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Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 12 June 2013

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 11 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 12 June 2013

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

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

WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

*1
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What proposals her Department has to tackle tax avoidance by mutinational companies operating in developing countries.
(159145)
*2
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): What steps she is taking to help developing countries improve their tax systems.
(159146)
*3
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was allocated for population assistance in 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
(159147)
*4
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.
(159148)
*5
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): When the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enshrine in law its commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on Official Development Assistance.
(159149)
*6
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): What her Department's spending priorities are for 2012-13.
(159150)
*7
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent contact she has had with the Pakistani government about UK aid.
(159151)
*8
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What research her Department has undertaken into the humanitarian effects of the occupation of the West Bank.
(159152)
*9
Kris Hopkins (Keighley): What steps her Department is taking to create development partnerships with Gulf states.
(159153)
*10
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): What assessment she has made of the potential effects of withholding aid from Zimbabwe until the Zimbabwean government restarts pension payments to entitled UK citizens.
(159154)
*11
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): What assistance her Department is providing to people in Bangladesh affected by the Rana Plaza building collapse.
(159155)
*13
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What her policy is on identifying and tackling modern-day slavery in countries which her Department provides aid.
(159157)
*14
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What work her Department is undertaking in respect of hunger and nutrition in developing countries.
(159158)
*15
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): What steps her Department is taking to encourage responsible private sector investment, including in supply chains for retailers.
(159159)

At 11.53am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

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

*1
Chris Evans (Islwyn): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(159160)
*2
Neil Carmichael (Stroud):
(159161)
*3
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal):
(159162)
*4
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham):
(159163)
*5
Richard Graham (Gloucester):
(159164)
*6
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):
(159165)
*7
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South):
(159166)
*8
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury):
(159167)
*9
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):
(159168)
*10
Jim McGovern (Dundee West):
(159169)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12 June.
(159125)
*2
Jim McGovern (Dundee West):
(159126)
*3
Jessica Lee (Erewash):
(159127)
*4
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston):
(159128)
*5
Richard Graham (Gloucester):
(159129)
*6
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):
(159130)
*7
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):
(159131)
*8
Graham Jones (Hyndburn):
(159132)
*9
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):
(159133)
*10
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall):
(159134)
*11
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge):
(159135)
*12
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall):
(159136)
*13
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):
(159137)
*14
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
(159138)
*15
Karl McCartney (Lincoln):
(159139)
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 22 May and Friday 31 May
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration her Department has given to sharing spectrum at 2.3GHz; and how soon she hopes to be able to share this spectrum.
(157985)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 June
1
N 		Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the incidence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in the UK sheep flock has been in each of the last 10 years for which data is available.
(158834)

Notices given on Wednesday 5 June
1
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department proposes to take to ensure that the badger culls will not be detrimental to the survival of the population concerned as required under Article 9 of the Bern Convention.
(159032)
2
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what criteria his Department will assess the humaneness of the badger cull.
(159033)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the method of free shooting to cull badgers has been abandoned on grounds of (a) safety and (b) humaneness.
(159034)
4
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the additional costs associated with cage trapping and shooting of badgers will be borne by (a) the Government and (b) the National Farmers' Union.
(159035)
5
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions and for what purposes he has visited Libya in 2013.
(158865)
6
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on investigations by the Independent Police Complaints Commission on cases relating to deaths during or following police contact in each of the last three years.
(158861)
7
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of legal representation of the Government at inquests into all cases relating to deaths during or following police contact in each of the last three years.
(158862)
8
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigations following deaths in custody in each of the last three years.
(158863)
9
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of legal representation of the Government at inquests into all cases where the state is represented in deaths in custody in each of the last three years; and how much his Department spent on legal aid for families of the deceased in such cases during the same time period.
(158864)

Notices given on Thursday 6 June
1
N 		Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in each Territorial Army infantry company in each location received a bounty in each of the last three years.
(159287)
2
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce epilepsy-related deaths.
(159288)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the adequacy of data on epilepsy-related deaths for informing the development of policy to tackle epilepsy mortality.
(159289)
4
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
(159290)
5
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet representatives of SUDEP Action to discuss that organisation's work on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
(159291)
6
N 		Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UNRWA supported by British aid funds in directing aid to assist supported Palestinian refugees who have fled Syria for Lebanon.
[R] (159286)

Notices given on Friday 7 June
1
N 		Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to preserve the bee population in Lancashire.
(159299)
2
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to discourage private sector organisations from trading with and investing in Israeli settlements.
(159347)
3
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide UK businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories with guidelines for responsible business conduct in accordance with human rights.
(159348)
4
N 		Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Walk-In centres have closed in England since 2010.
(159336)
5
N 		Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Walk-In centres have closed in the South West since 2010.
(159337)
6
N 		Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints his Department received from people having difficulty making a timely appointment with their GP in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(159338)
7
N 		Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries offered extended hours in the evenings and at weekends in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and how many are currently doing so.
(159339)
8
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many current applicants for Home Office travel documents have been waiting (a) less than three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to nine months, (d) nine to 12 months and (e) more than 12 months from the date of application for their document to be issued.
(159315)
9
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assist applicants for Home Office travel documents who are unable to obtain or retain a job because all their papers are with their application in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(159316)
12
N 		Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider introducing a national road safety awareness campaign aimed at children and young people similar to the Green Man campaigns of the past.
(159300)
13
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will support the No More Page 3 campaign.
(159350)
14
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government Equalities Office will investigate the effect of topless modelling in newspapers on the negative representation of women in the media.
(159351)
15
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish data on the transport costs incurred by claimants of jobseeker's allowance in each (a) age group and (b) parliamentary constituency.
(159349)
16
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings he has had with ministerial colleagues in (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Department for Education on the treatment of passported benefits under universal credit.
(159317)

Notices given on Monday 10 June
1
N 		Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and if she will make a statement.
[Question Unstarred] (159156)
2
N 		Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help harnessed guide dogs from being attacked by other dogs.
[Transferred] (159297)
3
N 		Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to control stray dogs.
[Transferred] (159298)
4
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Attorney General, how many finalised defendant prosecutions were prosecuted under charges relating to sexual offences involving a victim under 18 (a) for the last three years for which data is available and (b) for each month since January 2013, by ethnicity.
(159529)
5
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 789W on exports: EU countries, what the (a) value and (b) proportions of UK food exports to (i) the EU and (ii) EU free trade areas was in each of the last three years.
(159401)
6
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assurances his Department sought from Merlin Entertainments Group as to the purpose of the Chelonioidea sea turtles bought from Cayman Turtle Farm in 2006.
(159472)
7
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater partnership between the business community and educationalists.
(159392)
8
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing the number of animals used in scientific procedures; what steps he is taking to reduce the number of animals used in such procedures; and if he will make a statement.
(159402)
9
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the planning process for offshore wind farm applications and the involvement in that process of businesses in the UK; and what discussions he has had with the Secretaries of State for (a) Energy and Climate Change and (b) Communities and Local Government to ensure that UK businesses are able to benefit from an efficient and streamlined planning policy application.
(159397)
10
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many live births there were in each constituent country of the UK in each quarter of 2012.
(159569)
11
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 343W, on the High Speed 2 railway line, and consequent on the Information Commissioner's decision on publication of the Major Projects Authority Report into High Speed 2, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of the report.
(159498)
12
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the net change in the number of private sector jobs in (a) North Swindon constituency and (b) Swindon Borough was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(159389)
13
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1240W, on Revenue and Customs: telephone services, what steps he is taking to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs meets its stated target of answering 80 per cent of calls within five minutes.
(159561)
14
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the forthcoming spending review.
(159512)
15
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on steps to prevent organisations registering as charities with the Charity Commission for tax avoidance purposes.
(159477)
16
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that charities registered with the Charity Commission are not being used as tax avoidance schemes; and if he will make a statement.
(159478)
17
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he expects the tobacco smuggling strategy of HM Revenue and Customs to meet its target of protecting £1.4 billion in revenue over the current spending review period.
(159479)
18
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the tobacco smuggling strategy of HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
(159480)
19
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been allocated to the tobacco smuggling strategy of HM Revenue and Customs over the current spending review period.
(159481)
20
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many charities registered with the Charity Commission have been identified by HM Revenue and Customs as being used for tax avoidance purposes in each of the last five years.
(159482)
21
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sums in PAYE and national insurance contributions remain unpaid by football clubs who are members of the FA Premier League and the Football League in respect of the tax year ended 5 April (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and what sums are outstanding in cases where clubs (i) have not yet been contacted by the local tax office or debt management office, (ii) are working with the local tax or debt management office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to an enforcement office, (iii) are working with an enforcement office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to the solicitor's office and (iv) have had their case forwarded to the solicitor's office for action in the High Court.
(159581)
22
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many football clubs who are members of the FA Premier League and the Football League have not fully paid PAYE and national insurance contributions due in respect of the tax year ended 5 April (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and how many such clubs (i) have not yet been contacted by the local tax office or debt management office, (ii) are working with the local tax or debt management office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to an enforcement office, (iii) are working with an enforcement office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to the solicitor's office and (iv) have had their case forwarded to the solicitor's office for action in the High Court.
(159582)
23
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations HM Revenue and Customs has received from the Information Commissioner to release the address of each individual named on the Consulting Association database of blacklisted workers.
(159567)
24
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his contribution of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 604, for what reasons he stated that red tape in Wales would add £13,000 to the cost of building a new home compared to England; if he will provide an analysis of the regulatory costs contributing to that figure; what representations he has received on the outcome of the Callow Mount Sprinkler Retrofit Project; and if he will meet Ann Jones AM to discuss the provisions of the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011.
(159562)
25
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will reallocate unspent funds from the Portas pilots to other town teams.
(159494)
26
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what criteria his Department allocates available formula grant to upper tier authorities to fund highways maintenance.
(159466)
27
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority properties in Swindon Borough have been purchased through the right-to-buy scheme in each of the last five years.
(159394)
28
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department takes to ensure that museums and charities follow Charity Trust guidance when auctioning archive material no longer deemed as a necessary part of their collection.
(159395)
29
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual education and resettlement officers there have been in each of the last three years.
(159517)
30
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army service leavers failed to receive a service leaver's pack from the termination cell within nine months of their date of termination in each of the last three years.
(159518)
31
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on individual education and resettlement officers in each of the last three years; and how much funding he plans to allocate in each of the next five years.
(159519)
32
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects veterans to receive the Arctic Convoy Medal.
(159413)
33
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that school children who live in poverty receive free school meals.
(159504)
34
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of school children who are living in poverty and who are not receiving free school meals in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham, Hall Green constituency in the last three years for which figures are available.
(159508)
35
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) number of grants awarded to households living in (i) social housing, (ii) private rented housing and (iii) privately-owned housing under the Green Deal scheme.
(159564)
36
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) number of grants awarded to households living in (i) social housing, (ii) private rented housing and (iii) privately-owned housing under the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
(159565)
37
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to offer households living in privately-owned properties with gas central heating access to the same level of Energy Company Obligation funding as is available to similar households with electric heating.
(159566)
38
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with National Grid on energy transmission infrastructure projects to connect North and South Wales.
(159514)
39
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what government subsidies were for (a) onshore wind and (b) solar panels in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(159403)
40
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost per unit of energy for the total of solar panels and wind turbines in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(159404)
41
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will next review the Government's policy on subsidising wind turbines and solar panels.
(159409)
42
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that penalties imposed by energy regulators are not passed on to consumers.
(159473)
43
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the research conducted by the University of Warwick in developing a urine test for TB in badgers and cattle.
(159584)
44
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people required admission to hospital as a result of injuries caused by dogs in 2012-13.
(159509)
45
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 786W on bovine tuberculosis, what the next steps to be taken are; and how the effectiveness and intake of such steps will be monitored.
(159388)
46
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 792W on food: festivals and special occasions, which body provided the funding for such festivals in each year between 2010 and 2012.
(159400)
47
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have been (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted for offences under the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 since implementation of that Order.
(159427)
48
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department ensured compliance with CITES regulations, especially Article III, during the trade of 20 Chelonioidea sea turtles from the Cayman Turtle Farm to Merlin Entertainments Group.
(159459)
49
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what veterinary or other assessment was made by officials in his Department during the trade of 20 Chelonioidea sea turtles from the Cayman Turtle Farm to Merlin Entertainments Group in 2006.
(159471)
50
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the incidence of (a) malignant oviduct magnum tumours and (b) non-malignant tumours in spent laying hens was in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(159396)
51
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing the number of animals used in scientific procedures; what steps he is taking to reduce the number of animals used in such procedures; and if he will make a statement.
(159410)
52
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Colombia on identifying and prosecuting those responsible for the death of José Rogelio Lopez on 11 April 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(159560)
53
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England have made of the effect on public health of musculoskeletal conditions; and if he will make a statement.
(159522)
54
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of access to and availability of weight management services funded from the public purse; and if he will make a statement.
(159523)
55
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential relationship between osteoarthritis and obesity; what steps his Department is taking to encourage the appropriate level of physical activity for people with osteoarthritis; and if he will make a statement.
(159524)
56
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities offer access to fracture liaison services linked to every hospital in a local area involved in the care of people with fragility fractures; and if he will make a statement.
(159525)
57
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department issues guidance on whether a GP should inform his or her patients if he or she moves to a different practice.
(159412)
58
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on measures to ensure that patients with disabilities receive personal information from GPs and hospitals in a format that is accessible to them.
(159520)
59
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations on making personal information from GPs and hospitals accessible to patients with disabilities.
(159521)
60
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authorities in dealing with instances of abuse or neglect of the elderly in residential care.
(159499)
61
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect on the level of the UK's gross domestic product of people giving up work to care for older people in each of the last five years.
(159526)
62
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have submitted a notification of intention to practise as a midwife in each of the last five practice years.
(159570)
63
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish statistics on the number of home maternities in each local health authority area in England in 2012.
(159571)
64
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what input general dental practitioners in the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull will have into clinician-led commissioning using additional funding.
(159503)
65
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role local representative committees are to have in shaping primary care dentistry services.
(159505)
66
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in the number of units of dental activity will be needed to achieve the improved access requirements for the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull for 2006 to 2016.
(159506)
67
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net funding allocation to general dental service contracts for the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull is for (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(159527)
68
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many net units of dental activity are required from the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(159528)
69
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in the budget for dental services has been allocated to meet the access targets for the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull for (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(159563)
70
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely additional funding arising from NHS efficiency savings to be allocated to the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(159568)
71
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse will be of running the NHS 111 service in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Swale Borough in 2013-14.
(159460)
72
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees in the NHS earn less then the national living wage.
(159393)
73
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who require augmentative and alternative communication aids.
(159406)
74
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the commissioning arrangements for augmentative and alternative communication aids.
(159407)
75
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources he plans to make available to support the diagnosis and care of people who require augmentative and alternative communication aids.
(159408)
76
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibility NHS England has to assess the quality of clinical training; and if he will make a statement.
(159515)
77
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to monitor the effect on nurse training of the inclusion of care quality improvement projects.
(159516)
78
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing the number of animals used in scientific procedures; what steps he is taking to reduce the number of animals used in such procedures; and if he will make a statement.
(159405)
79
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that commercial organisations distributing information about available benefits to new and expecting mothers do not use data gathered about mothers and their children for other purposes.
(159470)
80
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that all major contractors to her Department abide by the corporate social responsibility standards.
(159387)
81
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what obligations solicitors have to advise clients on their potential entitlement to legal aid.
(159578)
82
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the financial and administrative cost on legal businesses of the requirement proposed in his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid, to assess whether EEA nationals have enjoyed a right to reside in the UK for 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the average number of hours per EEA national client it will take a legal aid contractor to assess whether EEA nationals have enjoyed a right to reside in the UK for 12 months.
(159579)
83
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the potential cost savings to the Government on legal services of placing a ceiling on the amount the Government spends on legal services for itself, so that it does not pay fees above legal aid rates to a Government-instructed lawyer or expert and does not pay for more hours of legal services than would be allowed in a court's detailed assessment of costs for legal aid clients; and if he will estimate the potential cost savings of prohibiting the pursuing of litigation which does not have a reasonable prospect of success.
(159587)
84
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of his proposed legal aid reforms on the number of self-represented litigants.
(159468)
85
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the income distribution of legal aid recipients in each year since 2002.
(159469)
86
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all data recorded by the Legal Aid Agency on all certificate outcomes for judicial review cases funded in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
(159474)
87
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Serious Organised Crime Agency on fuel smuggling in Northern Ireland.
(159390)
88
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with HM Revenue and Customs on identifying a marker for laundered fuel.
(159391)
89
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with HM Revenue and Customs in relation to the time taken in conducting the Invitation to Make Submissions process on the development of a new fuel marker.
(159398)
90
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on removing blue parking permits from circulation once the permit holders are deceased.
(159399)
91
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the integrated transport block.
(159415)
92
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money implications of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the Integrated Transport Block.
(159416)
93
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the Government planned to provide to integrated transport authorities and passenger transport executives in the 2010 Spending Review; and how that funding changed as a result of announcements made in each Budget and Autumn Statement since.
(159417)
94
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a cumulative assessment of the distributional regional effects of (a) changes to funding formula for significant funding blocks and (b) competitive funding awards.
(159475)
95
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the redistributive effects of the options for changing the formula for the integrated transport block between metropolitan areas and shire counties.
(159476)
96
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the number of rail carriages which are currently not compliant with rail vehicle accessibility requirements; and what plans he has to ensure compliance with such requirements by 2020.
(159461)
97
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) new carriages and (b) cascaded carriages have been bought by (i) Northern Rail, (ii) London Midland, (iii) Transpennine Express and (iv) rail franchises that provide commuter services in London and the South East since 2004.
(159462)
98
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the future costs to travel concession authorities of reimbursement to bus operators under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme in each of the next five years.
(159463)
99
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the distribution of spending in Network Rail control periods (a) three and (b) four between (i) regional rail, (ii) long distance rail services and (iii) rail services in London and the South East.
(159464)
100
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from which funding streams his Department funds highways maintenance expenditure by local authorities.
(159465)
101
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what criteira his Department allocates available grants to upper tier authorities to fund highways maintenance.
(159467)
102
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has reviewed the formula for allocating the road maintenance block grant since 1 January 2010.
(159510)
103
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities in accidents involving young drivers there were in (a) England and (b) Swindon in each of the last five years.
(159414)
104
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the forthcoming spending review.
(159513)
105
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings he has had with Ministers and officials in (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Department for Education on the treatment of passported benefits under universal credit.
(159511)
106
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the decision to bring forward the date of introduction of the single tier pension.
(159500)
107
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the funding of pensions from national insurance revenue following the abolition of contracting out.
(159501)
108
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the sums allocated to means tested benefit and allowances which have not been claimed in each year since 2010.
(159502)
109
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were referred by jobcentres to food banks in (a) Birmingham, Hall Green constituency, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
(159507)
110
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of measures to support working families with the costs of childcare announced in Budget 2013 on levels of (a) relative and (b) absolute child poverty.
(159580)
111
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of covering 85 per cent of childcare costs for all families in receipt of universal credit.
(159583)
112
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) pension companies, to ensure all pension companies provide trivial commutation of pension pots; what assessment he has made of the number of pension funds which are not providing trivial commutation to policyholders; and if he will bring forward proposals to make the offer of trivial commutation to policyholders compulsory.
(159411)
THURSDAY 13 JUNE 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

*1
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What steps he is taking to increase exports.
(159352)
*2
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What consideration he has given to including funded higher education places in city deals.
(159353)
*3
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What steps he is taking to improve consumer protection.
(159354)
*4
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the car manufacturing sector.
(159355)
*5
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What steps he is taking to ensure that small business suppliers are paid promptly by large businesses and by government; and if he will make a statement.
(159356)
*6
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's budget for medical education and research.
(159357)
*7
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): What steps he is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises take on more apprentices.
(159358)
*8
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the provision of broadband; and if he will make a statement.
(159359)
*9
John Glen (Salisbury): What steps he is taking to support pubs.
(159360)
*10
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What steps his Department is taking to help small and micro businesses grow.
(159361)
*11
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What progress he has made on making shares in Royal Mail available to its employees; and if he will make a statement.
(159362)
*12
Claire Perry (Devizes): What assessment he has made of the recommendations of Lord Young's report on Growing Your Business.
(159363)
*13
Guy Opperman (Hexham): What steps he is taking to support pubs.
(159364)
*14
David Wright (Telford): What recent assessment he has made of the long-term prospects for high street businesses.
(159365)
*15
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): What support his Department is providing to female entrepreneurs.
(159366)
*16
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Export Week campaign.
(159367)
*17
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): What steps he is taking to support traditional local pubs.
(159368)
*18
David Mowat (Warrington South): What types of projects will be eligible for funding from the Green Investment Bank.
(159369)
*19
Kris Hopkins (Keighley): What progress he has made on making shares in Royal Mail available to its employees; and if he will make a statement.
(159370)
*20
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What the timetable is for the establishment of the Business Bank.
(159371)
*21
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Export Week campaign.
(159372)
*22
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What discussions he has had on taking forward the recommendations of Lord Heseltine that regeneration funding be devolved to local enterprise partnerships.
(159373)
*23
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): What steps he is taking to increase investment in green and renewable technology.
(159374)
*24
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): What steps he is taking to increase investment in green and renewable technology.
(159375)
*25
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What his plans are for the future of Royal Mail.
(159376)

At 10.15am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

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

*1
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities.
(159377)
*2
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough):
(159378)
*3
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):
(159379)
*4
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):
(159380)
*5
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park):
(159381)
*6
Duncan Hames (Chippenham):
(159382)
*7
Derek Twigg (Halton):
(159383)
*8
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):
(159384)
*9
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan):
(159385)
*10
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):
(159386)
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 6 June
1
N 		Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was to the Child Support Agency of compensating customers in the form of conciliatory payments for the financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(159183)

Notices given on Monday 10 June
1
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the benefit to businesses of local authorities providing free transport to 16 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training.
(159558)
2
N 		Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2013, Official Report, column 489W, on EU grants and loans, how much EU structural funding will be allocated to each local enterprise partnership (LEP) in England for 2014 to 2020; and how much such funding would have been allocated to (a) England and (b) each LEP in England if the EU formula for the allocation of funds had been implemented.
(159444)
3
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who the successful bidders were for Round 1 of the employer ownership pilots, by English administrative region.
(159424)
4
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bids were received for Round 2 of the employer ownership pilots, by English administrative region.
(159425)
5
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what strategies he plans to put in place to attract, retain and upskill the further education teaching workforce.
(159426)
6
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the grounds on which the Major Projects Authority gave universal credit amber red status.
(159532)
7
N 		Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on modernisation of buildings that are part of the Cabinet Office estate in each of the last three years.
(159545)
8
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the consequences for the cyber security of UK companies and individuals of the US Prism programme.
(159575)
9
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of implementing PAYE Real Time Information.
(159530)
10
N 		Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of his Department are engaged on the project to implement the Scottish rate of income tax.
(159550)
11
N 		Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1239W, on income tax: Scotland, how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland pay income tax at (a) the highest rate or (b) the additional rate.
(159552)
12
N 		Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2013, Official Report, column 1167W, on income tax: Scotland, what steps he has taken to control the costs of the implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
(159553)
13
N 		Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2013, Official Report, column 1167W, on income tax: Scotland, when he expects to be able to report a revised estimate of the costs of implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
(159554)
14
N 		Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs have been unanswered in (a) the first quarter of 2013 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
(159449)
15
N 		Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of letters to HM Revenue and Customs have remained unanswered in (a) the first quarter of 2013 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
(159450)
16
N 		John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many English and Welsh football teams with an up-to-date arrangement with HM Revenue and Customs to pay by instalments their PAYE and national insurance contribution (NIC) deductions have not paid fully their PAYE or NIC deductions in tax year (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
(159585)
17
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities provide free bus travel to 16 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training.
(159559)
18
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he plans to call in the planning proposals by Peterborough City Council for a renewable energy park east of Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.
(159486)
19
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking against late payment of invoices by local authorities.
(159418)
20
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many community radio licences are unallocated.
(159538)
21
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that Ofcom use up unallocated community radio licences.
(159539)
22
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department gives to community radio stations.
(159540)
23
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will consider listing the Smithfield (a) General Market and (b) Fish Market in order to save them from demolition.
(159541)
24
N 		Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assesment she has made of the average cost of setting up a new (a) childminding and (b) nursery business; and what proportion of such costs for (i) individual childminders and (ii) nursery businesses the Childcare Business grant scheme is expected to cover.
(159429)
25
N 		Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Liberata regarding the criteria for distribution of the Childcare Business grant scheme; and whether she will place a copy of such criteria in the Library.
(159430)
26
N 		Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons men have been excluded from applying to the Childcare Business grant scheme; and if she will reconsider this exclusion.
(159431)
27
N 		Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the tender process carried out by her Department for the management of the Childcare Business grant scheme; which other organisations tendered for this project; what criteria she used to award the bid; how much the tender process cost; what fee Liberata will receive for administering the scheme; and whether this cost is part of the £2 million allocated for the scheme.
(159432)
28
N 		Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Childcare Business grants have been allocated through the Childcare Business grant scheme to date; who has received each grant; what the value of each such grant is; and when each grant was distributed.
(159433)
29
N 		Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the circumstances in which the draft Royal Charter on press regulation published on 18 March 2013 would be subject to renegotiaton prior to its sealing by Her Majesty in Council; whether she has received any indications from party leaders that such a renegotiation is likely to occur; and if she will make a statement.
(159445)
30
N 		Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment was tested under Better Equipment through Ashchurch; what cost savings were made as a result of that programme; and if he will make a statement.
(159557)
31
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on early departure payments to those who have previously had a break in their service in the armed forces.
(159536)
32
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces with an interrupted service career history were re-employed in the armed forces between 6 April 2005 and 1 January 2010.
(159537)
33
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review his policy on early departure payment awards to members of the armed forces who have an interrupted service career history.
(159542)
34
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees of his Department who have worked on the Government's nuclear policy have been made redundant since 2010.
(159543)
35
N 		Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent children from being excluded from school solely on the gounds that they have (a) diabetes or (b) other health conditions.
(159534)
36
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many readers were used in public examinations to help pupils in the latest peiod for which figures are available; and which other organisations hold such information.
(159487)
37
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 4 June 2013, Official Report, columns 89-90WS, on school funding reforms, how this change will affect the education budget for Cumbria County Council.
(159419)
38
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 4 June 2013, Official Report, columns 89-90WS, on school funding reforms, what discussions he has had with stakeholders to inform this policy.
(159420)
39
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 711W, on the Green Deal Scheme: North East, what information will be contained in the first quarterly Official Statistics which his Department plans to publish on 27 June 2013.
(159544)
40
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date he plans to publish the number of Green Deal packages that have been signed since the programme's inception.
(159546)
41
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effect (a) on levy control framework funding of his proposals for the capacity market and (b) of the interaction between the two.
(159547)
42
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of electricity market reform on the development of (a) gasification, (b) pyrolysis and (c) other nascent technologies.
(159548)
43
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent consideration has been given to official recognition for the service of non-conscripts who worked in mines during the Second World War.
(159556)
44
N 		David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to eliminate bovine tuberculosis in addition to the current cull of badgers.
(159446)
45
N 		David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to test a tuberculosis vaccine on (a) cattle and (b) badgers; and if he will make a statement.
(159447)
46
N 		David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to work with Save Me, the Badger Trust and the RSPCA to look at alternatives to the forthcoming badger cull.
(159448)
47
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) contagious equine metritis and (b) equine viral arteritis are to remain notifiable diseases under the Animal Health Act 1981.
(159549)
48
N 		Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 688W, on horseracing; if he will publish the names of all racehorses (a) killed outright and (b) destroyed on British racecourses or shortly afterwards due to injury in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(159434)
49
N 		Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 688W, on horseracing; if he will estimate the number of racehorses killed outright or destroyed at each British racecourse in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(159454)
50
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek assurances that communications of British parliamentarians are not monitored by the National Security Agency.
(159576)
51
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek an exemption to the US Prism programme for UK companies and individuals.
(159577)
52
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of his Department who have worked on the Government's nuclear policy have been made redundant since 2010.
(159535)
53
N 		Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged up to 18 years in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) England were diagnosed with diabetes in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(159533)
54
N 		Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many apprentices are employed in the National Health Service; and what the average wage is of a full-time NHS apprentice.
(159421)
55
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she first became aware of the US Prism programme.
(159574)
56
N 		Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK gives to wildlife conservation in sub-Saharan Africa.
(159551)
57
N 		Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of drone strikes on shifting livelihood strategies in the affected regions in Somalia and Yemen.
(159422)
58
N 		Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has undertaken research on retaliation attacks on local and international aid workers following drone strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(159438)
59
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were dismissed for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(159428)
60
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were dismissed for breaches of the code of conduct in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(159440)
61
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are available for prison service employees to report incidence of corruption to his Department's Corruption Prevention Unit.
(159441)
62
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents were reported to the Corruption Prevention Unit in 2012; what the nature was of each such incident; and what the outcome was of each such report.
(159442)
63
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is expected of employees in HM Prison Service in dealing with corruption (a) on commencing their employment and (b) on an ongoing basis as part of continuing professional development.
(159443)
64
N 		Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department saved through the contract for interpreters and translation services in (a) February 2012 and (b) May 2013.
(159451)
65
N 		Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department was of the contract for interpreters and translation services in (a) February 2012 and (b) May 2013.
(159452)
66
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many days Hillsborough Castle was open to the public in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.
(159555)
67
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was allocated to Northern Ireland in block grant in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how much has been allocated for (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
(159572)
68
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent (a) in total and (b) under each category of expenditure in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and how much it plans to spend in (A) 2013-14 and (B) 2014-15.
(159573)
69
N 		Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the family of Patrick Finucane.
(159453)
70
N 		Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1266W, on tax avoidance, whether he has received any replies to his letter of 20 May 2013 to the UK's Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories on tax information exchange and beneficial ownership; and what steps he plans to take if any of the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories do not make their policies on this issue clear publicly.
(159485)
71
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to page 27 of the Coalition Agreement, when he plans to bring forward proposals for a House Business Committee.
(159493)
72
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether his Department's budget for universal credit will be underspent in 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
(159531)
73
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) forecast and (b) actual expenditure of his Department on the universal credit was in 2012.
(159586)
74
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support employment opportunities for deaf people.
(159483)
75
N 		Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of implementing the recommendation in the Fifth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2012-13, The Single-tier State Pension: Part 1 of the draft Pensions Bill, HC 1000, on providing transitional arrangements for 15 years with regard to derived benefits under the new single tier state pension.
(159484)
76
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former recipients of incapacity benefit who have been re-assessed for eligibility for employment and support allowance (ESA) were initially found to be (a) entitled to ESA and (b) not entitled to ESA, including those who appealed against the refusal of their benefit.
(159423)
77
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former recipients of incapacity benefit who have been re-assessed for eligibility for employment and support allowance (ESA) and initially found not entitled to ESA have appealed against the decision; and, of those, how many have (a) had their appeal upheld, (b) had their appeal refused and (c) not had their appeal determined.
(159435)
78
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former recipients of incapacity benefit who have migrated to employment and support allowance have a mental health condition.
(159436)
79
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the migration from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance to be complete.
(159437)
80
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specialist training is provided to Atos assessors making work capability assessments on understanding the needs of individuals with menal health disorders; and if he will make a statement.
(159439)
MONDAY 17 JUNE 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 10 June
1
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department makes available for apprentices to ensure that the cost and availability of transport is not a barrier to their taking up of placements.
(159489)
2
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to a (a) school and (b) local authority of employing a (i) teacher and (ii) classroom assistant; and what forecast he has made of the equivalent cost in each year from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
(159456)
3
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the government of Israel distinguishes between (a) Israel and (b) Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in statistical data provided as part of its membership of the OECD.
(159495)
4
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to discourage UK citizens buying property in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
(159496)
5
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to the NHS of employing a (a) nurse, (b) midwife and (c) doctor; and what forecast he has made of the equivalent cost in each year from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
(159457)
6
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the average cost to a police authority of employing a (a) police officer and (b) police community support officer; and what forecast she has made of the equivalent costs in each year from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
(159455)
7
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce concessionary bus travel for 16 to 24 year-olds not in employment, education or training.
(159497)
8
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the bus industry and (b) his ministerial colleagues on how to provide young people with more consistent and affordable bus fares.
(159488)
9
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that operators of registered bus services should be required under their licensing conditions to supply the relevant local transport authorities with full details of the fares applicable to each service to enable those authorities to publicise comprehensive information on services and fares.
(159490)
10
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in its efforts to encourage the bus industry to offer travel discounts to all people aged 18 and under.
(159491)
11
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the proportion of the reimbursement costs relating to the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme which are funded from local revenue sources.
(159492)
12
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of winter fuel payments in each (a) region of the UK and (b) parliamentary constituency are (i) higher rate taxpayers and (ii) additional rate taxpayers.
(159458)
TUESDAY 18 JUNE 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 6 June
1
N 		Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) platforms, (b) trackside facilities and (c) rail buildings are owned by Royal Mail as part of the railway network.
(159124)
THURSDAY 20 JUNE 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 6 June
1
N 		Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) officials of his Department have had with officials of the Home Office on implementing screening of prospective UK residents who might have tuberculosis or drug-resistant tuberculosis.
(159292)
2
N 		Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what screening for (a) tuberculosis and (b) drug-resistant tuberculosis is undertaken on people seeking to become resident in the UK (i) in general and (ii) from countries with populations suffering from higher levels of infection.
(159293)

Prepared 11th June 2013