Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 9 September 2013
(the ‘Questions Book’™)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 10 September 2013
For Written Questions for answer on the date 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.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
*
1
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
What assessment he has made of the rate of private sector job creation.
(900218)
*
2
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
What recent comparative assessment he has made of trends in real wages in the UK and in similar economies.
(900219)
*
3
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on family incomes.
(900220)
*
4
Yvonne Fovargue
(Makerfield):
What recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty.
(900221)
*
5
Mr Dave Watts
(St Helens North):
Whether he plans to introduce a land tax.
(900222)
*
6
Steve Brine
(Winchester):
What recent steps he has taken to support small businesses.
(900223)
*
7
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
What recent progress he has made on implementation of the mortgage guarantee scheme.
(900224)
*
8
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
What his policy is on the payment of corporation tax by foreign-based companies; and if he will make a statement.
(900225)
*
9
Stella Creasy
(Walthamstow):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on family incomes.
(900226)
*
10
Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
What recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty.
(900227)
*
11
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on family incomes.
(900228)
*
12
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
What recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty.
(900229)
*
13
Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
What recent progress he has made on his plans to tackle tax avoidance.
(900230)
*
14
Dr Phillip Lee
(Bracknell):
What recent steps he has taken to support small businesses.
(900231)
*
15
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on family incomes.
(900232)
*
16
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
What recent assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy made by the manufacturing sector.
(900233)
*
17
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
What recent progress has been made on implementation of the National Infrastructure Plan.
(900234)
*
18
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on family incomes.
(900235)
*
19
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
What estimate he has made of the annual value of the reduction in the additional rate of income tax to 45 per cent to a person earning £1 million per annum.
(900236)
*
20
Mr Brooks Newmark
(Braintree):
What recent steps he has taken to support small businesses.
(900237)
*
21
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
What recent steps he has taken to support small businesses.
(900238)
*
22
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
What recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty.
(900239)
*
23
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
What recent comparative assessment he has made of trends in real wages in the UK and in similar economies.
(900240)
*
24
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
What recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty.
(900241)
*
25
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
What recent comparative assessment he has made of trends in real wages in the UK and in similar economies.
(900242)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*
1
John Robertson
(Glasgow North West):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(900208)
*
2
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
(900209)
*
3
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
(900210)
*
4
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
(900211)
*
5
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
(900212)
*
6
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
(900213)
*
7
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
(900214)
*
8
Kwasi Kwarteng
(Spelthorne):
(900215)
*
9
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
(900216)
*
10
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
(900217)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 29 August
1
N
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
(167658)
2
N
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
(167659)
3
N
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many invoices were processed by her Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
(167657)
4
N
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
(167656)
Notices given on Monday 2 September
1
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many disqualification decisions taken in another EU member state have been given effect in the UK under the terms of the 1998 EU Convention on Driving Disqualifications in each of the last four years.
(167747)
2
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on which EU member states which have not yet done so intend to adopt the 1998 EU Convention on Driving Disqualifications.
(167748)
3
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the UK would be obliged to accept the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU to give preliminary rulings on the interpretation of the 1998 EU Convention on Driving Disqualifications if the UK remained bound by that Convention after the expiry of the transitional period provided for in Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
(167749)
Notices given on Thursday 5 September
1
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Attorney General, how many convictions for committing female genital mutilation there were in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(168248)
2
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2013, Official Report, column 525W on British Overseas Territories, how many action plans from the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have been published to date; where such plans have been published; and what steps he plans to take against those jurisdictions that fail to publish action plans by the end of this year.
(168214)
3
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases investigated by HM Revenue and Customs were awaiting a tax tribunal hearing on 31 March (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013; and what steps he is taking to reduce these figures.
(168225)
4
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HM Revenue and Customs' compliance yield has been in the financial year to date.
(168226)
5
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful criminal prosecutions have been brought as a result of investigations by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2010-11; and which offences were prosecuted in that time.
(168227)
6
N
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will facilitate negotiations between employers and trades unions on pensions in the fire service.
(168316)
7
N
Mr Russell Brown
(Dumfries and Galloway):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings, in each category of expenditure, his Department has made since May 2010; and what savings are forecast over the next five years.
(168325)
8
N
Mr Russell Brown
(Dumfries and Galloway):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding was allocated for the improvement and maintenance of living accommodation in each category for the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army for each financial year from 2009-10; and what funding has been allocated for the next three full financial years.
(168326)
9
N
Mr Russell Brown
(Dumfries and Galloway):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding was allocated to the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army for recruitment purposes in each category of expenditure in each financial year since 2009-10.
(168327)
10
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what land in the UK is available to his Department for use in training; and on what occasions each such location has been used for those purposes in the last year.
(168319)
11
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what benefits in kind were received by the (a) Permanent Secretary of his Department, (b) the Chief of the Defence Staff, (c) the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and (d) the Chief of Defence Materiel in 2012-13.
(168320)
12
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministers in his Department have taken charter flights to which destinations and at what cost per flight in each of the last 12 months.
(168321)
13
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the nature was of each of his Department's loss of personal data incidents in 2012-13.
(168323)
14
N
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the companies which tendered for the GoCo will be the subject of scrutiny and consideration by the Government's cross-departmental review.
(168249)
15
N
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reserve force facilities there are for each service in West Sussex; how many reservists attend each such base regularly; and if he will make a statement.
(168260)
16
N
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which countries in the Middle East the UK has a defence co-operation agreement.
(168322)
17
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special advisers in his private ministerial office have developed vetting security clearance.
(168215)
18
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many appointments and reappointments he has made to public bodies since May 2010; and which candidates for those posts have declared political activity since May 2010.
(168217)
19
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's non-executive board member's entry in the Register of Interests.
(168220)
20
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Huddersfield of 15 July 2013, Official Report, column 478W on accountancy, what the purpose of each contract with Deloitte is.
(168213)
21
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the study into the use of food aid commissioned by his Department in February 2013 will be published.
(168331)
22
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badger carcasses resulting from the pilot badger culls have been disposed of at category 1 waste facilities; and if he will list those facilities.
(168332)
23
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been reported killed in the two pilot badger cull areas.
(168333)
24
N
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is planning to take to improve the management of ragwort.
(168262)
25
N
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy objectives are with respect to the transport of animals over long distances.
(168318)
26
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations or individuals have withdrawn from each of the networks established under the public health responsibility deal to date.
(168216)
27
N
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which education institutions sponsoring non-EEA students under Tier 4 of the points-based system have yet to obtain Highly Trusted status.
(168218)
28
N
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many education institutions are able to offer below-degree level courses to adults entering the UK under Tier 4 of the points-based system.
(168219)
29
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases asylum was granted on the grounds of the risk of female genital mutilation in each year since 2010.
(168223)
30
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases asylum was applied for on the basis of the risk of female genital mutilation but subsequently rejected since 2010.
(168224)
31
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to letters sent by the hon. Member for Harrow West on 13 May and 16 July 2013 to UK Visas and Immigration regarding Mr Khaldoon Atiyah.
(168328)
32
N
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration enforcement staff were involved in her Department's pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, 'go home or face arrest'.
(168263)
33
N
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who contacted her Department as a result of the pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, 'go home or face arrest', were (a) identified as illegal immigrants, (b) deported and (c) left the country voluntarily.
(168264)
34
N
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people texted her Department during its pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, 'go home or face arrest'; and what the nationalities were of those who texted.
(168265)
35
N
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vans were used by her Department for its pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, 'go home or face arrest'.
(168266)
36
N
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to roll out her Department's advertising scheme using the phrase, 'go home or face arrest'.
(168267)
37
N
Thomas Docherty
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the cost to the House service of the recall of the House on 29 August 2013; and what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue foregone by (a) visitor services, (b) the Jubilee Cafe, (c) other catering services and (d) other services due to that recall.
(168228)
38
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on research and development of new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines for global health through each of her Department's product development partnerships in each of the last five years; and how much she intends to spend in such fashion in each of the next five years.
(168221)
39
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Departmernt has to replace the current research strategy for new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines when it expires at the end of 2013.
(168222)
40
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list by (a) region and (b) month the (i) nationality, (ii) gender and (iii) age of each suspected victim of trafficking referred by the Gangmaster's Licensing Authority to the Trafficking Victim support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army since June 2010.
(168330)
41
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to reviewing the ban on facilitation payments under the Bribery Act 2010.
(168268)
42
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the extra cost of compensation to the owners of the further properties along the route of Phase 1 of High Speed 2 to whom letters have been sent this week informing them that their property will be required for HS2 construction purposes.
(168329)
43
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the revised maps showing the extra properties along the route of Phase 1 of High Speed 2 where owners are this week being informed that their property is in some way required for the construction of High Speed 2.
(168334)
44
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the new rollout plan for universal credit will be published.
(168317)
45
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal helicopter accidents there have been in the offshore oil and gas sector in each year since 1983; and what comparative assessment he has made of the relative safety of helicopters working in the Norwegian oil and gas sector over the same period.
(168314)
46
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) employers and (b) trade unions on safety in the offshore helicopter sector.
(168315)
47
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the safety of Super Puma model helicopters used to transport workers to and from offshore installations in the North Sea.
(168324)
48
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of reports of difficulties with the new simpler payment system for pensions and disability benefits, in particular of PIN numbers being overheard by bystanders.
(168250)
49
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what ways the weekly signing requirement for jobseeker's allowance announced in the 2013 Budget differs from the system in place prior to April 2011 when weekly signing was abolished.
(168251)
50
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of additional children who would be living in households receiving below the 60 per cent median equivalised household income if the benefit cap were reduced to £20,000 per annum.
(168252)
51
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of additional households that would be affected by the benefit cap if that cap were reduced to £20,000 per annum.
(168253)
52
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his contribution of 11 September 2012, Official Report, column 154, when he started holding weekly meetings on the IT development for universal credit.
(168261)
Notices given on Friday 6 September
1
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff are currently employed at the Serious Fraud Office.
(168357)
2
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much inward foreign direct investment UK Trade and Investment has secured in the year to date.
(168344)
3
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the return on investment to the public purse from the London UK Trade and Investment office through inward investment and exports.
(168358)
4
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the return on investment from the public purse from the UK Trade and Investment's private sector partners through the inward investment they attract into London.
(168359)
5
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much inward foreign direct investment UK Trade and Investment and its private sector partners attracted into London during the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years.
(168360)
6
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized enterprise exporters in London contributed to the Trade Growth Value metric by reporting receipt of significant assistance from UK Trade and Investment during the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years.
(168361)
7
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what input his Department provided to the Department for Transport's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling report, Get Britain Cycling.
(168383)
8
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department provides for cycling infrastructure development.
(168388)
9
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 517W, for which sectors he intends to publish (a) strategy documents and (b) strategy documents for an industry-led strategy.
(168378)
10
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of changes in the levels of financial giving and philanthropy over the last two years.
(168353)
11
Alok Sharma
(Reading West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the saving to the public purse in 2015-16 as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
(168362)
12
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many workers were (a) directly employed by the Church Commissioners and (b) indirectly employed by the Church Commissioners through other companies on zero hours contracts in each of the last 10 years.
(168350)
13
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of betting shops on local communities.
(168342)
14
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times he has met representatives of the bookmakers industry in the last three years.
(168352)
15
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce allocations of the Housing and Council Tax Benefit Administration grant for 2015-16.
(168364)
16
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what input her Department provided to the Department for Transport's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling report, Get Britain Cycling.
(168384)
17
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provides for cycling infrastructure development.
(168389)
18
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreements and procedures the Government has with that of US to ensure the legality of any activity undertaken by the United States Visiting Forces based in the UK.
[R]
(168343)
19
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 53W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, if he will publish the evaluations undertaken on the noise made by this technology.
[R]
(168345)
20
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 53W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, how such noise evaluations are carried out; and if he will make a statement.
[R]
(168346)
21
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 53W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, if he will place in the Library a current copy of the Reaper Agreement; and when a new such agreement is expected.
[R]
(168347)
22
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review Ofqual's decision to remove the Speaking and Listening Assessment from GCSE English and GCSE English Language.
(168349)
23
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what input his Department provided to the Department for Transport's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling report, Get Britain Cycling.
(168385)
24
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department provides for cycling infrastructure development.
(168390)
25
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what input his Department provided to the Department for Transport's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling report, Get Britain Cycling.
(168386)
26
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding his Department provides for cycling infrastructure development.
(168391)
27
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), (b) his Rwandan counterpart, (c) the UN Special Envoy to the Great Lakes and (d) the UN Special Representatives for the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the need for a renewed political dialogue between the government of the DRC and the M23 rebel group.
(168355)
28
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the government of (a) the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and (b) Rwanda towards the resumption of the peace talks between the DRC and the M23 rebel group.
(168356)
29
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 578W, on Western Sahara, whether money paid by the EU for fishing opportunities in the waters of Western Sahara will be used for the benefit of (a) the local Saharawi population and (b) Moroccan settlers in the Western Sahara.
(168348)
30
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what input his Department provided to the Department for Transport's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling report, Get Britain Cycling.
(168387)
31
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provides for cycling infrastructure development.
(168392)
32
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which firm was awarded the July 2010 tender for information with regard to covert aerial surveillance services by the Serious Organised Crime Agency; and whether unmanned aerial vehicles are used by this company.
[R]
(168351)
33
Dr Thérèse Coffey
(Suffolk Coastal):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the provision of alternative, toll-free routes when a toll is introduced on an existing road.
(168379)
34
Dr Thérèse Coffey
(Suffolk Coastal):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the additional capacity of the planned A14 toll road between Ellington and Corton.
(168380)
35
Dr Thérèse Coffey
(Suffolk Coastal):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional free of tolling routes between Ellington and Corton have been planned for development.
(168381)
36
Dr Thérèse Coffey
(Suffolk Coastal):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the costs of development of the proposed new A14 toll road that will be met by tolling.
(168382)
37
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Housing and Council Tax Benefit Administration grants will cease to be paid as a result of the introduction of universal credit.
(168363)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
*
1
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
When the Government plans to publish the next paper of its Scotland analysis programme.
(900183)
*
2
Mr Alan Reid
(Argyll and Bute):
What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the rural economy in Scotland.
(900184)
*
3
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and Ministers of the Scottish Government on the continued use of sterling in a separate Scotland.
(900185)
*
4
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
What estimate he has made of the number of people employed on zero-hours contracts in Scotland.
(900186)
*
5
Jim McGovern
(Dundee West):
What discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on the use of zero-hours contracts in Scotland.
(900187)
*
6
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
What assessment he has made of the potential effect on pensions of Scottish independence.
(900188)
*
7
Mary Macleod
(Brentford and Isleworth):
What steps the Government is taking to protect workers in the oil and gas industry in Scotland.
(900189)
*
8
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on Scotland's future economic prospects.
(900190)
*
9
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
What estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people in Scotland in receipt of the state pension compared to the rest of the UK.
(900191)
*
10
Mrs Eleanor Laing
(Epping Forest):
What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
(900192)
*
11
John Stevenson
(Carlisle):
What assessment his Department has made of the value to businesses in Scotland of being part of the UK.
(900193)
*
12
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
What recent assessment he has made of the level of employment in manufacturing industries in Scotland.
(900194)
*
13
Gemma Doyle
(West Dunbartonshire):
What change there has been in the level of average wages in Scotland since May 2010.
(900195)
*
14
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
What amount of administrative cost savings was made by his Department in 2012-13; and what amount of savings are planned to be made in 2013-14.
(900196)
*
15
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
What assessment his Department has made of the value to businesses in Scotland of being part of the UK.
(900197)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
*
1
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 September.
(900243)
*
2
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
(900244)
*
3
Albert Owen
(Ynys Môn):
(900245)
*
4
Gordon Birtwistle
(Burnley):
(900246)
*
5
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
(900247)
*
6
Amber Rudd
(Hastings and Rye):
(900248)
*
7
Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
(900249)
*
8
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
(900250)
*
9
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
(900251)
*
10
Richard Fuller
(Bedford):
(900252)
*
11
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
(900253)
*
12
Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
(900254)
*
13
Stella Creasy
(Walthamstow):
(900255)
*
14
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
(900256)
*
15
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
(900257)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 4 September
1
N
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral Answer of 4 September 2013, on Trident, if he will make an estimate of the additional cost to his Department of bringing forward the main gate decision on the successor submarines to before May 2015.
(168094)
Notices given on Thursday 5 September
1
N
Craig Whittaker
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the latest (a) vacancy and (b) turnover rates for social workers in England is in each (i) local authority and (ii) region.
(168335)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will publish by the end of 2013 a full response to the consultation on the Nursery Milk Scheme that ended in October 2012.
(168336)
3
N
Derek Twigg
(Halton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department plans to provide to the charity, Carbon Monoxide Awareness during National Carbon Monoxide Awareness week in November 2013.
(168229)
4
N
Derek Twigg
(Halton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is made available by the NHS to people experiencing long-term chronic health problems as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(168230)
Notices given on Friday 6 September
1
N
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the change in the seasonally-adjusted level of non-EU exports since May 2013.
(168365)
2
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have opened in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in the last year.
(168372)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions and on what dates the business taskforce on EU regulation has met.
(168394)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for consultation or call for evidence on proposals to introduce a fine for late payment.
(168395)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to table 4.1 of his Department's document Industrial Strategy: UK sector analysis, published in September 2012, for which sectors the Government (a) has developed and (b) plans to develop a strategic partnership.
(168396)
6
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been made in total under the Start-Up Loans scheme to date; how many such applications (a) have been successful, (b) are currently being assessed, (c) have been rejected and (d) have drawn down funds; and what the breakdown is in each category by (i) gender of applicant, (ii) age of applicant, (iii) region and (iv) Start-Up Loans delivery partner.
(168397)
7
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set a deadline for those companies which have received letters from Companies House regarding disclosure of overseas subsidiaries who have not yet filed this information to bring their records up-to-date.
(168398)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of his Department to the Treasury Sub-Committee, 3 September 2013, uncorrected transcript, Q63, stating that his Department had not signed a blank cheque for High Speed 2, what upper limit his Department has set for spending on that project.
(168375)
9
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport regarding the upper limit HM Treasury has set for spending on High Speed 2.
(168376)
10
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the current budget for High Speed 2 includes the budget for the compensation package that is currently being reconsulted on; and whether provision has been made for the costs of a potential increase in that compensation package.
(168377)
11
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty homes have been brought back into use under the New Homes Bonus in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England to date.
(168373)
12
N
Mr Russell Brown
(Dumfries and Galloway):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support is currently offered to service personnel who leave the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) British Army; and what the total cost of that support has been in the last three years.
(168399)
13
N
Mr Russell Brown
(Dumfries and Galloway):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) number and (b) proportion of current armed service personnel in the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Royal Air Force and (iii) British Army have progressed to the rank of officer, having been recruited into the lowest rank of each service.
(168400)
14
N
Mr Russell Brown
(Dumfries and Galloway):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the number of (a) regular and (b) reserve forces who will leave the UK armed forces following possible changes to Scotland's constitutional status after 2014; and what the size of each branch of the armed forces will be in that event.
(168401)
15
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies offer what discounts under the Defence Discount Service.
(168402)
16
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on recruitment campaigns for the Reserve Force in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
(168403)
17
N
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) provision of school uniform grants and (b) cost of school uniform.
(168366)
18
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools financial value standard declarations have been received from schools in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in the last financial year.
(168374)
19
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training his Department provides for newly-appointed Ministers; and whether he has attended any such training sessions since his appointment.
(168367)
20
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of all internal briefings prepared for Ministers on the use of private email accounts for the purpose of conducting official Government business in response to parliamentary questions tabled by the hon. Member for West Bromwich East in the (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 parliamentary sessions.
(168368)
21
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to reduce the number of staff in his private ministerial office who hold a Government Procurement Card.
(168369)
22
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions his Department has been granted an (a) extension and (b) exemption to a ministerial appointment to a public body in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments' Code of Practice since May 2010.
(168370)
23
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on Sellafield, how many employees of Nuclear Management Partners have received bonuses for their work in decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear plant in each of the last three years.
(168404)
24
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on Sellafield, what the highest single bonus received by an employee of Nuclear Management Partners was for their work in decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear plant in the last three years.
(168405)
25
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on Sellafield, what performance criteria must be met before an employee of Nuclear Management Partners receives a bonus for their work in decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear plant.
(168406)
26
N
Sarah Newton
(Truro and Falmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when bids will be invited for the Warm Homes Healthy People Fund in 2013-14.
(168393)
27
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the safety implications for the offshore workforce of the fatal accident in the North Sea on 23 August 2013, involving an AS332 L2 model Super Puma helicopter; and if he will make a statement.
(168354)
28
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of working age adults are currently registered as disabled in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England.
(168371)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 2 September
1
N
Mr Crispin Blunt
(Reigate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2013, Official Report, column 721W, on Warfarin, what responsibility NHS England has for the enforcement of the NHS Constitution with regards to patients' legal rights to medicines approved by NICE.
(167750)
2
N
Mr Crispin Blunt
(Reigate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2013, Official Report, column 721W, on Warfarin, what action NHS England may take to direct (a) NHS medicines management organisations and (b) Clinical Commissioning Groups to alter prescribing protocols which it judges to be in conflict with the provisions of the NHS constitution as it pertains to patients' legal rights to access to medicines approved by NICE.
(167751)
3
N
Mr Crispin Blunt
(Reigate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2013, Official Report, column 721W, on Warfarin, what steps have been taken by NHS England to date against those NHS organisations which may have breached the NHS constitution by publishing prescribing protocols on the use of anticoagulants which restrict patient access to novel oral anticoagulants to a second-line therapy.
(167752)
Notices given on Thursday 5 September
1
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts there have been with representatives of the government of Iran during the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(168338)
2
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring is undertaken of the activities of British-based mining companies operating in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and what discussions he has held with the government of DRC on the operation of Extractive Industries Transparency Protocol.
(168340)
3
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many legacy asylum applications are still outstanding; how many have been resolved in each of the last 12 months; and how many staff are allocated to this task.
(168341)
4
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter of 23 July 2013 to the interim Director General of UK Visas and Immigration on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M01314/13; and what the reason is for the length of time taken to reply.
(168254)
5
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of transitional funding for housing allowance has been allocated to each London borough for the financial year (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 to date; and what the intended level is in 2013-14.
(168337)
6
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average level of housing allowance paid to claimants in the private rented sector in each London borough is; and what the equivalent payment was in each of the last three years.
(168339)