Part 2: Oral and Written Questions beginning on
Monday 1 July 2013
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 1 July 2013
(the 'Questions Book')
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
MONDAY 1 JULY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
*1
|
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
What assessment he has made of the pilot schemes for universal credit; and if he will make a statement. |
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(162088)
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*2
|
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Innovation Fund projects in helping disadvantaged young people. |
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(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. |
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(162091)
|
*5
|
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
|
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
What assessment he has made of eligibility for the state pension following the rise in contributions to 35 years from 2016. |
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(162094)
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*8
|
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. |
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(162096)
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*10
|
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
|
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
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
What his plans are for reducing absolute child poverty. |
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(162100)
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*15
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Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
What recent estimate he has made of the number of women in work. |
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(162102)
|
*16
|
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
What assessment he has made of the most recent data on the performance of the Work Programme. |
|
(162103)
|
*17
|
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)
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*19
|
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
|
Margot James
(Stourbridge):
What assessment he has made of the most recent data on the performance of the Work Programme. |
|
(162107)
|
*21
|
Duncan Hames
(Chippenham):
What his policy is on unpaid work experience undertaken by jobseekers. |
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(162108)
|
*22
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
Whether receipt of disability living allowance should be a disqualification for receipt of discretionary housing payment. |
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(162109)
|
*23
|
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
What assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap in developing strong work incentives. |
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(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
|
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. |
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(162113)
|
*2
|
Mr Michael McCann
(East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow):
|
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(162114)
|
*3
|
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
|
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(162115)
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*4
|
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
|
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(162116)
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*5
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Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
|
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(162117)
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*6
|
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
|
|
(162118)
|
*7
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
|
|
(162119)
|
*8
|
Stephen Phillips
(Sleaford and North Hykeham):
|
|
(162120)
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*9
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
|
|
(162121)
|
*10
|
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
|
|
(162122)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 24 June
1
N
|
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)
|
2
N
|
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
|
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)
|
5
N
|
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)
|
6
N
|
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
|
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)
|
8
N
|
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
|
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
|
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 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 Minister in his Department using the ministerial car pool. |
|
(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 to ensure 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)
|
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)
|
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)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 26 June
1
N
|
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to deliver a cross-Government disability strategy. |
|
(162101)
|
2
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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)
|
3
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Prime Minister 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)
|
4
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spend on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162457)
|
5
|
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the likely yearly costs to the Government of accessing the Postcode Address File following the privatisation of Royal Mail. |
|
(162440)
|
6
N
|
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average undergraduate loan was for students who lived (a) at home and (b) away from home in each of the last five years. |
|
(162749)
|
7
N
|
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many undergraduate students lived (a) at home and (b) away from home whilst completing their studies in each of the last five years. |
|
(162750)
|
8
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162576)
|
9
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162608)
|
10
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162626)
|
11
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162644)
|
12
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162662)
|
13
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162680)
|
14
|
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much EU research and development funding has been awarded under the FP7 programme to projects involving British universities and companies (a) in total and (b) in each year since 2007; and how much such funding has been awarded to each British company and university in receipt of such funds in total and in each year since 2007. |
|
(162433)
|
15
|
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total funding provided by the European Social Fund was for projects in the UK (a) in total since 2007, (b) in each year since 2007, (c) in total in each NUTS 1 region since 2007 and (d) in total in each NUTS 1 region in each year since 2007. |
|
(162434)
|
16
|
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of loans that have been signed off for projects in the UK by the European Investment Bank (a) in total since 2009, (b) in each year since 2009, (c) in total in each NUTS 1 region since 2009 and (d) in total in each NUTS 1 region in each year since 2009. |
|
(162436)
|
17
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which initiatives undertaken by his Department for the purpose of economic recovery include skills learning for young people. |
|
(162594)
|
18
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with agricultural colleges steps to encourage the provision of courses for bee-keepers at those colleges. |
|
(162602)
|
20
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162456)
|
21
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162509)
|
22
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support sports equipment manufacturers. |
|
(162446)
|
23
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the growth of sports equipment manufacturing businesses over the last 10 years. |
|
(162447)
|
24
|
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant 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; and how this will differ from due diligence processes for rounds one, two and three of the Fund. |
|
(162496)
|
25
|
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, for what reason his Department did not insist as part of the contract agreement with Siemens, that the company manufacture all, or a significant proportion of the contract value at its facility on Tyneside; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162439)
|
26
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162577)
|
27
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162609)
|
28
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162627)
|
29
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162645)
|
30
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162663)
|
31
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162681)
|
32
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 27 January 2011, Official Report, columns 463-4W, on infant mortality, when the figures were last updated; what the current figures are; and when the figures will next be updated. |
|
(162709)
|
33
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162458)
|
34
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162591)
|
35
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162623)
|
36
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162641)
|
37
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162659)
|
38
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162677)
|
39
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162695)
|
40
|
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to visit HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials in Northern Ireland to discuss improvements in HMRC's efforts to tackle fuel laundering and related crimes; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162506)
|
41
|
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he has met HM Revenue and Customs officials in Northern Ireland since May 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162507)
|
42
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount was collected in (a) class A, (b) class B, (c) class C and (d) class D air passenger duty in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13. |
|
(162498)
|
43
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the UK's official development assistance (ODA) budget in 2015-16 is new previously non-ODA attributable spending. |
|
(162561)
|
44
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which departments the UK's official development assistance (ODA) budget will be allocated in 2015-16; and how much each Department will administer. |
|
(162562)
|
45
|
Mr Pat McFadden
(Wolverhampton South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the Government taking over the assets of the non-core division of the Royal Bank of Scotland. |
|
(162714)
|
46
|
Mr Pat McFadden
(Wolverhampton South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the Government buying out the remaining private shareholders of the Royal Bank of Scotland. |
|
(162715)
|
47
|
Mr Pat McFadden
(Wolverhampton South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish details of any (a) analysis and (b) costings done by his Department on splitting the Royal Bank of Scotland into a good bank and a bad bank. |
|
(162716)
|
48
|
Mr Pat McFadden
(Wolverhampton South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of splitting Royal Bank of Scotland into a good bank and a bad bank. |
|
(162717)
|
49
|
Mr Pat McFadden
(Wolverhampton South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish any assessments undertaken by his Department of the potential effects on EU state aid of splitting Royal Bank of Scotland into a good bank and a bad bank. |
|
(162718)
|
50
N
|
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Bury North constituency have taken advantage of the doubling of small business rate relief since 2010. |
|
(162476)
|
51
N
|
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in Bury North constituency who will receive the £2,000 enterprise allowance. |
|
(162477)
|
52
N
|
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Bury North constituency no longer pay income tax as a result of increases in the personal income tax allowance since 2010. |
|
(162478)
|
54
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's staff at each level have been transferred to Belfast to work on issues related to the operation of Ulster Bank. |
|
(162560)
|
55
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162473)
|
56
N
|
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the euro-zone crisis on economic growth; and what estimate he has made of the likely level of UK economic growth had the crisis not taken place. |
|
(162483)
|
57
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in the North West of England since taking office. |
|
(162569)
|
58
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in the North East of England since taking office. |
|
(162570)
|
59
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in Yorkshire and the Humber since taking office. |
|
(162571)
|
60
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in the West Midlands since taking office. |
|
(162572)
|
61
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in the East Midlands since taking office. |
|
(162573)
|
62
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to have completed working with the 120,000 troubled families he has identified. |
|
(162443)
|
63
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussion the Future High Streets Commission has had about the introduction of a two year flexible use class. |
|
(162442)
|
64
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162578)
|
65
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162610)
|
66
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162628)
|
67
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162646)
|
68
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162664)
|
69
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162682)
|
70
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will consider introducing a requirement that at least 10 per cent of properties in new housing developments across the UK should be wheelchair accessible or easily adaptable to wheelchair access. |
|
(162376)
|
71
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of current levels of property indebtedness in the high street retail sector. |
|
(162736)
|
72
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many requests for planning permission for out-of-town retail developments within 10 miles of Portas pilot towns his Department has received in each of the last three years. |
|
(162737)
|
73
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of business rates on high street retailers. |
|
(162739)
|
74
|
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 into high streets towards introducing an explicit presumption in favour of town centre development in the wording of the National Planning Policy Framework. |
|
(162367)
|
75
|
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 into high streets to classify betting shops under a separate use class. |
|
(162371)
|
76
|
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 to introduce exceptional sign off for all new out-of-town developments and require all large new developments to have an affordable shops quota. |
|
(162448)
|
77
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162459)
|
78
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162510)
|
79
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of 16 June 2013, Official Report, column 113WS, on onshore wind (local planning), whether the new planning guidance will apply to proposed solar parks; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162368)
|
80
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the factors which affect the deliverability and viability of previously developed land for redevelopment. |
|
(162449)
|
81
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice he has given to the Planning Inspectorate on judging whether local authority assessments of future housing requirements comply with the National Planning Policy Framework. |
|
(162450)
|
82
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice he has given to local authorities on providing evidence that housing development sites can be considered viable or deliverable. |
|
(162452)
|
83
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance on when local planning authorities can refuse applications for major housing development that predetermine decisions to be made in local plans; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162453)
|
84
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will produce further planning guidance on protecting the best and most versatile agricultural land from development. |
|
(162454)
|
85
|
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to prevent infringement of intellectual property rights resulting from the lending of e-books and audio books by public libraries; and whether she plans to commence the provisions in the Digital Economy Act 2010 that extend public lending right to e-books and audio books. |
|
(162505)
|
86
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many days on average staff of her Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162579)
|
87
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162611)
|
88
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average cost to her Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period her Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162629)
|
89
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162647)
|
90
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162665)
|
91
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to her Department. |
|
(162683)
|
92
N
|
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to hire industry experts to complete the rollout of broadband; what estimate she has made of the cost of hiring such experts; and whether such experts would be additional to the civil servants in her Department already working on the project. |
|
(162522)
|
93
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) other government departments and (b) non-governmental bodies on strengthening the role of libraries in (i) promoting digital and other forms of literacy and (ii) providing access to public computers in (A) areas of serious deprivation and (B) other areas, and otherwise furthering national policy. |
|
(162378)
|
94
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the amount spent by the alcohol industry on the promotion of alcohol. |
|
(162751)
|
95
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162460)
|
96
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162511)
|
97
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2013, Official Report, column 719W on HMS Tireless, on how many occasions radioactive emissions were vented to the atmosphere from nuclear powered submarines at Devonport Dockyard in each of the last five years; what quantity of radioactivity and which radionuclides were emitted in such fashion in each of the last three years; what the permitted levels of discharge are under such circumstances; and which regulatory agency sets such limits. |
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(162431)
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98
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162580)
|
99
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162612)
|
100
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162630)
|
101
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162648)
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102
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162666)
|
103
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162684)
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104
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which contracts his Department is (a) re-negotiating and (b) intending to re-negotiate; and how much each such re-negotiation is anticipated to save. |
|
(162499)
|
105
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian support staff in his Department are to be made redundant following decisions announced in Spending Round 2013, Cm 8639; and what the average payout for these redundancies is expected to be. |
|
(162500)
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106
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Spending Round 2013, Cm 8639, how reducing costs of construction in the Defence estate will be implemented; and what estimate he has made of how much was saved through this measure. |
|
(162503)
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107
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Spending Round 2013, Cm 8639, what changes to allowances of civilian staff will take place; and what estimate he has made of the amount saved through this measure. |
|
(162504)
|
108
N
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which contracts his Department has re-negotiated since May 2010; and how much each such re-negotiation has saved his Department. |
|
(162523)
|
109
N
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Spending Round 2013, Cm 8639, what criteria will be used to decide on redundancies made to civilian staff in his Department. |
|
(162524)
|
110
N
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 26 June 2013, on Spending Review, what proportion of the money accrued through the implementation of fines relating to the Libor interest rate fixing scandal will be used for injured personnel. |
|
(162525)
|
111
N
|
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether each company whose contracts his Department are currently re-negotiating or intends to re-negotiate have been informed to date. |
|
(162526)
|
112
N
|
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2013, Official Report, columns 720-1W, on military bands, if he will make it his policy that the responses of (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Wednesday 26 June 2013 to oral questions from the hon. Member for Colchester be sent to those undertaking a review of Army bands as part of the Future Music re-organisation programme. |
|
(162738)
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113
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162461)
|
114
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162512)
|
115
|
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent the re-trafficking of child victims of trafficking placed in local authority care. |
|
(162548)
|
116
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what curriculum students ending Key stage 2 in 2015 will be (a) taught and (b) assessed. |
|
(162567)
|
117
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what curriculum students ending Key stage 2 in 2016 will be (a) taught and (b) assessed. |
|
(162568)
|
118
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children were taught a modern foreign language in (a) year 2, (b) year 6, (c) year 9 and (d) year 11 in maintained schools in England in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162727)
|
119
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times a Minister from his Department has written to all (a) primary head teachers, (b) secondary head teachers and (c) local education authorities since May 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162728)
|
120
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average per student funding was of primary schools of (a) fewer than 50, (b) from 50 to 99, (c) from 100 to 199, (d) from 200 to 299, (e) from 300 to 399 and (f) over 400 pupils in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162731)
|
121
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers in each local authority area were classified as unqualified in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162752)
|
122
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained schools have fewer than (a) 40, (b) 50, (c) 60, (d) 70, (e) 80, (f) 90 and (g) 100 pupils; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162753)
|
123
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained nurseries have closed in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162754)
|
124
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of those entering teacher training schemes had no qualifications at (a) degree and (b) advanced level in each year since 2010. |
|
(162755)
|
125
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school language teachers were recruited in each year since 2010; how many (a) primary teachers and (b) primary teaching assistants have been given training to teach foreign languages to their pupils since 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162756)
|
126
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of children who attained five or more GCSEs at A* to C grade at schools where (a) more than 50 per cent, (b) between 35 and 50 per cent, (c) between 21 and 35 per cent, (d) between 13 and 21 per cent, (e) between nine and 13 per cent, (f) between five and nine per cent and (g) fewer than five per cent of children were receiving free school meals in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162767)
|
127
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) primary school and (b) secondary school children have visited (i) an art gallery, (ii) a museum, (iii) a theatre, (iv) a dance and (v) a musical performance by the time they have left school. |
|
(162383)
|
128
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (b) teachers and teachers' organisations and (c) arts and cultural organisations on arts and creativity in the curriculum. |
|
(162486)
|
129
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent by his Department on school based careers advice services in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2009-10 and (e) 2008-09. |
|
(162729)
|
130
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the most recent Ofsted inspection grades were for each secondary school serving the principal seaside towns of England. |
|
(162430)
|
131
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162462)
|
132
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162513)
|
133
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162581)
|
134
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162613)
|
135
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162631)
|
136
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162649)
|
137
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162667)
|
138
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162685)
|
139
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason the Green Deal computer software will not make a recommendation for insulating a timber frame wall in the Energy Performance Certificate; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162553)
|
140
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162463)
|
142
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162514)
|
143
N
|
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of constraint payments were made to wind farms from 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013. |
|
(162381)
|
144
N
|
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department paid in constraint payments to power generators in the 12 months from May 2012. |
|
(162382)
|
145
N
|
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average constraint payment to wind farm operators per megawatt hour was in the 12 months from May 2012. |
|
(162479)
|
146
N
|
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average price paid to wind farm operators per megawatt hour for power generated was in the 12 months from May 2012. |
|
(162480)
|
147
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the Government's investment in non-wind forms of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162372)
|
148
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department invested in (a) solar, (b) wind, (c) hydro, (d) marine, (e) biomass and (f) geothermal energy in each of the last five years. |
|
(162373)
|
149
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162582)
|
150
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162614)
|
151
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162632)
|
152
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162650)
|
153
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162668)
|
154
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162686)
|
155
|
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Common Agricultural Policy funding support has been received by British farmers and agricultural companies as (a) direct payments and (b) rural development funding (i) in total for the UK since 2007, (ii) in total for the UK in each year since 2007, (iii) in total in each NUTS 1 region since 2007 and (iv) in total in each NUTS 1 region in each year since 2007. |
|
(162435)
|
156
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will discuss with his EU counterpart a strategy to replace the long distance transport of live farm animals with a policy whereby animals are reared reasonably near to the farm of birth and slaughtered reasonably near to the farm of rearing; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162538)
|
157
|
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fishermen in the UK will benefit from the proposed reforms to the Commons Fisheries Policy. |
|
(162441)
|
158
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland on preventing the escalation of ash dieback. |
|
(162601)
|
160
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162464)
|
161
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162515)
|
162
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Eritrea about the kidnapping in North Africa of Eritrean citizens who have relatives in the UK who have received ransom demands on their behalf. |
|
(162528)
|
163
|
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Turkish Government counterpart on the continued imprisonment without conviction of 46 Kurdish lawyers. |
|
(162426)
|
164
|
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether Turkey's EU accession process can progress without a peaceful settlement of the Kurdish conflict in that country. |
|
(162432)
|
165
|
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the accession of Turkey to the EU. |
|
(162777)
|
166
|
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken following the discharge of shots by a Guardia Civil vessel in Gibraltarian waters; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162772)
|
167
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people from addresses in Scotland were registered with the LOCATE service prior to the service closing in May 2013. |
|
(162745)
|
168
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Olympic Association on the implications for holding the Winter Olympics at Sochi of the tightening of anti-gay laws in Russia. |
|
(162375)
|
169
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162583)
|
170
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162615)
|
171
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162633)
|
172
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162651)
|
173
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162669)
|
174
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162687)
|
175
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (b) the British Council, (c) UK Trade and Investment and (d) arts and cultural organisations and creative businesses on promoting British arts and creative industries abroad. |
|
(162487)
|
176
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will appoint an official of his Department of equivalent seniority to an ambassador to have lead responsibility for freedom of religion and belief. |
|
(162539)
|
177
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he has given to the UK becoming a state party to the First Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. |
|
(162540)
|
178
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish a sub-group of the Human Rights Advisory Group to focus on freedom of religion and belief. |
|
(162541)
|
179
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to promote the Rabat Plan of Action within the United Nations. |
|
(162542)
|
180
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will convene an expert group to consider the issues involved in initiating a process to consider an international convention on freedom of religion or belief. |
|
(162543)
|
181
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will revise the Human Rights and Democracy Programme to enable support of longer-term projects than the one-year cycle currently permits. |
|
(162574)
|
182
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN to ensure that funding is provided to support a paid, full-time Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and resource their office. |
|
(162575)
|
183
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on each training programme it ran in Bahrain in each year since 2008. |
|
(162532)
|
184
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which human rights groups the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State met during his March 2013 visit to Bahrain. |
|
(162533)
|
185
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK Trade and Investment officials were based in
Bahrain in each year since 2008. |
|
(162534)
|
186
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last raised human rights issues directly with his
Bahrain counterpart. |
|
(162535)
|
187
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value of UK exports to Bahrain was in each of the last five years. |
|
(162710)
|
188
|
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on British Government projects in the Kurdistan region of Iraq; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162780)
|
189
N
|
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make immediate representations to the government of Israel over its decision to set in motion the Prawer Plan for the removal of 40,000 Bedouin people from their ancestral homeland. |
|
(162732)
|
190
N
|
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his EU counterparts making a co-ordinated approach to the government of Israel over its decision to set in motion the Prawer Plan for the removal of 40,000 Bedouin people from their ancestral homeland. |
|
(162733)
|
191
N
|
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request that the US government should make immediate representations to the government of Israel over its decision to set in motion the Prawer Plan for the removal of 40,000 Bedouin people from their ancestral homeland. |
|
(162735)
|
192
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162465)
|
193
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162516)
|
194
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Yemeni Minister for Expatriate Affairs; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162771)
|
195
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford
(Mole Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from NHS England about the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162723)
|
196
N
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of his Department's programme of improving the experience of cancer patients. |
|
(162380)
|
197
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162584)
|
198
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162616)
|
199
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
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(162634)
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200
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162652)
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201
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162670)
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202
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
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(162688)
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203
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born in each consultant-led and midwife-led maternity unit in England in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13. |
|
(162497)
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204
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children with a diagnosis of fetal valproate syndrome also have a diagnosis of (a) spina bifida, (b) neural tube defects, (c) cardiac and heart malformations, (d) kidney malformations and (e) cleft lip or palate. |
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(162546)
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205
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Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were diagnosed with fetal anti-convulsant syndrome between 1989 and 2012. |
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(162547)
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206
N
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Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by the NHS on alcohol-related hospital admissions in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2009-10. |
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(162730)
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207
N
|
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount was spent by NHS bodies and local authorities on (a) drug abuse and (b) alcohol abuse (i) prevention and (ii) treatment in each of the last three years; and what amount has been spent on such services in 2013-14 to date. |
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(162734)
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208
|
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what use is being made of 3D printers to create prosthetics within the NHS. |
|
(162374)
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209
|
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for benzodiazepines, Z drugs, SSRIs or other antidepressants have been issued to inmates in UK prisons in each of the last five years. |
|
(162778)
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210
N
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Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what events he (a) has been invited to and (b) plans to attend to mark the 65th anniversary of the National Health Service. |
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(162527)
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211
N
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Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to mark the 65th anniversary of the National Health Service. |
|
(162554)
|
212
|
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the commissioning of selective dorsal rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity. |
|
(162529)
|
213
|
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many selective dorsal rhizotomy procedures were approved under the NHS in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162530)
|
214
|
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups in England commission selective dorsal rhizotomy procedures for the treatment of spasticity. |
|
(162531)
|
215
|
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effectiveness of the indicators set out in the Quality and Outcomes Framework in providing incentives to GPs to tackle obesity; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162757)
|
216
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of General Practitioners on the effect on the consulting time available to GPs in rural areas of the time taken to make home calls. |
|
(162595)
|
217
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that documents and pamphlets which are available from GP surgeries and health centres are clear and easy to read. |
|
(162596)
|
218
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will work with his counterparts in the devolved administrations to issue a UK-wide campaign on the signs and symptoms of cancer. |
|
(162603)
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219
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold discussions with UK broadcasters on the scope for the inclusion of factual and relevant information relating to the signs and symptoms of cancer within the storylines of popular serial dramas. |
|
(162604)
|
220
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will work with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on a UK-wide approach to younger people with dementia. |
|
(162605)
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224
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that counselling should be undertaken before an abortion takes place. |
|
(162763)
|
225
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to announce the outcome of his consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products. |
|
(162764)
|
226
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of social class on the likely incidence of death due to (a) cancer, (b) heart disease and (c) other causes. |
|
(162765)
|
227
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the rate of dementia diagnosis in each constituent part of the UK; and if he will work with his counterparts in the devolved administrations to ensure that best practice on dementia diagnosis is shared across the UK. |
|
(162766)
|
228
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162466)
|
229
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162517)
|
233
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK citizens taking foreign national young people into their homes for the purpose of learning English at the request of a foreign-based agency are liable for the same Disclosure and Barring Service checks as if they were taking the same foreign young people at the request of a UK-based agency. |
|
(162438)
|
234
N
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extra visa applications the UK Border Agency received as a result of the London 2012 Olympic Games in comparison to previous years. |
|
(162719)
|
235
N
|
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the constituents involved in Home Office case ref: A1487760 have had to wait over 12 months for their British citizenship application to progress; and when the constituents of the hon. Member for West Lancashire will receive a full response to their application. |
|
(162720)
|
236
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of co-operation between authorities in the Irish Republic and the UK to counter illegal immigration. |
|
(162549)
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237
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed by her Department in Northern Ireland to counter illegal immigration and enforce immigration law. |
|
(162550)
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238
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people suspected of immigration breaches have been detained at (a) airports and (b) sea ports in Northern Ireland in each year since 2007. |
|
(162551)
|
239
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the government of the Irish Republic and (b) the Northern Ireland Executive on the Common Travel Area. |
|
(162552)
|
240
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days on average staff of her Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162585)
|
241
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162617)
|
242
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to her Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period her Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162635)
|
243
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162653)
|
244
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162671)
|
245
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to her Department. |
|
(162689)
|
246
|
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many different police intelligence services are currently in operation in England and Wales; and how many such forces automatically share intelligence with other police forces via a central computer system. |
|
(162537)
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247
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, columns 908-9W, on immigration controls, for what reason the number of visits exceeded the number of applications in 15 out of the 24 months in the figures given. |
|
(162455)
|
248
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for the surrender of an individual under a European arrest warrant were received by the Serious Organised Crime Agency in 2012-13; and which EU member states issued the request. |
|
(162564)
|
249
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) UK nationals were extradited from the UK under a European arrest warrant in 2012-13; and to which EU member states they were extradited. |
|
(162565)
|
250
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were extradited to the UK under a European arrest warrant in 2012-13; and from which EU member states they were extradited. |
|
(162566)
|
251
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were extradited from the US to the UK in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013 to date; and how many such people were US nationals. |
|
(162740)
|
252
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were extradited from the UK to the US in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013 to date; and how many such people were UK nationals. |
|
(162741)
|
253
|
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made to date on moving the Serious and Organised Crime Agency to the National Crime Agency. |
|
(162768)
|
254
|
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charges have been brought from suspicious activity reports since May 2010 in Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. |
|
(162769)
|
255
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will collect data on police recruitment from black and ethnic minority communities and deprived neighbourhoods. |
|
(162607)
|
256
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162467)
|
257
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162518)
|
258
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which newspapers the post of (a) Director of Immigration and Visas and (b) Director of Enforcement has been advertised; and what the cost has been of such advertising. |
|
(162419)
|
259
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what bonuses are being proposed for senior officials in her Department. |
|
(162420)
|
260
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been found to have over-stayed in the UK when departing from the UK in each of the last three years. |
|
(162421)
|
261
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what border checks are conducted for those who leave the UK. |
|
(162422)
|
262
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed at each immigration enforcement intelligence unit. |
|
(162742)
|
263
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a spousal visa have not been given leave to remain at the end of their probationary period in each year since 2008. |
|
(162743)
|
264
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their spousal visa cancelled in each year since 2008. |
|
(162744)
|
265
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for each immigration enforcement intelligence unit is. |
|
(162746)
|
266
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration enforcement intelligence units are in operation; and where they are located. |
|
(162748)
|
267
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) deportations and (c) investigations have been made as a result of the allegations database since it came into operation. |
|
(162773)
|
268
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations the allegations database has received since it came into operation. |
|
(162774)
|
269
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many days on average staff of her Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162586)
|
270
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162618)
|
271
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average cost to her Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period her Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162636)
|
272
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162654)
|
273
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162672)
|
274
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to her Department. |
|
(162690)
|
275
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures her Department has in place to ensure that UK aid to the Palestinian Authority general budget is not used to sponsor events and activities endorsing terrorism. |
|
(162711)
|
276
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her Norwegian counterpart on Palestinian Authority payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. |
|
(162369)
|
277
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the decision in Norway to establish a parliamentary committee inquiring into Palestinian Authority payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. |
|
(162370)
|
278
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to support an increase in the number of climate stations and training of hydrogeologists in Africa. |
|
(162481)
|
279
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to support the formation of farmer organisations. |
|
(162482)
|
280
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to ensure that the agricultural extension workers whose work her Department supports address the issue of land degradation in their work. |
|
(162493)
|
281
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what definition of official development assistance the UK uses; and whether this definition has been revised for spending between 2012-13 and 2015-16. |
|
(162563)
|
282
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to only deliver aid to organisations with a commitment to freedom of religion or belief. |
|
(162544)
|
283
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will identify freedom of religion or belief as a priority for her Department's work. |
|
(162545)
|
284
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government plans to take to encourage the promotion of family planning in developing countries. |
|
(162712)
|
286
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in what ways the Government plans to seek to ensure the recognition of often marginalised groups, such as nomadic communities or children with disabilities, in the post-2015 millennium development goals. |
|
(162725)
|
287
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the use of the international development budget to support military operations. |
|
(162557)
|
288
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162468)
|
289
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162519)
|
290
|
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on supporting more appropriate use of the Mental Health Treatment Requirement as part of a community sentence. |
|
(162445)
|
291
N
|
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for exceptional funding under section 10 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 have been granted by the Legal Aid Agency since 1 April 2013. |
|
(162492)
|
292
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162587)
|
293
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162619)
|
294
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162637)
|
295
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162655)
|
296
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162673)
|
297
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162691)
|
298
|
Sir Edward Garnier
(Harborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the provisions in the Crime and Courts Act 2013 abolishing scandalising the judiciary as a form of contempt of court will come into force. |
|
(162451)
|
299
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners (a) are in prison and (b) were in prison in May 2010; and what steps are being taken to send them to secure detention in their own countries. |
|
(162726)
|
300
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162469)
|
306
|
Conor Burns
(Bournemouth West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which provisions of the (a) Good Friday Agreement, (b) Belfast Agreement and (c) St Andrew's Agreement (i) have been fully implemented and (ii) are yet to be fully implemented. |
|
(162606)
|
307
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days on average staff of her Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162588)
|
308
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162620)
|
309
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost to her Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period her Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162638)
|
310
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162656)
|
311
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162674)
|
312
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to her Department. |
|
(162692)
|
313
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to encourage investment in Northern Ireland by firms located in other parts of the UK. |
|
(162598)
|
314
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will discuss with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the feasibility of introducing tax incentives for companies which wish to expand into Northern Ireland. |
|
(162599)
|
315
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make it her policy to introduce border controls between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. |
|
(162600)
|
316
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162470)
|
317
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162589)
|
318
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162621)
|
319
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162639)
|
320
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162657)
|
321
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162675)
|
322
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162693)
|
323
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which projects administered by the Scottish Government are UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) attributable; what the total value of the Scottish Government's contribution to UK ODA was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and what the value of that contribution will be in 2013. |
|
(162485)
|
324
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162471)
|
325
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrians were killed or injured while using pedestrian crossings in each of the last three years for which data are available; and how many such deaths and injuries occurred at (a) pelican and (b) puffin crossings. |
|
(162536)
|
326
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of cross-border journeys between Scotland and England by (a) train, (b) air and (c) road in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(162747)
|
327
N
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has conducted of the effectiveness of Network Rail's voluntary transparency code. |
|
(162377)
|
328
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162590)
|
329
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162622)
|
330
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162640)
|
331
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162658)
|
332
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162676)
|
333
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162694)
|
334
|
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of delays to East Coast Main Line rail services were due to (a) overhead wire failures, (b) signalling failures, (c) other infrastructure failures, (d) flooding or other weather events, (e) vehicles, persons, or animals on the line, (f) train failures, (g) unavailability of staff and (h) other causes in each of the last three years for which records are available. |
|
(162428)
|
335
|
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the costs levied against consumers who are required to make minor administration changes to flight booking information. |
|
(162427)
|
336
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162472)
|
337
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162520)
|
338
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on renaming the National Assembly of Wales the Parliament of Wales. |
|
(162508)
|
339
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162592)
|
340
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162624)
|
341
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162642)
|
342
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162660)
|
343
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162678)
|
344
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162696)
|
345
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162474)
|
346
N
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how many people have committed or attempted suicide whilst awaiting a work capability assessment or appeal since the inception of that assessment. |
|
(162379)
|
347
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162593)
|
348
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162625)
|
349
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period his Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque. |
|
(162643)
|
350
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months. |
|
(162661)
|
351
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2012-13; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2013-14. |
|
(162679)
|
352
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department. |
|
(162697)
|
353
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of covering (a) 75 per cent and (b) 80 percent of eligible childcare costs for all recipients of universal credit. |
|
(162779)
|
354
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the total level of financial support a cancer sufferer would receive over a 12 month period if they were (a) employed and (b) unemployed and claiming out of work benefits at the time when treatment rendered them unable to work. |
|
(162501)
|
355
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on whether those receiving treatment for cancer and who are unable to work should be placed directly into the employment and support allowance support group after they stop receiving statutory sick pay. |
|
(162502)
|
356
N
|
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the Oxfam and Church Poverty Action report on Walking the Breadline: The Scandal of Food Poverty in 21st Century Britain and its conclusions on the benefit system and the benefit sanctions regime. |
|
(162721)
|
357
N
|
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit payments were delayed in (a) Bristol and (b) the UK in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(162722)
|
359
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much it will cost to introduce mandatory language lessons for benefits claimants in Northern Ireland. |
|
(162558)
|
360
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed introduction of a one-week waiting period for benefits payments in Northern Ireland. |
|
(162559)
|
361
|
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account he took of the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland when developing his planned changes to the welfare system. |
|
(162597)
|
362
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008. |
|
(162475)
|
363
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(162521)
|
364
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have had lump sum payments awarded from the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme clawed back by the Compensation Recovery Unit in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012. |
|
(162488)
|
365
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of universal credit in Thameside on 31 May 2013. |
|
(162489)
|
366
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to increase the take-up of the wage incentive in the Youth Contract. |
|
(162490)
|
367
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of barriers to employers taking up the wage incentive in the Youth Contract; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162491)
|
368
|
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to paying the winter fuel allowance early to allow the early purchase of fuel stocks when prices are lower. |
|
(162429)
|
Notices given on Thursday 27 June
1
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Attorney General, what hourly rates the Treasury Solicitor's Department charges client Government departments. |
|
[Transferred]
(162423)
|
2
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Attorney General, what hourly rates are paid to First Treasury Counsel. |
|
[Transferred]
(162424)
|
3
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Attorney General, what hourly rate the Treasury Solicitor's Department pays to non-panel leading counsel instructed on an ad hoc basis. |
|
[Transferred]
(162425)
|
4
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Attorney General, which 10 barristers instructed by the Treasury Solicitor's Department received the largest amount in fees in the last year for which figures are available; and how much was received in each case. |
|
[Transferred]
(162437)
|
5
|
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Attorney General, how much was paid to barristers by the Treasury Solicitor's Department in the last year in which figures are available. |
|
[Transferred]
(162444)
|
6
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died at the Royal London Hospital from ventriculitis in 2012. |
|
[Transferred]
(162770)
|
7
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died at the Royal London Hospital on (a) 3 June and (b) 4 June 2013. |
|
[Transferred]
(162775)
|
8
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died at the Newham University Hospital on (a) 1 June, (b) 2 June and (c) 3 June 2013. |
|
[Transferred]
(162776)
|
9
|
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take to bring about increased transparency in taxation, particularly in Crown Dependencies, during the UK's G8 presidency. |
|
[Transferred]
(162713)
|
10
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed welfare budget cap in Northern Ireland. |
|
[Transferred]
(162555)
|
11
N
|
Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which aspects of the European Parliament's ENVI Committee vote on the F-Gas Regulation held on 19 June 2013 he (a) supports, (b) remains neutral on and (c) opposes; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(162484)
|
12
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what areas of her departmental budget she has identified as suitable for efficiency savings. |
|
[Transferred]
(162556)
|
13
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162928)
|
14
|
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding was provided by the European Regional Development Fund for projects in the UK (a) in total since 2007, (b) per year since 2007, (c) in total per NUTS 1 region since 2007 and (d) in total per NUTS 1 region per year since 2007. |
|
(162843)
|
15
|
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness, performance and effects of the National Scholarship Programme. |
|
(162969)
|
16
|
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Announcement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in his Oral Statement of 27 June 2013, that the Government plans to sell the pre-Browne student loan book, what assessment he has made of the option of altering the terms of loan repayments for those cohorts of graduates. |
|
(162970)
|
17
|
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a full and unredacted copy of the document entitled, Project Hero: updated views on feasibility, which was prepared for his Department in 2011. |
|
(162971)
|
18
|
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the announcement in Spending Round 2013, Cm 8639, that the resource accounting budget for higher education student loans will increase to £4.4 billion in 2015-16. |
|
(162984)
|
19
|
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely distributional effect on different quintiles of students of the policy announced in Spending Round 2013, Cm 8639, page 40, that maintenance grants will be maintained in cash terms in the 2015-16 academic year. |
|
(162985)
|
20
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162927)
|
21
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses created as a result of funding from the start-up loan scheme are in each parliamentary constituency. |
|
(162821)
|
22
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many recipients of funding from the start-up loan scheme have been (a) female and (b) male. |
|
(162822)
|
23
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment he has made of sectoral growth as a result of funding from the start-up loan scheme. |
|
(162823)
|
24
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment he has made of regional allocation of funding from the start-up loan scheme. |
|
(162824)
|
25
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average age of recipients of funding from the start-up loan scheme is. |
|
(162825)
|
26
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162929)
|
27
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with senior management at (a) Barclays Bank, (b) HSBC Bank, (c) RBS Group and (d) Lloyds Banking Group on their progress in providing offers of redress to businesses that were mis-sold interest rate hedging products within the redress scheme announced by the Financial Conduct Authority. |
|
(163015)
|
28
|
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that there should be a role for the private mortgage insurance industry in the Government's Help to Buy scheme. |
|
(162978)
|
29
|
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has undertaken a comparative assessment of the costs of the guarantees offered under the Help to Buy scheme and schemes operating in other countries which are guaranteed by private insurance. |
|
(162979)
|
30
|
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has estimated potential savings to the public purse through involving the private mortgage insurance industry in the Help to Buy scheme. |
|
(162981)
|
31
|
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account he has taken of the views of the international monetary fund, the G20 and the Joint Forum of the Basel Committee on the benefits of using private mortgage insurance in relation to high loan-to-value lending. |
|
(162982)
|
32
|
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has undertaken an assessment of potential conflict between state aid rules and the Help to Buy scheme due to unfair competition with the private mortgage insurance industry. |
|
(162983)
|
33
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long he expects it will take him to release funding for redeveloping the Royal Sussex Hospital following full acceptance by the Trust Development Authority of the case for the redevelopment put forward by Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162818)
|
34
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to support small businesses. |
|
(162869)
|
35
|
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that any community benefit revenue that is derived from shale gas is apportioned to people living in the immediate vicinity of well sites. |
|
(162967)
|
36
|
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to provide a gold standard of regulation before any potential move to the extraction phase. |
|
(162968)
|
37
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162946)
|
38
|
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations HM Revenue and Customs plans to make into Tiuta Plc and its subsidiaries over alleged fraudulent activity; and what investigations his Department has already made on this matter. |
|
(162991)
|
39
|
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations HM Revenue and Customs plans to make into the Connaught Asset Management Limited over alleged fraudulent activity; and what investigations his Department has already made on this matter. |
|
(162992)
|
40
|
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many alleged ponzi schemes his Department is currently investigating. |
|
(162993)
|
41
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what level of reserves is held by local authorities in England and Wales. |
|
(162832)
|
42
|
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many positions are available for the redeployment of fire and rescue service workers who no longer meet the physical standards for operational roles in (a) Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service and (b) the UK. |
|
(162895)
|
43
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress hisDepartment has made since the publication of the Portas Review to encourage a contract of care between landlords and their commercial tenants by promoting the leasing code and supporting the use of lease structures other than upward-only rent reviews. |
|
(163010)
|
44
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress hisDepartment has made since the publication of the Portas Review to assist retailers to report on their support of high streets in their annual reports. |
|
(163011)
|
45
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress hisDepartment has made since the publication of the Portas Review in encouraging large retailers to support and mentor local businesses and independent retailers. |
|
(163012)
|
46
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162930)
|
47
|
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to reply to the letter to the Minister for Sport dated 16 May 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Richard Belshaw. |
|
(162876)
|
48
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the contribution of tourism to the rural economy; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(162871)
|
49
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162931)
|
50
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken to process an application for the Arctic Star is; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162897)
|
51
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear emergency exercises have been held in each location in each of the last two years. |
|
(162887)
|
52
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at which locations Ministry of Defence Nuclear Accident Response Organisation teams are based. |
|
(162994)
|
53
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2013, Official Report, column 790W, on nuclear weapons, (a) what nuclear emergency response capability is available at HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) what arrangements there are to deploy nuclear emergency experts from HM Naval Base Clyde to advise civil emergency responders in the event of an accident involving a nuclear weapon in Scotland or the north of England. |
|
(162995)
|
54
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Ministry of Defence nuclear emergency exercises and at which location took place in Scotland in the last three years; which of these exercises were assessed as adequate demonstrations of the emergency response by regulators; and what the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator's findings and observations were of each exercise. |
|
(162996)
|
55
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the value of the (a) Typhoon, (b) Hawk, (c) Tornado, (d) Hercules, (e) Globemaster, (f) Tucano, (g) Sentry, (h) Shadow and (i) King Air aircraft fleets. |
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(162997)
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56
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Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current scheduled end of service date is of each Trafalgar class submarine. |
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(162999)
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57
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at which defence nuclear sites Local Liason Committees have been established to allow engagement with local stakeholders; which of these committees include representatives from independent non-government and non-industry groups; which of these committees allow members of the public to attend and observe meetings; and which of these committees publish minutes of meetings on a publicly accessible website. |
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(163000)
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58
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the terms of reference and standing orders of each Local Liason Committee representing a defence nuclear site. |
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(163001)
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59
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162932)
|
60
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of (a) unauthorised absences and (b) exclusions in schools since 2010. |
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(162972)
|
61
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in school (a) truancy and (b) exclusions since 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162973)
|
62
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which local education authorities (a) primary and (b) secondary school class sizes have risen since May 2010, by size of increase; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162974)
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63
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils aged 11 met the standard of literacy for that age (a) in May 2010 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available. |
|
(162975)
|
64
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in England applied for performance-related pay in the latest period for which figures are available; how many of these received such a payment; what proportion of eligible teachers this represents; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162976)
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65
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of temporary classrooms in each English local education authority. |
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(162977)
|
66
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children aged (a) five, (b) six and (c) seven were in infant classes of over 30 on (i) 1 May 2010 and (ii) the latest date for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. |
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(162998)
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67
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children in each age cohort in England are judged to be illiterate; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(163021)
|
68
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a statement on the pilot scheme for early adoption in North Yorkshire; if he will set out the criteria which have to be met before adoption within 28 days is permitted; and if he will confirm that each case will be judged on its merits and that the 28 days target will be ignored where circumstances demand. |
|
(163008)
|
69
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162933)
|
70
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the water leakage levels in (a) Harlow and (b) Essex were in each year since 2008. |
|
(162889)
|
71
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162934)
|
72
|
Mr Robert Buckland
(South Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the concentration of lead in drinking water to the safe levels defined by the World Health Organisation. |
|
(162886)
|
73
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any estimates have been made of rises in sea levels on the Dorset coast over the next 30 years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162896)
|
74
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much will be spent on improving sea defences in Dorset as a result of the 2013 Spending Review. |
|
(163020)
|
75
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members of the Internal Drainage Board of Arun District Council are. |
|
(162826)
|
76
|
Kwasi Kwarteng
(Spelthorne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to introduce a regulatory body to monitor the treatment of animals in addition to the provisions in the Animal Welfare Act 2006. |
|
(162873)
|
77
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many terrestrial protected areas have been legally designated in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands for nature conservation purposes; and what the extent of each such area was. |
|
(162949)
|
78
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on biodiversity conservation in (a) England and (b) the British Overseas Territories in 2012-13. |
|
(162953)
|
79
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marine protected areas have been designated in each of the 14 British Overseas Territories for biodiversity conservation purposes; and what the extent of the area covered by each such area is. |
|
(162960)
|
80
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of land area is legally designated as a protected area for biodiversity conservation purposes in each of the 14 British Overseas Territories. |
|
(162961)
|
81
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the biodiversity conservation impact of the biosecurity policy breaches which occurred in 2013 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. |
|
(162962)
|
82
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162935)
|
83
|
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed the persecution of Christians in Eritrea with (a) the government of Eritrea, (b) the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and (c) United Nations human rights bodies. |
|
(162874)
|
84
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the area of Crown land in the Turks and Caicos Islands was in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(162954)
|
85
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the extent of (a) Crown land and (b) private land in each of the 14 British Overseas Territories is by (i) area and (ii) percentage of total land area. |
|
(162958)
|
86
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162936)
|
87
|
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received skin laser treatments on the NHS in each of the last six years; what the reasons have been for this treatment; how old such patients were at the time of treatment; and what the cost to the public purse has been of such treatments. |
|
(163016)
|
88
|
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital as a result of cocaine use in each of the last six years. |
|
(163017)
|
89
|
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of drink spiking in each of the last six years. |
|
(163018)
|
90
|
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of men taking steroids. |
|
(163019)
|
91
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the population in England with (a) a spinal injury, (b) multiple sclerosis, (c) Parkinson's disease and (d) spina bifida is affected with neurogenic bowel dysfunction. |
|
(162980)
|
92
|
Mr Geoffrey Cox
(Torridge and West Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the treatment and prevention of diabetes will remain a priority for his Department. |
|
(162885)
|
93
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2013, Official Report, column 731W, on surgery, what assessment he has made of the implications for that policy of the ability of surgeons to refuse to publish their performance data under the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(163002)
|
94
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of surgeons' performance data being excluded from the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(163003)
|
95
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors contribute to a surgeons' performance data. |
|
(163004)
|
96
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that surgeons are not discouraged from taking on complex cases with high risk because of possible effects on their performance data. |
|
(163005)
|
97
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the possible effects on patient outcomes of (i) publishing surgeons' performance data and (ii) publicly naming surgeons who do not publish performance data. |
|
(163006)
|
98
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on drug rehabilitation in Harlow in each year since 2005. |
|
(162890)
|
99
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered methadone users there have been in Harlow in each year since 2005; and what the average spend on each such methadone user has been in that period. |
|
(162892)
|
100
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on alcohol rehabilitation in Harlow in each year since 2005. |
|
(162893)
|
101
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162938)
|
102
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of treating people with conditions caused by poor quality or inappropriately fitted footwear in each of the last five years. |
|
(162819)
|
103
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children received orthotic footwear inserts in each of the last five years. |
|
(162820)
|
104
|
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost of the Salvation Army's Trafficking Support Scheme will be in 2013-14; and what the cost of this scheme was in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13. |
|
(162894)
|
105
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug offences relating to Class A substances have been reported in (a) Harlow and (b) Essex since 2001; and what proportion of national offences relating to Class A substances such figures represent. |
|
(162891)
|
106
|
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference are for the reducing bureaucracy pilots in respect of domestic violence complaints in the county of Hampshire. |
|
(162964)
|
107
|
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology her Department used to inform the reducing bureaucracy pilots in respect of domestic violence complaints in Hampshire. |
|
(162965)
|
108
|
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation she has made of Phase 1 of the reducing bureaucracy pilots on domestic violence Hampshire. |
|
(162966)
|
109
|
Patrick Mercer
(Newark):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to (a) shut down and (b) raise awareness of websites which purport to offer passport renewal services on behalf of the Passport Office. |
|
(162963)
|
110
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data is collected on recruitment of police (a) from ethnic minorities and (b) based on (i) gender and (ii) ability to speak the Welsh language. |
|
(162831)
|
111
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding she has made available to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for the purpose of combatting human trafficking, by amount of funding and name of recipient NGOs. |
|
(162854)
|
112
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have received detailed training on combatting human trafficking. |
|
(162855)
|
113
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) accommodation, (b) medical care, (c) psychological assistance, (d) material assistance, (e) legal aid and advice, (f) access to the labour market, (g) vocational training and education, (h) police services (crime prevention, repatriation, compensation), (i) compensation and (j) translation and interpretation services for victims of human trafficking. |
|
(162856)
|
114
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of her Data Collection Strategy for the purpose of combatting human trafficking in the Library. |
|
(162857)
|
115
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dedicated state units to deal with human trafficking have been established in the last 10 years. |
|
(162858)
|
116
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the relevance to the UK of 144 actions in the Irish government's National Action Plan to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings. |
|
(162859)
|
117
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum sentence available for human trafficking is; and how many times maximum sentences have been used in each of the last 30 years. |
|
(162860)
|
118
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual care plans have been developed for people who are potential victims of human trafficking in each of the last 30 years. |
|
(162861)
|
119
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received concerning extending the period for recovery and reflection governing victims of people trafficking; and what her policy is on extending a renewable temporary residence where a person wishes to assist with investigation or prosecution of such trafficking. |
|
(162862)
|
120
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, columns 595-6W, on asylum, if she will provide the statistics relating to the key performance indicator in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013. |
|
(163013)
|
121
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162939)
|
122
|
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigations HM Revenue and Customs plans to make into the Connaught Income Series 1 Fund over alleged fraudulent activity; and what investigations her Department has already made on this matter. |
|
(162990)
|
123
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what on-the-ground predator control measures were conducted in 2012 within the Airport Development Area of the St Helena Air Access project; and for which target species. |
|
(162955)
|
124
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps were taken in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to conserve the population of the beetle, Homoeodera scolytoides found in the Airport Development Area of the St Helena Air Access project; and how many such beetles are being kept in captivity. |
|
(162956)
|
125
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the St Helena Air Access project on the mole spider population on the area known as Southern Ridge; and whether any such spiders have been taken into captivity for conservation purposes. |
|
(162957)
|
126
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the St Helena Air Access project on the crab spider Bonapruncinia sanctae-helenae. |
|
(162959)
|
127
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162940)
|
128
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to (a) receive and (b) publish the report of the audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the electronic monitoring contracts held by G4S and Serco in England and Wales. |
|
(162827)
|
129
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the audit by PriceWaterhouseCoopers into the electronic monitoring contracts held by G4S and Serco in England and Wales is expected to be. |
|
(162828)
|
130
|
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date PricewaterhouseCoopers was commissioned to carry out the audit into the electronic monitoring contracts helds by G4S and Serco in England and Wales. |
|
(162872)
|
131
|
Sir Edward Garnier
(Harborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when each of the provisions of the Defamation Act 2013, not yet in force, will be enacted. |
|
[R]
(162829)
|
132
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he plans to bring forward secondary legislation to implement policy changes arising from his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system. |
|
(163007)
|
133
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the representation sent to him on 25 June 2013 by the campaign group Liberty, setting out its concerns about the proposals announced in his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(163009)
|
134
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of planned changes to legal aid on family courts. |
|
(162867)
|
135
|
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on the feasibility of introducing an offence of reckless management of a financial institution. |
|
(163044)
|
136
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to stop weak judicial review cases. |
|
(162950)
|
137
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162941)
|
138
|
Conor Burns
(Bournemouth West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress is being made to implement the Civic Forum in Northern Ireland. |
|
(162830)
|
139
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162942)
|
140
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Prime Minister, how much No. 10 Downing Street currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162943)
|
141
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162944)
|
142
|
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to visit Bournemouth. |
|
(162875)
|
143
|
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the total number of road traffic casualties in 2012, including those not reported to the police. |
|
(162799)
|
144
|
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to improve flood monitoring systems on the Western route in cases of increased extreme weather disruption. |
|
(162877)
|
145
|
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in increasing the capacity of the Western route. |
|
(162878)
|
146
|
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent future flood damage on the Western rail route. |
|
(162879)
|
147
|
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what decisions have been made on funding for resilience works to improve the Western route, in line with the recommendations of the Network Rail resilience review. |
|
(162880)
|
148
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162945)
|
149
|
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Office of Rail Regulation and (b) Network Rail regarding the alliance formed between employees of Network Rail, Laing O'Rourke, VolkerRail and Atkins to carry out work on rail infrastructure in Staffordshire; how many Network Rail employees are working under this arrangement; and what steps partners in such alliances are legally required to undertake to (i) license and (ii) register these models of working. |
|
(162882)
|
150
|
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of how partners in the alliance formed between Network Rail, Laing O'Rourke, VolkerRail and Atkins intend to achieve projected savings from Network Rail's budget for the Stafford Area Improvement Programme. |
|
(162883)
|
151
|
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what resources his Department has committed to the development of the M54 to M6 toll link road. |
|
(162898)
|
152
|
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the M6 toll road operator on the development of a link road to the M54. |
|
(162899)
|
153
|
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will be able to publish draft route options for the M54 to M6 toll link road. |
|
(162900)
|
154
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with UK Trade and Investment on opportunities for increasing foreign direct investment to Wales. |
|
(162952)
|
155
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162947)
|
156
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that women fulfil their potential. |
|
(162870)
|
157
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162937)
|
158
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of self-employed people in Wales that will benefit from the introduction of the single tier state pension in 2016. |
|
(162800)
|
159
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of carers in Wales that will benefit from the introduction of the single tier State pension in 2016. |
|
(162801)
|
160
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women that will benefit from the introduction of the single tier state pension in 2016. |
|
(162802)
|
161
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on housing benefit expenditure of the 165,000 additional affordable rent homes announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in his oral statement on 27 June 2013. |
|
(163014)
|
162
|
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are refused employment and support allowance make a second claim within (a) six months and (b) one year. |
|
(162881)
|
163
|
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department in taking to assist those affected by the social sector size criteria to move to smaller homes. |
|
(162888)
|
164
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest number of job vacancies were in Thirsk and Malton constituency. |
|
(162868)
|
165
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton's letter of 21 May 2013 from a constituent concerning the loss of disability living allowance and a mobility vehicle for her daughter. |
|
(163022)
|
166
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have come off the main unemployment benefits since May 2010. |
|
(162951)
|
167
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. |
|
(162948)
|
TUESDAY 2 JULY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
*1
|
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
What steps he is taking to reduce the cost and quantity of claims for compensation for whiplash injuries. |
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(162384)
|
*2
|
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
What assessment he has made of the use of restorative justice in the secure children's estate. |
|
(162385)
|
*3
|
Damian Hinds
(East Hampshire):
What assessment he has made of the contribution that financial inclusion programmes can make towards reducing reoffending rates. |
|
(162386)
|
*4
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
If he will introduce mandatory drug testing for prisoners on entry to and exit from prison. |
|
(162387)
|
*5
|
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
What progress he has made on his plans to reform the probation system. |
|
(162388)
|
*6
|
Paul Goggins
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
What his plans are for the future of the Probation Service. |
|
(162389)
|
*7
|
George Hollingbery
(Meon Valley):
What assessment he has made of the effect on barristers of his proposed changes to legal aid. |
|
(162390)
|
*8
|
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
What representations he has received from smaller law firms on his proposals to reform criminal legal aid. |
|
(162391)
|
*9
|
George Eustice
(Camborne and Redruth):
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the small claims procedure. |
|
(162392)
|
*10
|
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending. |
|
(162393)
|
*11
|
Nigel Adams
(Selby and Ainsty):
If he will take steps to ensure that in cases where a person has disappeared and is presumed dead, their family and loved ones are better able to deal with the practical and administrative issues that arise. |
|
[R]
(162394)
|
*12
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
What his policy is on whether the UK should continue to be a contracting party to the European Convention on Human Rights. |
|
(162395)
|
*13
|
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
If he will take steps to ensure that in cases where a person has disappeared and is presumed dead, their family and loved ones are better able to deal with the practical and administrative issues that arise. |
|
(162396)
|
*14
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
What steps he is taking to improve literacy amongst prisoners. |
|
(162397)
|
*15
|
John Pugh
(Southport):
What impact assessment he has conducted on the potential effect of his proposed changes to legal aid on the quality and equity of legal representation in criminal cases. |
|
(162398)
|
*16
|
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
What assessment he has made of recent trends in the development of judicial review. |
|
(162399)
|
*17
|
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
What plans he has to modernise the criminal justice system. |
|
(162400)
|
*18
|
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
What plans he has to modernise the criminal justice system. |
|
(162401)
|
*19
|
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
What assessment he has made of the potential effect on homeless people of his proposed reforms to legal aid. |
|
(162402)
|
*21
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
What his future strategy is for the prison system. |
|
(162404)
|
*23
|
Gavin Barwell
(Croydon Central):
What progress he has made on rolling out his proposed changes to the privileges and incentive scheme in prisons. |
|
(162406)
|
*24
|
Mr Stephen Hepburn
(Jarrow):
What recent representations he has received on compensation for people with pleural plaques. |
|
(162407)
|
*25
|
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
What progress he has made on his review of the use of cautions; and when he plans to publish the results of that review. |
|
(162408)
|
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. |
|
(162409)
|
*2
|
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
|
|
(162410)
|
*3
|
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
|
|
(162411)
|
*4
|
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
|
|
(162412)
|
*5
|
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
|
|
(162413)
|
*6
|
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
|
|
(162414)
|
*7
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
|
|
(162415)
|
*8
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
|
|
(162416)
|
*9
|
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
|
|
(162417)
|
*10
|
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
|
|
(162418)
|
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)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 26 June
1
N
|
Sir Malcolm Bruce
(Gordon):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will list all property and other chattels that have been bequeathed to the nation over the last decade for the purpose of reducing the national debt where the sale has been overseen by the Treasury Solicitor and from which the proceeds have been handed over to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; and if, for each item bequeathed, he will give (a) a description and (b) how much was raised and handed over. |
|
(162792)
|
2
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the headcount of (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and public bodies was in each month since May 2010, broken down by office location. |
|
(162781)
|
3
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has (a) made and (b) commissioned of the effectiveness of Local Enterprise Partnerships and their operation. |
|
(162782)
|
4
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, column 249W, how many (a) of his Department's officials and (b) Capital For Enterprise Limited employees are part of his Department's interim business bank team. |
|
(162783)
|
5
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, column 249W, within which directorate the interim business bank team is located in his Department. |
|
(162784)
|
6
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an application for approval under EU state aid rules of the Government's business bank proposal. |
|
(162785)
|
7
N
|
Sir Malcolm Bruce
(Gordon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of servicing public sector net debt was in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(162793)
|
8
N
|
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Barbara Hakin's appointment as interim chief operating officer and deputy chief executive of NHS England in March 2013 (a) required and (b) received ministerial approval. |
|
(162787)
|
9
N
|
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to the NHS on avoiding conflicts of interest in making managerial appointments. |
|
(162788)
|
10
N
|
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, of which pension scheme Sir David Nicholson is a member in respect of his employment by the NHS. |
|
(162791)
|
11
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 4 (General) visas have been issued in each of the past five years for study at a post-16 educational institution in Scotland. |
|
(162786)
|
12
N
|
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2013, Official Report, column 804W, on conditions of employment: English language, if she will make it her policy to require all immigrants to the UK to speak English in the workplace. |
|
(162795)
|
13
N
|
Andy McDonald
(Middlesbrough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been paid in each year since 1996 by his Department to reimburse or ameliorate net losses of a franchised operator arising from industrial action. |
|
(162794)
|
Notices given on Thursday 27 June
1
N
|
Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people wanted by UK police have been (a) arrested in other EU member states under an EU arrest warrant, (b) returned to the UK, (c) prosecuted and (d) convicted of an offence by a UK court since April 2010. |
|
[Question Unstarred][Transferred]
(162403)
|
2
N
|
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the rate of prosecution for failure to comply with a notice issued under section 35 of the Housing Act 2004. |
|
[Question Unstarred][Transferred]
(162405)
|
3
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the anticipated revenue from tuition fees charged in higher education institutions in England in each year since 2010 will be; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162987)
|
4
N
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on the closure of Rhyl Crown Post Office. |
|
(162908)
|
5
N
|
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he plans to publish the draft open government partnership national action plan. |
|
(162916)
|
6
N
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on progress on the redress scheme for businesses that were mis-sold interest rate swaps and other similar products. |
|
(163041)
|
7
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of items of unopened post at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC); and what recent assessment he has made of the ability of HMRC to deal with queries and correspondence in a timely manner. |
|
(162903)
|
8
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the tax burden on high street retailers in comparison to retailers which operate wholly or partially on the internet. |
|
(162842)
|
9
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Statement of 27 June 2013 on Investing in Britain's Future, what total Barnett Consequentials will be awarded to Northern Ireland as a result. |
|
(162915)
|
10
N
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the closure of Rhyl tax office. |
|
(162905)
|
11
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to the responsibilities of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury since 4 September 2012. |
|
(162846)
|
12
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in the East of England since taking office. |
|
(163032)
|
13
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in South East England since taking office. |
|
(163033)
|
14
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in South West England since taking office. |
|
(163034)
|
15
N
|
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in Greater London since taking office. |
|
(163035)
|
16
N
|
Mr Keith Simpson
(Broadland):
To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to commemorate the First World War and the role of military chaplains. |
|
(162917)
|
17
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes (a) were built in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2012-13 and (b) he expects will be built in each financial year from 2013-14 to 2017-18. |
|
(163037)
|
18
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of his Department's capital budget has (a) been spent on (i) housing and (ii) affordable housing in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2012-13 and (b) will be spent on such housing in each financial year from 2013-14 to 2017-18. |
|
(163038)
|
19
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of the 165,000 new affordable homes for 2015-16 to 2017-18 announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 June 2013 in his oral statement will be (a) homes built using the £3.3 billion of investment, (b) homes provided under section 106 agreements and (c) homes built as right-to-buy replacements. |
|
(163039)
|
20
N
|
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many affordable homes (a) have been provided under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2012-13 and (b) will be provided under that section in each financial year from 2013-14 to 2017-18. |
|
(163040)
|
21
N
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a list of all the onshore wind planning appeals in England that have been (a) recovered and (b) not recovered by his Department for decision in each year since 2010. |
|
(162914)
|
22
N
|
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in England have used the selective licensing powers as defined under section 80 of the Housing Act 2004 to date. |
|
(162838)
|
23
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on mitigating the effects of e-commerce on UK high street retailers. |
|
(162841)
|
24
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 668W, on apprentices, how many apprentices her Department plans to employ. |
|
(162866)
|
25
N
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the closure of Rhyl Army Recruitment Centre. |
|
(162906)
|
26
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department possesses on the proportion of students (a) on free school meals, (b) in families dependent on benefits, (c) considered to be from more deprived backgrounds as available indicators in (i) academies, (ii) free schools and (iii) comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162986)
|
27
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average annual standard spending assessment is for each (a) primary school and (b) secondary school pupil in England; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162988)
|
28
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total (a) local and (b) national government expenditure on each pupil in state secondary schools was in 2012-13 ; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162989)
|
29
N
|
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his estimate is of the average expenditure on (a) secondary school places per pupil in the state sector and (b) secondary school places per day pupil in the independent sector; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(163031)
|
30
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make political education compulsory. |
|
(162865)
|
31
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will reduce the number of staff employed in his private ministerial office. |
|
(162845)
|
32
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal assessments have been carried out (a) free of charge and (b) at a subsidised cost to date. |
|
(162909)
|
33
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of the 245 Green Deal plans currently active were taken out following free Green Deal assessments. |
|
(162910)
|
34
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have installed energy efficiency measures recommended by a Green Deal Assessment without taking out a Green Deal finance package to date. |
|
(162911)
|
35
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have claimed Green Deal cashback benefits without signing up for a Green Deal finance package to date. |
|
(162912)
|
36
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have installed energy efficiency measures recommended by a Green Deal assessment with assistance under the Energy Company Obligation but without taking out a Green Deal finance package. |
|
(162913)
|
37
N
|
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's report on Securing the future availability and affordability of home insurance in areas of floodrisk, published on 27 June 2013, how many Band H properties in England are estimated to be within the (a) 200,000 homes at high-risk of flooding and (b) 500,000 properties to be included with the Flood Re model for flood insurance. |
|
(163042)
|
38
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprentices are employed by his Department; and how many of those apprentices are aged (a) under 19, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 59 and (e) over 60. |
|
(162864)
|
39
N
|
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to maximise the number of patients offered alcohol-related treatment or referral to a support service. |
|
(162839)
|
40
N
|
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the role of medical detection dogs; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162840)
|
41
N
|
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the roles of Interim Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive of NHS England were subject to the required processes in respect of (a) advertising and (b) interviewing. |
|
(162847)
|
42
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many companies are signed up to the calorie reduction pledge in the Responsibility Deal. |
|
(163025)
|
43
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget has been allocated for the delivery of the Public Health Responsibility Deal. |
|
(163026)
|
44
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on achieving the calorie reduction pledge in the Responsibility Deal; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(163027)
|
45
N
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed for the delivery of the Public Health Responsibility Deal. |
|
(163028)
|
46
N
|
Mike Gapes
(Ilford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it is her policy that hon. Members have presumed consent when meeting representatives on behalf of their constituents and their relatives concerning visit visas and immigration and nationality matters; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(162848)
|
47
N
|
Mike Gapes
(Ilford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will clarify the policy of her Department in response to representations from hon. Members on behalf of their constituents; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(162849)
|
48
N
|
Mike Gapes
(Ilford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is now the policy of her Department to refuse to provide information to hon. Members who make representations on behalf of their constituents. |
|
(162850)
|
49
N
|
Mike Gapes
(Ilford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will clarify the use by her Department of the Data Protection Act 1998 as justification for refusing to provide a substantive reply to representations from hon. Members. |
|
(162851)
|
50
N
|
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken for a decision on asylum was for (a) under 18 male, (b) under 18 female, (c) over 18 male and (d) over 18 female applicants in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(162863)
|
51
N
|
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much overseas aid is allocated to India from the UK's international development budget. |
|
(162902)
|
52
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the two most recent Ofsted inspection findings were on the standard of prison education, by prison. |
|
(163023)
|
53
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many educational qualifications were awarded to prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 by (i) type of qualification and (ii) prison. |
|
(163029)
|
54
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long each person held in a segregation unit in each prison on 1 June 2013 had been held in segregation. |
|
(163030)
|
55
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were held in segregation units in each prison on the first day of each month in each of the last three years. |
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(163036)
|
56
N
|
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person there have been in civil and family courts in Wales in each month from June 2012 to June 2013. |
|
(163024)
|
57
N
|
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the closure of Rhyl family courts. |
|
(162907)
|
58
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether UK citizens returning to the UK after working abroad for a year or more will be affected by the restriction he proposes for access to legal aid to people who have been resident in the UK for the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162844)
|
59
N
|
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclists have been (a) killed and (b) seriously injured on the UK's roads for each of the last 3 years; and what steps the Government has taken to improve cycling safety. |
|
(162901)
|
60
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason people over the age of eligibility to receive a state pension are ineligible to receive a bereavement payment. |
|
(162904)
|
61
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 26 June 2013, Official Report, columns 303-334, on the Spending Review, what additional costs will be incurred as a result of (a) Upfront Work Search, (b) jobcentre attendance by lone parents of three and four year olds and (c) weekly signing for half of all jobseekers to be implemented in 2015-16. |
|
(162833)
|
62
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 26 June 2013, Official Report, columns 303-334, on the Spending Review, what saving he anticipates will accrue to his Department in 2015-16 as a result of the (a) application of the welfare cap, (b) introduction of a temperature test for the winter fuel payment and (c) new seven day wait before people can claim benefits. |
|
(162834)
|
63
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 26 June 2013, Official Report, columns 303-334, on the Spending Review, what criteria he will use to identify the under-performing programmes in his Department mentioned in that Statement; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162835)
|
64
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from the Chancellor of the Exchequer on under-performing programmes in his Department. |
|
(162836)
|
65
N
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 26 June 2013, Official Report, columns 303-334, on the Spending Review, what estimate he has made of the reduction in benefit spending in 2015-16 as a result of (a) Upfront Work Search, (b) weekly signing by jobseekers and (c) new conditionality for lone parents with a youngest child aged three and four years old. |
|
(162837)
|
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)
|
At 12noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.
*1
|
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 3 July. |
|
(162803)
|
*2
|
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
|
|
(162804)
|
*3
|
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
|
|
(162805)
|
*4
|
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
|
|
(162806)
|
*5
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
|
|
(162807)
|
*6
|
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
(Coventry North West):
|
|
(162808)
|
*7
|
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle Upon Tyne East):
When he plans to visit the North East of England. |
|
(162809)
|
*8
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
|
|
(162810)
|
*9
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
|
|
(162811)
|
*10
|
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
When he plans to visit Bury North constituency. |
|
(162812)
|
*11
|
Steve Baker
(Wycombe):
|
|
(162813)
|
*12
|
Thomas Docherty
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
|
|
(162814)
|
*13
|
Gemma Doyle
(West Dunbartonshire):
|
|
(162815)
|
*14
|
Dr Phillip Lee
(Bracknell):
|
|
(162816)
|
*15
|
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
|
|
(162817)
|
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)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 26 June
1
N
|
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of VAT liability on community interest companies delivering social care services on behalf of public authorities. |
|
(162494)
|
2
N
|
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many community interest companies have registered for VAT in each of the last five years for which data is available. |
|
(162495)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received medicine through the Cancer Drugs Fund in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Coventry and (c) Coventry South constituency since its introduction. |
|
(162796)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of people that will be affected by the move from the Cancer Drugs Fund to a value-based pricing system in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Coventry and (c) Coventry South constituency. |
|
(162797)
|
5
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer, what progress he has made in meeting the target for saving additional lives each year by 2014-15. |
|
(162798)
|
6
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what proportion of those who were unemployed having been made redundant by public sector bodies were women in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
|
(162724)
|
Notices given on Thursday 27 June
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department collects on the allocation of resources by local enterprise partnerships in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Coventry and (c) Coventry South constituency. |
|
(163043)
|
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)
|
Notices given on Thursday 27 June
1
N
|
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the times schools dedicate to teaching students about the risks associated with (a) illegal drugs, (b) prescription drugs and (c) legal highs; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162926)
|
2
N
|
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accident and emergency (a) attendances and (b) admissions relating to (i) illegal drug use and (ii) legal high use there were (A) in total and (B) in each hospital trust in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162923)
|
3
N
|
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 0 to 18 and (b) 19 and above were admitted to hospital following the abuse of (i) illegal drugs and (ii) legal highs in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162925)
|
4
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to facilitate the increase in lung donation for transplantation in respect of patients with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(162921)
|
5
N
|
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of trends of those who take legal highs moving on to take illegal drugs; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(162922)
|
6
N
|
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to her Department of policing illegal highs; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(162924)
|
MONDAY 8 JULY
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 27 June
1
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what happens to information held by private companies undertaking government contracts at the point of termination. |
|
(162919)
|
2
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited to the UK under a European arrest warrant each year since 2004; and how many such extraditions were for offences concerning (a) human trafficking, (b) child sex offences, (c) murder, (d) rape, (e) fraud, (f) grievous bodily harm, (g) robbery, (h) theft, (i) drug smuggling, (j) money laundering and (k) other offences. |
|
(162918)
|
3
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from the UK to another EU member state under a European arrest warrant each year since 2004; and how many such extraditions were for offences concerning (a) human trafficking, (b) child sex offences, (c) murder, (d) rape, (e) fraud, (f) grievous bodily harm, (g) robbery, (h) theft, (i) drugs smuggling, (j) money laundering and (k) other offences. |
|
(162920)
|
TUESDAY 9 JULY
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 27 June
1
N
|
Wayne David
(Caerphilly):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is that his Department is working to regarding the implementation of the proposal for a European regulation on the sound level of motor vehicles into UK law. |
|
(162852)
|
2
N
|
Wayne David
(Caerphilly):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation his Department plans to undertake regarding the proposal for a European regulation on the sound level of motor vehicles. |
|
(162853)
|
