Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Thursday 4 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 Wednesday 3 July 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Thursday 4 July 2013

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

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

THURSDAY 4 JULY
Questions for Oral Answer

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

*2	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to control the number of dogs being kept within a domestic property.
	(163114)

*3	John Mann (Bassetlaw): What assessment he has made of the effects of UK policy on the protection of endangered species worldwide.
	(163115)

*4	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What assessment he has made of the effects of the final Common Agricultural Policy settlement on the UK's ability to achieve its environmental objectives and 2020 targets.
	(163116)

*5	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the roll-out of broadband in rural areas.
	(163117)

*6	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What assessment he has made of trends in levels of food insecurity in the UK since 2010.
	(163118)

*7	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What recent progress has been made on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
	(163119)

*8	Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What progress his Department is making on the establishment of marine conservation zones.
	(163120)

*10	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): What recent progress he has made on flood insurance; and if he will make a statement.
	(163122)

*11	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the roll-out of broadband in rural areas.
	(163123)

*12	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What measures are in place to help people who live and work in the countryside to grow their businesses and create rural jobs.
	(163124)

*13	Andy Sawford (Corby): What assessment he has made of trends in levels of food insecurity in the UK since 2010.
	(163125)

*14	Priti Patel (Witham): What steps he plans to take to improve engagement between landowners and the Environment Agency in relation to flood defences.
	(163126)

*16	Stephen Timms (East Ham): What assessment he has made of proposals to reform the EU sugar regime.
	(163128)

*17	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What assessment he has made of trends in levels of food insecurity in the UK since 2010.
	(163129)

*18	Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What progress his Department has made on developing an holistic strategy on pollinators.
	(163130)

*20	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What recent progress he has made on rolling out broadband in rural areas.
	(163132)

At 10.05am

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

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

*1	Hugh Bayley (York Central): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities.
	(163133)

*2	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):
	(163134)

*3	Simon Wright (Norwich South):
	(163135)

*4	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):
	(163136)

*5	Julie Hilling (Bolton West):
	(163137)

*6	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South):
	(163138)

*7	Nick de Bois (Enfield North):
	(163139)

*8	Alison McGovern (Wirral South):
	(163140)

*9	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):
	(163141)

*10	Andrew George (St Ives):
	(163142)

At 10.15am

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners

*1	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent assessment the Church Commissioners have made of the effects of bats in churches; and if he will make a statement.
	(163103)

*2	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what guidance the Church of England plans to issue to parishes and church schools on pastoral care for same sex couples and their children.
	(163104)

*4	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what the policy of the Church Commissioners is on finding alternative uses for churches which are closed.
	(163106)

*5	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church Commissioners are taking to safeguard religious freedom; and if he will make a statement.
	(163107)

*6	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the financial performance of the Church Commissioners in 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(163108)

*7	Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church Commissioners plan to give to the Archbishop of Canterbury's initiative to promote credit unions; and if he will make a statement.
	(163109)

*8	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions have taken place between the Church Commissioners and the Association of English Cathedrals.
	(163110)

*9	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church Commissioners are taking to keep churches that are faced with closure open for worship and for the community.
	(163111)

*10	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what he learned from visiting the Kettering Street pastors on 8 June 2013.
	(163112)

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 time 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)

Notices given on Friday 28 June

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the financial effects of the Glastonbury music festival on the (a) local and (b) national economy.
	(163101)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the benefits to the economy of the music festival industry.
	(163102)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the potential effects of reforms to legal aid on victims of trafficking and domestic violence.
	(163100)

Notices given on Monday 1 July

1 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Attorney General, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163207)

2 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163206)

3 N	Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take in response to the findings of his Department's research report, Evaluation of the value of Tier 4 international students to FE colleges and the UK economy, published in April 2013.
	(163261)

4 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria he applied in determining the allocation of EU funding for Liverpool City region in the period 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	(163370)

5 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of how many young people aged between 18 and 24 will enrol on a traineeship in the academic year 2013-14.
	(163317)

6 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from its apprenticeship and adult skills budget he expects his Department to allocate for the delivery of traineeships in the academic year 2013-14.
	(163318)

7 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 26 June 2013, Official Report, column 315, on the Spending Review, what additional resources his Department plans to provide for the delivery of ESOL provision for jobseekers in receipt of benefit.
	(163319)

8 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who the members of his Department's Security Standards Working Group are; and what support is offered to small businesses to participate.
	(163391)

9 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential value to UK businesses working to support the development of the Canadian oil sands.
	(163328)

10 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members of staff currently working in his Department on the interim business bank have been recruited externally from the private sector.
	(163360)

11 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications his Department has received for funds under his Department's Investment Programme as part of the business bank proposals announced on 10 April 2013; and what the total aggregate monetary value is of the applications for funds received to date under the Investment Programme.
	(163361)

12 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans to announce successful bidders under the Investment Programme.
	(163362)

13 N	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to reviewing the availability for sale of Chinese lanterns.
	(163333)

14 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163205)

15 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of unemployed university graduates in (a) Barnsley, (b) Barnsley Central constituency, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England.
	(163311)

16 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area and (c) South Yorkshire went to university in academic year (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
	(163312)

17 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what premises are available under the Space for Growth scheme; when each such premises became available to businesses; and how many applications have been received from businesses for work space under the Space for Growth scheme to date.
	(163358)

18 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many workstations are currently (a) available and (b) being used by businesses at each office location available under the Space for Growth scheme.
	(163359)

19 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative estimate he has made of the rate of increase of average earnings and the consumer price index.
	(163211)

21 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential use of VAT avoidance schemes in the public sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(163225)

22 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the number of NHS trusts in England receiving professional advice on reducing their VAT liability; what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(163226)

23 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of households in mortgage arrears, (b) number of repossessions and (c) number of households benefiting from the Mortgage Rescue Scheme (i) in each region of England, (ii) in each London borough and (iii) in total in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(163380)

24 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163204)

25 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of unoccupied residential properties in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK.
	(163331)

26 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many vending machines in her Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163208)

27 N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the minutes of and list the attendees at the recent internet and child safety summit held by her Department.
	(163314)

28 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British (a) civilian and (b) service personnel are involved in the F-35 pilot and maintainer training at Eglin US Air Force Base.
	(163259)

29 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units are currently stationed at the army base on Thorney Island, West Sussex.
	(163270)

30 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for future use of the runways at the army base at Thorney Island, West Sussex.
	(163271)

31 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire were eligible for free school meals in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each of the last 10 years.
	(163203)

32 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the digital communication requirements of smart meters; and what assessment he has made of the mobile and broadband communications infrastructure required in rural areas.
	(163386)

33 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with mobile network operators and broadband companies on the coverage of mobile signal and broadband and communication requirements of smart meters in rural areas.
	(163387)

34 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with energy companies on the digital communication requirements of smart meters.
	(163388)

35
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which programmes and projects were undertaken by his Department under its priority to, help to enhance the environment and biodiversity in each of the last three financial years; what the spending was on each in each such year; and what estimate he has made of likely spend on each such programme and project for each of the next three years.

(163381)

36
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which programmes and projects were undertaken by his Department under its priority to, support a strong and sustainable green economy in each of the last three financial years; what the spending was on each in each such year; and what estimate he has made of likely spend on each such programme and project for each of the next three years.

(163382)

37
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what programmes and projects were undertaken by his Department under its priority to, prepare and manage risk from animal and plant diseases in each of the last three financial years; what the spending was on each in each such year; and what estimate he has made of likely spend on each such programme and project for each of the next three years.

(163383)

38
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what programmes and projects were undertaken by his Department under its priority to, prepare and manage risk from environmental emergencies in each of the last three financial years; what the spending was on each in each such year; and what estimate he has made of likely spend on each such programme and project for each of the next three years.

(163384)

39
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what programmes and projects were undertaken by his Department under its priority, adapting to climate change programme in each of the last three financial years; what the spending was on each in each such year; and what estimate he has made of likely spend on each such programme and project for each of the next three years.

(163385)

41 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for the Home Department (a) the prevalence of crimes on farms and (b) the effects of such crime on farms and farmers.
	(163262)

42 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of household waste in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England was recycled in each year for which figures are available.
	(163369)

43 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage loss in bee colonies in the UK during (a) the last five years and (b) the last 12 months; to what factors he attributes that loss; and if he will make a statement.
	(163320)

44 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of honey-bee hives in the UK which is the critical minimum below which UK food production and sustainability will be seriously damaged.
	(163321)

45
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) the British Beekeepers' Association and (b) the Bee Farmers' Association will be invited to participate in the Government's review of the decline in bee colony numbers; whether the review will be completed in time for action to be taken to improve bee habitat by spring 2014; and whether legislation is likely to be required to tackle the causes of the decline.

(163322)

46 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason UK production of honey is significantly lower than the EU average as a proportion of national consumption; and what steps he plans to take to increase that proportion.
	(163323)

47
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment he has made of the contribution to maintaining the scale of UK bee colonies made by (a) amateur and (b) professional beekeepers; what the reason is for the disparity in grants provided by his Department for training and other beekeeping promotional activities to (i) the amateur British Beekeepers' Association and (ii) the professional Bee Farmers' Association; and what assessment he has made of the lessons that can be learned in England and Wales from steps taken in (A) Scotland and (B) overseas countries to tackle serious losses in bee colony totals.

(163324)

49 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work the British High Commission in Ottawa is doing to support UK industry in the Canadian oil sands.
	(163330)

50 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff in Hull and East Yorkshire Primary Care Trust were paid over (a) £50,000, (b) £65,738 and (c) £100,000 in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(163214)

51 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) consultants, (b) registrars and (c) nurse practitioners working in accident and emergency departments in England in each of the last 10 years.
	(163216)

52 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of doctors choosing to specialise in emergency medicine following their (a) Foundation Year 1 and (b) Foundation Year 2 in each of the last 10 years.
	(163217)

53 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of national training posts for emergency medicine were unfilled in each of the last five years.
	(163218)

54 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of unfilled posts in accident and emergency departments in each hospital trust in England in each of the last five years.
	(163219)

55 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent low staffing levels in accident and emergency departments in England.
	(163220)

56 N	Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of students with a Tier 4 visa approving study in a (a) university, (b) further education college and (c) private college (i) enrolled in the institution, (ii) remained until the end of the course and (iii) returned to their home country in the last three years.
	(163222)

57 N	Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Tier 4 visa applications to study in a (a) university, (b) further education college and (c) private college were refused by the UK Border Agency in each of the last three years.
	(163223)

58 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of immigration appeal cases her Department withdrew its decision on the day of the hearing in each of the last three years.
	(163356)

59 N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of her Department's total spending has been spent on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre in each year since its inception; and what proportion of her Department's budget is forecast to be spent on CEOP in each of the next three years.
	(163315)

60 N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procedure is for the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre paying for costs of recovery of evidence from internet service providers when investigating cases of online child abuse.
	(163316)

61 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the Palestinian Authority's payment of salaries to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
	(163329)

62 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish an age impact assessment of the proposals contained in his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid.
	(163371)

63 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish an equality impact assessment of the proposals contained in his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid.
	(163372)

64 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his estimate of potential savings in the legal aid budget assumes a potential increase in costs to the court system arising from additional numbers of litigants in person.
	(163373)

65 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the annual costs to the court system of litigants in person.
	(163374)

66 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has made of future changes in fees for experts within the legal aid budget.
	(163375)

67
N

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) under the age of 18, (b) aged between 18 and 24 and (c) aged over 25 years old were in receipt of legal aid for each category of justiciable matter in the latest year for which figures are available; what proportion of all recipients of legal aid this represented; what the cost to the public purse of providing such aid was; and what estimate he has made of such figures if the proposals contained in his Department's Transforming Legal Aid: delivering a more creditable and efficient system consultation were fully implemented.

(163376)

68
N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will request the Salvation Army, as part of its contract for support services to adult victims of human trafficking (a) to collect, from 1 August 2013, additional data each month on the countries in which those subject to trafficking are first identified and (b) to identify which police force, non-governmental organisation or other first responder made the initial referral; and if he will make a statement.

(163335)

69 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to establish procedures to record counties in which those subject to human trafficking are discovered.
	(163336)

70 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to introduce specialist courts to try offences (a) of child sexual abuse and (b) all sexual offences.
	(163332)

71 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proposed timescale for identification of the specific site for the North Wales prison is.
	(163224)

72 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total budget is for the North Wales prison project.
	(163229)

73 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when work will commence on the building of the new prison in North Wales.
	(163260)

74 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, what Ian Livingston's intended ministerial responsibilities are.
	(163227)

75 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a full declaration of Ian Livingston's interests and assets.
	(163228)

76 N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, when the Government intends to make the public version of the Cabinet Office review of alternatives to Trident available to Parliament.
	(163334)

77 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he, (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (c) the Minister without Portfolio attended the recent Bilderberg conference at Watford in an official capacity; and whether any previous attendance at Bilderberg conferences has been in an official capacity.
	(163352)

78 N	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the tolling of existing roads.
	(163213)

79 N	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria have been used to assess whether existing roads being enhanced should be tolled for future use.
	(163221)

80 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to ensure that money allocated by his Department to the single local growth fund will be spent on transport.
	(163353)

81 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what input his Department will have into the allocation of monies from the single local growth fund.
	(163354)

82 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by which criteria bids for the single local growth fund will be judged; and what role his Department will play in the allocation of funding.
	(163355)

83 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's announcement of 27 June 2013, whether the indicative allocations from the local authority transport major projects fund to local enterprise partnerships have been superseded by those monies placed in the single local growth fund in the 2013 Spending Review.
	(163357)

84 N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stretches of the A27 running through West Sussex are categorised as (a) severe congestion, (b) regular congestion, (c) moderate congestion and (d) occasional congestion according to his Department's forecasts up to 2040.
	(163325)

85 N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Report by HM Treasury, Investing in Britain's Future, published June 2013, Cm 8669, what the level and estimated completion date of improvements to the A27 running between Southwick Tunnel and West Worthing will be.
	(163326)

86 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that self-employed people should be able to pay voluntary Class 1 National Insurance contributions to ensure that they are eligible for contribution based jobseeker's allowance if they become unemployed.
	(163230)

87 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were referred on to the Work Programme in June 2011 have had (a) no job start and (b) no job outcome to date.
	(163276)

88 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been in the Work Programme for more than 12 months have had (a) no job start and (b) no job outcome to date.
	(163277)

89 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which Work Programme contract package areas market shift will be taking place as a result of providers' underperformance.
	(163278)

90 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on each passported benefit for jobseeker's allowance claimants, in each of the last three years; and how much he estimates will be spent on such benefits in each of the next three years.
	(163313)

91 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 26 June 2013, Official Report, column 314, on the Spending Review, what process is in place to assess under-performing programmes.
	(163327)

92 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) cystic fibrosis, (b) rheumatoid arthritis and (c) multiple sclerosis placed in the work-related activity group for employment and support allowance have been reassessed to date; and how many have been found fit for work following that reassessment.
	(163210)

93 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) cystic fibrosis, (b) rheumatoid arthritis and (c) multiple sclerosis placed in the support group for employment and support allowance have been reassessed to date; and how many have been placed in the work-related activity group following that reassessment.
	(163212)

94 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether unemployed people aged between 18 and 24 enrolled on the Government's traineeship programme will be eligible to claim jobseeker's allowance for the duration of their traineeship.
	(163263)

95 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 25 March 2013, Official Report, column 986W, on social security benefits, what the total amount of benefit withheld from fixed jobseeker's allowance sanctions was in 2012-13.
	(163202)

96 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances a person who had been on the Work Programme for two years without achieving a sustained job outcome and had been returned to Jobcentre Plus for support would be referred to the Work Programme again; and if he will make a statement.
	(163272)

97 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the market shift mechanism will operate in Work Programme contract package areas where all prime providers have fallen short of the minimum performance standard; and if he will make a statement.
	(163273)

98 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets he has set for Jobcentre Plus in supporting people who leave the Work Programme without having achieved a sustained job outcome; and if he will make a statement.
	(163274)

99 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to return to jobcentres having completed two years on the Work Programme without achieving a sustained job outcome in each of the next 12 months.
	(163275)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 July

1 N	Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent assessment the Church Commissioners have made of the cost to visitors of accessing religious buildings.
	[Question Unstarred] (163105)

2 N	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the provision of affordable flood insurance.
	[Question Unstarred] (163121)

3 N	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on railway extensions on woodlands and the environment.
	[Question Unstarred][Transferred] (163131)

4 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Overseas Territories comply with the standards of beneficial ownership agreed at the June 2013 G8 Summit; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (163209)

5 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what inquiries his Department has made into (a) the beneficial ownership of the network of companies associated with the ABP Food Group and their relationship with Larry Goodman, (b) the frauds he is known to have committed and (c) the investigations into fraudulent mis-labelling of meat in Northern Ireland.
	[Transferred] (163379)

6 N	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) length of scheme, (b) total estimated cost, (c) contribution set aside from the Government, (d) expected contribution from local government, (e) expected contribution from the private sector and (f) expected contribution from tolling is of each road scheme announced in the Infrastructure Review.
	[Transferred] (163215)

7	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Attorney General, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of the Law Officers' Departments (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163544)

8	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish a list of meetings held by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department over the last 12 months on Government policy on mandatory public disclosure of voting practices by institutional investors.
	(163503)

9	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of institutional investors publicly disclosed their voting records in the latest period for which figures are available; how many such disclosures were of (a) summary figures and (b) full breakdowns of voting practices on particular issues at particular companies.
	(163504)

10	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment his Department has conducted of the impact in (a) France, (b) the US and (c) other countries of policies on voting disclosure in jurisdictions in which institutional investors are obliged to publicly disclose their voting practices.
	(163505)

Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he has had any discussions with senior management of (a) Barclays Bank, (b) RBS Group, (c) HSBC Banking Group and (d) Lloyds Banking Group on the progress that they have made in providing offers of redress to their own customers through the provisions of the Financial Conduct Authority redress scheme for businesses mis-sold interest rate swaps; and if he will make a statement.

(163509)

12	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163543)

13	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of whether the Financial Reporting Review Panel's (a) resources and (b) expertise are sufficient to fulfil the Government's commitment to ensure that directors' social and environmental duties have to be covered in company reporting.
	(163482)

14	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the London Economics report entitled The outcomes associated with the BTEC route of degree level acquisition.
	(163569)

15	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what processes are in place to scrutinise the (a) efficacy, (b) accuracy and (c) value for money of bids for the Future Cities Project under the auspices of the Technology Strategy Board; and if he will make a statement.
	(163475)

16	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of the shipping industry on the application of European Union directives on (i) collective redundancies and (ii) transfer of undertakings to seafarers.
	(163415)

17	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that European Union Directives on (a) collective redundancies and (b) transfer of undertakings are applied to seafarers.
	(163416)

18	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that European Union directives on (a) protection of employees in the event of employer insolvency, (b) the European Works Council and (c) informing and consulting employees are applied to seafarers.
	(163418)

19	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to the recent conclusions of the European Commission's Task Force on Maritime Employment and Competitiveness; and if he will make a statement.
	(163498)

20	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Government products and services have been (a) added to and (b) removed from the range available at post offices since May 2010.
	(163635)

21	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of changes to the range of Government products and services available at post offices; and what the effect on Post Office incomes has been since May 2010.
	(163636)

22	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total income was from Government services for sub-post offices in each year since 2005.
	(163637)

23	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of graduates from each Russell Group university applied to the Teach First programme in each year since that programme's creation.
	(163413)

24	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for the abolition of the UK Advisory Network; and whether he has any plans to offer a replacement or alternative to the businesses that used it.
	(163655)

25	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many overpayments were made by the Student Loans Company in error in the 2012-13 financial year.
	[R] (163412)

26	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) permanent workers, (b) temporary workers and (c) zero-hour contracts there were in the Royal Mail in each of the last 10 years.
	(163566)

27	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average wage is of a Royal Mail employee.
	(163567)

28	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have been employed by the Royal Mail in each (a) region, (b) county and (c) parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 years.
	(163568)

29	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Construction 2025 Industrial Strategy: government and industry in partnership, published on 2 July 2013, what additional support he plans to provide to businesses to help exploit the export potential of digital and building information modelling capabilities.
	(163483)

30	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Construction 2025 Industrial Strategy: government and industry in partnership, published on 2 July 2013, how much resource he plans to provide from UK Export Finance Services to major construction firms for the purposes of exporting.
	(163484)

31	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Construction 2025 Industrial Strategy: government and industry in partnership, published on 2 July 2013, what his expected timescale is for the development of a construction supply chain payment charter.
	(163485)

32	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Construction 2025 Industrial Strategy: government and industry in partnership, published on 2 July 2013, what steps he is taking to improve standards in health and safety on smaller projects.
	(163486)

33	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Construction 2025 Industrial Strategy: government and industry in partnership, published on 2 July 2013, what protocols and standards he plans to bring forward regarding building information modelling.
	(163487)

34	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average (a) time taken to open the post upon receipt of a letter and (b) time to process and action a letter for Companies House was in each of the last eight quarters; and if he will make a statement.
	(163644)

35	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163545)

36	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the distributional consequences were of payments of pension tax relief in respect of persons on (a) the basic rate of income tax, (b) the higher rate of income tax and (c) the supplementary rate of income tax, by income decile of the population, in each of the last four financial years.
	(163640)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the payments were of pension tax relief in respect of persons on (a) the basic rate of income tax, (b) the higher rate of income tax and (c) the supplementary rate of income tax in each of the last four financial years; and what levels of those payments accrued to individuals as categorised by income decile of the population.

(163641)

38	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 406W, on Financial Services, which activities of Tiuta Plc fell under the supervision of the Financial Services Authority.
	(163605)

39	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Sita Trust report, Sita Trust's Funds Held, submitted in response to his Department's Funds Held challenge.
	(163602)

40	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163560)

41	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether savings covered by the terms and limits of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme are protected against (a) ad hoc restrictions of access, (b) bank bail-ins and (c) other forms of expropriation or forced conversion.
	(163688)

42	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct National Savings and Investments to make National Savings index-linked savings certificates permanently available to savers with immediate effect.
	(163689)

43	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in unspent discretionary housing payments has been returned to the Exchequer by each local authority in Wales in the last five financial years; and what comparative assessment he has made of the proportion of such payments returned by local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) England.
	(163476)

44	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, for what reason prayers are not permitted at civil weddings; and if he will make a statement.
	(163424)

45	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163546)

46	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been required to leave their homes in the North of England since the introduction of the under occupancy penalty.
	(163599)

47	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes containing two or more bedrooms under local authority or housing association control were lying empty in the north of England immediately prior to the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty tax.
	(163603)

48	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of people required to leave their homes and move into private rented accommodation as a result of the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty in the north of England.
	(163604)

49	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Statement of 1 July 2013, Official Report, columns 24-5W, on planning and Travellers, if he will extend the provisions put in place for greenbelt land to areas designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and if he will make a statement.
	(163600)

50	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made following the Portas Review on promoting the inclusion of the high street in neighbourhood plans.
	(163664)

51	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made following the Portas Review on running a high profile campaign to get people involved in neighbourhood plans.
	(163665)

52	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made following the Portas Review on introducing a public register of high street landlords.
	(163666)

53	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted any studies into variations in the fees charged by local authorities and utility companies in relation to disabled facilities grants.
	(163573)

54	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many disabled facilities grants were approved in the last five years in England and Wales.
	(163574)

55	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what work his Department has done to assess value for money in relation to disabled facilities grants.
	(163575)

56	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provided to local authorities on the disabled facilities grant regime; and whether he plans to review such guidance.
	(163576)

57	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of local authorities' capacity to match-fund the further £250 million in funding for superfast broadband which has been proposed for 2015.
	(163643)

58	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of her Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163547)

59	Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the letter from HM Industrial Pollution Directorate to Lord James Douglas Hamilton in 1990 detailing that debris from demolition work at the air station HMS Merlin was used for infilling purposes between 1944 and 1951.
	(163478)

60	Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the paper written in September 1992 from his Department to the Committee on Medical Aspects of radiation in the environment which named the Dalgety Bay area as a site of contamination.
	(163479)

61	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum decimal noise measurements were from the Shoeburyness explosion site on the morning of 7 June 2013.
	(163501)

62	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what munitions were being tested at the Shoeburyness explosion site on the morning of 7 June 2013; and whether the noise exceeded the recommended maximum of noise pollution levels.
	(163502)

63	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163548)

64	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent research has been carried out by his Department into alternative base sites in the UK for the nuclear deterrent or submarines from HM Naval Base Clyde.
	(163649)

65	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans residing in Halton constituency are in receipt of (a) war pension scheme, (b) armed forces compensation scheme and (c) armed forces pension scheme payments.
	(163490)

66	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of World War Two veterans in (a) Halton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK.
	(163495)

67	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists there were in Halton constituency in 1 April 2013.
	(163496)

68	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163549)

69	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what minimum expectations of delivery he has issued to local authorities on the delivery of youth services.
	(163577)

70	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding of and level of spend for youth services.
	(163578)

71	Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has assessed the potential social, educational and economic benefits of supporting play therapy and early intervention at key stage 1.
	(163650)

72	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much each school has received under the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund in each year of that fund's operation; and in which parliamentary constituency is each such school based.
	(163582)

73	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in each parliamentary constituency in England will receive funding under the Priority Schools Building Programme in the next three years.
	(163583)

74	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 1013W, on schools: standards, if he will ask HM Chief Inspector to provide the requested data for May 2010 according to the constituency boundaries that came into force in that month.
	(163597)

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) written, (b) email and (c) telephone representations he has received on (i) his plans to alleviate fuel poverty in the private rented sector, (ii) the operation of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and (iii) the disconnection of (A) gas and (B) electricity supplies in each month since May 2010; how many such representations were from (1) individuals and (2) organisations; if he will place in the Library copies of responses sent to such representations; and if he will make a statement.

(163570)

76	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of (a) section 1 and (b) section 2 of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; what recent representations he has received on the operation of the Act; and what responses he gave to such representations.
	(163581)

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many hon. Members wrote to his Department on behalf of constituents about (a) steps taken to alleviate fuel poverty in the private rented sector, (b) the operation of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and (c) the disconnection of (i) gas and (ii) electricity supplies in the last 12 months; what the average time taken to reply was; if he will place in the Library a copy of each such reply; and if he will make a statement.

(163594)

78	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with counterparts in HM Treasury on the operation of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(163595)

79	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's progress towards eradicating fuel poverty for all households in England by 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	(163596)

80	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria National Grid would use to determine whether new electricity transmission projects would be constructed overground or underground.
	(163651)

81	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many miles of electricity transmission cabling were constructed by National Grid (a) overground and (b) underground in each of the last five years.
	(163652)

82	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost is of installing electricity transmission cables (a) overground via pylons and (b) underground; and if he will make a statement.
	(163653)

83	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the intention of Western Powers Distribution to construct electricity pylons between TAN 8 area G in north Carmarthenshire to the national grid located in South Carmarthenshire.
	(163654)

84	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163550)

85	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the total annual contribution of the container port market to domestic levels of carbon emissions.
	(163417)

86	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total carbon emissions from (a) road freight and (b) rail freight were in each year since 1993-94.
	(163420)

87	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the annual contribution to carbon emissions from the road transport sector; and what steps he is taking to support an acceleration in modal shift of freight from road to rail as a means of reducing levels of carbon emissions.
	(163421)

88	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Home Office and the devolved administrations on specialist policing support for tackling wildlife crime.
	(163639)

89	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents have been reported to his Department of milk infected by tuberculosis (TB) since May 2010; and for what reasons his Department bans the sale of milk known to be infected by TB.
	(163633)

90	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department decided to sell for human consumption beef known to be infected by bovine TB; how much revenue has been earned from such sales to date; and why that meat is not labelled as having bovine TB.
	(163663)

91	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to introduce a total ban on the sale of Chinese lanterns.
	(163598)

92	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that new elements of the National Pollinator Strategy are implemented before the spring of 2014.
	(163696)

93	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to set out a clear timetable for action to reverse bee decline in the UK.
	(163697)

94	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measurable targets he plans to set for reversing the decline of bees and other pollinators as part of the National Pollinator Strategy.
	(163698)

95	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans to involve (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) other Government departments in the National Pollinator Strategy.
	(163699)

96	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the UK will lead the way internationally in developing strategies to reverse the decline of bees and other pollinators.
	(163700)

Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the speech of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Lord de Mauley of 28 June 2013, when his Department expects to (a) finish collecting the results of the urgent and comprehensive review of current policy on pollinators, (b) finalise the new National Pollinator Strategy and (c) begin implementing the National Pollinator Strategy.

(163707)

98	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163551)

99	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the future work programme of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel.
	(163638)

100	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the upcoming expiry of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan's mandate in that country; and what representations he has made regarding its renewal.
	(163662)

101	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the use of Swedish-made weapons against ethnic minorities in Kachin State, Burma.
	(163488)

102	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on whether draft laws in Burma which are being drafted with the assistance of the Government are being treated as state secrets by the government of Burma and what the reasons are for such a practice.
	(163499)

103	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of British citizens residing permanently in the Dominican Republic.
	(163628)

104	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of judicial processes in the Dominican Republic; and if he will make a statement.
	(163629)

105	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the Government has intervened to make representations on behalf of British citizens detained in the Dominican Republic in the last 10 years.
	(163630)

106	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are currently detained following conviction in the Dominican Republic; and what the average length of sentence is.
	(163631)

107	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are currently detained awaiting trial in the Dominican Republic.
	(163632)

108	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the Israeli Attorney-General in June 2013 on implementing measures to require audio-visual recordings of all interrogations of Palestinian children by the Israeli military and to make these available to the children's lawyers.
	(163691)

109	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the Israeli Attorney-General on putting an end to the Israeli military practice of arresting Palestinian children by night.
	(163692)

110	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he had with the Israeli Attorney-General on ending the Israeli military practice of shackling Palestinian children.
	(163693)

111	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he had with the Israeli Attorney-General on ending the practice of keeping Palestinian children in solitary confinement while in Israeli military custody.
	(163694)

112	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he had with the Israeli Attorney-General on ending the practice of transferring Palestinian children from the West Bank to military custody in Israel.
	(163695)

113	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163552)

114	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official souvenirs were given to attendees at the conclusion of the G8 Summit at Loch Erne; and what the cost of those souvenirs was.
	(163607)

115	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government has relating to the involvement of the (a) Arakan Liberation Party and (b) Rakhine National Development Party in inciting, organising and carrying out attacks against ethnic Rohingya in Burma.
	(163658)

116	Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Kenya in relation to seeking a resolution over Kenyan public sector pensions.
	(163477)

117	Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Palestinian Authority on its use of maps depicting a State of Palestine replacing Israel.
	(163422)

118	Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Palestinian Authority about reports that PA TV has broadcast a video calling on Palestinians to raise flags over all Israeli cities and villages.
	(163423)

119	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163553)

120	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care assistants in Halton constituency are on zero hours contracts.
	(163491)

121	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances there were in the North West Ambulance service area in (a) 1 April 1998, (b) 1 April 2010 and (c) 1 April 2012.
	(163492)

122	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists there were in Halton constituency in (a) April 1998, (b) April 2010 and (c) April 2012.
	(163493)

123	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there were in Halton constituency in (a) April 1998, (b) April 2010 and (c) April 2012.
	(163494)

124	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) current and (b) former members of the police service (i) currently serve and (ii) served between 2005 and 2012, on the Independent Police Complaints Commission, by police force area; in what capacity they served; and if she will make a statement.
	(163564)

125	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research she has commissioned into the level of public confidence in the Independent Police Complaints Commission since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(163572)

126	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Independent Police Complaints Commissioner; when each such meeting took place; what issues were discussed; and if she will make a statement.
	(163584)

127	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of her Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163554)

128	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review the guidance on the standard of English language required by spousal visa applicants.
	(163601)

129	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued (a) nationally and (b) in Peterborough constituency in each of the last five years; and what the rate of breach of anti-social behaviour orders was (i) nationally and (ii) in Peterborough constituency in each such year.
	(163580)

130	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department provides to communities impoverished by land confiscation in Burma.
	(163500)

131	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her recent commitment, at the Nutrition for Growth Summit, to increase funding for nutrition specific interventions by eight per cent between 2013 and 2020 will include activities and programmes that focus on water, sanitation and hygiene; and if she will make a statement.
	(163480)

132	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the financial commitment made at the recent Nutrition for Growth Summit of increased funding of eight per cent between 2013 and 2020 will be broken down across her Department's programmes; and if she will make a statement.
	(163481)

133	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of her Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163555)

134	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Government plans to address the endemic nature of corruption through use of the development budget in countries lacking transparency.
	(163656)

135	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government provides to ethnic Rohingya from Burma who have fled to Bangladesh.
	(163657)

136	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many members of the public have attended each meeting of the Essex Probation Board in each of the last 12 months for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.
	(163571)

137	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what Directorate within his Department has policy responsibility for Essex Probation Trust; how many officials of each Civil Service grade are employed within this Directorate; and if he will make a statement.
	(163585)

138	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps Essex Probation Trust (EPT) (a) have taken and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years to increase its cost-effectiveness; what meetings officials in his Department have had with EPT on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(163586)

139	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the response from Essex Probation Trust to each request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, where the request was agreed to and answered in (a) full and (b) part since October 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(163587)

140	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff employed by Essex Probation Trust were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for misusing the government procurement card in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(163588)

141	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of Essex Probation Trust's government procurement card transaction data including (a) the date of transaction, (b) the merchant, (c) the value and (d) a description of each item of expenditure incurred since October 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(163589)

142	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent reports he has received of the morale of probation officers in the Essex Probation Trust area; and if he will make a statement.
	(163590)

143	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group on probation in the Essex Probation Trust area reoffended in each of the last 12 months for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.
	(163591)

144	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 10 most frequent offences committed by (a) males and (b) females in each age group on probation within Essex Probation Trust area were in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(163592)

145	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps Essex Probation Trust (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years to reduce reoffending in (i) Southend-on-Sea and (ii) Essex; and if he will make a statement.
	(163593)

146	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding he is providing for identified victims of human trafficking after they have exited the Salvation Army Trafficking Support Scheme.
	(163648)

147	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163556)

148	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the RSPCA has achieved a criminal conviction in each of the last 15 years; how many of those convictions were for breaches of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 in each such year; and what the nature was of each offence, by type.
	(163563)

149	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private prosecutions were brought by the RSPCA (a) in the five years prior to November 2010 and (b) in each year since.
	(163690)

150	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review the law relating to presumption of death provisions.
	(163506)

151	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what practical assistance is given to those whose loved ones are missing presumed dead.
	(163507)

152	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place to allow all lines of police enquiry and evidence to be pursued before any decision regarding presumption of death can be made; and if he will make a statement.
	(163508)

153	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place for expert witnesses to conduct interviews with prisoners in private at Close Supervision Centre HM Prison Woodhill; and if he will make a statement.
	(163565)

154	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of her Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163557)

155	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff, of each grade, were employed by her Department in each year since 1998.
	(163608)

156	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department's budget has been in each year since 1998.
	(163609)

157	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral Answer of 27 February 2013, Official Report, column 306, when he will (a) respond to the petition of the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire on food banks and (b) answer the hon. Member's subsequent email correspondence of 27 February 2013 and 12 March 2013 relating to that issue.
	(163627)

158	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters in respect of Pakistan's continued possession of nuclear weapons he discussed with his Pakistani counterpart during his recent visit to Pakistan.
	(163634)

159	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of No. 10 Downing Street (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163558)

160	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) assessment and (b) recommendations the Adviser on Ministers' Interests has made on the scale of shareholdings in British Telecom held by Ian Livingston.
	(163414)

161	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163559)

162	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cycling (a) fatalities and (b) serious injuries occurred among (i) adults and (ii) children in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such (A) adults and (B) children was wearing helmets.
	(163489)

163	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average annual course fees are for deck and engine officer qualifications.
	(163579)

164	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect that the introduction of Network Rail's new track access charges for freight operating companies will have on annual rail freight volumes from and to UK ports.
	(163701)

165	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect that Network Rail's introduction of track access charges for freight operating companies will have on annual volumes of freight carried by (a) rail and (b) road.
	(163702)

166	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent research he has conducted into the volumes of freight moved (a) to and (b) from container ports in the UK by (i) road and (ii) rail in each of the last 10 years.
	(163703)

167	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase multi-modal freight capacity in the UK port sector.
	(163704)

168	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Network Rail regarding freight capacity at UK ports.
	(163705)

169	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the proportion of model shifts from road to rail in (a) passenger and (b) freight services that have occurred since 1993-94.
	(163706)

170	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of the shipping industry regarding the application of European Union legislation to seafarers.
	(163419)

171	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to the recent conclusions of the European Commission's Task Force on Maritime Employment and Competitiveness; and if he has discussed these conclusions with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	(163497)

172	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable Network Rail to be considered a public body for the purposes of auditing by the National Audit Office.
	(163618)

173	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that Network Rail is audited by the National Audit Office; and if he will make a statement.
	(163619)

174	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to make Network Rail subject to scrutiny by the National Audit Office; and if he will make a statement.
	(163620)

175	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve the level of public scrutiny on the performance of Network Rail.
	(163621)

176	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163561)

177	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what consultation has been carried out by her Department with the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland on the provisions of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill as far as they relate to Northern Ireland; what representations she has received from the Commission on this matter; and if she will make a statement.
	(163606)

178	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 599, on free school meals, what assessment he has made of how many and what proportion of families with children in receipt of free school meals are living in poverty.
	(163645)

179	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 599, on free school meals, what assessment he has made of how many and what proportion of families with children in receipt of free school meals earn more than £135 a week.
	(163646)

180	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 599, on free school meals, if he will set a date for the publication of plans for the future of free school meals under universal credit.
	(163647)

181

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department plans to make of any over or underspend by his Department of discretionary housing payment allocations by councils in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales in 2013-14; what information his Department is seeking from those councils to make that estimate; and how frequently that estimate will be reviewed.

(163642)

182	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many respite hours per week parents with children who (a) are autistic, (b) have cerebral palsy and (c) have spina bifida are entitled to.
	(163659)

183	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which body or authority ultimately determines whether a parent receives any respite hours when coping with a child who has spina bifida.
	(163660)

184	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which body or authority ultimately determines whether a parent receives any respite hours when coping with a child who has cerebral palsy.
	(163661)

185	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(163562)

FRIDAY 5 JULY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 1 July

1 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to publish the response to the consultation on Alcohol Fraud: legislative measures to tackle existing and emerging threats to the UK alcohol duty regime.
	(163337)

2 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legislative proposals the Government plans to bring forward to tackle alcohol duty fraud.
	(163338)

3 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish each response received to the consultation on Alcohol Fraud: legislative measures to tackle existing and emerging threats to the UK alcohol duty regime.
	(163339)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 July

1 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the number of businesses offered redress as part of their redress scheme for businesses mis-sold interest rate hedging products; and if he will make a statement.
	(163537)

2
N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the judgement by the Court of Justice of the European Union, in the case VG Wort v Kyocera on 27 June 2013, on his proposal for an exception to copyright for private copying that allows for appropriate compensation to be paid at the point of sale.

(163399)

3 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the triennial review of the Industry Training Boards for Construction, Engineering Construction and Film Industry Training Boards is expected to be completed.
	(163708)

4 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the profit margins were of the Royal Mail in each of the last 10 years.
	(163685)

5 N	Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs which have been created or safeguarded by foreign direct investment from other EU countries in (a) total and (b) each NUTS 1 region in each year since 2003.
	(163615)

6 N	Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in each NUTS 1 region which are dependent on trade with the European Union.
	(163616)

7 N	Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) total and (b) each NUTS 1 region conducted trade in (i) services and (ii) goods with other EU countries in the last 12 months.
	(163617)

8 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in Barnsley Central constituency who will receive the £2,000 enterprise allowance.
	(163675)

9 N	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the change in rent arrears owed to housing associations and local authorities since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty; and if he will publish statistics on that matter.
	(163683)

10 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people sleeping rough in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) England and (d) the UK.
	(163672)

11 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have resolved to use powers to regulate lapdancing clubs under the Police and Crime Act 2009.
	(163402)

12 N	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the lessons of the fire at Smethwick on 1-2 July 2013 for the adequacy of current and planned levels of fire and rescue resources nationally.
	(163610)

13 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163525)

14 N	James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the viability of developing housing on his Department's land in Shoeburyness.
	(163532)

15 N	James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals his Department has received to develop housing on its land in Shoeburyness.
	(163533)

16 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 401W, on procurement, what the total sum saved through his Department's re-negotiation of contracts is since May 2010.
	(163709)

17 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 400W, on Iran, what the assessed and agreed potential liability is to international military services of funds owed to Iran.
	(163684)

18 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163527)

19 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163526)

20 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many companies who secured a contract through eco-brokerage have defaulted on their contractual obligations since July 2012.
	(163395)

21 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recommendations his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team based in the Cabinet Office on better incentivising domestic and non-domestic retrofit.
	(163396)

22 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many cashback vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) paid in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area by 16 June 2013.
	(163397)

23 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) Green Deal assessments and (b) Green Deal plans were completed in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area by 16 June 2013.
	(163398)

24 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will list those (a) oil-fired and (b) coal-fired power stations which (i) have been closed during the last five years and (ii) are due to be closed during the next 10 years, together with the reasons for closure in each case.
	(163514)

25 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what reductions (a) have occurred over the last five years and (b) are anticipated in the next 10 years in the total electricity generating capacity of the United Kingdom; and to what extent these will be offset by new generating capacity in each period.
	(163515)

26 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to mothball sufficient power stations (a) already and (b) scheduled to be taken out of service to ensure a strategic reserve generating capacity to (i) prevent power cuts and (ii) meet emergency demands in times of conflict or other crises.
	(163516)

27 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has identified any power stations, either closed or scheduled for closure, which could be mothballed economically; and if he will make a statement.
	(163517)

28 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) EU and (b) other restrictions on emissions by power stations can be set aside in circumstances of national emergency; and if he will make a statement.
	(163518)

29 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
	(163524)

30 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department owns Rectory Farm adjacent to Wisley Airfield, Surrey; and if he will make a statement.
	(163523)

31 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) the National Wildlife Crime Unit, (b) the Metropolitan Police Wildlife Crime Unit and (c) other wildlife law enforcement bodies have the necessary resources to tackle wildlife crime effectively.
	(163400)

32 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) rangers, (b) planners, (c) archaeologists, (d) sustainable development advisers and (e) education officers were employed in each national park in England in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
	(163534)

33 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recycling plants have failed health and safety requirements in each year since 2001.
	(163528)

34 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of fires at recycling plants since 2001.
	(163529)

35 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has estimated the average time material is stored at recycling plants before being recycled.
	(163530)

36 N	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when HM Ambassador to the Dominican Republic last discussed the case of Ms Nicole Reyes, a constituent of the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, with the government of the Dominican Republic.
	(163667)

37 N	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the last time was that he or one of his Ministers met the (a) Justice Minister and (b) Attorney General of the Dominican Republic.
	(163669)

38 N	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when HM Ambassador to the Dominican Republic last met the (a) Justice Minister and (b) Attorney General of the Dominican Republic.
	(163670)

39 N	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when HM Ambassador to the Dominican Republic last met the Dominican Republic's Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
	(163671)

40 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's latest estimate is of that sum owed to the NHS by foreign patients; and how much of that sum is made up of debts owed by foreign patients treated in private beds in NHS hospitals.
	(163714)

41 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he is considering adopting a cap-based solution to the nursery milk scheme.
	(163674)

42 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on awarding ongoing payments to victms of contaminated blood who are infected with either HIV or hepatitis C stage two; for what reasons such payments are awarded; and if he will make a statement.
	(163531)

43 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what involvement Sir David Nicholson had in (a) commissioning and (b) producing the NHS Next Stage Review.
	(163510)

44 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 10 October 2007, Official Report, column 672W, on NHS Next Stage Review, what the final cost of the NHS Next Stage Review was and the costs of the review under each major cost area were.
	(163511)

45 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 10 October 2007, Official Report, column 672W, on NHS Next Stage Review, how many (a) clinicians, (b) managers and (c) other staff made formal contributions to the NHS Next Stage Review.
	(163512)

46 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses there were at each acute hospital trust in London in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
	(163535)

47 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new psychoactive substances were identified by her Department's forensic early warning system at the Glastonbury Festival in (a) 2013, (b) 2012 and (c) 2011.
	(163612)

48 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the psychoactive substance Benzo Fury or any of its component substances were first identified by her Department's forensic early warning system.
	(163403)

49 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income has been generated by the (a) Late Night Levy and (b) Early Morning Restriction Order to date; and whether she expects the income generated from these two powers to match projections in the Government's impact assessment in the first and second years of operation.
	(163404)

50 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to begin consultations on the introduction of full-cost recovery for licence applications under the Licensing Act 2003; and by what date she expects to have implemented full-cost recovery for licence applications.
	(163513)

51 N	Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the Government provided (a) directly and (b) via multilateral agencies to support judicial and penal reform in the Dominican Republic in each of the last five years.
	(163668)

52 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings with legal aid consultees he has planned; and if he will make a statement on the response to the consultation.
	(163519)

53 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all meetings he and Ministers have held as part of the legal aid consultation; and on what dates these meetings took place.
	(163521)

54 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all submissions received in response to his recent consultation on legal aid changes and ensure that they are all published.
	(163522)

55 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Prime Minister, what human rights issues were raised during his visit to Kazakhstan; and if he will make a statement.
	(163520)

56 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) oral and (b) written discussions he has had with the Independent Adviser on Minister's Interests on the appointment of Ian Livingston as Minister for Trade.
	(163401)

57 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct High Speed 2 Ltd to carry out a feasibility study of Option 8 at Euston Station.
	(163712)

58 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he became aware that High Speed 2 Ltd has not carried out a feasibility study of Option 8 at Euston Station.
	(163713)

59 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to Bikeability cycle training as a result of decisions announced in Spending Round 2013, Cm 863.
	(163536)

60 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speeding offences have been committed in (a) Barnsley Central constituency and (b) South Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
	(163673)

61 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants in the work-related activity group are in employment 12 to 18 months after their claim.
	(163677)

62 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants found fit for work are in employment 12 to 18 months after their claim.
	(163678)

63 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants found fit for work flow on to jobseeker's allowance.
	(163679)

64 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants are in employment 12 to 18 months after their claim.
	(163680)

65 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria are for a work programme provider to be eligible for market share shift.
	(163681)

66 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Atos assessment centres there are in the UK; and how many have disabled parking facilities.
	(163682)

67 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often people with (a) rheumatoid arthritis, (b) cystic fibrosis and (c) multiple sclerosis were reassessed for employment and support allowance.
	(163611)

68 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people assessed by ESA50 without a face-to-face interview were placed into the (a) support group and (b) work-related activity group in each month from 1 July 2012.
	(163613)

69 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) rheumatoid arthritis, (b) cystic fibrosis and (c) multiple sclerosis have undergone multiple work capability assessments since its introduction.
	(163676)

70 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has made to the European Union Employment Commissioner on the Commission's current review of health and safety policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(163405)

71 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce occupational ill-health.
	(163406)

72 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has commissioned since May 2010 on making workplaces safer; and if he will make a statement.
	(163407)

73 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fatal accidents occurred in the construction sector in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of the people who were killed were (a) self-employed, (b) employed by firms with fewer than 10 employees and (c) employed by firms with fewer than 50 employees.
	(163614)

74 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in the UK living in poverty; and what steps the Government is taking to substantially reduce child poverty in the near future.
	(163710)

75 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 18 to 24 year olds have been unemployed for two years or more.
	(163711)

76 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department plans to issue to staff in Jobcentre Plus on advice they can give to unemployed people who are in financial difficulties and are in the seven-day waiting period for jobseeker's allowance for assistance they can access.
	(163715)

MONDAY 8 JULY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

*1	Margot James (Stourbridge): What steps he is taking to bring empty buildings back into use.
	(163425)

*2	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What steps he is taking to tackle extremism and promote integration in Britain.
	(163426)

*3	David Rutley (Macclesfield): What steps he is taking to bring empty buildings back into use.
	(163427)

*4	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What recent estimate he has made of the number of families with children living in temporary accommodation.
	(163428)

*5	Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): What steps he is taking to bring empty buildings back into use.
	(163429)

*6	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What steps his Department is taking against aggressive bailiffs engaged by local authorities.
	(163430)

*7	Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps he has taken to increase the right of bloggers and journalists to report council meetings.
	(163431)

*8	David Wright (Telford): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on local authority services of the decisions announced in the Spending Review 2013.
	(163432)

*9	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What recent discussions he has had with Mary Portas on the future of the British high street.
	(163433)

*10	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the new community rights in the Localism Act 2011.
	(163434)

*11	Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): What steps he is taking to bring empty retail premises back into use.
	(163435)

*12	Philip Davies (Shipley): What proportion of appeals from housing developers have been upheld by the Planning Inspector since May 2010.
	(163436)

*13	Karen Lumley (Redditch): What steps he is taking to bring empty buildings back into use.
	(163437)

*14	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What steps he has taken to help councils deliver sensible savings.
	(163438)

*15	Ann Coffey (Stockport): What recent representations he has received about the Troubled Families Programme.
	(163439)

*16	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What steps he is taking to bring empty buildings back into use.
	(163440)

*17	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): What recent discussions he had with Mary Portas on the future of the British high street.
	(163441)

*18	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): What recent assessment he has made of the financial situation of Derby City Council.
	(163442)

*19	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What the total departmental expenditure on financing sites for Gypsy and Traveller pitches in (a) Kettering Borough, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England was in the last 10 years.
	(163443)

*20	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on local authority services of the decisions announced in the Spending Review 2013.
	(163444)

*21	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the new community rights in the Localism Act 2011.
	(163445)

*22	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What assessment he has made of the availability of one-bedroomed homes.
	(163446)

*23	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): What recent estimate he has made of the number of families with children living in temporary accommodation.
	(163447)

*24	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): What steps he is taking to ensure that local plans reflect public consultation.
	(163448)

*25	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What estimate he has made of the level of rent arrears owed to local authorities and registered social landlords following the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty.
	(163449)

At 3.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

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

*1	Mark Pawsey (Rugby): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities.
	(163450)

*2	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye):
	(163451)

*3	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester):
	(163452)

*4	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):
	(163453)

*5	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
	(163454)

*6	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal):
	(163455)

*7	Robert Halfon (Harlow):
	(163456)

*8	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):
	(163457)

*9	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North):
	(163458)

*10	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West):
	(163459)

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)

Notices given on Monday 1 July

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by small businesses in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(163285)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to banning Chinese lanterns; and what assessment his Department has made of whether Chinese lanterns are a safety hazard.
	(163283)

3 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) location, (b) value and (c) date of transfer of each site transferred from local authorities to free schools is; what the (i) location and (ii) value of any further such sites under consideration is; what the future freehold ownership of all the sites in question is; and if he will make a statement.
	(163281)

4 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GDP is spent on healthcare in each EU country; and what proportion of those figures was spent on (a) private healthcare providers and (b) public healthcare providers.
	(163363)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what factors he took into account in the decision to close Coventry Magistrates' Court; and if he will make a statement.
	(163340)

6 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail or the Mayor of London on the refurbishment and installation of step-free access in Finsbury Park Station; and if he will make a statement.
	(163279)

7 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects works to commence on the electrification on the Barking to Gospel Oak Line; what the extent and cost of this work will be; and if he will make a statement.
	(163280)

8 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of an improved road network for small businesses in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Coventry and (c) Coventry South constituency.
	(163284)

9 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments his Department has made to each local authority since 2010-11 to ameliorate the effects of housing benefit caps on private sector tenants; and how much he expects to spend in this manner in (a) the current financial year and (b) 2014-15.
	(163282)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 July

1 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British citizens reside in other EU countries (a) by country and (b) by status of their residence (working, studying or retired).
	(163538)

2 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities had a dedicated service to support young runaway children in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(163408)

3 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by local authorities to provide direct support to young runaway children in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(163409)

4 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he and Ministers of his Department have had with their international counterparts concerning the carriage of polyisobutene; and if he will make a statement.
	(163539)

5 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with other Bonn convention signatories regarding safeguarding guillemots and other sea birds from oil spills; and if he will make a statement.
	(163540)

6 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the International Maritime Organisation about the reclassification of polyisobutene.
	(163541)

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 timescale 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)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 July

1 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with (a) other Government departments, (b) industry representatives, (c) health stakeholders and (d) others on the efficacy of a future policy of fortification of flour with folic acid; and if he will make a statement.
	(163411)

2 N	Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the region and financial year breakdown is of the infrastructure investment contained within his Department's Investing in Britain's Future document, published in July 2013.
	(163622)

3 N	Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been allocated for the delivery of the named super connected cities, announced in November 2012 by city; how much has been spent to date by city; and what the expected future spend is by year and by city.
	(163623)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the expected benefits of allowing schools to vary term dates are.
	(163716)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received regarding concerns over proposals to allow schools to vary term dates.
	(163718)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received regarding the potential for an opt-out organ donation system in the UK as a whole.
	(163717)

7 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of teaching first aid in schools on public health and reducing unnecessary accident and emergency admissions.
	(163410)

8
N

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many closure orders restricting access to premises linked to the exploitation or prostitution of trafficked women have been (a) applied for and (b) obtained from the courts by (i) the Metropolitan Police and (ii) other police forces in the last three years; how many of these have been enforced; what assessment she has made of the amount of statistical data available; and if she will make a statement.

(163626)

9 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review the provision of the multi-agency public protection regime in the East of England; and if he will make a statement.
	(163542)

10 N	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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.
	(163625)

11 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on increasing the provision of rail services via Open Access train operating company providers on (a) the East Coast Mainline and (b) other rail routes; and if he will make a statement.
	(163624)

WEDNESDAY 10 JULY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

*1	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): What recent assessment she has made of co-operation between the UK and Irish governments.
	(163460)

*2	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What her policy is on the Northern Ireland economy; and if she will make a statement.
	(163461)

*3	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on inward investment.
	(163462)

*4	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): What recent assessment she has made of co-operation between the UK and Irish governments.
	(163463)

*5	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the devolution of corporation tax.
	(163464)

*6	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): What her policy is on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
	(163465)

*7	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What her policy is on parading; and if she will make a statement.
	(163466)

*8	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy.
	(163467)

*9	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Government's proposed welfare reforms.
	(163468)

*10	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What her policy is on tackling unemployment in Northern Ireland.
	(163469)

*11	Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What her policy is on parading; and if she will make a statement.
	(163470)

*12	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What her assessment is of the operation of the British-Irish Council.
	(163471)

*13	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What proportion of donations and funding to political parties and political campaigns in Northern Ireland comes from (a) the UK and (b) the Republic of Ireland.
	(163472)

*14	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): How many political parties in Northern Ireland supported the extension of the Assembly mandate to 2016 in official responses to her Department's consultation on that matter.
	(163473)

*15	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Justice Minister on the remit of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
	(163474)

THURSDAY 11 JULY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 2 July

1 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letters she has received from the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling dated 14 March, 2 May, 22 May and 26 June 2013 on behalf of his constituent, Mrs Rene Siu-Ling Chung.
	(163686)

FRIDAY 12 JULY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 1 July

1 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the fertility rate was in (a) England, (b) each region of England and (c) each local authority area in each year since 2001.
	(163341)

MONDAY 15 JULY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 2 July

1 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses which have secured funding under the Start-Up Loans scheme to date.
	(163687)

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