Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Thursday 27 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 Wednesday 26 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Thursday 27 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.
THURSDAY 27 JUNE
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
*1
|
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps his Department is taking to improve coastal safety. |
(161764)
|
*2
|
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): What his policy is on quality contracts for bus services. |
(161765)
|
*3
|
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What steps he is taking to reduce incidents of dangerous driving. |
(161766)
|
*4
|
Peter Aldous (Waveney): What progress he is making on funding the refurbishment of railway stations. |
(161767)
|
*5
|
Robert Halfon (Harlow): What steps he is taking to support motorists; and if he will make a statement. |
(161768)
|
*6
|
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): What his policy is on the privatisation of East Coast main line services; and if he will make a statement. |
(161769)
|
*7
|
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What progress he is making on approving schemes under the Local Pinch Point Fund. |
(161770)
|
*8
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What assessment he has made of the potential role of the local growth fund in improving transport; and if he will make a statement. |
(161771)
|
*9
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): What steps he is taking to support the Get Britain Cycling campaign. |
(161772)
|
*11
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What progress is being made on the widening of the A14 around Kettering. |
(161773)
|
*12
|
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): What his plans are for future investment in London's transport network. |
(161774)
|
*13
|
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What his policy is on the privatisation of East Coast main line rail services; and if he will make a statement. |
(161775)
|
*14
|
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): What steps his Department is taking to protect local bus services. |
(161776)
|
*16
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): What assessment he has made of the licence system for tractor driving. |
(161778)
|
*17
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What assessment he has made of the quality of rural bus services; and if he will make a statement. |
(161779)
|
*18
|
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): What assessment he has made of the potential role of the local growth fund in improving transport; and if he will make a statement. |
(161780)
|
*19
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What steps he is taking to improve disabled access to public transport. |
(161781)
|
*20
|
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What progress he is making on his plans to fund new railway stations. |
(161782)
|
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
Simon Wright (Norwich South): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. |
(161783)
|
*2
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): |
(161784)
|
*3
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): |
(161785)
|
*4
|
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): |
(161786)
|
*5
|
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): |
(161787)
|
*6
|
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): |
(161788)
|
*7
|
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): |
(161789)
|
*8
|
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): |
(161790)
|
*9
|
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): |
(161791)
|
*10
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): |
(161792)
|
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission and the Leader of the House
*1
|
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions the Commission has had on the availability of tours for constituents of the Parliamentary estate. |
(161793)
|
*2
|
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking to improve the role of the House in scrutinising European Union-level decision-making. |
(161794)
|
*3
|
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what comparative assessment he has made of the opening hours of the Library and the Table Office and the sitting hours of the House. |
(161795)
|
*4
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he plans to take to promote the transparency of hon. Members' membership of All-Party Parliamentary Groups. |
(161796)
|
*5
|
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to introduce an e-petitions system applicable to both Parliament and Government. |
(161797)
|
*6
|
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he is making on the introduction of measures to improve financial scrutiny of Government expenditure. |
(161798)
|
*7
|
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to introduce an e-petitions system applicable to both Parliament and Government. |
(161799)
|
*8
|
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment he has made of the performance of the parliamentary telephone switchboard. |
(161800)
|
*9
|
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to introduce an e-petitions system applicable to both Parliament and Government. |
(161801)
|
*10
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he is making on the introduction of measures to improve financial scrutiny of Government expenditure. |
(161802)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 18 June
1
N
|
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect of population density on the cost of delivering local government services. |
(161170)
|
2
N
|
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which specific services in the environmental, cultural and protective services block have given rise to additional funding because of the effect of population density in the last five years. |
(161171)
|
Notices given on Thursday 20 June
1
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the president-elect of Iran on future relations and the possibility of mutual re-opening of full diplomatic facilities; and if he will make a statement on relations with that country. |
(161702)
|
2
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of job losses proposed as part of the Whittington NHS Trust policy of applying for Foundation Trust status. |
(161703)
|
3
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on his views on London's future health needs. |
(161704)
|
4
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the University College Hospital, Royal Free, The Whittington, Barnet General, North Middlesex and Chase Farm on the future plans for accident and emergency and hospital care; and if he will make a statement. |
(161705)
|
5
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he expects the Whittington Health Trust to achieve Foundation Trust status. |
(161706)
|
6
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes are in place to ensure that UK aid to the Palestinian Authority is not used to pay salaries to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons convicted of terror offences. |
(161708)
|
7
N
|
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed universal credit at Ashton-under-Lyne jobcentre since 29 April 2013. |
(161707)
|
Notices given on Friday 21 June
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to use the current Key Stage 2 (KS2) curriculum or the draft KS2 curriculum planned for introduction in 2014 to be used as the basis for KS2 assessment tests in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018. |
(161735)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the earliest date is at which the draft Key Stage 2 (KS2) curriculum planned for introduction in 2014 could be used as the basis for KS2 assessment tests. |
(161736)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the latest date is at which the current Key Stage 2 (KS2) curriculum could be used as the basis for KS2 assessment tests. |
(161737)
|
Notices given on Monday 24 June
2
N
|
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, if he will instruct the Director of Public Prosecutions to publish in full the report by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate into the collapse of prosecutions of alleged police corruption surrounding the investigation into the murder of Lynette White in 1988. |
(161986)
|
3
N
|
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the report by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate into the collapse of prosecutions of alleged police corruption surrounding the investigation into the murder of Lynette White in 1988 is critical of the Director of Public Prosecutions. |
(161987)
|
4
N
|
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many of the lawyers criticised in the report by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate into the collapse of prosecutions of alleged police corruption surrounding the investigation into the murder of Lynette White in 1988 are still employed by the Crown Prosecution Service. |
(161988)
|
5
N
|
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service intends to make public all names of lawyers criticised in the report by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate into the collapse of prosecutions of alleged police corruption surrounding the investigation into the murder of Lynette White in 1988. |
(161989)
|
6
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund awarded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England has been awarded to institutions in (a) the North East and (b) the South and London to date. |
(162033)
|
8
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent representations he has received on the cyber security of mobile telephones. |
(162031)
|
9
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department first informed the Big Lottery Fund that the Big Society Network Foundation's Get In campaign had been put on hold and its funding had been ended; and if he will make a statement. |
(161858)
|
10
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2013, Official Report, column 739W, on the Big Society Network, if he will publish the objectives of the Society Network Foundation's Get In campaign; and what progress had been made against each objective before his Department took the decision to end support for it; and if he will make a statement. |
(161859)
|
11
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 517W, on the third sector, how the £350,000 allocated to the Big Society Network to support his Department in allocating the Big Society Awards was spent; and if he will make a statement. |
(161860)
|
12
N
|
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was secured in unpaid wages for people identifying as interns, volunteers or work experience in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. |
(162028)
|
13
N
|
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has investigated for the non-payment of the national minimum wage in relation to people identifying as interns, volunteers or work experience workers in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013; and how many instances of non-compliance HMRC has discovered through such investigations in each such year. |
(162029)
|
14
N
|
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HM Revenue and Customs has received regarding non-payment of the national minimum wage from people identifying as interns, volunteers or work experience workers in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013. |
(162030)
|
15
N
|
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to his Department was of the commissioning, production and dissemination of the cartoon video published on his Department's website setting out the spending review strategy in June 2013. |
(161855)
|
17
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long he plans to permit businesses with fewer than 50 employees to submit PAYE information monthly rather than in real time; and if he will make a statement. |
(161936)
|
18
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in the private office of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury received a performance-related bonus in the last two financial years. |
(162013)
|
20
N
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been (a) claimed by and (b) paid out to each local authority under the Bellwin scheme as a result of flooding in each year since 2007-08. |
(161940)
|
22
N
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations were received from (a) groups and (b) individual members of the public in (i) support of and (ii) opposition to the Press BoF Royal Charter in response to the period of openness that closed on 24 May 2013. |
(162057)
|
23
N
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received advice from officials as to whether to put forward the Press BoF Royal Charter to the Privy Council for consideration; and if she will make a statement. |
(162058)
|
24
N
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will reopen negotiations on the cross-party Royal Charter agreed on 18 March 2013. |
(162059)
|
25
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on arts in the regions; and if she will make a statement. |
(161850)
|
26
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on arts and creativity in the curriculum; and if she will make a statement. |
(162034)
|
27
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) the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (b) the British Council and (c) UK Trade and Investment on the arts and creative industries; and if she will make a statement. |
(162035)
|
28
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) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) local enterprise partnerships on the arts and creative industries. |
(162036)
|
29
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the minimum statutory requirement is for a local authority library service; what the derivation is of that requirement; what guidance she has issued to local authorities on compliance with the minimum statutory requirement; and if she will make a statement. |
(162017)
|
30
N
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 434W, whose agreement is needed for the reopening of cross-party discussions on the Royal Charter; and whether she received any indications from any such people that such a reopening is sought. |
(162051)
|
31
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent meetings he has had with pupils groups to discuss changes to education; and what representations he has received from individual pupils regarding the proposed changes to the curriculum. |
(161982)
|
32
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that pupils understand the reforms to the education system that are currently underway. |
(161983)
|
33
N
|
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent consideration he has given to raising the age in which young people can choose to leave foster care from 18 to 21. |
(161953)
|
34
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many five to seven year olds were in classes of more than 30 pupils in January (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; and if he will make a statement. |
(161857)
|
35
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the places created under the free schools programme in the current school year will be primary places. |
(161950)
|
36
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of school places created under the free schools programme created in areas where there is need for new places by 2015. |
(161951)
|
37
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary school places created under the Free Schools programme to date have been created in areas with a shortage of primary places. |
(161955)
|
38
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of places in schools created under the Free Schools programme to date are primary school places. |
(161956)
|
39
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of places created by the new free schools announced in May 2013 will be primary places. |
(161990)
|
40
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many journeys he has undertaken between his Department's premises and Parliament using the Ministerial car pool in the last 12 months. |
(162015)
|
41
N
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 460W, on the Green Deal scheme, what estimate he has made of how many Green Deal advisers and installer operatives will have completed their training by the end of 2013. |
(162007)
|
42
N
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 29 February 2013, Official Report, column 308W, on the Green Deal scheme, what discussions his Department has had with officials at the Department for Communities and Local Government on preparations in the private rental sector for the 2018 deadline. |
(162008)
|
43
N
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to help negotiate a new international agreement on climate change by 2015; and if he will make a statement. |
(162052)
|
44
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 415W, according to what criteria applicants for the Bevin Boys Veterans Badge were assessed. |
(162038)
|
45
N
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to begin prosecution proceedings against anyone for possible breaches of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, as reported by Hillside Animal Sanctuary on 18 January 2013. |
(161935)
|
46
N
|
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of NHS trusts who hold contracts with car parking management companies for hospital car parks. |
(161941)
|
47
N
|
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department had made of the number of ketamine-related hospital admissions in each of the last five years in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK. |
(161945)
|
48
N
|
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to require mental health services to collect data on children whose parents or carers have mental health difficulties. |
(161946)
|
49
N
|
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the concerns raised by representatives of Independent Midwives UK in their meeting with his Department in May 2013. |
(162016)
|
50
N
|
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 160W, on hospitals: Trafford, if he will place the initial advice which he has received from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel in the Library. |
(162037)
|
51
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date and by whom the decision was taken to request the secondment of Jackie Holt from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust to Warrington and Halton NHS Trust; and what consultation on this decision was undertaken with (a) Monitor, (b) the Care Quality Commission, (c) the relevant local area team, (d) NHS England and (e) his Department; and what involvement each such body had in this decision. |
(162011)
|
52
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason it was proposed to second Jackie Holt from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust to Warrington and Halton NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. |
(162012)
|
53
N
|
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent reports that Bounty paid NHS trusts to allow salespeople access to maternity wards. |
(161947)
|
54
N
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which bodies in the NHS have responsibility for funding the replacement of out-of-warranty insulin pumps for paediatric patients with diabetes. |
(162009)
|
55
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by NHS trusts in London on (a) anti-retroviral HIV drugs and (b) anti-cancer drugs in each of the last five years. |
(161942)
|
56
N
|
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay's correspondence of 12 March, 24 April and 10 June 2013 regarding a constituent, Miss Njovana. |
(161952)
|
57
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the renewal of the Airwave emergency services telecommunications contract; and what assessment she has made of the role of voice communication in future such contracts. |
(162032)
|
58
N
|
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the parents of children who died and whose identities were used by undercover police officers have been contacted by the police. |
(161949)
|
59
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many security passes allowing entry to the parliamentary estate are in existence (a) in total, (b) for hon. Members' staff, (c) for House of Commons staff and (d) of other types. |
(161954)
|
60
N
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of claimants have appealed successfully against the original Atos determination of their capacity to work in each year since 2009. |
(162054)
|
61
N
|
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 158124, tabled on 3 June 2013, for ordinary written answer on 5 June 2013. |
(162039)
|
62
N
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that solicitors working with children are adequately trained in communicating with children in his proposals for legal aid. |
(161856)
|
63
N
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his proposed new arrangements for criminal legal aid will apply to children. |
(161948)
|
64
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that people bereaved by a homicide are not at risk of losing their job during the course of a trial. |
(161852)
|
65
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on employment protection for people bereaved by a homicide. |
(161853)
|
66
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to (a) sign and (b) ratify Protocol No. 15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. |
(162048)
|
71
N
|
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made in drawing up a management-style contract for the next Thameslink franchise. |
(162010)
|
72
N
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times Atos has breached its contractual targets in its delivery of the work capability assessment to date. |
(162046)
|
73
N
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made to Atos regarding the work capability assessment to date; and what the outcomes were of these complaints. |
(162047)
|
74
N
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of his Department's contract with Atos to deliver the work capability assessment is. |
(162055)
|
75
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants registered at (a) Clydebank Jobcentre Plus, (b) Dumbarton Jobcentre Plus and (c) Alexandria Jobcentre Plus have had their benefit sanctioned in each month since September 2012. |
(161943)
|
76
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against jobseeker's allowance sanctions have been successful in West Dunbartonshire constituency since September 2012. |
(161984)
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77
N
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons jobseeker's allowance claims have been sanctioned in each month since January 2012. |
(161985)
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78
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of administering the benefit cap in the London boroughs of (a) Haringey, (b) Enfield, (c) Croydon and (d) Bromley since April 2013. |
(161814)
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79
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been affected by the benefit cap since its introduction in April 2013. |
(161823)
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80
N
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households likely to be subject to the benefit cap after July 2013. |
(161824)
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81
N
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are circumstances under which an out of work household that is not otherwise exempt from the benefit cap would still receive benefits in excess of the cap after its introduction. |
(161847)
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82
N
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average loss in income per person has been for people affected by the benefit cap since its introduction in April 2013. |
(161868)
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83
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department assessed the performance of jobcentres in 2012; and how it will assess them in 2013. |
(161851)
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84
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new businesses he expects to have been created as a result of the new enterprise allowance scheme by the end of 2013. |
(161937)
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85
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on the roll-out of universal credit of the announcement by HM Revenue and Customs that small businesses will be permitted to submit PAYE information monthly rather than in real time from October 2013; and if he will make a statement. |
(161938)
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86
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to provide support for unemployed people seeking self employment after referrals to the current new enterprise allowance scheme ends in September; and if he will make a statement. |
(161939)
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87
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter to him of 9 May 2013 from the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority on Department for Work and Pensions statistics, enclosing a letter of the same date to the Trades Union Congress, if he will review the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 353W, on social security benefits in the light of the contents of both letters. |
(162018)
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Notices given on Tuesday 25 June
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Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of progress on the redoubling of the Kemble-Swindon railway. |
[Question Unstarred]
(161804)
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2
N
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Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Network Rail on restoring a direct rail link from Shropshire to London. |
[Question Unstarred]
(161777)
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3
N
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Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the cross-party agreement on the Royal Charter and related matters that was made on 18 March 2013 between the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and (b) any associated correspondence. |
[Transferred]
(162056)
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4
N
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Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the recommendations of the Leveson Report have been fully implemented by the Government. |
[Transferred]
(162049)
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5
N
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Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of gross domestic product he estimates will be spent on defence in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16. |
[Transferred]
(161854)
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6
N
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Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what dates the Privy Council will meet in July 2013. |
[Transferred]
(162050)
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7
N
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Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, at what stage during the planning process the wind farm developer becomes eligible for the Government subsidies offered for the development of a wind farm. |
[Transferred]
(161981)
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8
N
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Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the intelligence agencies informed the Intelligence and Security Committee about Prism; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred]
(162014)
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9
N
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Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that health and wellbeing strategies addressing alcohol and drugs treatment are being developed by local authorities. |
[Transferred]
(161944)
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10
N
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in work with children were earning less than the average national weekly income in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010. |
[Transferred]
(162053)
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11
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Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the privatisation of the Royal Mail does not restrict access to the postcode address file for small entrepreneurs and new business start-ups. |
(162176)
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12
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Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress the Government has made in achieving its aim of making the Post Office a front office for local and national government. |
(162333)
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13
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Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that implementation of the WEEE Recast Directive 2012/19/EU and changes to the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) system in the UK leads to all hazardous WEEE being obligated and funded post-recast. |
(162277)
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14
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Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that implementation of the WEEE Recast Directive 2012/19/EU and changes to the UK waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) system will minimise adverse environmental effects of WEEE disposal. |
(162278)
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15
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Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he will take to prevent producer compliance schemes allowing companies to obtain or abuse a dominant market position in the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) as a result of the WEEE Recast Directive 2012/19/EU and changes to the UK WEEE system. |
(162279)
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16
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Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings officials of his Department have had with representatives of producers and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) treatment facilities to discuss the WEEE Recast Directive 2012/19/EU consultation; and if he will make a statement. |
(162280)
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17
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Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of using percentage targets as maximums on the overall level of waste electrical and electronic equipment collected. |
(162281)
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18
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the further round of red tape challenge announced in the 2013 Budget will include health and safety regulations. |
(162306)
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19
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reintroduce the provisions contained in the Construction (Head Protection) Regulations. |
(162310)
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20
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2013, Official Report, column 403W on Hinkley Point C Power Station, if he will publish the documents which formed the evidential basis for the conclusion of the Planning Inspectorate, that the proposed development is not likely to have a significant impact on the environment of another European state. |
(162189)
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21
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department has provided for the development of reduction, refinement and replacement alternatives to the use of animals in scientific procedures in each year between 2009 and 2012; how much of that funding has been provided to the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research; and if he will make a statement. |
(162212)
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22
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Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) universities on future plans for departmental responsibility for funding of medical research and education. |
(162061)
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23
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Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newport East of 26 February and 24 May 2013 regarding the regulation of tobacco companies; and whether that correspondence has been forwarded to another Department. |
(162219)
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24
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Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received in respect of the 11 Confucius institutions at British universities. |
(162254)
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25
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage innovation in the field of 3D printing. |
(162180)
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26
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage students to take up science and engineering degrees at university. |
(162183)
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27
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of UK students in higher education did not apply for student finance in each of the last 10 years. |
(162217)
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28
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with (a) UK companies and (b) consumer groups about chargeable customer advice telephone numbers. |
(162314)
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29
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made since the publication of the Independent Review into the future of the high street following the Portas Review to shift town teams focus on to making high streets accessible, attractive and safe. |
(162246)
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30
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Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of jobs being moved out of the UK. |
(162077)
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31
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what target he has set for the (a) number and (b) value of investments made under the Green Investment Bank in each of the next two years; and what assessment he has made of progress against such targets. |
(162239)
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32
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has received a report from the Insolvency Service report into Comet. |
(162240)
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33
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with the (i) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and his officials, (ii) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and his officials and (iii) external stakeholders on the provision of superfast broadband in enterprise zones. |
(162241)
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34
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what days and at which locations roadshows on the business bank programme prospective applicants have been held to date and have been scheduled for future dates; and how many such roadshows have been attended by Ministers. |
(162242)
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35
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 7 March 2013, Official Report, column 1184W, on Enterprise Capital Funds, what proportion of funds allocated under Enterprise Capital Funds to date have been drawn down; and how many investments have been drawn down in full. |
(162243)
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36
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the speech by the Deputy Prime Minister on 27 March 2013, when a consultation will begin on incentives to support employee ownership. |
(162245)
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37
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) timetable and (b) deadlines have been set for the completion of due diligence processes for funds already committed under the Green Investment Bank. |
(162273)
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38
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what external advice the Government has commissioned since May 2010 on the future of the student loan book; when each such piece of advice was commissioned; which firms have provided this advice; when any such reports were passed to Ministers in his Department; what the total cost to the public purse was; and if he will place a copy of each such report in the Library. |
(162274)
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work is currently (a) ongoing within his Department and (b) commissioned by his Department on modelling the effect of retrospective changes to the terms of student loans. |
(162275)
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40
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the funds allocated to each project supported by the Green Investment Bank have been drawn down to date; and when each such project is expected to be fully funded. |
(162276)
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Blackpool South of 25 February 2013, Official Report, column 301W, on the Regional Growth Fund, how independent due diligence will be provided in relation to the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund. |
(162337)
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42
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider establishing a new post of Government Chief Engineering Officer. |
(162066)
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43
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Government's decision to award train manufacturing in the Thameslink contract, what assistance his Department provided to British-based manufacturers to ensure that bids relating to the contract relating to the building of trains in the UK were competitive. |
(162067)
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44
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Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Barnsley East constituency are employed in the retail sector. |
(162141)
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45
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Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses closed in (a) the north-east, (b) Sunderland Local Authority and (c) Sunderland Central constituency in (i) 2011 and (ii) 2012. |
(162076)
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46
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of (a) how many and (b) what proportion of people in Glasgow North West constituency are classified as working in the shipbuilding industry in (i) 1997, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2013. |
(162271)
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47
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current level of unemployment is in (a) each parliamentary constituency in Glasgow, (b) each city in Scotland and (c) each city in the rest of the UK. |
(162272)
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48
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers will be members of the Government's Local Growth Committee; and what terms of reference that committee will have. |
(162158)
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49
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Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects his austerity policies will begin to reduce Government debt and see a resumption of average growth in the economy. |
(162229)
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50
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Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the accounts of common investment funds are publicly available. |
(162065)
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51
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 12-month lending growth to all small and medium-sized enterprises, as defined by the series which appears in Chart B from the April 2012 edition of the Bank of England's Trends in Lending publication was in each month from January 2009. |
(162336)
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52
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how long the future high streets forum is expected to run. |
(162149)
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53
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the number of local authorities who have determined 30 per cent or fewer of major planning applications within 13 weeks in the last three years. |
(162166)
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54
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department intends to promote the work and recommendations of the future high streets forum. |
(162167)
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55
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the future high streets forum's practical toolkit to be published. |
(162168)
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56
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of the future high streets forum. |
(162169)
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57
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria was used to decide the membership of the future high streets forum. |
(162172)
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58
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the membership of the task and finish groups of the future high streets forum will be. |
(162232)
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59
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2013, Official Report, columns 286-7W, on housing improvement, when he expects discussions with the Local Government Association on the effect of the neighbours' consultation scheme to conclude. |
(162257)
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60
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2013, Official Report, columns 286-7W, on housing improvements, if he will publish the conclusions of his discussions with the Local Government Association on the impact of the neighbours' consultation scheme. |
(162334)
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61
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 directions were put in place by local authorities in 2012. |
(162352)
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62
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to a local authority of putting in place an Article 4 direction. |
(162353)
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63
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department offers assistance to local authorities who wish to put in place an Article 4 direction. |
(162354)
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64
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Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 June 2013, Official Report, columns 113-5WS, on onshore wind (local planning), if he will expedite the publication of the planning guidelines referred to in that statement. |
(162261)
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65
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made following the Portas Review on addressing the restrictive aspects of the use class system to make it easier to change the use of key properties on the high street. |
(162335)
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66
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Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to include the outcome of parish polls in lists of those matters that can be considered valid objections to a local authority's draft local plan. |
(162062)
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67
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many jobs have been (a) created and (b) safeguarded in each of the 24 enterprise zones since May 2010. |
(162156)
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68
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many business tenants are in place in each of the 24 enterprise zones. |
(162157)
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69
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Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provides and for which programmes to facilitate sports and physical activities in young offenders institutions in the UK. |
(162154)
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70
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from the Welsh Government in 2013 to date on future funding and governance arrangements for S4C. |
(162064)
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71
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Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to improve the digital television signal for residents of (a) North Yorkshire and (b) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency. |
(162248)
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72
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Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will support the emerging tourist industry in Inverclyde. |
(162069)
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73
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on increasing broadband infrastructure in (a) Glasgow, (b) each other city in Scotland and (c) each other city in the UK since May 2010. |
(162268)
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74
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 on the rate of volunteering in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK. |
(162312)
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75
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the amount spent in betting shops, before winnings are accounted for, in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last five years. |
(162315)
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76
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of people who volunteered in each month since September 2012; and what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in Scotland on plans to share best practice following the Commonwealth Games in 2014. |
(162316)
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77
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Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, columns 31-49, on NATO, when the performance report on the supply of fuels to NATO forces in Afghanistan was published; what its key findings were; and what actions have since been taken by (a) the UK and (b) the NATO Secretariat to ensure that the findings are implemented. |
(162247)
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78
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Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum number of hours a chef in the armed forces is allowed to work (a) per day and (b) per week. |
(162147)
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79
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Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to tackle the current shortage of chefs in the Royal Navy. |
(162148)
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80
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department has provided for the development of reduction, refinement and replacement alternatives to the use of animals in scientific procedures in each year between 2009 and 2012; how much of that funding has been provided to the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research; and if he will make a statement. |
(162213)
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81
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Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's budget will be spent on science and technology in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16. |
(162175)
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82
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people between the age of 16 and 18 were recruited to the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each of the last 10 years. |
(162225)
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83
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of employees in each rank of the military from each National Readership Survey social grade. |
(162269)
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84
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David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the 10 most frequently undertaken journeys on domestic public transport by his Department's employees and contractors were in the last year; and how many such journeys were undertaken in that time. |
(162186)
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85
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David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on domestic public transport for its employees and contractors in each of the last three years. |
(162187)
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86
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David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers in HM Armed Forces have access to a staff car. |
(162188)
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87
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David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many lease cars his Department has in service; and what the annual cost is of each such car. |
(162323)
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88
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Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage team sports in lower-performing schools and deprived areas; and what research his Department has carried out on a link between increased participation in sport at school and reduced crime rates. |
(162151)
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89
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Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of ring-fenced funding for school sports on the quality and quantity of sport provision and participation in school sports. |
(162152)
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90
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Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what regulations are in place regarding compulsory sport and physical education in schools; and what initiatives his Department has in place to encourage (a) more girls to participate in school sports, (b) more sport to be played outdoors and (c) sports for school-leavers. |
(162317)
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91
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Chief Executive of the Standards and Testing Agency is paid. |
(162082)
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92
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason three deputy directors are employed by the Standards and Testing Agency; and what their annual salaries are. |
(162146)
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93
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help improve adult literacy and numeracy rates. |
(162155)
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94
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools appealed against the refusal to be entered for the Level 6 SAT papers and were subsequently granted entry through appeal with the Standards and Testing Agency in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013. |
(162159)
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95
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools appealed against refusal to be entered by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency for the Level 6 SAT papers in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. |
(162160)
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96
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools appealed against refusal to be entered by the Standards and Testing Agency for the Level 6 SAT papers in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013. |
(162161)
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97
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils were refused entry by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency for the Level 6 SAT papers in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010. |
(162162)
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98
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils were refused entry by the Standards and Testing Agency for the Level 6 SAT papers in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013. |
(162163)
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99
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils were entered for the Level 6 SAT papers with the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010. |
(162164)
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100
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils were entered for the Level 6 SAT papers with the Standards and Testing Agency in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013. |
(162165)
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101
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools appealed against the refusal to be entered for the Level 6 SAT papers and were subsequently granted entry through appeal with the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. |
(162182)
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102
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff are employed at the Standards and Testing Agency; and what the annual staffing cost is of this body. |
(162184)
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103
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage students to take a modern language subject through to A Level. |
(162324)
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104
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will switch energy supplier in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015. |
(162264)
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105
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's quarterly domestic energy switching statistics, what assessment he has made of the factors that encourage consumers to switch energy supplier. |
(162265)
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106
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in the overall numbers of people switching energy supplier since 2008. |
(162266)
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107
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total tonnage of greenhouse gases emitted through business operations by (a) Npower, (b) EDF, (c) Scottish Power, (d) E.ON, (e) British Gas and (f) SSE in each of the last five years. |
(162267 )
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108
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many payments have been made by his Department to any energy supplier of (a) less than £250, (b) £251 to £500, (c) £501 to £1,000, (d) £1,001 to £5,000 and (e) over £5,000 in each of the last five years. |
(162270)
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109
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Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the expected long-term sea level rise in Poole Bay; and if he will make a statement. |
(162250)
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110
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has received from the European Commission on the timeframe for developing and implementing a bovine TB vaccination. |
(162078)
|
111
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for the development of reduction, refinement and replacement alternatives to the use of animals in scientific procedures in each year between 2009 and 2012; how much of that funding has been provided to the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research; and if he will make a statement. |
(162214)
|
112
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the sale of shark fin soup in restaurants. |
(162231)
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113
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK's future water supplies are protected. |
(162220)
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114
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Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Bahraini counterparts on ensuring that Mr Mahdi Abu Dheeb has access to appropriate medical treatment and physiotherapy while he remains detained in prison in that country. |
(162253)
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115
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with EU member states on the labelling of produce from Israeli settlements. |
(162174)
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116
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, column 745, on Israel: children in detention, if he will make a statement on his discussions with the Israeli Attorney-General. |
(162177)
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117
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of relations between Macedonia and Greece in respect of the naming issue. |
(162178)
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118
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Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there is a confirmed date for the launch of the National Action Plan on business and human rights. |
(162224)
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119
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Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Overseas Territories have ratified the Aarhus Convention to Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. |
(162338)
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120
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Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with (a) the Moroccan ambassador and (b) MINURSO the beating of Mariam Burhimi and Lamat Zeghman while covering a peaceful street protest in occupied El Aaiún, Western Sahara. |
(162227)
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121
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Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has (a) carried out and (b) commissioned studies on a link between school sports participation and lowered obesity levels and physical inactivity. |
(162153)
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122
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Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of pregnant women between the ages of 18 to 54 taking anti-epileptic drugs received information and counselling about contraception and conception in 2012. |
(162170)
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123
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Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the advice on training given to prescribing physicians under the quality and outcomes framework on the effect of anti-epileptic medications during pregnancy. |
(162171)
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124
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Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that initiatives to tackle obesity focus on management of obesity and excess weight as well as prevention. |
(162223)
|
125
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Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the level of prosopagnosia in the UK; what assistance he makes available to people with that condition; and if he will make a statement. |
(162249)
|
126
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided for the development of reduction, refinement and replacement alternatives to the use of animals in scientific procedures in each year between 2009 and 2012; how much of that funding has been provided to the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research; and if he will make a statement. |
(162215)
|
127
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals (a) are considering mergers and (b) have merged since the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. |
(162143)
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128
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Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training placements have been available for dental graduates over the last five years; and how many such placements were awarded to (a) UK graduates and (b) overseas and EU graduates. |
(162173)
|
129
|
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of training placements for UK dental graduates. |
(162226)
|
130
|
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce extraterritorial jurisdiction to the Human Tissue Act 2004. |
(162255)
|
131
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Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps have been taken to deliver the NHS mandate objective of making rapid progress in the measuring of, and action upon, the patient experience. |
(162319)
|
132
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to deliver improvements on the relational aspects of cancer care. |
(162320)
|
133
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Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress cancer strategic clinical networks have made in developing terms of reference; and if he will place in the Library copies of any such completed terms. |
(162321)
|
134
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Public Health England regarding reducing the burden of ill health associated with obesity; and if he will make a statement. |
(162144)
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135
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (b) the British Medical Association and (c) NHS trusts on the quality and outcome framework indicators on obesity. |
(162145)
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136
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Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care assistants in each region of the UK are on zero hour contracts. |
(162339)
|
137
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Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to implement statutory regulation of herbal practitioners via the Health and Care Professions Council. |
(162068)
|
138
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Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Serious Organised Crime Agency has (a) compiled a report and (b) given a report to the Leveson Inquiry concerning illegal information gathering by private detectives at the behest of a range of clients. |
(162230)
|
139
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Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government is taking to reduce the arrangement of marriages primarily for immigration purposes. |
(162070)
|
140
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Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence the Government has collected on the number of marriages arranged primarily for immigration purposes. |
(162071)
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141
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Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refusals of (a) entry to and (b) residence in the UK were made in each of the last five years on the basis of a sham marriage. |
(162072)
|
142
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Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are mentally ill were imprisoned in (a) 2012 and (b) the first three months of 2013 because there was not a place available for them in a psychiatric hospital. |
(162228)
|
143
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce legislation in this session to reform regulation of the private security industry. |
(162237)
|
144
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Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Statement and contributions of 24 June 2013, by what date she expects to have finalised the resource implications for the IPCC in relation to the duties outlined in the Statement; and what those duties will be. |
(162238)
|
145
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Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the response to the consultation on proposals to reform regulation of the private security industry. |
(162244)
|
146
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointment slots are available each week at Hull passport office; and what the average waiting time for an appointment is (a) at Hull passport office and (b) nationally. |
(162258)
|
147
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has provided for the development of reduction, refinement and replacement alternatives to the use of animals in scientific procedures in each year between 2009 and 2012; how much of that funding has been provided to the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research; and if she will make a statement. |
(162216)
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148
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Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the number of victims of trafficking who have been compelled to take part in criminal activities in each year since 2010. |
(162140)
|
149
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of how many people remain in the UK on expired student visas. |
(162079)
|
150
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of identity theft occurred in each of the last three years. |
(162150)
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151
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for student visas were dismissed in each of the last five years. |
(162218)
|
152
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, columns 595-6W, on asylum; if she will provide the statistics relating to the productivity key performance indicator in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date. |
(162322)
|
153
|
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish details of any plans her Department has to establish a UK Development Bank. |
(162080)
|
154
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Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to invest in better data collection for information on chronic malnutrition and stunting. |
(162325)
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155
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Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to involve civil society in developing the Nutrition for Growth accountability framework. |
(162326)
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156
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Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had about the accountability framework for Nutrition for Growth; and which institution will be responsible for housing it. |
(162327)
|
157
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Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the accountability framework for Nutrition for Growth will cover the UN system and private sector institutions in addition to donors and governments; and if she will make a statement. |
(162328)
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158
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Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to open new bilateral nutrition programmes as part of the UK funding commitment made at the recent Nutrition for Growth Summit. |
(162329)
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159
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Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to prioritise any (a) countries and (b) regions to receive the UK funding committed at the recent Nutrition for Growth Summit. |
(162330)
|
160
|
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that other G8 nations and donors make funding commitments to tackle malnutrition. |
(162331)
|
161
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Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle malnutrition in (a) India, (b) Nigeria, (c) Pakistan and (d) Indonesia. |
(162332)
|
162
|
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mental health treatment requirements were issued as part of a community sentence in England and Wales in 2012. |
(162251)
|
163
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Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of a mandatory punitive element in community sentences on the use of the mental health treatment requirement. |
(162252)
|
164
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Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2013, Official Report, column 1130W, on sexual offences: victims, what specific provision his Department has made and what specific funding has been set aside within that listed to support victims of historic sex offences. |
(162063)
|
165
|
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated spending on support for victims of crime will be in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15. |
(162185)
|
166
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he has given to law enforcement and prosecuting authorities on not proceeding with a prosecution or imposing a penalty in cases where victims of trafficking have been compelled to take part in criminal activities. |
(162138)
|
167
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Vietnamese nationals have been convicted of crimes connected to cannabis cultivation since 2010. |
(162139)
|
168
|
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were called for jury service in each of the last three years (a) nationally and (b) in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those people were considered unfit to serve on a jury. |
(162221)
|
169
|
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve literacy and numeracy rates amongst prison inmates and young offenders. |
(162222)
|
170
|
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what feasibility studies his Department has made on the construction of Titan prisons. |
(162259)
|
171
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Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the optimum distance of travel to legal firms to enable people to be able to access legal aid. |
(162073)
|
172
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Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the desirable ratio of firms who provide legal aid to people seeking such aid. |
(162074)
|
173
|
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's latest guidlines for the placement of speed cameras specifies that speed camera housings must be coloured yellow. |
(162142)
|
174
|
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will remove the requirement in the National Rail franchise terms for train operating companies to seek his agreement before altering the class designations of rolling stock. |
(162350)
|
175
|
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the frequency with which railway passengers are required to stand for more than 20 minutes as a result of train overcrowding. |
(162355)
|
176
|
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail's current debt is. |
(162233)
|
177
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Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual change in Network Rail's debt level has been over the last three years. |
(162234)
|
178
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Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much each train operator had to pay in rail access charges in each year between 2004 and 2012. |
(162235)
|
179
|
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to increase rail access charges. |
(162236)
|
180
|
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what precautions are in place to avoid cartel collusion by potential bidders for the ECML franchise. |
(162075)
|
181
|
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve transport links in rural areas (a) nationally and (b) in the North West. |
(162181)
|
182
|
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative studies his Department has conducted of the qualifying distance for compensation paid to land and property owners under (a) High Speed 2 and (b) comparable schemes in other EU member states. |
(162351)
|
183
|
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings have been held and with whom to review the road maintenance block grant since 1 January 2010; and what the outcome was of those meetings. |
(162256)
|
184
|
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list his official engagements for (a) 21 June 2013, (b) 22 June 2013 and (c) 23 June 2013. |
(162179)
|
185
|
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 882, on work capability assessment, if he will publish a table of the main reasons why appellants are successful on appeal against Employment and Support Allowance appeals. |
(162318)
|
186
|
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department used in calculating the £18 million cost of equalising survivor pension benefits for civil partners. |
(162262)
|
187
|
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracted-in pension schemes there are in the UK. |
(162263)
|
188
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Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a cumulative impact assessment of the effect on welfare changes since 2010 in Wales. |
(162260)
|
189
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has any plans to review the carer's allowance. |
(162081)
|
190
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Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures other than the Work Programme are in place to tackle unemployment in Birmingham and the West Midlands. |
(162060)
|
191
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of (a) jobseekers and (b) people taking early retirement in (i) Glasgow North West constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK; what projections he has made of trends in each category for each of the next five years; and what assessment he has made of the economic factors underlying those trends. |
(162313)
|
MONDAY 1 JULY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
*1
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Richard Graham (Gloucester): What assessment he has made of the pilot schemes for universal credit; and if he will make a statement. |
(162088)
|
*2
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Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Innovation Fund projects in helping disadvantaged young people. |
(162089)
|
*3
|
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What assessment he has made of the use of electronic correspondence by the Child Support Agency. |
(162090)
|
*4
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Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What assessment he has made of the most recent data on the performance of the Work Programme. |
(162091)
|
*5
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Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What contribution his Department has made to strengthening the social investment market. |
(162092)
|
*6
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): How many people who worked in Northern Ireland and paid National Insurance contributions whilst aged 14 or 15 between 1947 and 1957, which did not count towards their qualifying years for a full basic state pension, fall two years or less short of the years needed to qualify for such a pension. |
(162093)
|
*7
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Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What assessment he has made of eligibility for the state pension following the rise in contributions to 35 years from 2016. |
(162094)
|
*8
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Richard Fuller (Bedford): What assessment he has made of the performance of the Work Programme in helping young people into work. |
(162095)
|
*9
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Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): If he will take steps to ensure that work capability assessments better meet the needs of people with mental health problems. |
(162096)
|
*10
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Laura Sandys (South Thanet): What progress he has made on supporting disabled people back into work. |
(162097)
|
*11
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Jessica Morden (Newport East): What assessment he has made of the operation of work capability assessments; and if he will make a statement. |
(162098)
|
*12
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What steps he is taking to encourage job centres to work with local employers and voluntary organisations. |
(162099)
|
*13
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Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What his plans are for reducing absolute child poverty. |
(162100)
|
*14
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Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What steps he has taken to deliver a cross-Government disability strategy. |
(162101)
|
*15
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Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): What recent estimate he has made of the number of women in work. |
(162102)
|
*16
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Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): What assessment he has made of the most recent data on the performance of the Work Programme. |
(162103)
|
*17
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Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What progress his Department has made on improving feedback from social security tribunal decisions. |
(162104)
|
*18
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Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): What assessment he has made of the performance of the Work Programme in helping young people into work. |
(162105)
|
*19
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Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): What estimate he has made of the effect of rising costs in the private rented housing sector on benefit expenditure. |
(162106)
|
*20
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Margot James (Stourbridge): What assessment he has made of the most recent data on the performance of the Work Programme. |
(162107)
|
*21
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Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What his policy is on unpaid work experience undertaken by jobseekers. |
(162108)
|
*22
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Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): Whether receipt of disability living allowance should be a disqualification for receipt of discretionary housing payment. |
(162109)
|
*23
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Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap in developing strong work incentives. |
(162110)
|
*24
|
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): What assessment he has made of the ability of his Department to deal with those on zero-hour contracts who are in receipt of benefits. |
(162111)
|
*25
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): If he will take steps to ensure that work capability assessments better meet the needs of people with mental health problems. |
(162112)
|
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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Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. |
(162113)
|
*2
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Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): |
(162114)
|
*3
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Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): |
(162115)
|
*4
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): |
(162116)
|
*5
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Keith Vaz (Leicester East): |
(162117)
|
*6
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Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): |
(162118)
|
*7
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): |
(162119)
|
*8
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Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): |
(162120)
|
*9
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): |
(162121)
|
*10
|
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): |
(162122)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 24 June
1
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of expanding the troubled families project. |
(162022)
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2
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department will fund the proposed expansion of the troubled families project. |
(162023)
|
3
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made to improve the protection and control of all cattle herds in the prevention of the spread of bovine tuberculosis. |
(161959)
|
4
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the proposed national contract for the administration of the Nursery Milk Scheme. |
(162019)
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5
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pricing will be used by his Department for the proposed national contract for the Nursery Milk Scheme. |
(162020)
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6
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on farmers of the proposed national contract for the administration of the Nursery Milk Scheme. |
(162021)
|
7
N
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Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps will be taken by his Department and NHS England to ensure that health providers and commissioners act on cancer patients' feedback. |
(161861)
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8
N
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Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria will be used to measure and assess the performance of cancer strategic clinical networks. |
(161929)
|
9
N
|
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the link between patient experience and staff satisfaction. |
(161958)
|
10
N
|
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of human trafficking in Northern Ireland. |
(162024)
|
11
N
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David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons of each nationality have been convicted of offences of human trafficking in each of the last three years; whether any assets of such persons have been seized in consequence (a) in the UK and (b) overseas; and how much in asssets has been so seized. |
(162025)
|
12
N
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David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has provided to the Salvation Army to assist with persons subjected to human trafficking in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in each of the last 12 months. |
(162026)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 25 June
1
N
|
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has ever been made aware that there was a possibility that undercover police officers were involved in gathering evidence used in the 1994 prosecution of Duwayne Brooks for criminal damage. |
(162202)
|
2
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the contribution made by local enterprise partnerships to growth in the creative industries. |
(162291)
|
3
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which projects administered by his Department were UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) attributable; what the total value of his Department's contribution to UK ODA was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012; and what the value of that contribution will be in 2013. |
(162208)
|
4
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 207W, on industry, whether he plans to publish a collaborative strategic partnership relating to chemicals. |
(162292)
|
5
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to publish a progress report on implementation of industrial strategy in 2013. |
(162293)
|
6
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials are currently working on his Department's investigation of zero-hours contracts. |
(162294)
|
7
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he expects his Department's investigation of zero-hours contracts to be complete; and if he will publish any subsequent report. |
(162295)
|
8
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he will issue a call for evidence and initiate a consultation process as part of his Department's investigation into zero-hours contracts; and by what other means process organisations and interested parties can submit evidence as part of his Department's investigation. |
(162296)
|
9
N
|
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ban the use of special severance payments involving large pay-offs designed to prevent civil servants speaking out about problems. |
(162204)
|
10
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to work with IT industry leaders such as Microsoft and Google to assess the adequacy of the level of cyber security among consumers and small businesses. |
(162084)
|
11
N
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 819W, on financial services, which parties connected to the Connaught Income Series 1 Fund are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. |
(162347)
|
12
N
|
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total budget of the troubled families programme will be in 2015-16; how many families he expects to be helped by the programme in that year; and how many such families he expects to be entering the programme for the first time that year. |
(162191)
|
13
N
|
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average expenditure on a troubled family under the current programme has been to date; and what he expects the average expenditure on a troubled family to be under the new programme starting in 2015-16. |
(162299)
|
14
N
|
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many compromise agreements were agreed with staff leaving his Department in the last 12 months; how many such agreements contained confidentiality clauses; and what the value of severance and pension payments associated with these agreements was. |
(162342)
|
15
N
|
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the level of non-compliance with the requirement to (a) commission an energy performance certificate (EPC) for domestic properties listed for sale, taking into account the additional EPCs which would be expected to have been commissioned for the 30 per cent of listings which do not proceed to sale, (b) commission an EPC on domestic rental properties and (c) display a current Display Energy Certificate in public buildings of over 500 square metres; and what steps he plans to take to improve such compliance. |
(162086)
|
16
N
|
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by trading standards officers in respect of breaches of the Energy Performance and Buildings Directive regulations in the last 12 months. |
(162087)
|
17
N
|
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers and freedoms relating to (a) skills and employment, (b) housing and (c) economic development have been devolved since May 2010 to (i) local government and (ii) local enterprise partnerships. |
(162343)
|
18
N
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the funding required by Broadband Delivery UK. |
(162203)
|
19
N
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the report on Broadband Delivery UK submitted to her Department by Gerry Pennell. |
(162361)
|
20
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which projects administered by his Department were UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) attributable; what the total value of his Department's contribution to UK ODA was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012; and what the value of that contribution will be in 2013. |
(162209)
|
21
N
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on how many service personnel in Liverpool are currently entitled to an HM Forces Railcard. |
(162301)
|
22
N
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces veterans currently reside in Merseyside. |
(162348)
|
23
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to log the number of journeys undertaken by each of the Ministers of his Department using the ministerial pool car. |
(162287)
|
24
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of his private ministerial office staff are (a) male and (b) female. |
(162288)
|
25
N
|
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to cap subsidies to renewables at a level of the calculated social cost per tonne of carbon which would otherwise have been emitted into the atmosphere. |
(162085)
|
26
N
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which products are being tested by the Food and Environment Research Agency as potential treatments for Chalara ash dieback. |
(162344)
|
27
N
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which milk buyers have not signed up to the Dairy Code. |
(162307)
|
28
N
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reasons have been given by those milk buyers who have not yet signed up to the Dairy Code. |
(162308)
|
29
N
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of milk by volume sold is now covered by Dairy Code agreements. |
(162309)
|
30
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which projects administered by his Department were UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) attributable; what the total value of his Department's contribution to UK ODA was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012; and what the value of that contribution will be in 2013. |
(162210)
|
31
N
|
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking in conjunction with the UN to tackle the kidnapping of Eritrean citizens in North Africa. |
(162282)
|
32
N
|
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide support to UK residents whose relatives are the victims of kidnapping in North Africa. |
(162283)
|
33
N
|
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the amount paid out by UK residents to kidnappers in Sudan and Egypt. |
(162284)
|
34
N
|
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on the Turkish government's response to the protests in Gezi Park, Taksim Square and elsewhere; and what assessment he has made of whether that government's response is in accordance with Turkey's human rights commitments under international law. |
(162297)
|
35
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterparts in (a) Malaysia and (b) Singapore on the environmental and health risks posed by recent forest fires in the region. |
(162192)
|
36
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Departments has made of access to treatment for patients with lung cancer in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
(162197)
|
37
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to avoid variations in patients' access to medicines just before or just after the end of the current Cancer Drugs Fund arrangements. |
(162198)
|
38
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence relating to its planned review of access to treatments for non small-cell lung cancer. |
(162199)
|
39
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all lung cancer patients have access to a clinical nurse specialist. |
(162200)
|
40
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of progress in improving access to treatment for lung cancer patients since May 2010. |
(162201)
|
41
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which projects administered by his Department were UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) attributable; what the total value of his Department's contribution to UK ODA was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012; and what the value of that contribution will be in 2013. |
(162211)
|
42
N
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce compensation payments for patients made to wait over an hour for an ambulance. |
(162285)
|
43
N
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time a patient waited for an ambulance in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, b) Liverpool city-region, (c) Merseyside and (d) England was in each quarter of the last five years. |
(162345)
|
44
N
|
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, columns 384-5W, on mis-use of drugs ministerial group, if she will publish the (a) attendees, (b) minutes of the previous meetings and (c) schedule for any future meetings of the inter-ministerial group on drugs. |
(162349)
|
45
N
|
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Romanian children have been identified in London as a victim of child trafficking; and how many such children have been taken to a place of safety in each of the last three years. |
(162205)
|
46
N
|
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish draft guidance on bullying for the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill by 31 August 2013. |
(162206)
|
47
N
|
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last meeting of the inter-departmental ministerial group on human trafficking was; what matters were considered at this meeting; and which ministerial invitees (a) attended and (b) did not attend. |
(162346)
|
48
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on when the European Commission first published a draft regulation on reforming the structure of Eurojust; what progress has been made with negotiations on the draft regulation; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the draft regulation. |
(162300)
|
49
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures or events her Department is planning to mark World Population Day in July 2013. |
(162195)
|
50
N
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the rights of children as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in developing his proposals for criminal legal aid. |
(162083)
|
51
N
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take so that children have access to appropriately qualified solicitors under his proposals for criminal legal aid. |
(162340)
|
52
N
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to ensure that child victims of trafficking have access to appropriately qualified solicitors under his proposals for criminal legal aid. |
(162341)
|
53
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2013, Official Report, column 22W, on prisons: employment, what proportion of prisoners who have participated in the One3One programme have entered into (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment upon release from prison in the last 12 months. |
(162357)
|
54
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, columns 714-5W, on prisons: employment, if he will provide a list of the essential support tasks carried out by prisoners in England and Wales. |
(162358)
|
55
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, columns 22-3W, on prisons: employment, what proportion of prison budgets are allocated for (a) training, (b) education, (c) fitness and (d) offending behaviour programmes; and to what extent those allocations reflect departmental guidance. |
(162359)
|
56
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2013, Official Report, column 25W, on victims' support schemes, how many persistently targeted victims have been identified by his Department in each of the last five years. |
(162360)
|
57
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with his Pakistani counterpart the need for caution and the potential for instability and unrest in the region if a trial for treason against his military ruler predecessor takes place. |
(162193)
|
58
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what appointments he has made to the role of his trade adviser in each year since 2010. |
(162286)
|
59
N
|
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he proposes that it will be necessary for inheritance tax to be paid on agricultural land which is to be compulsorily purchased as a result of High Speed 2. |
(162289)
|
60
N
|
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he proposes that it will be necessary for capital gains tax to be paid on compulsorily purchased land as a result of High Speed 2. |
(162290)
|
61
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments South West Trains made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2009; and what payments South West Trains received from public funds in each of those years. |
(162196)
|
62
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly award for housing benefit was for (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private sector tenants in each government region in each month for which figures are available since November 2008. |
(162302)
|
63
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly eligible rent for housing benefit was for (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private sector tenants in each government region in each month for which figures are available since November 2008. |
(162303)
|
64
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly award for housing benefit was for (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private sector tenants in each government region in each November since November 2008 for the categories of (i) passport working age, in employment working age, other non-passport working age and (ii) passport pension, non-passport pension age. |
(162304)
|
65
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claims were made by (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private sector tenants in each government region in each November since November 2008. |
(162305)
|
66
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people would be excluded from paying income tax if the annual personal allowance threshold were to be increased to £12,000 in 2014. |
(162194)
|
67
N
|
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that Atos interviews are conducted by a person of the same gender as the interviewee. |
(162298)
|
68
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraud investigations undertaken by his Department in the last 12 months have been halted because of non availability of translators. |
(162190)
|
69
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes he intends to make to the national implementation of the household benefit cap as a result of the experience of the pilot project in London. |
(162207)
|
70
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bookings were made for translators to be present at his Department's Fraud Investigation Service/Single Fraud Investigation Service interviews in each month since June 2011. |
(162356)
|
TUESDAY 2 JULY
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 25 June
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces re-entered civilian life after less than four years of service in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
(162365)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces re-entering civilian life after less than four years of service possessed five A*-C grades at GCSE in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
(162366)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on plans to introduce a value-based pricing system for medicines currently funded by the Cancer Drugs Fund. |
(162362)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the saving to the NHS of introducing a value-based pricing system for medicines currently funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund. |
(162363)
|
5
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the transition arrangements for medicines currently funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund, when the Fund ceases operation in 2014. |
(162364)
|
WEDNESDAY 3 JULY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
*1
|
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What discussions he has had with the National Grid on future electricity transmission projects in Wales. |
(162123)
|
*2
|
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): What recent assessment he has made of the role and importance of the aviation sector in Wales. |
(162124)
|
*3
|
David Mowat (Warrington South): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implementation of the recommendations in the Holtham Report. |
(162125)
|
*4
|
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): What discussions he has had with (a) his ministerial colleagues and (b) Ministers in the Welsh Government on improvements to the M4 motorway. |
(162126)
|
*5
|
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of the Spending Review on Wales. |
(162127)
|
*6
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): What discussions he has had on the effect of the Government's energy policies on the Welsh economy. |
(162128)
|
*7
|
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of the Spending Review on Wales. |
(162129)
|
*8
|
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the effect of the Government's legal aid proposals in Wales. |
(162130)
|
*9
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What recent assessment he has made of the role and importance of the aviation sector in Wales. |
(162131)
|
*10
|
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on Wales of the proposal to limit the allocation of EU structural funds to those member states with a GDP per capita of less than 90 per cent of the EU average. |
(162132)
|
*11
|
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent assessment he has made of the role and importance of the aviation sector in Wales. |
(162133)
|
*12
|
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What assessment he has made of the effect of the Welsh Government's National Procurement Service on suppliers based in England. |
(162134)
|
*13
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of welfare changes since 2010 on Wales. |
(162135)
|
*14
|
Wayne David (Caerphilly): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the responsibilities of police and crime commissioners in Wales. |
(162136)
|
*15
|
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of welfare changes since 2010 on Wales. |
(162137)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 20 June
1
N
|
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the role of supporters' trusts in improving governance of football clubs. |
(161521)
|
THURSDAY 4 JULY
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 24 June
1
N
|
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on the Derby Economic Response Taskforce between July 2011 and August 2012; what assessment he has made of the Taskforce's achievements; and if he will make a statement. |
(161960)
|