (b) Crown Prosecutors and (c) Associate Prosecutors were in post in the Crown Prosecution Service in 2012. |
|
(156372)
|
14
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions prosecutions ceased because the court ordered all charges to be left to lie on the file in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156373)
|
15
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if (a) his Department, (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible and (c) his Department's executive agencies use (i) Atos and (ii) any other company for the provision of counter-fraud activities and related services. |
|
(156473)
|
16
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 73W, on fraud-error and debt, what estimate he has made of the annual savings to the Student Loans Company from the introduction of a check first before paying approach; and what the annual level of fraud reported by the Student Loans Company prior to the introduction of a check first before paying approach was since 2005. |
|
(156475)
|
17
|
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on which occasions representatives from UK Trade and Investment have met with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive in each of the last three years. |
|
(156241)
|
18
|
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of the aerospace industry in Northern Ireland. |
|
(156242)
|
19
N
|
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Investment export trips were made from the North East to (a) the European Union and (b) Eastern Europe; and how many companies from the North East and of what size went on them in each of the last three years. |
|
(156361)
|
20
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many patents have been registered in the UK in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156352)
|
21
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156418)
|
22
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential for community development finance institutions to (a) lend to businesses and charities and (b) create jobs; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156478)
|
23
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of payday loans made in (a) total and (b) in each region in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156479)
|
24
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in his Department are employed on zero hours contracts. |
|
(156278)
|
25
N
|
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to make gov.uk's other government digital services IPv6 addressable. |
|
(156468)
|
26
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 77-8W, on unemployment: coastal areas, what the level of unemployment is in all other seaside towns in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
|
(156440)
|
27
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the 10 most frequent causes of death amongst 15 to 30 year olds were in each of the last 30 years. |
|
(156442)
|
28
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156420)
|
29
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether claimants of jobseeker's allowance (JSA) not currently receiving benefit because they have received a sanction, but otherwise meeting the conditions for entitlement to JSA, are included in the JSA claimant count published in the monthly labour market statistics. |
|
(156340)
|
30
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how he plans to reflect the number of universal credit recipients in the monthly labour market statistics during the transition from jobseeker's allowance to universal credit. |
|
(156342)
|
31
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Revenue and Customs use (a) Atos or (b) any other company for the provision of counter-fraud activities and related services. |
|
(156471)
|
32
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what other avenues are available to address losses caused by the actions of financial services companies, where allegations are made in the public domain regarding financial irregularities by such companies and an individual is reluctant to submit a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman. |
|
(156258)
|
33
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the membership of the three technical groups set up by HM Revenue and Customs to examine consequential issues arising as a result of the introduction of the Scottish rate of income tax, referred to in the First Annual Report on the Implementation and Operation of Part 3 (Financial Provisions) of the Scotland Act 2012. |
|
(156357)
|
34
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to First Annual Report on the Implementation and Operation of Part 3 (Financial Provisions) of the Scotland Act 2012, what costs have been incurred in respect of the project to implement the Scottish rate of income tax; and what proportion of such costs will be borne by the Scottish Government. |
|
(156358)
|
35
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156236)
|
36
|
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people from Northern Ireland called HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years; and what the average waiting time was of such calls in each such year. |
|
(156269)
|
37
|
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether charging for the use of a car park which was originally designated as free to use affects the rateable value of the land. |
|
(156312)
|
38
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1148-9W, on mortgages: Government assistance, if he will confirm whether or not non-EU citizens will be barred from applying for the mortgage guarantee scheme. |
|
(156259)
|
39
|
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish details of all cases of whistleblowing currently being investigated by his Department; how many such cases are not being investigated; and for what reason historical cases of offshore tax evasion have only recently been investigated. |
|
(156266)
|
40
|
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will conduct an inquiry into the recent claims made that officials in his Department used powers under the Regulation of Powers Act 2000 to discover the identity of a departmental whistleblower; whether such an action would be in breach of his Department's data protection guidelines; and if, at the end of such an inquiry, he will name the individuals responsible and bring forward a prosecution under the Public Disclosure Act 2012. |
|
(156267)
|
41
N
|
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set up an inquiry into how private equity firms marked their assets; and whether they misused fee waivers in order to avoid tax. |
|
(156316)
|
42
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156436)
|
43
|
Dr Alan Whitehead
(Southampton, Test):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the proportion of the amount specified for the levy control framework in 2020 that will be allocated (a) to continuing funding of Renewables Obligation and Contract for Difference commitments for existing low carbon plant and (b) to new entrants. |
|
(156382)
|
44
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of 9 May 2013, Official Report, column 46, on planning: re-use of buildings, whether, under the changes to his Department's policy, (a) existing betting shop chains and (b) pay-day lending shops will be able to make use of the freedom to open up in A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, D1 or D2 premises without having to apply for planning permission. |
|
(156466)
|
45
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of 9 May 2013, Official Report, column 46, on planning: re-use of buildings, whether under the changes to his Department's policy a betting business could use the new permitted development rights to open up in a part of premises while it is still being used as a public house. |
|
(156467)
|
46
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what status is given by planning authorities to draft neighbourhood plans, prior to referendum, in helping to determine planning applications within the neighbourhood planning area. |
|
(156209)
|
51
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many adults have become homeless as a result of eviction following a refusal of refugee status. |
|
(156210)
|
52
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156224)
|
53
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Disabled Facilities Grant applications per household were approved in each local authority in England in the last three years for which figures are available. |
|
(156283)
|
54
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire stations there were in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 2010. |
|
(156281)
|
55
|
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regulations govern the installation of solid fuel burners with respect to the prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning. |
|
(156208)
|
56
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1125-6W, on mortgages: Government assistance, if he will confirm whether or not non-EU citizens will be barred from applying for the Help to Buy equity loan scheme. |
|
(156260)
|
57
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156421)
|
58
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the net savings to her Department in the event that the free TV licence for over 75s were to be withdrawn from those pensioners currently eligible to pay income tax at the (a) higher rate of 40 per cent and (b) additional rate of 45 per cent. |
|
(156274)
|
59
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the whole of the UK as a holiday destination to international tourists. |
|
(156257)
|
60
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the unauthorised resale tickets to the Rugby World Cup 2015. |
|
(156244)
|
61
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Rugby Football Union and other representatives of the sport with regard to the sale of Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets on the secondary market. |
|
(156275)
|
62
|
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made in ensuring that all mobile network operators are signed up to the Broadband Stakeholder Group Open Internet Code of Practice. |
|
(156247)
|
63
|
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a timeline by which all mobile network operators must sign up to the Broadband Stakeholder Group Open Internet Code of Practice. |
|
(156248)
|
64
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total number of hours spent by children and young people playing video games in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156445)
|
65
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from her Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156422)
|
66
N
|
Mr Rob Wilson
(Reading East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse was of fees paid to Ms Carine Patry-Hoskins in her capacity as junior counsel to the Leveson Inquiry on the Culture, Practice and Ethics of the Press. |
|
(156335)
|
67
|
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 100W, if he will list the variants that do not include depleted uranium which can be test-fired for the propellant charge for the CHARM3 round and which will still inform the overall Life Extension Programme. |
|
(156280)
|
68
N
|
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many young people have been recruited into each of the armed forces at the age of 16 or 17 in each of the last five years from (a) independent schools, (b) public schools and (c) state schools. |
|
(156406)
|
69
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156225)
|
70
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rental income has been earned from buildings at DSG Ashchurch in each of the last five years; what this income has been used for; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156240)
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71
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of service is before attaining level 2 qualifications in the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force. |
|
(156379)
|
72
N
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Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1284W on Employment: veterans, what the size of the sample used in the sampling exercise is. |
|
(156395)
|
73
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1284W on Employment: veterans, how the employment rate at the six month point post-discharge is calculated. |
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(156396)
|
74
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1284W on Veterans: employment, how many service-leavers referred to in that Answer went on to have sustained employment for (a) six and (b) 12 months in each year since 2008-09. |
|
(156397)
|
75
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1284W on Veterans: employment, how many people have been employed for (a) six, (b) five, (c) four, (d) three, (e) two months and (f) one month at the six month point post-discharge. |
|
(156398)
|
76
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what routine engagement his Department has with employers on veterans' employment. |
|
(156407)
|
77
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on private school fees for the children of commissioned officers in the armed services in each year since 2010. |
|
(156172)
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78
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of rape in the armed forces have resulted in prosecutions in each of the last three years. |
|
(156462)
|
79
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156423)
|
80
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 122W, on academy brokers, if he will publish anonymised details of (a) the nature of the two partially upheld complaints and (b) the grounds on which they were upheld. |
|
(156321)
|
81
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 18 of the Framework for the inspection of local authority arrangements for supporting school improvement, what criteria he will follow when requesting that Her Majesty's Chief Inspector inspect a local authority. |
|
(156328)
|
82
|
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on performance related pay for teachers. |
|
(156295)
|
83
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to consult on the creation of childminder agencies as described in the More Great Childcare policy document published by his Department in January 2013; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156213)
|
84
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childminder agencies as described in More Great Childcare have been established; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156214)
|
85
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of childminder agencies as described in More Great Childcare: Raising quality and giving parents more choice which he expects will be established by September 2013. |
|
(156215)
|
86
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156226)
|
87
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the need to update any statutory guidance given to local authorities regarding transport for 16 to 25 year olds with special educational needs following passage of the Children and Families Bill. |
|
(156327)
|
88
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what date local authorities need to produce their transport policy statement for students of sixth form age for the 2013-14 academic year. |
|
(156329)
|
89
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to integrate child protection and child sexual exploitation awareness into the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156320)
|
90
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures he has implemented to improve understanding of child sexual exploitation in schools. |
|
(156405)
|
91
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of standardised testing on stress levels in school pupils. |
|
(156443)
|
93
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the word wellbeing occurred in school inspection guidelines in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013. |
|
(156447)
|
94
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people of school and college age had one or more psychological conditions in each of the last 30 years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such conditions on the ability of those students to learn. |
|
(156448)
|
95
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent changes he has made to the inspection criteria governing pupils' wellbeing at schools. |
|
(156449)
|
96
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156424)
|
97
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Onshore Wind call for evidence will be published. |
|
(156302)
|
98
|
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in the UK who have been disconnected by their gas supplier in the last 12 months. |
|
(156293)
|
99
|
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the number of households in the UK who have been disconnected by their electricity supplier in the last 12 months. |
|
(156294)
|
100
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish his review of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (REPPIR) covering emergencies around nuclear installations; with which stakeholders his Department has liaised in revising the existing regulations; what assessment he has made of the guidelines produced by the International Atomic Energy Agency on the issue of emergency planning zones; what consideration he has given to the proposal for a European Council Directive laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation; which consultants have been contracted to assist in the revisions; and if he will publish on his departmental web site all papers his Department has assessed during the revision process. |
|
(156270)
|
101
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what problems have arisen with the application of the UK computer coding practice in the integration of Esterel critical systems software from Areva in France into licensable UK new reactor design; and what reports he has received from the Office of Nuclear Regulation on the resolution of outstanding problems. |
|
(156380)
|
102
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156227)
|
103
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156425)
|
104
|
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with energy providers on industry-supported helplines and Welsh language provision. |
|
(156219)
|
105
N
|
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish details of expenditure under the Support and develop British farming programme identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 for each of the last three years; and what the projected spend for each of the next three years by (a) scheme and (b) individual project is. |
|
(156333)
|
106
N
|
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what systems and checks are in place to prevent the export of horses for slaughter from the UK. |
|
(156334)
|
107
N
|
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department comprise the team conducting the strategic review into the food chain being coordinated by his Department and the Department of Health. |
|
(156410)
|
108
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reduction in the number of moths in the environment and the potential harm this may cause to the biophysical environment that relies on pollinators. |
|
(156304)
|
109
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of possible causes of the decline in the number of moths in the UK. |
|
(156305)
|
110
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156228)
|
111
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2012, Official Report, column 685W, on school milk, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the falling amounts of EU school milk aid claimed in 2010-11 and 2011-12. |
|
(156243)
|
112
|
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the GM constructs encoding farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase in wheat covered by the release consent issued by his Department to Rothamsted Research, reference 11/R8/01 in 2011, is subject to patents; in which countries these were granted; and who holds each patent. |
|
(156262)
|
113
|
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of the additional autumn sown trial of GM wheat at Rothamsted Research, reference 11/R8/01; and how it will be funded. |
|
(156263)
|
114
|
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the GM construct encoding (E)-ß - farnesene synthase in GM wheat covered by the release consent issued by his Department to Rothamsted Research, reference 11/R8/01, in 2011 is subject to patents; in which countries these were granted; and who holds each patent. |
|
(156264)
|
115
|
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the scientific objectives are of the release of GM wheat by Rothamsted Research following the application for release in autumn 2013, reference 11/R8/01. |
|
(156265)
|
116
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made towards replacing the Statement of Principles for insurance against flooding. |
|
(156285)
|
117
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156426)
|
118
N
|
Angie Bray
(Ealing Central and Acton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the incoming government of Pakistan on that country's blasphemy law. |
|
(156353)
|
119
N
|
Angie Bray
(Ealing Central and Acton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the incoming government of Pakistan on that country's position on religious freedom. |
|
(156354)
|
120
|
Mr James Clappison
(Hertsmere):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he had with representatives of the Palestinian Authority on payments made to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons in the last 12 months. |
|
(156465)
|
121
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on non-target species of the commercial fishery in Ascension Island. |
|
(156348)
|
122
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times foreign commercial fishing vessels have docked at Ascension Island in each of the last five years; and what the flag states of such vessels were. |
|
(156349)
|
123
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many independent observers have recorded target and non-target catch levels in the Ascension Island fishery in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2013 to date. |
|
(156350)
|
124
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimates of fish stocks were made for target fish species in the Ascension Island fishery (a) prior to the issuing of licences in 2010 and (b) to date. |
|
(156351)
|
125
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156229)
|
126
N
|
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on trends in (a) greater transparency and (b) democratic accountability in Angola. |
|
(156470)
|
127
N
|
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received from non-governmental organisations on political freedom in Russia. |
|
(156165)
|
128
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many honorary consuls there are; and where they are posted. |
|
(156374)
|
129
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156427)
|
130
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the net savings to his Department in the event that free prescriptions were to be withdrawn from those pensioners currently eligible to pay income tax at the (a) higher rate of 40 per cent and (b) additional rate of 45 per cent. |
|
(156271)
|
131
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS England's role in oversight of the 111 service is; who the senior responsible owner of the 111 service is; and who the accounting officer is for all money spent on the 111 service to date. |
|
(156474)
|
132
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to proposals on how innovative approaches to the secure mental health pathway will affect future demand for bed capacity within that sector. |
|
(156160)
|
133
N
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has considered in respect of how innovative approaches to the secure mental health pathway could affect future demand for bed capacity within this sector. |
|
(156344)
|
134
N
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the length of time it has taken to develop a business case for the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital. |
|
(156345)
|
135
N
|
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 lengths of stay in high secure hospitals over the last 10 years and (b) the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention Agenda. |
|
(156346)
|
136
N
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to evaluate alternative proposals to the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital to meet the need for a highly secure service. |
|
(156347)
|
137
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the review into the Liverpool Care Pathway will be published. |
|
(156301)
|
138
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the draft Care and Support Bill, what discussions he is having with the Welsh Government to ensure continuity of care for people who relocate across the border. |
|
(156303)
|
139
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156230)
|
140
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on public awareness campaigns directed at (a) smoking, (b) alcohol, (c) obesity and (d) drugs in each of the last five years. |
|
(156318)
|
141
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on public awareness campaigns in each of the last five years; and how much it intends to spend on public awareness campaigns in the current year. |
|
(156319)
|
142
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase public awareness of the dangers of new psychoactive substances. |
|
(156404)
|
143
|
Jessica Lee
(Erewash):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that (a) newly diagnosed dementia patients and (b) those who would benefit from an early diagnosis of dementia receive the support and care that they need. |
|
(156245)
|
144
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the treatment of diabetes in (a) Hounslow, (b) London and (c) England in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13. |
|
(156411)
|
145
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the treatment of vitamin D deficiency in (a) Hounslow, (b) London and (c) England in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13. |
|
(156412)
|
146
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women who have been diagnosed with diabetes in (i) Hounslow, (ii) London and (iii) England. |
|
(156414)
|
147
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the treatment of osteoporosis in (a) Hounslow, (b) London and (c) England in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13. |
|
(156415)
|
148
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on accreditation of training within the clinical research industry. |
|
(156284)
|
149
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 13 February 2013, Official Report, column 736W, on NHS: translation services, if he will institute a system to record centrally the cost of interpreters and translators in hospitals in England. |
|
(156161)
|
150
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on when all women in (a) Mid Sussex and (b) West Sussex attending for their cervical screen will be tested for HPV as a triage and test-of-cure. |
|
(156166)
|
151
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he envisages that women in (a) Mid Sussex and (b) West Sussex will benefit from HPV testing as a primary screen. |
|
(156167)
|
152
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156428)
|
153
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled (a) by each London hospital trust and (b) in total in London in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156476)
|
154
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses worked for (a) each London hospital trust and (b) in all such trusts in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156477)
|
155
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited four hours or more in accident and emergency departments in (a) each London hospital trust and (b) all such trusts in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156480)
|
156
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health last met Dr Jonathan Valabhji, National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes. |
|
(156331)
|
157
|
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration his Department has given to the portability of social services assessments taken in Wales under the proposed Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill in the event of people moving to England. |
|
(156220)
|
158
|
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the announced cap on social care costs under the Dilnot proposals will be applied to people moving to Wales from England who are already receiving care packages. |
|
(156286)
|
159
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS reconfiguration proposals have been referred to him or his predecessor since May 2010; what proportion this represents of all reconfigurations proposed in that period; and what the outcome was of each referral. |
|
(156399)
|
160
|
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has any plans to review the functionality and effectiveness of the Security Industry Authority. |
|
(156282)
|
161
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials of her Department are working on the proposed EU police and criminal justice opt-out. |
|
(156322)
|
162
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2013, Official Report, column 1021W, on Manchester Airport: immigration controls, for what reasons no queuing data was collected at Terminal 3 in (a) November and (b) December 2012. |
|
(156323)
|
163
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holding answers her Department provided to written parliamentary questions in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) the first quarter of 2013; and what estimate she has made of the cost of providing such answers. |
|
(156324)
|
164
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mean average spend using a government procurement card was per senior civil servant in (a) her Department, (b) the UK Border Agency and (c) the UK Border Force in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012. |
|
(156325)
|
165
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of how the US fugitive, Sean Lopes was able to (a) enter the UK and (b) live and work here while being pursued by US authorities for a violent crime. |
|
(156326)
|
166
N
|
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 119W, on telecommunications, which local authorities provided further information; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156359)
|
167
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the legislation her Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156231)
|
168
|
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have arrived unaccompanied on flights, without family or accommodation in the UK, in 2010, 2011 and 2012, by country of origin. |
|
(156375)
|
169
|
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries outside the EU the UK has bilateral agreements on returning unaccompanied children. |
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(156376)
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170
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John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have arrived on UK flights and been returned to their country of origin in in 2010, 2011 and 2012. |
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(156377)
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171
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John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have applied for temporary leave to remain in the UK in 2010, 2011 and 2012, broken down by country of origin. |
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(156378)
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172
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Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases powers under the Regulations of Powers Act 2000 have been used for investigating non-serious crimes in each year since 2000; and what definition her Department uses for a serious crime under the Act. |
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(156315)
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173
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Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police information notices are included in disclosure and barring checks; and if she will make a statement. |
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(156238)
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174
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Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police information notices are recorded on the police national computer; and if she will make a statement. |
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(156239)
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175
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Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas domestic servant visas were issued to applicants resident in Scotland in each of the last three years. |
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(156162)
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176
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Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK were made redundant and subsequently rehired in each of the last three years. |
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(156163)
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177
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Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK were (i) on zero hour contracts and (ii) temporary staff in each of the last three years. |
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(156164)
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178
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has made requests for co-operation with (a) Europol and (b) Eurojust in each of the last 30 years. |
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(156383)
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179
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much EU funding has been claimed by UK police authorities for the purpose of combating human trafficking in the last 10 years. |
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(156384)
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180
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were found to be victims of human trafficking in each local authority area in the UK in each of the last 30 years. |
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(156385)
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181
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has in place to collect and collate data on human trafficking from (a) within the UK, (b) within Europe and (c) outside Europe. |
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(156386)
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182
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children who have been rescued from human trafficking in the UK have been re-trafficked into the UK at a later date. |
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(156387)
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183
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the inter-ministerial team on human trafficking has met in each year since it was established; and which Ministers attended each such meeting. |
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(156388)
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184
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has in place to monitor the movements of children who were victims of human trafficking. |
|
(156389)
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185
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) prosecuted and (c) imprisoned for crimes of human trafficking in each of the last 30 years. |
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(156390)
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186
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the long-term trends in co-operation and co-ordination on the issue of human trafficking by (a) Eurojust, (b) Europol and (c) Interpol. |
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(156391)
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187
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times European countries have made requests for cooperation from the UK via (a) Europol and (b) Eurojust in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156392)
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188
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the value of the UK's membership of (a) Europol and (b) Eurojust. |
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(156393)
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189
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the UK's membership of the antecedents to (a) Europol and (b) Eurojust. |
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(156394)
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190
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the European Arrest Warrant in combating human trafficking. |
|
(156439)
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191
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of European cooperation through SIENNA protocols in combating human trafficking into the UK. |
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(156450)
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192
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the proportion of victims of human trafficking who entered the country by (a) legal means and (b) illegal means; and if she will make a statement. |
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(156451)
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193
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the quality and quantity of reporting of data from non-governmental organisations to the police for the purpose of combating human trafficking. |
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(156452)
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194
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the key achievements of the inter-ministerial team on human trafficking have been to date. |
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(156453)
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195
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in establishing a Rapporteur for Human Trafficking in the UK. |
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(156454)
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196
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many human trafficking units there are in the UK. |
|
(156455)
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197
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of operation (a) Pentameter 1 and (b) Pentameter 2 in combating human trafficking; and what replacements she has put in place since their termination. |
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(156456)
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198
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers work on human trafficking matters in each police force in the UK. |
|
(156457)
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199
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests have been made by other European countries for use of the European Arrest Warrant in each year for which data is available; and which 10 countries have made the largest number of requests over this period. |
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(156458)
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200
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK European Arrest Warrant has been used by the UK in each year for which data is available. |
|
(156459)
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201
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which non-governmental organisations and other organisations have met the inter-ministerial agency on human trafficking in each year since the agency's existence. |
|
(156460)
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202
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of cooperation between the UK and Ireland on the issue of human trafficking; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156461)
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203
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from her Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156429)
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204
N
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Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of the (a) Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, (b) Animal Procedures Committee, (c) Independent Police Complaints Commission, (d) Independent Safeguarding Authority, (e) Investigatory Powers Tribunal, (f) National DNA Database Ethics Group, (g) National Policing Improvement Agency and (h) Office of Surveillance Commissioners were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is of each such member. |
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(156252)
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205
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for obtaining a slot at the Public Enquiry Office at Lunar House for indefinite leave to remain applications. |
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(156330)
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206
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many slots are available each day at the public enquiry office at Lunar House for indefinite leave to remain applications through UK visas and immigration. |
|
(156332)
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207
|
Sir Alan Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether any financial savings or additional costs are expected to arise from the redesign of the Commons Order Paper; and if the Commission will make arrangements for the views of hon. Members on the new Order Paper to be ascertained. |
|
(156249)
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208
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Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations and individuals are responsible for (a) operating and (b) scrutinising Europeaid and the European Development Fund; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156251)
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209
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Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the legislation her Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156232)
|
210
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies her Department has in place to ensure (a) the poorest people and (b) women benefit from her Department's private sector team investments on education, health and water and sanitation. |
|
(156168)
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211
N
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Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what safeguards her Department has put in place to ensure the new Commonwealth Development Corporation-managed Impact Fund investments in health will reach the poorest and those most in need. |
|
(156336)
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212
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department's private sector team will spend £17 million on education, health and water and sanitation. |
|
(156337)
|
213
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's support for health services has been provided as (a) general budget and (b) sector budget support for each year between 2008 and 2013. |
|
(156338)
|
214
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Britain's aid budget is allocated to projects targetted towards economic growth and economic development. |
|
(156306)
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215
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions Ministers have had with the ONE organisation on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. |
|
(156307)
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216
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the UK 0.7 per cent aid commitments are allocated towards projects which support economic growth. |
|
(156309)
|
217
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people in her Department are employed on zero hours contracts. |
|
(156169)
|
218
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent in aid on the payment of private school fees (a) by country and (b) in each year since 2010. |
|
(156170)
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219
N
|
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to economic and democratic development in Angola. |
|
(156469)
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220
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from her Department and non-departmental bodies in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156430)
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221
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156233)
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222
|
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many managers at HM Prison Ranby have received a conviction for firearms offences whilst working at the prison in the last five years; and whether each such manager is still employed by the Prison Service in any establishment. |
|
(156268)
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223
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to strengthen sentences available to courts for crimes relating to animal cruelty; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156339)
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224
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Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on the prison system in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156441)
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225
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156431)
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226
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of community orders and licences were successfully completed in each region of England and Wales in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156463)
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227
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value of court fines and confiscation orders (a) paid and (b) remaining unpaid was in London in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14 to date; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156464)
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228
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the courts system was of trials rendered ineffective because of court administration errors in each year since 2007. |
|
(156287)
|
229
|
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has advised the police to dispose of an offence via a community resolution order instead of charging in each of the last three years. |
|
(156290)
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230
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish the research on non-payment of employment tribunal awards referred to in paragraph 103 of the Government response to Mr Justice Underhill's review of tribunal rules of procedure. |
|
(156402)
|
231
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employment tribunal awards were not paid in the past three years for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the value of such awards. |
|
(156403)
|
232
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Leader of the House, if he will list the legislation his Office has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156234)
|
233
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from non-departmental bodies in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156432)
|
234
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the members of the (a) Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland, (b) Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and (c) Parades Commission for Northern Ireland were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is of each such member. |
|
(156253)
|
235
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from No. 10 Downing Street in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156433)
|
236
N
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in his Department are employed on zero hours contracts. |
|
(156171)
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237
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156434)
|
238
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the net savings to his Department in the case that the concessionary bus pass was to be withdrawn from those pensioners currently eligible to pay income tax at the (a) higher rate of 40 per cent and (b) additional rate of 45 per cent. |
|
(156273)
|
239
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation is responsible for keeping the tracks running through Bournemouth railway station free of litter. |
|
(156250)
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240
|
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his review of rail fares. |
|
(156296)
|
241
|
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the cost of rail fares. |
|
(156297)
|
242
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156235)
|
243
|
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the total annual amounts paid in track access charges to Network Rail by each train operating company contracted to provide rail passenger services since April 2004. |
|
(156218)
|
244
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the affordability of transport for people aged 16 to 18 who are (a) apprentices and (b) in full-time education. |
|
(156254)
|
245
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) transport providers and (b) local authorities are currently providing concessionary fares to 16 to 18 year old (i) apprentices and (ii) full-time students. |
|
(156255)
|
246
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156435)
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247
|
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK-flagged ferries operate in UK waters. |
|
(156310)
|
248
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156437)
|
249
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the net savings to his Department in the event that the winter fuel allowance was to be withdrawn from those pensioners currently eligible to pay income tax at the (a) higher rate of 40 per cent and (b) additional rate of 45 per cent. |
|
(156272)
|
250
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) his Department or (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible or any of its agencies and (c) his Department's executive agencies use (i) Atos and (ii) any other company for the provision of counter-fraud activities and related services. |
|
(156472)
|
251
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of winter fuel allowance in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland. |
|
(156256)
|
252
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure tenants in the social rented sector do not fall into arrears as a result of receiving direct payments. |
|
(156299)
|
253
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's Work Programme, how many referrals have been made to the scheme in Powys to date; and how many such referrals have found employment as a result of being on the scheme. |
|
(156300)
|
254
N
|
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of sanctions that have been placed on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance claimants as a result of a missed appointment or the claimant failing to follow-up written correspondence. |
|
(156408)
|
255
N
|
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from (a) employment and support allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance claimants who have not attended meetings relating to their claim or failed to take required actions because they did not receive a letter notifying them of these. |
|
(156409)
|
256
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings his Department expects to make from the mandatory revisions for universal credit and for the period of instituting a mandatory revision before any appeal is accepted. |
|
(156276)
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257
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) Wirral and (c) Liverpool City region will be affected by the benefit cap. |
|
(156279)
|
258
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on treatment of vulnerable recipients of discretionary housing payments at the end of a six-month award. |
|
(156211)
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259
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has been issued to local authorities on the treatment of disability living allowance in relation to applications for discretionary housing payments. |
|
(156212)
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260
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Phase Two of the new statutory child maintenance scheme, what procedures his Department will adopt when seeking to broker a return to a child maintenance Direct Pay agreement without contact between the two parties, in cases where a parent with care has declared they were a victim of domestic violence, and the non-resident parent, currently within the statutory collection service, has requested a second chance at paying through a Direct Pay arrangement on the basis that his behaviour has changed. |
|
(156216)
|
261
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what risk assessments have been carried out by his Department regarding child maintenance cases under Phase Two of the new statutory scheme, where the Child Maintenance Service has waived the intended application fee on grounds of domestic violence, and where the alleged perpetrator asserts the choice to make the maintenance payments due direct to the parent with care who has declared she is a victim of domestic violence by him; and what regard such assessments have to (a) financial abuse and (b) coercive control. |
|
(156217)
|
262
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the legislation his Department has sponsored which has devolved powers to the Scottish Parliament and powers within such legislation since 1998. |
|
(156237)
|
263
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered any changes to the personal independence payment system to include a provision for earlier payments to those suffering from specified illnesses and conditions. |
|
(156308)
|
264
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was awarded to (a) Scottish UK parliamentary constituencies, (b) Scottish local authority areas and (c) Scotland under each category of the community care grant in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) up to the most recent records available. |
|
(156277)
|
265
|
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what child support arrears are owed by non-resident parents to parents with care in Scotland in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority in the latest period for which figures are available in 2013. |
|
(156298)
|
266
N
|
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of payments by results in the context of the Work Programme; and whether it will continue. |
|
(156360)
|
267
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people live in families in which no one has worked for (a) two generations and (b) three generations. |
|
(156444)
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268
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156438)
|
269
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on external consultants for the universal credit project, in addition to spending on the universal credit IT system, since May 2010. |
|
(156341)
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270
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which external consultants have worked on the universal credit project, other than on the universal credit IT system, since May 2010. |
|
(156343)
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271
|
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the contractor for the personal independence payment assessments in Lot 2 (Wales and Central England) regarding Welsh language provision. |
|
(156311)
|
272
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish an updated version of his Department's paper, State Pension entitlements derived from a current or former spouse's or civil partner's national insurance contributions to take into account the changed introduction date of the single-tier state pension. |
|
(156400)
|
273
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women nearing state pension age who will be financially disadvantaged by the introduction of the single-tier state pension as a result of an expectation of being able to rely on their husband's contributions to provide entitlement to a basic state pension. |
|
(156401)
|
Notices given on Thursday 16 May
1
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the professional qualifications required to run a drug rehabilitation centre; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(156221)
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2
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on the practice of London local authorities outsourcing drug addicts to private rehabilitation programmes in local authorities outside London without informing the local authority where the programme is based; and if he will make a statement. |
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[Transferred]
(156222)
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3
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers are available for local authorities to monitor the standards of drug rehabilitation centres; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(156223)
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4
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to help local authorities better work with drug rehabiliation centres. |
|
[Transferred]
(156246)
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5
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Director of Public Prosecutions is taking to raise awareness amongst prosecutors on how to recognise cases of forced labour and human trafficking; and what assessment he has made of whether the current legislation is being used to prosecute such cases effectively. |
|
(156586)
|
6
|
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been brought against individuals who have stripped copyright metadata and other information which identifies a copyright holder of a piece of work in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years. |
|
(156596)
|
7
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will measure the effect of the proposed wording of Article 17 of the new EU Public Procurement Directive on (a) reserved contracts for supported employment workplaces and (b) employment opportunities for disabled people. |
|
(156507)
|
8
|
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils in (a) further and (b) higher education who use exam-performance enhancing drugs such as Ritalin and Modafinil; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such drugs on overall attainment. |
|
(156597)
|
9
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential for new jobs in UK companies which manufacture natural refrigeration equipment by adopting a European ban on the use of hydrofluorocarbons in commercial refrigeration equipment. |
|
(156577)
|
10
|
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the penalties for removing or altering electronic rights management information from copyrighted works. |
|
(156595)
|
11
|
Mr Aidan Burley
(Cannock Chase):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the next stage of Sir John Holmes' Military Medals Review will be completed; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156511)
|
12
|
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private sector jobs were created in Yorkshire and the Humber in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
|
(156505)
|
13
|
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with other EU Finance Ministers to ensure that multi-national corporations do not abuse financial regulations in minimising their tax obligations. |
|
(156600)
|
14
|
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allow the Green Investment Bank access to capital markets. |
|
(156495)
|
15
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the biofuels industry on UK economic growth. |
|
(156579)
|
16
|
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on the recent report to him made by the London Finance Commission. |
|
(156609)
|
17
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will consult on new planning guidance in respect of fracking. |
|
(156490)
|
18
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on effective engagement with third sector organisations to ensure the effective provision and operation of good practice amongst food banks. |
|
(156543)
|
19
|
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value of awards to local authorities in England under the Local Sustainable Transport Fund was in 2012-13. |
|
(156506)
|
20
|
Mr Aidan Burley
(Cannock Chase):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timescale has been set for the completion of Sir John Holmes' Military Medals Review into the National Defence Medal. |
|
(156510)
|
21
|
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 18 December 2012, Official Report, column 708W and the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1125W, on armed forces: Scotland, for what reason the former Answers made no reference to possible prejudice to commercial interests; and for what reasons he considers that placing in the Library a copy of the capacity review of the Army estate in Scotland would prejudice such interests. |
|
(156515)
|
22
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about SPEAR (3) in relation to (a) Typhoon and (b) F35. |
|
(156513)
|
23
|
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) enable and (b) encourage (i) members of the armed forces and (ii) civilian staff of his Department who are serving overseas to register and vote in UK elections. |
|
(156526)
|
24
|
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of child abuse by Afghan security forces have been reported by (a) UK armed forces and (b) the International Security Assistance Force since 2001. |
|
(156588)
|
25
|
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what code of conduct is taught by the British Army to Afghan security personnel in respect of reference to child abuse. |
|
(156593)
|
26
|
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings have been held between the UK and Afghan governments to discuss child abuse by the Afghan security forces in the last three years. |
|
(156594)
|
27
|
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to (a) enable and (b) encourage UK citizens resident overseas to register and vote in UK elections; and what recent discussions he has had with interested parties about this matter. |
|
(156528)
|
28
|
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of reclassifying academies as private sector bodies on accountability arrangements. |
|
(156516)
|
29
|
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the report Future of AAC Services in England: A framework for equitable and effective commissioning. |
|
(156541)
|
30
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish updated guidance on managing medicines in schools. |
|
(156514)
|
31
|
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason his Department relies on the Met Office's assessment of the probability in relation to global temperatures of a linear trend with first-order autoregressive noise rather than a driftless third-order autoregressive integrated model. |
|
(156568)
|
32
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of proposals put forward in the EU Council to reduce the UK's greenhouse gas emissions emanating from hydrofluorocarbons. |
|
(156571)
|
33
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to prevent the development of biofuels competing with food production. |
|
(156583)
|
34
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with EU counterparts on the European Commission's proposal to cap the amount of biofuels produced from food crops to five per cent; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156587)
|
35
|
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that procurement and tendering processes run by his Department give a high priority to the improvement and retention of local specialist skills. |
|
(156574)
|
36
|
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department took to ensure that the NSA procurement processes run by his Department gave a high priority to the improvement and retention of local specialist skills. |
|
(156575)
|
37
|
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the rollout of the Green Deal in the North East. |
|
(156580)
|
38
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is giving to the Consumer Goods Forum initiative to phase out fluorine in refrigeration units. |
|
(156569)
|
39
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with UK retailers to discuss how to reduce the hydrofluorocarbon emissions emanating from their sector. |
|
(156570)
|
40
|
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many horses died and were subsequently reported to the National Equine Database (NED) for each of the last three years the NED was operational. |
|
(156604)
|
41
|
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent supporting food festivals in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland for each of the last three years. |
|
(156605)
|
42
|
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on helping UK food producers obtain EU protected food status for each of the last three years. |
|
(156606)
|
43
|
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of all UK exports went to the EU or a country with which the EU has a free trade deal in each of the last three years. |
|
(156607)
|
44
|
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans to monitor (a) uptake of and (b) compliance with proposals for the voluntary Risk-Based Trading Scheme. |
|
(156608)
|
45
|
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage growth in the rural economy. |
|
(156531)
|
46
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Ethiopian counterpart about the treatment of the Amhara people of that country; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156533)
|
47
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) airport operators and (b) airline carriers on the holding of the G8 Summit in County Fermanagh in June 2013. |
|
(156603)
|
48
|
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) enable and (b) encourage UK citizens resident overseas to register and vote in UK elections. |
|
(156527)
|
49
|
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to intervene more directly to deal with cases of administrative detention in Israel. |
|
(156576)
|
50
|
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what engagement he is having with his foreign counterparts to help find a solution to the ongoing conflict within Sudan. |
|
(156492)
|
51
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to circulate the new Health Protection Agency guidance on fidaxomicin amongst clinical professionals. |
|
(156482)
|
52
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to publicise the new Health Protection Agency guidance on clostridium difficile and the antibiotic fidaxomicin. |
|
(156483)
|
53
|
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the safety assessment of (a) Ritalin and (b) Modafinil in circumstances where they are being used without prescription for the purposes of enhanced academic performance; and if his Department will take steps to (i) inform students of the potential side effects of the use of such drugs and (ii) restrict the availability of such drugs without prescription. |
|
(156598)
|
54
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason patients with minor bipolar conditions do not get free prescriptions. |
|
(156535)
|
55
|
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average wait between referral and admission to hospital was in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in 2012. |
|
(156503)
|
56
|
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of appointments with GPs were made online in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in (i) 2010, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013. |
|
(156538)
|
57
|
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will adopt the recommendations from the Communication Champion for England's report Augmentative and alternative communication: a report on provision for children and young people in England; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156542)
|
58
|
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the risk of (a) HIV, (b) bloodborn hepatitis and (c) vCJD infection as a result of using privately sourced plasma supplies from other countries. |
|
(156508)
|
59
|
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of abortions were performed on (a) children under 13 years old, (b) 13 to 15 years olds and (c) 16 to 18 year olds in the smallest geographical NHS area for which information is available in (i) 2012, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2008. |
|
(156534)
|
60
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lichfield of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 10W, on human trafficking: Lichfield, how many people subjected to human trafficking were found in each county in England and Wales in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date; and if she will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(156496)
|
61
|
Dame Tessa Jowell
(Dulwich and West Norwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the letter of 21 August 2012 from the right hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood to the Department for Education, which was referred to the UK Border Agency regarding allegations of widespread falsification of examination results at Bellerbys Colleges, when she plans to provide the right hon. Member with an update on the ongoing investigation; who has responsibility for any such investigation; and what steps she plans to take following the report of that investigation. |
|
(156525)
|
62
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the cooperation of (a) budget airlines and (b) other airlines in helping to combat human trafficking across (i) the European Union and (ii) the rest of Europe. |
|
(156524)
|
63
|
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department is supporting the training and support of community health workers in countries with a high burden of maternal, newborn and child mortality. |
|
(156566)
|
64
|
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion her Department spent annually on improving maternal, newborn and child health over the last three years. |
|
(156567)
|
65
|
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of her Department's priority countries are categorised as having a health worker shortage. |
|
(156572)
|
66
|
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries her Department has supported to remove out-of-pocket payments for health. |
|
(156573)
|
67
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of the High-Level Panel on the Sustainable Development Goals in redressing any exclusion of disabled people from development programmes. |
|
(156491)
|
68
|
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the distribution of humanitarian aid to rebel-held areas of Syria; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(156601)
|
69
|
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues about the suitability of using part of her Department's budget for peacekeeping and military purposes. |
|
(156602)
|
70
|
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications of the current security situation in Darfur on (a) the delivery of aid, (b) access for humanitarian agencies and (c) the performance of UNAMID in that region. |
|
(156493)
|
71
|
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received of the recent Darfur Donor Conference in Doha. |
|
(156494)
|
72
|
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states; and what representations she has made to the government of Sudan to ensure access for humanitarian agencies in that region. |
|
(156509)
|
73
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues about the effect of current European biofuels mandates on food prices; and what steps she is taking in response to such effects. |
|
(156584)
|
74
|
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that it is possible for the public to scrutinise the use by police of conditional cautions. |
|
(156544)
|
75
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations her Department has made to the European Commission about the ring fencing of airport slots for regional destinations. |
|
(156481)
|
76
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with police forces in Great Britain about security for the G8 Summit in Fermanagh in June 2013. |
|
(156488)
|
77
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the costs of hosting the G8 Summit in Fermanagh in June 2013. |
|
(156489)
|
78
|
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what spending on transport infrastructure in Yorkshire and the Humber was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
|
(156504)
|
79
|
Kwasi Kwarteng
(Spelthorne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on discussions with the International Civil Aviation Organisation on carbon emissions. |
|
(156484)
|
80
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many jobs have been created in the biofuels industry as a result of the Renewable Energy Directive's requirement to create 10 per cent of transport energy from renewable energy. |
|
(156582)
|
81
|
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many patients registered with GPs in Wales are normally resident in (a) Herefordshire and (b) England. |
|
(156485)
|
82
|
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what negotiations he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government regarding the 2013 Protocol for Cross-Border Healthcare Services. |
|
(156532)
|
83
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-dependent adults in households in (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) each parliamentary constituency in Great Britain will be affected by the introduction of Housing Cost Contribution in respect of payments of universal credit in respect of non-dependent adults living in those households; and what
the average weekly loss thereby in each category will be. |
|
(156539)
|
84
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of housing benefit in (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) each parliamentary constituency in Great Britain which contain (i) one non-dependent adult, (ii) two non-dependent adults, (iii) three non-dependent adults or (iv) four or more non-dependent adults, excluding those in receipt of carer's allowance or the daily living component of disability living allowance or personal independence payment. |
|
(156540)
|
85
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the introduction of housing cost contribution in respect of payments of universal credit in respect of non-dependent adults living in those households, on each decile of the population in each nation and region of Great Britain; and what the average weekly loss thereby in each decile will be. |
|
(156589)
|
86
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-dependent adults aged (a) 21-24 and in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and (b) 21-24 who are being assessed for their capabililty to work in households in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (iii) Wales, (iv) Scotland and (v) each parliamentary constituency in Great Britain will be affected by the introduction of housing cost contribution in respect of payments of universal credit in respect of non-dependent adults living in those households; and what the average weekly loss thereby in each category will be. |
|
(156590)
|
87
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) each parliamentary constituency in Great Britain will be affected by the introduction of housing cost contribution in respect of payments of universal credit in respect of non-dependent adults living in those households; and what the average weekly loss thereby in each category will be. |
|
(156591)
|
88
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect on levels of youth homelessness in (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Scotland arising from the introduction of the housing cost contribution from payments of universal credit in respect of non-dependent adults living in those households who will receive universal credit. |
|
(156592)
|
89
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued to overseas nationals living in each region of the UK in each year since 2000. |
|
(156487)
|
90
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those women who will be required to work longer for their national insurance pension, but who will be ineligible for the new higher value state pension, will remain eligible for pension credit. |
|
(156545)
|
91
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) lone parents allowance, (e) carer's allowance and (f) other out-of-work benefits in Stafford constituency in (i) the most recent month in 2013 for which data is available and (ii) the corresponding month in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(156585)
|
92
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allow people who have hearing loss and who are participating in the Personal Independence Payment pilots to write to, email or text officials to request a paper form; what assessment he has made of the accessibility of the claim process for young people with hearing loss; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156536)
|
93
|
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include work-related road deaths under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations. |
|
(156537)
|
94
|
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support credit unions. |
|
(156529)
|
95
|
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of how the new enterprise allowance will affect employment in Northumberland. |
|
(156530)
|
96
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents have been caused by tractors in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
|
(156502)
|
97
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the public's assessment of (a) the proportion of the welfare budget that supports the unemployed and (b) the proportion of the welfare budget that is fraudulently applied for; and what the actual levels are for (a) and (b). |
|
(156512)
|
98
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of claim for housing benefit claimants subject to the 13 week protection rules on the grounds that they could previously afford their rent was in 2012. |
|
(156578)
|
99
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were assessed as a member of a protected group and exempt from housing benefit restrictions for 13 weeks on the grounds that they could previously afford their rent in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
|
(156581)
|
TUESDAY 21 MAY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
*1
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
What recent discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the costs and benefits of his reforms to judicial review. |
|
(156173)
|
*2
|
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
What steps he plans to take to reduce the number of offences committed by people on probation. |
|
(156174)
|
*3
|
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
What progress he has made on improving the feedback from tribunal judges to the Department for Work and Pensions on the reasons for the overturning of employment and support allowance refusal decisions. |
|
(156175)
|
*4
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
What the Government's strategy is on the future of the Probation Service. |
|
(156176)
|
*6
|
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
What plans he has to assist ex-offenders into employment. |
|
(156178)
|
*7
|
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
What recent progress he has made on the implementation of Section 28 of the Youth and Criminal Justice Act 1999. |
|
(156179)
|
*8
|
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
What the Government's plans are for the future of legal aid. |
|
(156180)
|
*9
|
Steve Brine
(Winchester):
What plans he has to assist ex-offenders into employment. |
|
(156181)
|
*10
|
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
How many prison staff have current unspent convictions for firearms offences. |
|
(156182)
|
*11
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
What support he provides for ex-service personnel in the criminal justice system. |
|
(156183)
|
*12
|
Yvonne Fovargue
(Makerfield):
What steps he is taking to reduce re-offending. |
|
(156184)
|
*13
|
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
What plans he has to assist ex-offenders into employment. |
|
(156185)
|
*14
|
Laura Sandys
(South Thanet):
What recent progress he has made on reform of the probation system. |
|
(156186)
|
*15
|
Mary Macleod
(Brentford and Isleworth):
What plans he has to assist ex-offenders into employment. |
|
(156187)
|
*16
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
What recent representations he has received on the reform of legal aid; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156188)
|
*17
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
What steps he is taking to reduce drug addiction in prisons. |
|
(156189)
|
*18
|
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
What plans he has to assist ex-offenders into employment. |
|
(156190)
|
*19
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
What steps he is taking to ensure that legal aid reforms do not decrease the quality of criminal legal justice provision. |
|
(156191)
|
*20
|
Gareth Johnson
(Dartford):
What steps he plans to take to reduce the number of offences committed by people on probation. |
|
(156192)
|
*21
|
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
What steps he is taking to improve the value for money of the legal aid system. |
|
(156193)
|
*22
|
Stella Creasy
(Walthamstow):
What the Government's strategy is for victims of crime. |
|
(156194)
|
*23
|
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
What steps he plans to take to reduce the number of offences committed by people on probation. |
|
(156195)
|
*24
|
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
What steps he is taking to reduce the cost of vehicle insurance through the reform of personal injury claim arrangements. |
|
(156196)
|
*25
|
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
What plans he has for probation. |
|
(156197)
|
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. |
|
(156198)
|
*2
|
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
|
|
(156199)
|
*3
|
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
|
|
(156200)
|
*4
|
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
|
|
(156201)
|
*5
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
|
|
(156202)
|
*6
|
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
|
|
(156203)
|
*7
|
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
|
|
(156204)
|
*8
|
Paul Goggins
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
|
|
(156205)
|
*9
|
Mr Mark Spencer
(Sherwood):
|
|
(156206)
|
*10
|
Andrew Selous
(South West Bedfordshire):
|
|
(156207)
|
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)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 15 May
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to address low student satisfaction rates in UK universities. |
|
(156317)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will investigate the variations in teaching hours between undergraduate courses in UK universities. |
|
(156362)
|
3
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the success of steps taken by universities to recruit and retain female staff in clinical and medical STEM subjects. |
|
(156368)
|
4
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to encourage UK universities to recruit and retain female staff in clinical and medical STEM subjects. |
|
(156369)
|
5
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plan his Department has to consider the European Commission report, She Figures 2012 on gender in research and innovation. |
|
(156371)
|
6
N
|
Stewart Hosie
(Dundee East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's appearance at the Scottish Affairs Committee on 15 May 2013, (a) on what date his Office first received the invitation to appear at this session and (b) on what date his Office accepted the invitation to appear at this session. |
|
(156416)
|
7
N
|
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the abortion statistics for 2012 in England and Wales will be published. |
|
(156417)
|
8
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that all accident and emergency units have at least 10 consultants assigned to them. |
|
(156364)
|
9
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he gives to accident and emergency units on ensuring that staff are not overworked. |
|
(156365)
|
12
N
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of (a) Custody Plus and (b) Custody Minus outlined in the then Home Office programme following publication of the Holloway Report, with an update in current prices; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156370)
|
13
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will undertake an assessment of the potential effect on unemployment in the event that the UK were to exit the European Union. |
|
(156363)
|
Notices given on Thursday 16 May
1
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) male and (b) female medically qualified academic staff are employed by universities in England and the UK. |
|
[Transferred]
(156366)
|
2
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) male and (b) female medically qualified academic staff employed by universities in England and the UK also have an honorary contract with the NHS. |
|
[Transferred]
(156367)
|
3
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to crack down on loan sharks and illegal money lenders. |
|
(156497)
|
4
N
|
Dan Rogerson
(North Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2013, Official Report, column 257W, on apprentices, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with an offer of an apprenticeship provided through the National Farriery Training Association that was due to begin in autumn 2013 can start their farriery apprenticeship this year. |
|
(156564)
|
5
N
|
Graham Stringer
(Blackley and Broughton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 128W, on climate change, what the likelihood of the cited statistical model is relative to a driftless autoregressive integrated model. |
|
(156639)
|
6
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to respond to the European Commission report, She Figures 2012 in respect of England. |
|
(156522)
|
7
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the residents of each parliamentary constituency in Scotland were born in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. |
|
(156555)
|
8
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people HM Revenue and Customs has stopped paying benefits to for having no right to be in the country for each of the past five years; and what the total amount of benefits claimed by these people was for each of the past five years. |
|
(156644)
|
9
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in East Renfrewshire constituency were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) working families tax credits, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) disability living allowance and (e) income support in May (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013. |
|
(156634)
|
10
N
|
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter to him of 13 March 2013 from the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the follow up letter sent by the hon. Member on 25 April 2013. |
|
(156546)
|
11
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to make tenants aware of deposit protection schemes. |
|
(156498)
|
12
N
|
Dan Rogerson
(North Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for wind turbines have been overturned on appeal where the decision has been taken by the Secretary of State in (a) Cornwall and (b) England in each year since 2008. |
|
(156563)
|
13
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received seeking her agreement to enact the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010 as it relates to the extension of public lending right to the lending of e-books and audio books. |
|
(156500)
|
14
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities properly reward writers and creators for the use of their works in lending e-books and audio books via public libraries in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. |
|
(156648)
|
15
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets are in place to ensure that his Department's personnel are treated within 10 weeks by NHS trusts. |
|
(156621)
|
16
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's personnel have not been treated within 10 weeks for (a) urgent and (b) non-urgent care by NHS trusts. |
|
(156622)
|
17
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rights are in place to ensure his Department's personnel are treated within 18 weeks, in line with the NHS constitution, if commissioned by his Department. |
|
(156635)
|
18
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to ensure his Department's personnel are treated within 10 weeks by NHS trusts if commissioned by his Department. |
|
(156636)
|
19
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make lessons on online safety and responsible use of social networking sites part of the national curriculum. |
|
(156499)
|
20
N
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers who have left their employment with between two and five years' experience in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date. |
|
(156556)
|
21
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children have received training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency, (b) Hounslow, (c) London and (d) England in the last five years. |
|
(156638)
|
22
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency, (b) London and (c) England will be offering cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in 2013. |
|
(156640)
|
23
N
|
Dan Rogerson
(North Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions in 2013 (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) departmental officials have met representatives of teaching organisations and trade unions to discuss the Teachers' Pension Scheme. |
|
(156561)
|
24
N
|
Dan Rogerson
(North Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions in 2013 (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) departmental officials have met representatives of teaching organisations and trade unions to discuss the 2013 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions document. |
|
(156562)
|
25
N
|
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to promote maintained federations. |
|
(156617)
|
26
N
|
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many multi-academy trust arrangements there are; and what proportion of academies are in such an arrangement. |
|
(156618)
|
27
N
|
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority maintained federations there are in England; and how many such federations are of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools. |
|
(156619)
|
28
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the implementation of the Montreal Protocol and a strategy to reduce HFCs. |
|
(156626)
|
29
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the capacity of feral cats to act as a reservoir for bovine tuberculosis. |
|
(156624)
|
30
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will support an EU ban on the use of HFCs in commercial refrigeration equipment. |
|
(156625)
|
31
N
|
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which UK supermarkets were invited to his Department's stakeholder meeting to discuss F Gas Regulation in March 2013. |
|
(156627)
|
32
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timescale is for introducing the supermarket adjudicator; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156517)
|
33
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce paperwork and bureaucracy for farmers. |
|
(156518)
|
34
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK farmers of the EU's decision to transfer agriculture payments from Pillar 1 to Pillar 2; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156551)
|
35
N
|
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the West Bank covered by agreed Israeli master plans. |
|
(156616)
|
36
N
|
Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason NHS England has withdrawn its BHIVA guidelines commissioning policy; and whether it intends to commission HIV treatment and services according to authoritative clinical guidelines. |
|
(156623)
|
37
N
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual breast screenings were conducted under the NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 to date. |
|
(156557)
|
38
N
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) NHS doctors and (b) NHS nurses who have left their employment with between two and five years' experience in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 to date. |
|
(156559)
|
39
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of (a) men and (b) women diagnosed with heart disease in (i) Hounslow, (ii) London and (iii) England. |
|
(156554)
|
40
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency in (i) Hounslow, (ii) London and (iii) England. |
|
(156637)
|
41
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to next amend the GP contract. |
|
(156628)
|
42
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps GPs are taking to keep elderly, frail people out of hospital. |
|
(156629)
|
43
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 111 service in the South East; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(156630)
|
44
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a rota of general practitioners into all accident and emergency departments. |
|
(156632)
|
45
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require general practitioners to provide a 24 hour a day service seven days a week. |
|
(156633)
|
46
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people without the right to remain in the country for each year since 2005. |
|
(156646)
|
47
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of rebranding the Identity and Passport Service to Her Majesty's Passport Office will be. |
|
(156615)
|
48
N
|
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education about support to families of drugs and alcohol users. |
|
(156553)
|
49
N
|
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had as part of the Interministerial Group on Drugs with stakeholders; how many meetings the Interministerial Group on Drugs has had in each of the last 12 months; and if she will publish details of such meetings. |
|
(156647)
|
50
N
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits UK Border Agency staff made to sponsors in each of the last 24 months. |
|
(156558)
|
51
N
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for sponsor licences have been received in each of the last 24 months. |
|
(156560)
|
52
N
|
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice she has given to police authorities on the employment in civilian roles of former police officers. |
|
(156486)
|
53
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of (a) the Police Advisory and Police Negotiating Boards, (b) the Police Arbitration Tribunal, (c) the Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal, (d) the Security Industry Authority, (e) the Serious Organised Crime Agency and (f) the Technical Advisory Board were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) ethnicity, (ii) term of office and (iii) remuneration is in each case. |
|
(156631)
|
54
N
|
Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what initiatives she is supporting to streamline the licensing of new HIV medicines in developing countries. |
|
(156620)
|
55
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that a post-2015 development framework is inclusive of people with disability. |
|
(156547)
|
56
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to represent the Government at the UN High Level Meeting on disability and development on 23 September 2013. |
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(156548)
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57
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU bodies about funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative; and if she will make a statement. |
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(156501)
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58
N
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Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of how much the carbon footprint of the UK's roads could be reduced through the sustainable production of asphalt at lower temperatures over the next 10 years. |
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(156519)
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59
N
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Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of how much the production of asphalt contributes to the annual carbon footprint of the UK's roads. |
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(156520)
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60
N
|
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to answer the letter from the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South dated 21 January 2013. |
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(156565)
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61
N
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Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people his Department has stopped paying benefits to for having no right to be in the country for each of the past five years; and what the total amount of benefits claimed by these people was for each of the past five years. |
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(156645)
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62
N
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Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in each local authority area in each of the last 30 years. |
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(156610)
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63
N
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Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people in (a) each local authority area and (b) constituency live in households with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income (i) before and (ii) after housing costs. |
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(156611)
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64
N
|
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency live in households with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income (i) before and (ii) after housing costs. |
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(156612)
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65
N
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Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency live in households with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income (i) before and (ii) after housing costs. |
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(156613)
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66
N
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Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have successfully claimed universal credit in the pathfinder to date. |
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(156614)
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67
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of new claims for jobseeker's allowance in Scotland were made online in each of the last 12 months. |
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(156521)
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68
N
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Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency who are eligible to receive pension credit but do not currently receive it. |
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(156552)
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69
N
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Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Work Programme participants who will not have found sustainable work after completion of their two-year Work Programme in (a) Wales and (b) the UK in the six months from June 2013. |
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(156549)
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70
N
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Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for Work Programme participants who have not found sustainable work after completion of that programme. |
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(156550)
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71
N
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Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the league table and (b) the stricter benefit regime figures referred to in the internal staff memorandum by the Walthamstow Jobcentre adviser manager, dated 20 February 2013. |
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(156523)
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72
N
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Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were assessed as a member of a protected group and exempt from housing benefit restrictions for 52 weeks, on the grounds that an occupant of their home had died within the previous 12 months in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
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(156641)
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73
N
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Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in employment at the time of their initial claim were awarded protected group status on the grounds that they could previously afford their rent in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
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(156642)
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74
N
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Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were granted 13 weeks protection from housing benefit restrictions in 2012 on the grounds that they could previously afford their rent, and were single, under 35 years, without child dependents and living in the private rented sector. |
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(156643)
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MONDAY 3 JUNE
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Friday 10 May
1
N
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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. |
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(155224)
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TUESDAY 4 JUNE
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Friday 10 May
1
N
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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. |
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(155225)
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2
N
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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. |
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(155226)
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3
N
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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. |
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(155227)
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4
N
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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. |
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(155228)
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