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Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 9 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 8 July 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 9 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.

TUESDAY 9 JULY 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

*1
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): What effect the measures announced in the Spending Review 2013 will have on social mobility.
(163788)
*2
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What assessment he has made of the role of campaigning by bodies other than political parties in elections.
(163789)
*3
Lorely Burt (Solihull): What consideration he has given to changing the regulations concerning voting by UK citizens who are living overseas.
(163790)
*4
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): What assessment he has made of the work of the Commission on Devolution in Wales.
(163791)
*6
Jonathan Lord (Woking): What recent representations he has received on the role of trades unions in the funding of political parties.
(163793)
*7
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What steps he is taking to ensure a high level of voter registration by young people.
(163794)
*8
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): How many special advisers there are in his Office.
(163795)
*9
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What his plans are for reform of the House of Lords; and if he will make a statement.
(163796)
*10
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What plans he has for voting reform.
(163797)
*11
Simon Wright (Norwich South): What progress he has made on agreeing a City Deal for Norwich.
(163798)
*12
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): Whether there is a timetable for the implementation of the new succession laws in the other Commonwealth realms.
(163799)
*13
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent progress he has made on reforming party funding.
(163800)
*14
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): When the Privy Council will next meet.
(163801)
*15
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on improving social mobility.
(163802)

At 11.50am

Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

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

*1
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities.
(163803)
*2
Laura Sandys (South Thanet):
(163804)
*3
David Mowat (Warrington South):
(163805)
*4
Karl McCartney (Lincoln):
(163806)
*6
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South):
(163808)
*7
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):
(163809)
*8
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire):
(163810)
*9
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East):
(163811)
*10
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth):
(163812)
*11
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
(163813)
*12
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness):
(163814)
*14
Mr David Hanson (Delyn):
(163816)
*15
Fiona Bruce (Congleton):
(163817)

At 12.10pm

Oral Questions to the Attorney General

*1
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Crown Prosecution Service in procuring and outsourcing services.
(163818)
*2
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): What recent assessment he has made of the reliability and punctuality of the Crown Prosecution Service in court proceedings.
(163819)
*3
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What assessment he has made of the level of public understanding of the legal framework applicable to the internet.
(163820)
*4
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): What benefits he expects will be achieved by the continued merger of departmental legal advisers into the Treasury Solicitor's Department.
(163821)
*5
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): Whether the Crown Prosecution Service is always informed when an undercover police officer has been involved in an investigation that leads to a prosecution.
(163822)
*6
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): How many representations he has received requesting that sentence given in a Crown Court be considered for referral to the Court of Appeal for review because it may be unduly lenient in the last 12 months; and on how many occasions he has referred a sentence to the Court of Appeal for such a review.
(163823)
*7
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on the feasibility of introducing an offence of reckless management of a financial institution.
(163824)
*8
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent representations he has received from the legal profession on the effect on the criminal justice system of the Government's planned legal reforms.
(163825)
*9
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): What recent assessment he has made of how effectively appeal cases have been handled by the Crown Prosecution Service.
(163826)
*10
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What special measures he is considering to help vulnerable minors give evidence in child sexual exploitation cases.
(163827)
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
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)
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)

Notices given on Wednesday 3 July
1
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received from (a) Cleveland Fire Authority and (b) the Chief Fire Officer of Cleveland Fire Brigade on pre-consultation on potential mutualisation in the fire sector; and if he will make a statement.
(164124)
3
N 		Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make over-the-counter retail sales of cannabis seed illegal; and if she will make a statement.
(163719)

Notices given on Thursday 4 July
1
N 		Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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)
2
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Attorney General, if he will undertake a review of whether any victims of human trafficking have been prosecuted for offences that relate to their trafficking.
(164322)
3
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Attorney General, what advice he has given to ministerial colleagues on the release of private correspondence between hon. Members and their constituents which have been forwarded by hon. Members to Ministers following a subsequent request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(164236)
4
N 		Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, at what date the Crown Prosecution Service plans to publish the report by Her Majesty's Inspector of the Crown Prosecuton Service into the collapse of the prosecution of alleged police corruption surrounding the investigation of the murder of Lynette White.
(164195)
5
N 		Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has held with the European Commission on the allocation of transitional funding for Liverpool for the period from 2014 to 2020.
(164275)
6
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the cost (a) in total and (b) to the UK of the EU's Galileo satellite programme; and if he will make a statement.
(164350)
7
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the net change in the number of private sector jobs in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England has been since 2010.
(164239)
8
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the National Citizen Service was allocated in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much funding it will be allocated in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
(164189)
9
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department gave to businesses in the community's business connections scheme in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(164190)
10
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount of additional income the providers of the National Citizen Service generated from the (a) private sector and (b) charity sector in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; what amount the providers are expected to generate in (A) 2013-14 and (B) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
(164191)
11
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many apprentices are currently employed by his Department; and how many such apprentices are aged (a) under 19, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 59 and (e) more than 60 years old.
(164238)
12
N 		Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the basis was for the statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to the Communities and Local Government Committee on 15 May 2013, uncorrected transcript, HC 105-i, Q19, that Cleveland Fire Authority was not progressing with mutualisation at the moment.
(164221)
13
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local plans have been rejected by his Department's inspectors on the basis of providing insufficient housing numbers since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(164225)
14
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria and evidence his Department's inspectors use when assessing the appropriate housing provision for an area when considering local plans which have been submitted for approval; and if he will make a statement.
(164226)
15
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to extend Part M regulations to extensions to buildings; and if he will make a statement.
(164229)
16
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has recently issued on building on the flood plain.
(164349)
19
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reductions will be made in the (a) resource and (b) capital spending of his Department in 2015-16 as a result of the Spending Review 2013.
(164227)
20
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Government departments contribute to the Deployed Military Activity Pool.
(164333)
21
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria governs the spending of funds from the Deployed Military Activity Pool.
(164334)
22
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Deployed Military Activity Pool was established.
(164335)
23
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who administers the Deployed Military Activity Pool.
(164336)
24
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what functions of his Department will be transferred to the Cabinet Office as a result of Spending Review 2013.
(164337)
25
N 		Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultation process he plans as part of the review of the pension ages of the Ministry of Defence Police and the Defence Fire and Rescue Service; when he plans to complete such a review; and if he will place the terms of reference for the review in the Library.
(164228)
26
N 		Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the review of the pension ages of the Ministry of Defence Police and the Defence Fire and Rescue Service will consider (a) early retirement, (b) the effect on capability of officers and (c) the effect on the health and wellbeing of officers of a rising retirement age.
(164234)
27
N 		Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of officers likely to take early retirement if the pension age of (a) the Ministry of Defence Police and (b) the Defence Fire and Rescue Service were (i) 60, (ii) 65 and (iii) 67 years old.
(164235)
28
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what grants for capital spending to improve kitchen facilities were made to schools in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(164177)
29
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools served hot school meals in each year from 2010 to the latest available date; and if he will make a statement.
(164178)
30
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools who had school-provided lunches in each year since 2010.
(164179)
31
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of violence towards (a) staff and (b) pupils were reported in the 10 per cent of (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools with the (A) lowest and (B) highest levels of free school meal entitlement in each year since 2010 .
(164197)
32
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of violence towards (a) staff and (b) pupils were reported in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in each year since 2010 .
(164198)
33
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation his Department held with young people before publishing its report entitled Positive for Youth - One year on.
(164317)
34
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which youth bodies his Department consulted about the transfer of responsibility for youth services to the Cabinet Office; and what the dates were of those consultations.
(164318)
35
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will confirm the criteria under which households are entitled to claim Green Deal cashback vouchers.
(164222)
36
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2013, Official Report, column 618W, on the Green Deal Scheme, in which (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority are each of the households who have had measures installed under the Energy Company Obligation to date.
(164223)
37
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the seller rating function on the eco-brokerage is going live.
(164231)
38
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on which date he and his Ministers and officials received the report from the British Geological Survey on the extent of shale gas reserves in the UK.
(164196)
39
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will urgently review the use of Chinese lanterns; and if he will make a statement.
(164240)
40
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has issued to planning authorities and the Planning Inspectorate on building on agricultural land.
(164348)
41
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he is giving to the timetable for applications for NHS Foundation Trust status by existing applicants; and if he will make a statement.
(164267)
42
N 		Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each local authority area have been receiving a prescribing intervention for their opioid dependency for (a) less than 12 months, (b) one year, (c) two years, (d) three years, (e) four years, (f) five years, (g) six years, (h) seven years, (i) eight years, (j) nine years, (k) 10 years and (l) more than 10 years in each year since 2009.
(164324)
43
N 		Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women are (a) on the board of Public Health England and (b) directors of Public Health England; how many such women (i) applied for these posts and (ii) were shortlisted for posts; and how many of the selection panel for these posts were women.
(164185)
44
N 		Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of Public Health England to fulfil its gender equality obligations under the Equality Act 2010; what assessment he has made of the representation of women on the board of Public Health England; and if he will make a statement.
(164186)
45
N 		Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish Public Health England's equality strategy.
(164187)
46
N 		Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure greater representation of women on the board of Public Health England.
(164188)
47
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 702W, on Care Quality Commission: Spend on Public Affairs, how much the Care Quality Commission spent on (a) public affairs and media in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010 and (b) media in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013.
(164182)
48
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 701W, on Care Quality Commission, how many people have been employed with the Care Quality Commission at each salary grade in its media team in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
(164183)
49
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 702W, on Care Quality Commission: Public Affairs Team, how many people the Care Quality Commission employed in (a) its public affairs and media team in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010 and (b) its media team in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013.
(164184)
50
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 26 June 2013, Official Report, column 313, on the Spending Review, what the evidential basis is for the statement on the number of bed days saved due to changes in social care.
(164181)
51
N 		Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) thefts and (b) other offences against heavy goods vehicles which were parked or left unattended on public roads were reported to police in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(164314)
52
N 		Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol.
(164323)
53
N 		Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children living with a parent who is a drug-abusing addict; and how that estimate was reached.
(164325)
54
N 		Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Drug Strategy 2010, page 18, paragraph six, what estimate she has made of the number of people in receipt of substitute prescriptions for heroin who have jobs.
(164326)
55
N 		Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol.
(164126)
56
N 		Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to provide an urgent response to the letter from the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion dated 2 July 2013 regarding the cases of Ms Noushin Afaghzadeh.
(164242)
57
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will establish a high-level working group on business visas.
(164345)
58
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the content and length of business visa application forms.
(164346)
59
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the issuing of business visas.
(164347)
60
N 		Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many vending machines in her Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
(164274)
61
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps to improve labour standards in developing countries were agreed upon by her Department following her meeting with UK retailers.
(164180)
62
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department's budget increase for 2013 was allocated via (a) multilateral organisations and (b) bilateral programmes.
(164192)
63
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to leverage its financial leadership of the global malaria campaign into greater commitments by other donor countries.
(164193)
64
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what commitments UK retailers made to improve labour standards and working conditions in the developing countries they operate in following the recent meeting hosted by her Department.
(164194)
65
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for International Development: Malaria, HC 534, what steps her Department plans to take to strengthen health systems in developing countries.
(164327)
66
N 		Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
(164272)
67
N 		Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 644W, on prisoners: foreign nationals, with which other high volume countries he is pursuing agreements, and in each case what specific progress he has made; and by what year he expects compulsory prisoner transfer agreements be operational.
(164268)
68
N 		Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 93W, on conditions of employment, how many people in his Department were employed on zero hours contracts in each of the last three years.
(164241)
69
N 		Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vending machines in her Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
(164273)
73
N 		Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
(164271)
74
N 		Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library details of the grants which his Department has given to each local authority for purposes of road maintenance in each of the last three years.
(164315)
75
N 		Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Terms of Reference for the South Coast Railway Study; and what progress has been made on that project since 9 May 2013.
(164127)
76
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received about the possible sale of the freehold of Shoreham Airport.
(164316)
77
N 		Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he plans to publish the consensual narrative outlining a vision for the future contribution of civil society to the wellbeing of Wales referred to in the terms of reference for the Wales Office Big Society Advisory Forum.
(164230)
78
N 		Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Equalities and Human Rights Commission staffing levels were (a) in May 2010, (b) in May 2011, (c) in May 2012, (d) in May 2013 and (e) at the end of the current spending review round.
(164224)
79
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many food banks the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Reform has visited since he took office.
(164232)
80
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) volunteers and (b) service users the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Reform has met on each of his visits to a food bank since May 2010.
(164233)
81
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that claimant data can be shared when two or more separate benefit claims are made by the same claimant.
(164237)
82
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the benefit savings made as a result of the job outcomes achieved by the Work Programme from June 2011 to March 2013 and (b) the benefit spending which would have been incurred if there had been no programme in that period.
(164328)
83
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department allocated for (a) attachment, (b) job outcome and (c) sustainment to Work Programme providers between June 2011 to March 2013.
(164329)
84
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of the implementation of weekly signing in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
(164330)
85
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library details of the data sources, methodology and calculation he used to establish that net median household earnings before benefits are £500 a week for the purposes of the benefit cap.
(164331)
86
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in (a) attachment, (b) job outcome and (c) sustainment payments to Work Programme providers in each month since June 2011.
(164332)

Notices given on Friday 5 July
1
N 		Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many vending machines in the Prime Minister's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
[Transferred] (164270)
2
N 		Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Statement of 2 July 2013, Official Report, column 753, on EU, in which ways the additional funding coming to the UK as a result of the decision to increase the EU Investment Bank's lending will be used to reduce youth unemployment; and what the timescale is for doing so.
[Transferred] (164269)
3
N 		Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign-national offenders were in UK prisons in (a) May 2010 and (b) July 2013; and what steps he is taking to negotiate compulsory prisoner transfer agreements with the countries from which those offenders came.
[Transferred] (164321)
4
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on her review of extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples; and when she plans to publish the conclusions of that review.
[Transferred] (164319)
5
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish the terms of reference of the review into extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
[Transferred] (164320)
6
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many senior civil servants left the Law Officers' Departments and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164393)
7
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164392)
8
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage work between local enterprise partnerships, local transport boards and transport authorities on cross-border transport issues.
(164431)
9
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164394)
10
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on (a) development and (b) implementation of the UK's space security policy.
(164414)
11
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164408)
12
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, against how many pension liberation schemes HM Revenue and Customs has taken punitive action to date.
(164411)
13
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse in 2015-16 of restoring spending on the Transport Police to the level it would have been without the decisions made in the 2010 Spending Review and 2013 Spending Round.
(164412)
14
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse in 2015-16 of restoring spending on road safety and traffic cameras to the level it would have been without the decisions made in the 2010 Spending Review and 2013 Spending Round.
(164413)
15
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of creating a full-time job for six months paid at the minimum wage for all people aged 25 and over who have been unemployed for over two years in 2015-16 according to (a) his Department's claimant count forecasts and (b) independent labour organisation unemployment forecasts.
(164423)
16
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harlow of 14 January 2013, Official Report, columns 556-7W on income tax, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing an income tax rate of 10p on all earnings between £9,440 and £12,230 in the fiscal year 2015-16.
(164424)
17
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164395)
18
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on (a) which hotel at which rates, (b) flights at what class of travel, (c) entertainment at which venue, (d) food and drink at what venue and (e) any other spend on his recent trip to India by (i) the Secretary of State and (ii) any other attending Ministers, special advisers or officials in his Department.
(164456)
19
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on (a) which hotel at which rate, (b) flights of which class of travel, (c) entertainment at which venue, (d) food and drink at which venue and (e) any other category of spend during Baroness Warsi's trip to Rome for the Pope's inauguration.
(164457)
20
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many senior civil servants left her Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164396)
21
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the future of Coventry City Football Club.
(164467)
22
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the cost to the local economy of Coventry City Football Club playing outside Coventry instead of at the Ricoh Arena.
(164468)
23
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the future of the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
(164476)
24
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164397)
25
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of new reservists recruited from regular service personnel previously made redundant.
(164410)
26
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the local economy of the decision to close Caernarfon barracks.
(164355)
27
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164398)
28
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he had with (a) non-governmental organisations and (b) other stakeholders to inform the preparation of the UK's submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
(164351)
29
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164399)
30
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether companies seeking licences to undertake hydraulic fracturing for shale gas recovery will have to obtain a separate licence for a new process if they intend to use uranium-based shape charges to fracture the rock.
(164352)
31
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164400)
32
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research the Government is undertaking into food poverty.
(164463)
33
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the most recent figures available on people in food poverty.
(164464)
34
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis he has undertaken into the effects of food poverty on children's educational attainment.
(164465)
35
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department is spending to tackle food poverty.
(164466)
36
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which regulations his Department has removed as part of the red tape challenge that affect the agriculture industry.
(164426)
37
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve health and safety in agriculture and (b) ensure the safest possible conditions for agricultural workers; and what measures his Department has introduced to improve worker safety in UK agriculture since 2010.
(164428)
38
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage increase in woodland under active management is expected over the next five years; and what proportion of that increase will be coniferous commercial forestry stands.
(164360)
39
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the woodland brought under active management between April 2011 and December 2012 was commercial coniferous forestry.
(164361)
40
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164401)
41
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts and (b) the EU Commission on whether Italy should be excluded from the Erasmus and the Bologna process until it abides by agreements and fully implements the judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union with regard to lettori.
(164425)
42
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his Greek counterparts regarding human rights abuses in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(164353)
43
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on Operation Zeus in Greece; and what discussions he has had with the Greek government concerning the treatment of EU nationals affected by this operation.
(164354)
44
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to refuse to consent to a special mission by a person who has been the subject of an arrest warrant.
(164455)
45
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he gave his consent of special mission to Mr Doron Almog in June 2013; when he gave such consent; and if he will make a statement.
(164459)
46
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli Ambassador to the UK on the cancellation of a visit by Doron Almog; and if this visit has been rescheduled.
(164460)
47
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the first four months of the pilot process for the Government granting consent to special missions; how many such requests have been made seeking express consent; from which country have requests have been (a) granted and (b) not granted; whether any requests remain outstanding; and if he will make a statement.
(164461)
48
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he gave to the special mission by Lieutenant General Benny Gantz of the Israeli Defence Forces in June and July 2013.
(164462)
49
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish all decisions to consent or not to consent to special mission as they are made.
(164473)
50
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the allegations of war crimes committed by the Israeli Defence forces during Operation Pillar of Defense; and what consideration he gave to such allegations when considering an application for special mission by Lieutenant General Benny Gantz.
(164474)
51
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Lieutenant General Benny Gantz's official engagements in the UK and their purpose.
(164475)
52
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164403)
53
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recent study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the subject of surgeon's performance data, Public reporting of surgeon outcomes: low numbers of procedures lead to false complacency.
(164477)
54
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the primary care resource per capita for each clinical commissioning group in England is.
(164421)
55
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department povides to GPs to improve the access of patients to see a specified doctor.
(164422)
56
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior civil servants left her Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164404)
57
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how any women have been victims of domestic homicide in each police force area in each of the last five years.
(164427)
58
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many senior civil servants left her Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164405)
59
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164406)
60
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts for private finance initiative schemes his Department signed prior to May 1997; and what the total capital value of those contracts was.
(164358)
61
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) sex offenders and (b) violent offenders convicted of what offence were given imprisonment for public protection in each of the last 15 months.
(164458)
62
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on issuing exhumation licences for the removal of bodies or human remains from former burial grounds owned by or once owned or operated by hospitals, local methodist groups and other private landowners.
(164415)
63
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many exhumation licences were issued for archaeological excavations in each year since 1 January 2007; how many such applications were refused; and for what reason each such application was refused.
(164416)
64
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on requiring prior consent from the owner of burial rights when an application to exhume has not been made by that person.
(164417)
65
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department has withdrawn and not reissued exhumation licences as a sole consequence of errors by officials in his Department since 1 January 2007.
(164418)
66
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many exhumation licences his Department has issued in each year since 1 January 2007; and what proportion of such licences did not relate to exhumations within public cemeteries.
(164419)
67
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to clarify information provided by his Department to the public about exhumation licences.
(164420)
68
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations she has made to her counterparts in the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice on the National Crime Agency and its work in Northern Ireland.
(164453)
69
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with (a) the security services and (b) police forces in Great Britain on the National Crime Agency and its work in Northern Ireland.
(164454)
70
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to product the next periodic update of the Cabinet Manual; and what steps he will take to ensure the updated text is the product of full parliamentary and public consultation.
(164359)
71
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164407)
72
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on developing a national transport strategy.
(164429)
73
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to encourage work between local enterprise partnerships, local transport boards and transport authorities on cross-border transport issues.
(164430)
74
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the franchise agreement for services from Crewe to London via Kidsgrove operated by London Midland.
(164357)
75
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits to North West Wales as a result of High Speed 2.
(164356)
76
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many senior civil servants left the Government Equalities Office and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164402)
77
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three years; and what the value of such payments was.
(164409)
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)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1
John Glen (Salisbury): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 10 July.
(164128)
*2
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):
(164129)
*3
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central):
(164130)
*4
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):
(164131)
*5
Laura Sandys (South Thanet):
(164132)
*6
Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West):
(164133)
*7
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View):
(164134)
*8
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield):
(164135)
*9
Andy Sawford (Corby):
(164136)
*10
Jonathan Lord (Woking):
(164137)
*11
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
(164138)
*12
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham):
(164139)
*13
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North):
(164140)
*14
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood):
(164141)
*15
Lorely Burt (Solihull):
(164142)
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 3 July
2
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of his proposed reforms to the Army reservist system.
(164033)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with organisations involved in the recent completion of high speed rail projects in (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Spain.
(164031)
4
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methodology was used to estimate the cost of the High Speed 2 project; and if he will make a statement.
(164032)

Notices given on Thursday 4 July
1
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the financial effects of proposed European Commission regulations of interchange fees on (a) debit cardholders, (b) credit cardholders and (c) small businesses.
(164034)
2
N 		Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nationality and (b) gender was of each suspected victims of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in June 2013; in which (i) region, (ii) county and (iii) parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; and which agency referred each case to the scheme.
(164199)

Notices given on Friday 5 July
1
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases considered by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments relating to the employment of former senior civil servants were (a) approved unreservedly, (b) approved with conditions and (c) rejected in each of the last three years.
(164440)
2
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) resource and (b) capital costs to the public purse of repealing the Health and Social Care Act in the fiscal year 2015-16, broken down by resource spending and capital spending.
(164438)
3
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse would be of extending the broadband network to cover 100 per cent of premises in the UK by 2015-16.
(164439)
4
N 		Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the total value of financial flows remitted by diaspora communities via UK-based money transfer services to (a) Somaliland, (b) Somalia, (c) Bangladesh, (d) Pakistan, (e) India, (f) Yemen and (g) Sudan in the latest period for which figures are available.
(164365)
5
N 		Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has discussed the proposed suspension of money transfer services by Barclays Bank with the CEO or directors of Barclays.
(164366)
6
N 		Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse in 2015-16 of removing fees for employment tribunals.
(164448)
7
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) 2012 Autumn Statement, (b) 2013 Budget and (c) 2013 Spending Review on the number of children living in (i) absolute poverty and (ii) relative poverty.
(164369)
8
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which financial year will act as the baseline from which the annual real terms one per cent increase in defence equipment spending will be calculated.
(164441)
9
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to pay in to the deployed military activity pool in each year to 2015-16.
(164442)
10
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether equipment support will be subject to an annual real terms one per cent increase after 2015.
(164443)
11
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid in to the deployed military activity pool in the last 12 months.
(164444)
12
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid in to the deployed military activity pool in the last 12 months.
(164445)
13
N 		Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all curriculum subjects have provision for bursaries for teacher training.
(164367)
14
N 		Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all subjects designated as part of the core curriculum have resources made available for the continuing professional development of their teachers.
(164368)
15
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) further education colleges, (b) sixth form colleges, (c) secondary schools, (d) primary schools, (e) nursery schools and (f) schools covering more than one of these types (i) charge fees and (ii) do not charge fees; and whether such fees vary on the basis of the child's home country.
(164378)
16
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's Domestic Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation in Great Britain, Monthly report published 27 June 2013, what the interest rates of the four Green Deal Plans described as pending are.
(164432)
17
N 		Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount his Department spent and on what projects under the Addressing environmental risk and emergencies programme identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 in each of the last three years; and what the projected spend under that programme is for each (a) scheme and (b) individual project in each of the next three years.
(164389)
18
N 		Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount his Department spent and on what projects under the Sustainable consumption and production programme identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 in each of the last three years; and what the projected spend under that programme is for each (a) scheme and (b) individual project in each of the next three years.
(164390)
19
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 the championing sustainable development programme in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of likely spend on each such programme and project for each of the next three years.
(164447)
20
N 		David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the right of Iran to enrich uranium under the terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
(164437)
21
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been made to NHS bodies since May 2010; and how many such complaints have yet to receive a response.
(164436)
22
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the future viability of randomised controlled trials in the era of personalised medicine.
(164446)
23
N 		Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the guidance relating to procedures for accommodating pregnant women who seek asylum in the UK.
(164449)
24
N 		Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the contribution of diaspora remittances to enconomic growth and stability in Somaliland and Somalia.
(164363)
25
N 		Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is given to individual shelters to fund shelters for each victim of human trafficking for each 24 hour period in such shelters.
(164364)
26
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget of the Prisoner Corruption Unit was in each year since 2010-11.
(164469)
27
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which periods the Prisoner Corruption Unit has been without an overall manager since 2008.
(164470)
28
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent officials worked in the Prison Corruption Unit on 1 June (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(164471)
29
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments First Transpennine Express made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments First Transpennine Express received from the public purse in each of those years.
(164374)
30
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments London Midland made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments London Midland received from the public purse in each of those years.
(164375)
31
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments First Scotrail made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments First Scotrail received from the public purse in each of those years.
(164376)
32
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments Arriva Trains Wales made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments Arriva Trains Wales received from the public purse in each of those years.
(164377)
33
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 431W, on South West Trains, what payments South West Trains made to the Exchequer in each financial year betwen 2004-05 and 2009-09; and what payments South West Trains received from the public purse in each of those years.
(164386)
34
N 		Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the operation of approved repairer schemes and vertical agreements by motor insurance companies.
(164387)
35
N 		Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the European Commission's supplementary guidelines on vertical restraints in agreements for the sale and repair of motor vehicles on (a) the operation of vertical agreements and (b) competition practices in the UK motor insurance market.
(164388)
36
N 		Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what inward investment there has been in Wales as a result of the event he held at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to promote Wales as a location for job creation and investment.
(164370)
37
N 		Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what foreign investment there has been in Wales as a result of the series of events that he hosted with business investors in Hong Kong.
(164371)
38
N 		Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has for a coordinated effort by the UK and Welsh Governments to improve prospects for small and medium businesses in Wales.
(164372)
39
N 		Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what supply chain opportunities have been identified for Welsh and UK companies during the construction of the new nuclear reactor at Wylfa in Anglesey.
(164373)
40
N 		Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what arrangements she has put in place to enable her to engage directly with women on issues affecting them following the winding-up of the Women's National Commission.
(164362)
41
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on refunding the cost of travel by jobseekers to jobcentres since May 2010.
(164433)
42
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure appropriate health and safety provisions are made for all work undertaken as part of the mandatory work activity programme.
(164434)
43
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on the Work Programme are working to identify households eligible for the Energy Company Obligation.
(164435)
44
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the procurement timetable for the medical services contract is.
(164379)
45
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many loans have been made through the New Enterprise Allowance scheme in each of the last three years; and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants have received such a loan.
(164380)
46
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many loans have been made through the New Enterprise Allowance scheme since the scheme was introduced.
(164381)
47
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many loans have been made through the New Enterprise Allowance scheme in each region of the UK in each of the last three years.
(164382)
48
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work programme participants who have obtained job outcomes since June 2011 had been unemployed for more than (a) 12, (b) 24 and (c) 36 months.
(164383)
49
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals he estimates will be made to the work programme in each claimant group in each of the next six months.
(164384)
50
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work programme participants have been placed on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.
(164385)
51
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for work programme participants who secured job outcomes in each three month period since the work programme started, what average number of sustainable payments have been made subsequently to their work programme provider.
(164391)
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)

Notices given on Friday 5 July
1
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances and for what reasons UK service personnel based at Camp Bastion have been instructed not to use air conditioning systems; and if he will make a statement.
(164472)
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)

Notices given on Wednesday 3 July
1
N 		Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had on Wave 2 City Deals.
(163720)
2
N 		Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Social Fund budgeting loan applications to pay for funeral expenses have been (a) received and (b) awarded; and what the total cost of the awards was in each month since May 2012.
(163855)
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)

Notices given on Wednesday 3 July
1
N 		Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for how many years the provision of a six day universal service after any privatisation of Royal Mail will continue; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to guarantee future universal service provision.
(163721)
2
N 		Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Chief Executive of Royal Mail was paid in 2012-13; and what percentage change in his salary there was between (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
(163856)
3
N 		Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of recommendation 3 of the Murrison Report, A Better Deal for Military Amputees, published 2011; and if he will adopt this recommendation as his policy.
(164035)
4
N 		Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has taken steps to implement recommendation 6 of the Murrison Report, A Better Deal for Military Amputees, calling for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to be tasked with the production of national guidelines for prosthetic prescription and rehabilitation for all amputees including provision for military amputees.
(163857)

Notices given on Thursday 4 July
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in supporting the development of simplified financial retail products.
(164338)
2
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the target coverage is for broadband for each (a) local authority, (b) nation of the UK and (c) contractor employed by BD:UK
(164243)
3
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the value of the motorsport industry and community rallies to tourism in the UK.
(164339)
4
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the broadband coverage targets are for each (a) local authority, (b) nation of the UK and (c) contract held by BD:UK
(164244)

Notices given on Friday 5 July
1
N 		Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently on the sex offenders register; and what estimate she has made of the number of sex offenders in the UK who are not subject to the sex offenders register because their convictions took place prior to the implementation of the Sex Offenders Act 1997.
[Transferred] (163733)
TUESDAY 16 JULY 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 5 July
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Joint Paper with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Mobile Connectivity in England, published in May 2013, what consideration he has given to increasing the capacity on existing sites for up to five antenna systems.
(164450)
2
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Joint Paper with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Mobile Connectivity in England, published in May 2013, what consideration he has given to enabling permitted development without prior approval for face-mounted antennas irrespective of the height of the building.
(164451)
3
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Joint Paper with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Mobile Connectivity in England, published in May 2013, what consideration he has given to increasing the right to upgrade as permitted development without prior approval to relate to both existing and new sites once they have received planning permission.
(164452)

Prepared 6th July 2013