Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Monday 15 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 Friday 12 July 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Monday 15 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.


MONDAY 15 JULY 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

*1
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What recent assessment she has made of the level of crime in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the UK.
(164846)
*2
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What steps her Department is taking to control immigration and ensure that net migration continues to fall.
(164847)
*3
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK laws on guns.
(164848)
*4
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): What steps the Government is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour.
(164849)
*5
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What recent assessment she has made of the effects of budget reductions on frontline policing.
(164850)
*7
John Howell (Henley): What steps she is taking to tackle the organised grooming and sexual exploitation of children.
(164852)
*8
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What estimate she has made of the number of student visitor visas that have been issued in the last year.
(164853)
*9
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What assessment she has made of the potential effects of introducing a bond requirement for visiting nationals from countries deemed to be high risk.
(164854)
*10
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What steps her Department is taking to reduce the use of legal highs.
(164855)
*11
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What steps the UK Border Agency is taking to deter health tourism to the UK.
(164856)
*12
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): What steps she is taking to tackle abuse of UK public services by illegal immigrants.
(164857)
*13
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What steps she is taking to make Britain more hostile to traffickers engaged in modern day slavery; and if she will make a statement.
(164858)
*14
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): Whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on communications data.
(164859)
*15
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): How much has been received under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 from those convicted of human trafficking in the last three years; how much has been paid out to victims of trafficking in compensation; and if she will make a statement.
(164860)
*16
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): What recent discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the case of Shaker Aamer.
(164861)
*18
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What steps she is taking to tackle the organised grooming and sexual exploitation of children.
(164863)
*19
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): What steps she is taking to tackle cyber-crime.
(164864)
*21
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): What change there has been since June 2012 in the number of foreign criminals deported.
(164866)
*22
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What steps she is taking to reduce domestic violence.
(164880)
*23
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): What steps she plans to take to ensure that landlords who have taken reasonable steps to verify a tenant's immigration status will not be penalised.
(164867)
*24
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What steps she plans to take to increase the use of CCTV where there is demand from communities.
(164868)
*25
Steve Baker (Wycombe): What steps she is taking to tackle the organised grooming and sexual exploitation of children.
(164869)

At 3.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

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

*1
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(164870)
*2
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
(164871)
*3
Sarah Champion (Rotherham):
(164872)
*4
Hugh Bayley (York Central):
(164873)
*5
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis):
(164874)
*6
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
(164875)
*7
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston):
(164876)
*8
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian):
(164877)
*9
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire):
(164878)
*10
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth):
(164879)

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)
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)

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.
(163733)

Notices given on Monday 8 July
1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the broadband coverage targets are for each (a) local authority, (b) nation of the UK and (c) contract held by BD:UK
(164244)
2
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have received support through the Export Refinancing Facility.
(164754)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Public Private Partnership infrastructure projects have been assisted through the temporary lending programme announced in July 2012; and what the total value of the support provided so far is.
(164720)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which departmental capital budgets have been used to fund loans advanced through the temporary lending programme for Public Private Partnership infrastructure projects announced in June 2012.
(164721)
6
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the administrative costs to lenders for the implementation and running of the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.
(164722)

Notices given on Tuesday 9 July
1
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1106W, on antibiotics, when the five-year antimicrobial strategy and action plan will be published; what assessment he has made of the findings reported in Science Transitional Medicine 2013, Vol. 5, Issue 192, on the effects of excessive or chronic use of antibiotics on those with mitochondrial disease; and whether concurrent use of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine with antibiotic treatment is authorised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for those with mitochondrial disease.
(165126)
2
N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that people affected by muscle-wasting conditions will be able to continue to access neuromuscular co-ordinator support in the South East coast health region following September 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(164844)

Notices given on Wednesday 10 July
1
N
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on enforcement of the national minimum wage.
(164865)
2
N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the recommendations of the Löftstedt Report into Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review of health and safety legislation, published in November 2011, what steps he is taking to extend the Independent Regulation Panel's remit to include COMAH related regulatory decisions.
(165523)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his statement of 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 361-76, on Royal Mail, what information Royal Mail has provided to his Department to demonstrate its ability to fulfil its assurance on keeping a predominantly full-time workforce.
(165500)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his statement of 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 361-76, on Royal Mail, what information Royal Mail has provided to his Department to demonstrate its ability to fulfil its assurance on using the current workforce with no change to the current structure of the company.
(165501)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his statement of 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 361-76, on Royal Mail, what information Royal Mail has provided to his Department to demonstrate its ability to fulfil its assurance on not outsourcing any additional services.
(165502)
6
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his statement of 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 361-76, on Royal Mail, what the evidential basis is for his statement that under public ownership there is simply not the freedom for Royal Mail to raise capital in the markets.
(165503)
7
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his statement of 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 361-76, on Royal Mail, what alternatives to privatisation were explored by his Department as a means of providing the Royal Mail with access to capital.
(165504)
8
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2012, Official Report, column 728W, on cosmetics: EU law, if he will make it his policy to instruct local Trading Standards officers to examine the product information files accompanying cosmetic products to ensure compliance with the marketing ban on animal-tested cosmetics introduced by the seventh amendment to the European Cosmetics Directive, Directive 76/768 EEC.
(165236)
10
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many signatories to the Prompt Payment Code are members of the FTSE 350 index; and how many private firms have signed the Code to date.
(165381)
12
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many local enterprise partnerships have a female (a) chair and (b) chief executive.
(165239)
13
N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of proposed changes to section 32 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 with Article 5(3)(a) of the Copyright Directive; and if he will make a statement.
(165238)
14
N
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Northern Ireland on 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 311, on the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, what his policy is on whether a member of the European Parliament should be able to be a member of (a) the Northern Ireland Assembly, (b) the Scottish Parliament and (c) the Welsh Assembly.
(165365)
15
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women were working in the (a) public sector and (b) private sector in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(165289)
16
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an evaluation of the Business Connectors pilots; and if he will make a statement.
(165132)
17
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount has been raised through the Pension Infrastructure Platform (PIP) since its launch; and how much capital has been invested in infrastructure projects by PIP since its launch.
(165378)
18
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to review the current arrangements for electrical safety in the residential rental sector; and if he will make a statement.
(165388)
19
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he instituted a scheme to reward his Department's staff with shopping vouchers for ideas on departmental savings; who will decide on such awards; and when they will be made.
(165524)
20
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value is of shopping vouchers awarded to his Department's staff as a reward for ideas on savings; and what budget is allocated for this scheme.
(165525)
21
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what ideas from his Tree of Ideas scheme were (a) implemented and (b) not implemented.
(165526)
22
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a list of all catering outlets available in his Department's buildings.
(165527)
23
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what ideas staff in his Department have been given shopping vouchers for ideas on savings to date.
(165537)
24
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment his Department intends to donate to the government of Afghanistan when British troops withdraw from that country.
(165535)
25
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the size of workforce and the skills mix required in that workforce to deliver the Type 26 frigate over the lifetime of the planned programme.
(165133)
26
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met BAE Systems to discuss skills levels in the UK shipbuilding sector.
(165134)
27
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the contribution to the wider economy of shipbuilding for the Royal Navy in each of the (a) last five years and (b ) next five years.
(165135)
28
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the three services have sufficient trained capability managers.
(165136)
29
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of shipbuilding jobs in the defence sector required to deliver the vessels for the Royal Navy currently planned for (a) 2015, (b) 2020 and (c) 2025.
(165137)
30
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools have been built in each (a) local education authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in England since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(165298)
31
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools offer hours from 8 am to 6 pm; and if he will make a statement.
(165301)
32
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent by his Department on media training in each year since 2010.
(165311)
33
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers have retired at or before 60 years of age in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(165312)
34
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the repair and maintenance backlog cost for schools in (a) England and (b) each local education authority; and if he will make a statement.
(165313)
35
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the First Steps pilot scheme and its effectiveness in improving outcomes for families with multiple problems.
(165240)
36
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are for the future funding of the First Steps scheme.
(165290)
37
N
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 308 free schools listed on his Department's website as open or planned to open in September 2013 and beyond are in areas of (a) surplus places and (b) basic need.
(165307)
38
N
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measure of basic need his Department uses to calculate the number of free schools intending to open in areas of basic need.
(165308)
39
N
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the capital costs of the free schools where building costs have been finalised and contracts signed and (a) which opened in September 2011, (b) which opened in September 2012 and (c) plan to be opened in future.
(165387)
40
N
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's and its agencies' planned spending from departmental expenditure limit is in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 under the headings (i) activities to support all functions, (ii) school infrastructure and funding of education, (iii) education standards, curriculum and qualifications, (iv) workforce training and development, (v) early years, (vi) children, young people and families and (vii) standards and testing agency; and what was spent under each such heading in 2012-13.
(165528)
41
N
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's programme costs will be in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 under the headings (i) basic need schools capital grant, (ii) Building Schools for the Future capital grant, (iii) National Framework Academies capital grant, (iv) maintenance capital grants to local authorities, (v) primary capital grant, (vi) other capital grants, (vii) dedicated schools grant, (viii) area-based grant, (ix) Standards Fund, (x) school standard grant, (xi) Pupil Premium, (xii) early intervention grant, (xiii) Sure Start current grants to local authorities, (xiv) 16-18 apprenticeships, (xv) school sixth forms (local authority maintained), (xvi) school sixth forms (academies and free schools), (xvii) pre-16 participation (academies), (xviii) 16-19 further education, (xix) PFI special grant, (xx) other current grants, (xxi) other current expenditure and (xxii) research and development; and what programme costs were under each such heading in 2012-13.
(165529)
42
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish details of expenditure on the Forestry Commission identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 in each of the last three years; and what the projected spend for each of the next three years by (a) scheme and (b) individual project is.
(165233)
43
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish details of expenditure under the Rural Payments Agency other programme identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 in each of the last three years; and what the projected spend for each of the next three years by (a) scheme and (b) individual project is.
(165234)
44
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish details of expenditure under the Rural Payments Agency running costs programme identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 in each of the last three years; and what the projected spend for each of the next three years by (a) scheme and (b) individual project is.
(165235)
45
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprentices were employed by (a) his Department, (b) each of its executive agencies and (c) its key delivery partners in each of the last three years.
(165251)
46
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 120W, on internal drainage boards, what the names are of the two internal drainage boards that overlap the Arun District; and who the members are of each board.
(165536)
47
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Burma urging it to repeal all repressive laws in that country.
(165248)
48
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Burma about recent reports of Burmese government security forces raping ethnic Rohingya women.
(165249)
49
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the demands made at the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union on 26 April 2012, urging the government of Burma to secure the status and welfare of the Rohingya, have been met by the government of Burma.
(165250)
50
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 18 were admitted to hospital in each health care trust as a result of self-harm in each of the last three years.
(165306)
51
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the consultation to decide on the capped care cost of social care for working age disabled people will be published.
(165376)
52
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the criteria for giving a Clinical Excellence Award (CEA); and if he will introduce more routine reviews of CEAs already made.
(165377)
53
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the performance of individual consultants in every specialism is measured consistently and published; and if he will publish national guidance on this matter.
(165379)
54
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce clinical trials aimed at younger breast cancer patients.
(165283)
55
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serious unexpected incidents (SUIs) occurred at the Dova Acute Mental Health Unit in Barrow-in-Furness in the last three years; on what dates such incidents took place; what the nature of such incidents were; and on what dates relatives and the Care Quality Commission were informed of each SUI.
(165237)
56
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer (a) questions 163403, 163404 and 163513, tabled by the hon. Member for Kingson upon Hull North on 2 July 2013, for answer on 5 July 2013 and (b) question 164126, tabled by the hon. Member on 4 July 2013, for answer on 9 July 2013; and what the reason was for the time taken to answer each question.
(165138)
57
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated in Burma to promote religious tolerance and multi-faith initiatives.
(165246)
58
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding by her Department for education in Burma which is being channelled through monastic schools is not being used to teach or encourage anti-Muslim hatred and prejudice.
(165247)
59
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many dog owners have (a) been ordered to muzzle their dog, (b) received a custodial sentence for possession of a prohibited dog, (c) received a community sentence for possession of an out of control dog and (d) been banned from keeping a dog in each region of England in each of the last five years.
(165305)
60
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 641W, on prison sentences, if he will provide the information requested in the original question; and if he will fix the weblink provided in the original Answer.
(165480)
61
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many governors (a) Feltham, (b) Ashfield, (c) Cookham Wood, (d) Downview, (e) Eastwood Park, (f) Hindley, (g) New Hall, (h) Parc, (i) Warren Hill, (j) Werrington and (k) Weatherby young offenders institutions has had in the last five years.
(165530)
62
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) staff and (b) young offenders there were in (i) Feltham, (ii) Ashfield, (iii) Cookham Wood, (iv) Downview, (v) Eastwood Park, (vi) Hindley, (vii) New Hall, (viii) Parc, (ix) Warren Hill, (x) Werrington and (xi) Weatherby young offenders institutions in (A) 2010, (B) 2011, (C) 2012 and (D) 2013.
(165531)
63
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) education and (b) work places were available to young people in (i) Feltham, (ii) Ashfield, (iii) Cookham Wood, (iv) Downview, (v) Eastwood Park, (vi) Hindley, (vii) New Hall, (viii) Parc, (ix) Warren Hill, (x) Werrington and (xi) Weatherby young offenders institutions in each month in (A) 2010, (B) 2011, (C) 2012 and (D) 2013.
(165532)
64
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on education in (a) Feltham, (b) Ashfield, (c) Cookham Wood, (d) Downview, (e) Eastwood Park, (f) Hindley, (g) New Hall, (h) Parc, (i) Warren Hill, (j) Werrington and (k) Weatherby young offenders institutions in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
(165533)
65
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days Feltham Young Offenders Institution was without a governor in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(165534)
66
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's transport strategy due by December 2013 will set out how cycling will be increased to 10 per cent of travel in accordance with the ambition set by the Get Britain Cycling report.
(165517)
67
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the new cycling delivery plan will be published.
(165518)
68
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a separate indicator for increased levels of cycling.
(165519)
69
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons no target for increasing cycling in rural areas has been set within his Department's transport indicators.
(165520)
70
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to assess the feasibility of completing the North West relief ring road around Shrewsbury.
(165505)
71
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit Shrewsbury to assess the need for completion of the ring road around the town.
(165521)
72
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to work with Shropshire Council on completing the ring road around Shrewsbury.
(165522)
73
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments First Great Western has made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments First Great Western has received from the public purse in each such year.
(165241)
74
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments East Coast has made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments East Coast received from the public purse in each such year.
(165242)
75
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments Chiltern has made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments Chiltern has received from the public purse in each such year.
(165243)
76
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments East Midlands Trains has made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments East Midlands Trains has received from the public purse in each such year.
(165244)
77
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments c2c train operating company has made to the Exchequer in each financial year since April 2004; and what payments c2c has received from the public purse in each such year.
(165245)
78
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that miners being made redundant as a result of UK Coal going into administration receive 100 per cent of their pensions.
(165386)
79
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who will be moved from (a) higher and (b) middle rates of disability living allowance to the lower rate of personal independence payment in (i) the UK and (ii) Wales are female.
(165309)
80
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are financially disadvantaged in (a) the UK and (b) Wales as a result of the introduction of universal credit; and what proportion of such people are female.
(165310)
81
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the scalability for national roll-out of the initial IT system being used to support the delivery of universal credit in the current pathfinders.
(165383)
82
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged over 50 and in receipt of employment and support allowance were referred to the Work Programme in its first two years; and how many such people have secured a sustained job outcome.
(165384)
83
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) jobseeker's allowance recipients currently eligible for the new enterprise allowance (NEA), (b) people referred to the NEA in the last year, (c) recipients of the NEA in the last year and (d) NEA recipients have established a business to date who are over 50 years old.
(165385)
84
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over 50 years old have been referred to the New Enterprise Allowance scheme in the last 12 months; and what proportion this figure is of all jobseeker's allowance recipients over 50 years old.
(165389)
85
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of eligible jobseeker's allowance recipients have been referred to the New Enterprise Allowance scheme in the last 12 months.
(165390)

Notices given on Thursday 11 July
1
N
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the use of legal highs.
(164851)
2
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace inspections are planned by the Health and Safety Executive for Scotland; and how many such inspections will be carried out in the (a) agricultural sector and (b) construction sector.
(165380)
3
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace inspections were carried out by the Health and Safety Executive for Scotland in each year since 2010; and how many such inspections were carried out in the (a) agricultural sector and (b) construction sector.
(165382)
4
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Attorney General, what guidance the (a) Law Officers and (b) Crown Prosecution Service has produced in relation to fraudulently obtaining an advantage through deception.
(165771)
5
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165684)
6
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses paying salaries between the value of the minimum wage and the living wage in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
(165543)
7
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, columns 49-50W, on Interest Rate Swap Transactions, how many customers of (a) Barclays Bank, (b) RBS Groups, (c) HSBC Banking Group and (d) Lloyds Banking Group have received financial redress as part of the Financial Conduct Authority redress scheme.
(165540)
8
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of sub-postmasters in (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow South West constituency likely to take up compensated exit from the network as a result of the Network Change Programme.
(165561)
9
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance the Government provides to UK firms that wish to invest in Mozambique.
(165709)
10
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the safety of personnel of downgrading local Post Office counter security from Fortress Counter level to open plan desks.
(165711)
11
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of retraining Post Office staff in order to undertake roles in marketing or retail of commercial, business and new financial services.
(165712)
12
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in revenue for Post Office Ltd as a result of separating from Royal Mail; and what support his Department plans to provide to post offices which cannot achieve the volume of sales of commercial, business or new financial services necessary to provide their current service level.
(165713)
13
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints the Certification Officer has received in relation to the Unite trade union in each of the last five years; and what the outcome was in each case.
(165772)
14
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer will make an assessment of the probity and appropriateness of trades unions purchasing political party memberships from political fund revenues (i) with and (ii) without the consent of the trades union members who are joined up.
(165785)
15
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has produced on how trade unions may (i) spend monies from political funds and (ii) purchase memberships of political parties from political funds.
(165786)
16
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of the political fund of the Unite trade union in each of the last five years according to records held by the Certification Officer.
(165787)
17
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what investigations the Certification Officer has undertaken in relation to the Unite trade union in each of the last five years.
(165788)
18
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs created by recycling between 2013 and 2020.
(165659)
19
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165683)
20
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectivenesss of the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) in providing services regarded as satisfactory by businesses; and what steps he plans to take to improve the effectiveness of the MAS.
(165549)
21
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what training UK Trade and Investment staff receive to ensure they identify potential markets and specific business opportunities for UK manufacturers.
(165550)
22
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department records on the (a) the levels of satisfaction of businesses participating in trade missions and delegations and (b) reasons why businesses chose not to participate in such missions and delegations; what steps he plans to take following assessment of that information; and if he will publish in anonymised form the data so collected.
(165551)
23
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what processes his Department has put in place to ensure that ongoing support is given to UK companies seeking to develop long-term business relationships overseas; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such processes.
(165552)
24
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether UK Trade and Investment staff are remunerated through bonuses based on the increase in UK exports following trade missions and delegations.
(165553)
25
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what processes his Department uses to monitor the increase in UK exports following trade missions and delegations.
(165554)
26
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Big Society community organisers living in Ashfield constituency have been trained to date.
(165780)
27
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to implement the commitment in the Coalition Agreement to fund 200 all-postal primaries over the present Parliament, targeted at seats which have not changed hands for many years.
(165562)
28
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of funding 200 all-postal primaries for the selection of parliamentary candidates before the 2015 General Election.
(165563)
29
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of funding a pan-London primary to select mayoral candidates before the 2016 London mayoral election.
(165564)
30
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165685)
31
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which assets the Government intends to sell by the end of financial year 2014-15; and if he will make a statement
(165645)
32
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the number of automatic free-of-charge money dispensing machines which have been removed from communities in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) each region of England in each of the last four years.
(165634)
33
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of people without access to basic banking facilities in each parliamentary constituency in the UK; and what plans his Department has to reduce this number.
(165636)
34
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the number of automatic money dispensing machines which operate only by payment of a fee or charge which have been installed in communities in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) each region of England in each of the last four years.
(165637)
35
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Association of British Credit Unions to broaden the range of financial services provided by them to their members in areas of social deprivation.
(165639)
36
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to question 163041, what representations his Department has made to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) concerning the number of businesses that have been offered redress as a result of the FCA redress scheme announced in January 2013.
(165541)
37
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to question 163015, how many businesses mis-sold ineterest rate hedging products, as defined by the Financial Conduct Authority redress scheme announced in January 2013, have been offered financial redress; and if he will make a statement.
(165542)
38
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual pay settlements in the NHS were between 1983 and 1997.
(165781)
39
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual pay settlements for doctors and consultants were between 1983 and 1997.
(165823)
40
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual pay settlements in the Civil Service were between 1983 and 1997.
(165824)
41
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the change in median household real income before housing costs in Ashfield constituency since May 2010.
(165706)
42
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165700)
43
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how Government Departments are incentivised to offer up assets for disposal and complete sales rapidly to contribute to debt reduction; and if he will make a statement
(165644)
44
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of HM Revenue and Customs resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May 2010; and how much this has cost his Department.
(165559)
45
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on the Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing the strategy in each such year; and how many such staff were engaged in (i) detection, (ii) intelligence-gathering and analysis, (iii) investigations and (iv) the provision of legal advice.
(165649)
46
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what analysis he has made of waiting lists for (a) one bedroom houses, (b) two bedroom houses, (c) three bedroom houses and (d) bungalows for each registered social landlord and local authority in England and Wales since January 2013.
(165735)
47
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to increase the availability and supply of affordable housing in rural areas.
(165730)
48
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many acres of land in rural areas (a) planning permission has been granted to build affordable homes since 2010 and (b) applications are currently under consideration by a planning committee to allow the building of affordable homes.
(165731)
49
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units of affordable housing were developed in rural areas in each of the last three years.
(165732)
50
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty homes were redesignated as second homes in the last financial year.
[R] (165714)
51
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential financial implications for his Department of not discounting demolitions on regeneration sites from the New Homes Bonus calculations over the lifetime of the scheme.
[R] (165734)
52
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage wider collection of recyclable plastics from households.
(165657)
53
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of plastics recycling infrastructure in the UK.
(165658)
54
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165686)
55
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Environmnetal, Cultural and Protective Services block grant is distributed using indicators of (a) social deprivation, (b) population density and (c) population sparsity.
(165545)
56
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2012, Official Report, column 113W, on broadband, what her Department recommends as the optimum broadband speed to enable businesses and education institutions in this country to match competitor companies in other countries.
(165704)
57
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165687)
58
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of the Royal Marine Commando Base in Poole; and if he will make a statement.
(165548)
59
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets have been assigned to (a) Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, (b) Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, (c) Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 and (d) Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 since 2012; and for how long each asset was assigned to each group.
(165779)
60
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have met representatives of the Business Services Association.
(165782)
61
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the building and renovation timetable for the sites earmarked for use as part of the re-basing requirements for forces returning from Germany; and which lead contractors have been appointed.
[R] (165783)
62
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165688)
63
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are any plans to use reserve officers as combat pilots in the RAF along the lines of the US National Guard.
(165646)
64
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May 2010; and how much this has cost his Department.
(165557)
65
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to bring forward proposals for 200 all-postal primaries following the undertaking to do so in the Coalition Agreement.
(165792)
66
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of temporary classrooms in Nottinghamshire Local Education Authority.
(165707)
67
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Ashfield constituency are entitled to the pupil premium; and what assessment he has made of whether receipt of that premium has had a corresponding effect on levels of attainment.
(165723)
68
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new childrens centres have opened in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Birmingham and (c) Selly Oak constituency since 2010; and what funding his Department has provided to such centres in each year since 2010.
(165539)
69
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165689)
70
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) Campsfield House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) the Cedars pre-departure accommodation are regulated by the Children Act 1989 and the guidance and regulations which his Department issues on children's welfare.
(165627)
71
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to support the creation of a global sanctuary in the Arctic off limits to new oil and gas exploitation and industrial fishing and covering the area of international waters around the North Pole beyond Arctic states' exclusive economic zones; and if he will make a statement.
(165641)
72
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the area of Arctic sea ice that will remain during September 2015 and (b) the plausible date range for the earliest ice free summer in the Arctic; and if he will make a statement.
(165642)
73
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of scenarios and probabilities on (a) further Arctic warming, (b) sea ice melt, (c) increasing climate extremes and reduced crop production, (d) Arctic methane emissions and (e) global sea level rise until 2100; and if he will make a statement.
(165643)
74
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the amount of solar energy that was absorbed in the Arctic Ocean during 2012 and (b) the minimum cooling required to halt this level of retreat of sea ice; and if he will make a statement.
(165647)
75
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Natural Environment Research Council about the CryoSat-2 satellite measurements of Arctic sea ice (a) extend and (b) volume; and if he will make a statement.
(165648)
76
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165690)
77
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government on the need for more affordable housing in rural areas.
(165728)
78
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken in order to increase the provision of affordable housing in rural areas.
(165729)
79
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2013, Official Report, column 72W, on food: exports, what (a) proportion and (b) value of UK food and drink exports came from (i) Singapore, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama collectively and (ii) India, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the Gulf Co-operation Council, Canada and the US collectively in each of the last three years.
(165733)
80
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the rise in the use of cats and dogs for experimental purposes; and if he will make a statement.
(165624)
81
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to boost the recycling of (a) plastic films and (b) black plastics.
(165651)
82
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department is making in its efforts to meet plastics recycling targets.
(165652)
83
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will next review PRN/PERN policy.
(165653)
84
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage households to reduce food waste.
(165654)
85
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to increase public awareness of plastics recycling in the UK.
(165655)
86
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the export of plastics recyclate from the UK on the domestic plastics recycling market and the wider UK economy.
(165656)
87
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165691)
88
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to repatriate motorcycle rider licensing powers from the European Union.
(165703)
89
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of Hezbollah activities for British interests in the Middle East.
(165716)
90
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Hezbollah involvement in Syria.
(165717)
91
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent reports that the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has stated that Hezbollah fighters are active in Syria.
(165719)
92
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on adding Hezbollah to the EU's list of recognised terrorist organisations.
(165727)
93
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the UK gave recognition to the current administration of Egypt.
(165773)
94
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165692)
95
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many temporary non-EEA migrants are currently employed by NHS organisations in London.
(165650)
96
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165693)
97
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of Hezbollah activity within the UK.
(165726)
98
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the EU's role in promoting national resilience; and if she will make a statement.
(165546)
99
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the role of the EU training co-ordinator in relation to emergency services is; and if she will make a statement.
(165555)
100
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to revise the annual immigration statistics to ensure that they are provided with the latest census estimates of past immigration.
(165718)
101
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has held with the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Independent Police Complaints Commission regarding an investigation into the role of South Yorkshire Police at Orgreave coke works during the 1984-85 Miners' Strike.
(165625)
102
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to ensure the Independent Police Complaints Commission has the necessary powers and resources to conduct a robust examination of police tactics at Orgreave coke works during the 1984-85 Miners' Strike.
(165626)
103
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will open an independent public enquiry into the conduct of the police at Orgreave coke works during the 1984-85 Miners' Strike.
(165630)
104
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165694)
105
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were subject to detention in adult immigration removal centres in each of the last three years.
(165628)
106
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of abuse in applications for the student visitor visas.
(165629)
107
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will exempt visa applicants who have previously undertaken study at a UK university from the pilot studies into the requirement for cash bonds for immigration purposes.
(165631)
108
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the introduction of a cash bond for immigration purposes on non-EU PhD candidates studying at UK universities who use student visitor visas to return for viva voce examinations.
(165632)
109
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the recent detention of children in Campsfield House adult immigration removal centre; and if she will make a statement.
(165633)
110
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if applications for student visitor visas will be included in pilot schemes on a requirement for a cash bond for visa applications.
(165638)
111
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visas were granted in each year since 2008.
(165663)
112
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations about the ending of a relationship with someone who has permission to enter or remain in the UK as a partner of a British citizen her Department received in each year from 2008 to date.
(165722)
113
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been spent by the House Service (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed in the House Service for this purpose.
(165715)
114
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of British support for the Great Himalaya Trail; and if she will make a statement.
(165544)
115
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provides for health-related projects in Helmand province, Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement.
(165547)
116
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has met the Commonwealth Secretary General to discuss (a) her Department's Multilateral Aid Review update and (b) the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation; and if she will make a statement.
(165635)
117
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165695)
118
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in her Department resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May 2010; and how much this has cost her Department.
(165560)
119
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the proposals outlined on page 23 of Transforming Rehabilitation: A Strategy for Reform, what training private sector employees will receive in respect of suitability for dealing with (a) breach of community order and (b) recall to prison.
(165662)
120
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign national offenders detained beyond the end of their sentence in prisons or immigration centres in each of the last three years in Scotland.
(165710)
121
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many evictions and eviction proceedings in England and Wales took place in (a) April 2013, (b) May 2013 and (c) June 2013.
(165736)
122
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which secure youth establishments have (a) been closed, (b) been decommissioned and (c) had their use altered, by capacity of establishment, since 1997.
(165766)
123
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) capacity and (b) population of the secure youth estate was in each year since 1997.
(165767)
124
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid to private contractors for running each privately run prison in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how much is budgeted to be spent in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
(165768)
125
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all occasions on which performance points were accrued by private prisons since 2010; for what reason the points were accrued in each case; and what financial penalties were attached in each case.
(165769)
126
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) cost per place and (b) cost per prisoner was in (i) publicly run and (ii) privately run prisons in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13.
(165770)
127
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much income the Victims Surcharge (a) generated and (b) was originally projected to generate in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
(165774)
128
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish all responses to the recent legal aid consultation.
(165775)
129
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish its response to the findings of the Intensive Alternative to Custody pilot evaluations.
(165776)
130
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many out-of-court disposals for young people have been issued by type of disposal in each year from 2010 to date.
(165777)
131
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines were (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(165784)
132
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contract failures there have been at HM Prison Oakwood since it opened; what those failures were; and what financial penalties were attached to them.
(165789)
133
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age of a magistrate was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(165790)
134
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates were (a) male, (b) female, (c) Black, Asian and minority ethnic and (d) registered disabled in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(165791)
135
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for awarding the new tagging contracts.
(165793)
136
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those who breached the conditions of their tagging and were due to be recalled to prison failed to be recalled in 2012.
(165794)
137
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there were of tags being incorrectly removed from offenders in 2012.
(165795)
138
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there were of tags being incorrectly fitted to the wrong person in 2012.
(165796)
139
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the certified normal accommodation for HM Prison Oakwood has been in each month since it first opened; and how many offenders have been held in the prison in each month since it first opened.
(165797)
140
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints from (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff there have been about conditions at HM Prison Oakwood since it first opened.
(165798)
141
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escaped prisoners remain at large.
(165799)
142
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there were of prisons needing to have their locks replaced since May 2010; what the cost to the public purse was of such incidents; and in which prison each incident took place.
(165800)
143
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the Government is currently negotiating prison transfer agreements.
(165801)
144
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings Ministers in his Department have held with their EU counterparts on the EU Prisoner Transfer agreement; and when each such meeting was held.
(165802)
145
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165696)
146
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the theft of a network server from Salford Magistrates' Court in January 2012 took place; who stole the server; what the value of the server was; how it was recovered; what action has been taken against the thief; what documents were on the server; whether such documents (a) related to court staff, defendants, victims or witnesses and (b) included personal or confidential matters or matters related to evidence; what steps have been taken to inform those affected; for what reasons he believes that the information has not been accessed; for what reasons the theft was not reported to the police and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) until June 2012; when he expects the ICO to report; and if he will make a statement.
(165660)
147
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165697)
148
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165698)
149
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May 2010; and how much this has cost his Department.
(165558)
150
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the effect on motorcycle testing and training will be of the merger of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and the Driving Standards Agency.
(165708)
151
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the governance of motorcycle testing and training following the merger of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and the Driving Standards Agency; and if he will make a statement.
(165720)
152
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the implementation in the UK of the EU requiring certain higher speed exercises in the motorcycle test to be conducted on a limited range of off-road testing areas has caused practical difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
(165721)
153
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165699)
154
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165701)
155
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Ashfield constituency (a) received a sanction and (b) received a sanction and disputed it in each of the last five years; and how many such claimants had a sanction overturned as a result of it being reconsidered or appealed.
(165705)
156
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Ashfield constituency have found employment lasting more than six months through the Work Programme since its inception; how many such people were aged under 24; and how many such people had a disability.
(165724)
157
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the likely number of households in Ashfield constituency in the poverty bracket following the implementation of universal credit.
(165725)
158
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of live job vacancies in Ashfield constituency.
(165778)
159
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits sanctions are currently in force; and how many such sanctions have been in force in each of the last five years.
(165640)
160
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people claiming child benefit for children living outside the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(165661)
161
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
(165702)
162
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of the Health and Safety Executive resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May 2010; and how much this has cost his Department.
(165556)

TUESDAY 16 JULY 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

*1
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): If he will bring forward legislative proposals on standardised packaging of tobacco products.
(165198)
*2
Stephen Timms (East Ham): What recent assessment he has made of the effects on NHS services of changes in local authority spending on adult social care.
(165199)
*3
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): What steps he is taking to change negative perceptions of mental health issues.
(165200)
*4
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What plans he has to implement the recommendation of the Francis Report on safe staffing levels.
(165201)
*5
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): Whether the new review of children's heart surgery units will cover adult as well as paediatric cardiac surgery.
(165202)
*6
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What plans he has to meet the Acting Chief Executive of the East of England Ambulance Trust to discuss that Trust's recovery plan.
(165203)
*7
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What recent assessment he has made of the Joint Service Review on the future of health services in Worcestershire.
(165204)
*8
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What assessment he has made of recent improvements in services to patients at Kettering General Hospital.
(165205)
*9
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): What assessment he has made of the rollout of the NHS 111 telephone service.
(165206)
*10
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): If he will take steps to ensure that people affected by muscle-wasting conditions in the South East Coast NHS area are adequately supported after September 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(165207)
*11
Margot James (Stourbridge): What steps he is taking to improve the care of vulnerable older people.
(165208)
*12
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What recent progress his Department has made on negotiations with acute providers on the capital and revenue costs of implementing the recommendations of the special adminstrator of the South London Healthcare Trust.
(165209)
*13
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What plans he has to increase the management capability of doctors elected to clinical commissioning groups.
(165210)
*14
Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps he is taking to tackle health tourism and ensure a fair system of contribution to the costs of the NHS.
(165211)
*15
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What his policy is on the availability of selective dorsal rhizotomy treatments for young patients.
(165212)
*16
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What specialist health support the Government provides for young families.
(165213)
*17
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What steps he is taking to protect whistleblowers in the NHS.
(165214)
*18
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent assessment he has made of the effects on NHS services of changes in local authority spending on adult social care.
(165215)
*19
Ian Austin (Dudley North): If he will bring forward legislative proposals on standardised packaging of tobacco products.
(165216)
*20
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): What steps he is taking to encourage integration of health and social care services.
(165217)
*21
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): What steps he is taking to tackle health tourism and ensure a fair system of contribution to the costs of the NHS.
(165218)
*22
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): What steps he is taking to tackle health tourism and ensure a fair system of contribution to the costs of the NHS.
(165219)
*23
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): How much the NHS has spent on redundancy payments since June 2010.
(165220)
*24
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What his plans are for future service provision by the Whittington Hospital.
(165221)
*25
Lorely Burt (Solihull): What contingency plans he has in place to ensure safe and appropriate delivery of ambulance services if the new arrangements fail to meet delivery standards.
(165222)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

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

*1
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(165223)
*2
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East):
(165224)
*4
Sarah Champion (Rotherham):
(165226)
*5
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):
(165227)
*6
David Rutley (Macclesfield):
(165228)
*7
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):
(165229)
*8
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley):
(165230)
*9
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock):
(165231)
*10
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):
(165232)

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)

Notices given on Monday 8 July
1
N
George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of restoring the Future Jobs Fund in 2015-16.
(164653)
2
N
George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of extending free childcare for all three and four year olds to 17.5 hours a week in 2015-16.
(164654)
3
N
George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer in 2015-16 of restoring police funding to the level it would have been without the decisions made in the 2010 Spending Review and the 2013 Spending Round.
(164655)

Notices given on Tuesday 9 July
1
N
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether water companies are obliged to offer customers an assessed charge if the cost of installing a meter is prohibitive for either party.
(164845)
2
N
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she next intends to visit the North East of England to update churches, aid groups and interested parties on the coordination of UK humanitarian and aid support to key developing countries.
(164939)

Notices given on Wednesday 10 July
1
N
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Annex F of his Department's publication, Calculation of 2013-14 Formula Funding, what assessment he has made of the services that are (a) more expensive to provide in rural areas, (b) cheaper to provide in rural areas, (c) more expensive to provide in densely-populated areas and (c) cheaper to provide in densely-populated areas.
(165538)

Notices given on Thursday 11 July
1
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will confirm whether he has received any (a) oral and (b) written representations from the Scottish Government on his plans to sell shares in Royal Mail.
(165572)
2
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of staff of Civil Service equivalent Grade 7 and above have left the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission in the last 18 months.
(165808)
3
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedures are in place for retaining experienced staff at the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission at Civil Service equivalent Grade 7 and above.
(165809)
4
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy is on promoting small and medium-sized enterprises and other UK businesses in Government speeches, publications and press releases.
(165821)
5
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance or support UK Trade and Investment offers to foreign businesses who express an interest in buying from UK companies; and what Government policy is on acting as a reference customer to foreign businesses for specific UK businesses which successfully sell goods or services to Government.
(165822)
6
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on taking account of human rights related matters in public procurement of goods and services.
(165745)
7
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if, so as to provide an accurate record, he will request the Office of National Statistics to revise its long-term immigration statistics especially for the period 1997 to 2010 in the light of the results of the 2011 Census.
(165742)
8
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the role of the international anti-corruption champion involves; and what work the international anti-corruption champion has undertaken over the last 12 months.
(165818)
9
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the level of corruption in the delivery of public services in England and Wales; and whether he plans to respond to Transparency International's report on that subject entitled Global Corruption Barometer 2013.
(165820)
10
N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) staffing and (b) financial resources his Department has dedicated to implementing the UK's 2013 National Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership.
(165669)
11
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the commitment in the 2013 Spending Review of continued funding of £56 million to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations relates to the commitment made in the 2010 Spending Review of £470 million to support capacity building in the voluntary and community sector.
(165740)
12
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to incentivise philanthropic giving outside of London; and if he will make a statement.
(165760)
13
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications there have been to the UK Guarantees scheme; and how many such applications were accepted.
(165741)
14
N
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances speculative market homes will be permitted on rural exception sites.
(165569)
15
N
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who sets the value that a housing association is able to offer to the owner of agricultural land; and how that value is calculated.
(165681)
16
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of progress on recruiting the required additional reservist capability; and if he will make a statement.
(165754)
17
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans that the general Purpose Digital Test and Diagnostic Facility will have a role to play in the upgrade programme and through life support of the Warrior upgrade.
(165749)
18
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has examined all options for the delivery of the MOD Sea Mounting Centre requirements, including the use of alternative sites that might free up port capacity at Marchwood in support of UK exports.
(165665)
19
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many movements of MOD vessels from the MOD Sea Mounting Centre Marchwood there were in each of the last 12 months.
(165666)
20
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the sale of the MOD Sea Mounting Centre Marchwood to be completed.
(165667)
21
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the sale of the MOD Sea Mounting Centre Marchwood; and if he will make a statement.
(165668)
22
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is provided to academy brokers on their responsibility to have regard for the Civil Service Code.
(165738)
23
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the provision of departmental email accounts to academy brokers employed as contractors.
(165739)
24
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of pupils per class in primary schools was in academic years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(165764)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many companies who secured a contract for the delivery of the Energy Company Obligation via the brokerage system have subsequently gone into administration.
(165581)
26
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of bids for Energy Company Obligation lots have met the reserve price to date.
(165582)
27
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the cost to energy suppliers of changing their IT and billing systems to collect Green Deal payments.
(165671)
28
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons his Department has not provided energy companies with the postcodes which will qualify for the rural element of the Energy Company Obligation: Carbon Saving Community Obligation.
(165750)
29
N
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of how much capacity will be required to fill the gap until the Capacity Market begins operating; and for how long mothballed capacity will be needed.
(165567)
30
N
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to encourage both gas and coal mothballed plants to fire up to provide reserve capacity.
(165568)
31
N
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to provide incentives to currently mothballed plants to bring capacity on-stream if needed; and how much such incentives would cost.
(165571)
32
N
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether bringing on reserve capacity from mothballed plants will involve a derogation of the EU Large Combustion Plants Directive.
(165670)
33
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2013, Official Report, column 826W on buildings, whether he has received any approach by potential purchasers to all or some of the 49.7 hectares of land known as Old Rectory Farm which is contiguous with Wisley Airfield; and if he will make a statement.
(165752)
34
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many UK sites Chalara fraxinea infection has been confirmed to date.
(165672)
35
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, columns 445-6W, on birds of prey, in which (a) regions and (b) counties the two licences to remove buzzard nests to prevent serious damage to livestock were issued.
(165673)
36
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, official Report, columns 445-6W, on birds of prey, which organisations or individuals were awarded licences to remove buzzard nests to prevent serious damage to livestock.
(165682)
37
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many microgrammes of small particulates (PM2.5) per cubic metre of air he expects emissions from biomass combustion to add to the atmosphere in the UK in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2020.
(165811)
38
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department gives to companies on investment in Burma on projects which cause displacement.
(165674)
39
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department gives to UK companies on trade or investment with the Yuzana group of companies in Burma.
(165675)
40
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Burma to repealing all repressive laws in that country.
(165743)
41
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the current Egyptian administration regarding the very significant political changes which have taken place in Egypt.
(165805)
42
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent consideration he has given to reopening the UK's embassy in Tehran.
(165806)
43
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Children's Heart Federation will be involved in the new congenital cardiac review.
(165576)
44
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether meetings of his Department's review of congenital cardiac services will be open to the public, properly minuted and advertised in advance.
(165577)
45
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that advisers and decision-makers involved with the decision-making process on the congenital cardiac review are independent of vested interests.
(165580)
46
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Health Education England's role is in ensuring GPs are sufficiently trained to correctly diagnose and manage skin conditions.
[R] (165678)
47
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress there has been on the future accreditation of GPs with an interest in dermatology by the Royal College of General Practitioners; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (165679)
48
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he took to observe the transparency and political neutrality mandated by the code of practice for ministerial appointments to public bodies when shortlisting for the Public Health England advisory board; and what steps he took to ensure a diverse and representative group for the final short-list of appointments.
(165583)
49
N
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effectiveness of the consultation process used by the Nene Commissioning Group to consult on re-provision of respite care and health checks for people with neuro-degenerative conditions and community podiatry services in Northamptonshire; and if he will make a statement.
(165565)
50
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department received expressing concerns regarding University Hospitals Morecambe Bay prior to May 2010.
(165803)
51
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department made to the Care Quality Commission regarding University Hospitals Morecambe Bay prior to May 2010.
(165804)
52
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of trafficking have been returned to their countries of origin (a) within and (b) outside the EU in each of the last three years; and at what cost.
(165566)
53
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on making it easier for tourists from China to visit the UK.
(165757)
54
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department provides to displaced people living in model villages in Burma.
(165676)
55
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has met with the Commonwealth Secretary General to discuss (a) her Department's Multilateral Aid Review update and (b) the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation; and if she will make a statement.
(165664)
56
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of whether the Multilateral Aid Review's methodology and criteria is a fair basis on which to judge the development activities of the Commonwealth Secretariat; and if she will make a statement.
(165677)
57
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to make progress in achieving the commitments agreed at the Government's Family Planning Summit in 2012, and in ensuring that all the Government's partners are working to achieve those commitments.
(165574)
58
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of progress in improving women's access to contraception in the developing world following the Government's Family Planning Summit in 2012.
(165575)
59
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions or reported offences there have been under the amended section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 offence of causing the death or serious physical harm of a child or vulnerable adult which came into force on 2 July 2012; and where such statistics are reported on the Office for National Statistics website.
(165680)
60
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many nationals of other EU member states are held in UK prisons (a) in total and (b) by country of origin.
(165579)
61
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost per day of electronically monitoring an individual using (a) global positioning system technology and (b) radio frequency technology; and if he will make a statement.
(165812)
62
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of uncollected fines issued by courts is.
(165758)
63
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts were awaiting trial on 1 January (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
(165759)
64
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases brought to court included a victim personal statement in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(165761)
65
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts received in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(165762)
66
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis and (b) pot plants and cut flowers at the Petty France office in each of the last three years.
(165810)
67
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of corruption in the last year for which figures are available; what distinction his Department makes between corruption and fraud for the purpose of crime statistics; and how each is measured and monitored.
(165819)
68
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last had (a) oral and (b) written communication with the Scottish Government on the proposed privatisation of Royal Mail.
(165573)
69
N
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on how many occasions in each year since the formation of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority its (a) Chairman, (b) Board members, (c) Chief Executive and (d) chief officers have visited the constituency offices of hon. Members; and in each case if he will list those constituencies.
(165744)
70
N
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will make it his policy that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) should provide specific funds to enable hon. and Right hon. Members to publish an annual report to constituents as suggested by IPSA.
(165747)
71
N
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on how many occasions in each year since the formation of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority its (a) chairman, (b) board members, (c) chief executive and (d) chief officers have met individual hon. Members excluding Ministers to ascertain what the work of a Member of Parliament entails; and in each case if he will list the hon. or Right hon. Members concerned.
(165748)
72
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which events (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have (i) been invited to and (ii) plan to attend as part of London International Shipping Week from 9 to 13 September 2013.
(165751)
73
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels that qualified for the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2001-02 were crewed entirely by (a) non-UK and (b) non-EU seafarers.
(165753)
74
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) trades unions and (ii) the UK Chamber of Shipping on the creation of a mandatory link to training UK seafarer ratings in the tonnage tax scheme; and what his policy is on the creation of such a link.
(165755)
75
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps are being taken to launch the proposed public consultation on caste discrimination before the summer recess in order to enable the necessary legislative changes before the end of the current parliamentary session.
(165815)
76
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the exceptions are mentioned in the letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities to Lord Avebury of 25 June 2013 regarding the proposed research on caste by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
(165816)
77
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to run the Equality and Human Rights Commission research on caste in parallel with the Caste Discrimination consultation for the purpose of ensuring there are not unnecessary delays to implementation.
(165817)
78
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 205W, on food banks, for what reason job centres refer clients to food banks.
(165807)
79
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to maintain a Jobcentre Plus in both Rushden and Wellingborough; and if he will make a statement.
(165578)
80
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many food bank food vouchers have been handed out by benefit advisers in each year since 2010; and if he will list the 20 job centres which have handed out the most food bank food vouchers.
(165746)
81
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many food bank vouchers have been handed out in each year since 2010, by jobcentre.
(165763)
82
N
Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people formerly employed at Remploy in Wythenshawe have found alternative employment since the factory closed.
(165756)
83
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between a claim for (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) employment and support allowance and (d) pension credit and a decision notice was of each nationality of claimant in each of the last 12 quarters for which records are available.
(165737)
84
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has reviewed or plans to review the performance targets for Year 3 non-intervention in the Work Programme for (a) jobseeker's allowance 18 to 24, (b) jobseeker's allowance 25 and over and (c) employment and support allowance flow that were set out in the invitation to tender.
(165570)
85
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 who will be in receipt of universal credit by 30 April 2014.
(165813)
86
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether someone in receipt of universal credit who moves into employment before April 2014 with a small firm not yet operating Real Time Information for PAYE would continue if eligible to receive universal credit; and how their entitlement would be established.
(165814)

WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

*1
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What priorities her Department has in Bangladesh for the next 12 months.
(165584)
*2
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What steps she is taking to improve the co-ordination of humanitarian support for Syria and the surrounding region.
(165585)
*3
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What support her Department provides for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and if she will make a statement.
(165586)
*4
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): What plans she has to support the application of agricultural science, research and innovation in developing economies.
(165587)
*5
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What steps her Department takes to reduce the impact of natural disasters by increasing the resilience of communities.
(165588)
*6
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What assessment she has made of likely population growth in North and West Africa by 2050; and if she will make a statement.
(165589)
*7
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What steps her Department is taking to end aid dependency through jobs and economic development.
(165590)
*8
Mark Durkan (Foyle): What recent assessment she has made of the upholding of humanitarian commitments made by the government of Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries in that region under the Peace, Security and Co-operation Framework to date.
(165591)
*9
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK-Israeli co-operation on international development.
(165592)
*10
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): What assessment she has made of the likely effects of the outcomes agreed at the G8 Summit in June 2013 on developing countries.
(165593)
*11
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What recent assessment she has made of the effect on poverty of the role of UK money-transfer firms in facilitating remittance payments to developing countries.
(165594)
*12
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): What recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria and neighbouring countries.
(165595)
*13
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What steps her Department is taking to eradicate child labour.
(165596)
*14
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What steps she is taking to improve the co-ordination of humanitarian support for Syria and the surrounding region.
(165597)
*15
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): What recent assessment she has made of the role of Fairtrade goods in development.
(165598)

At 11.53am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

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

*1
Simon Wright (Norwich South): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(165599)
*2
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
(165600)
*3
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford):
(165601)
*4
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):
(165602)
*5
Hugh Bayley (York Central):
(165603)
*6
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):
(165604)
*7
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green):
(165605)
*8
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North):
(165606)
*9
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):
(165607)
*10
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):
(165608)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 17 July.
(165609)
*2
Wayne David (Caerphilly):
(165610)
*3
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness):
(165611)
*4
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): How many foreign national prisoners (a) are in prison and (b) were in prison in May 2010; and what steps are being taken to send them to secure detention in their own countries and to negotiate compulsory prisoner transfer agreements with high-volume countries.
(165612)
*5
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East):
(165613)
*6
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire):
(165614)
*7
Michael Ellis (Northampton North):
(165615)
*8
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):
(165616)
*9
Stephen Timms (East Ham):
(165617)
*10
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley):
(165618)
*11
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):
(165619)
*12
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North):
(165620)
*13
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):
(165621)
*14
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark):
(165622)
*15
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston):
(165623)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 11 July
1
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding in (a) capital DEL, (b) resource DEL and (c) financial transactions has been allocated to the Scottish Government in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
(165765)

Prepared 11th July 2013