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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 17 October 2013

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Wednesday 16 October 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 17 October 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.

Thursday 17 October  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
 
* 1
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (900513)
* 2
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What steps his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty.
    (900514)
* 3
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (900515)
* 4
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (900516)
* 5
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What progress he has made on encouraging investment in new nuclear power.
    (900517)
* 6
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What recent assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the UK energy market.
    (900518)
* 7
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (900519)
* 8
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (900520)
* 9
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): What progress has been made on exploratory drilling in Balcombe, West Sussex.
    (900521)
* 10
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What proportion of UK energy demand is met by renewable sources.
    (900522)
* 11
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What steps he is taking to promote competition in European energy markets.
    (900523)
* 12
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for offshore and onshore wind energy.
    (900524)
* 13
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (900525)
* 15
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What recent assessment he has made of the UK's energy security.
    (900527)
* 16
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of government subsidy for onshore wind farms.
    (900528)
* 17
Andrew George (St Ives): What progress his Department is making towards the UK's carbon reduction targets.
    (900529)
* 19
Guy Opperman (Hexham): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that residents of Northumberland who are off the grid have sufficient support during cold weather this winter.
    (900531)
* 20
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What steps he has taken to reduce fuel poverty this winter.
  [R] (900532)
* 21
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What assessment he has made of the potential effects of proposed EU anti-dumping tariffs applicable to solar PV cells manufactured in China; and if he will make a statement.
    (900533)
* 22
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (900534)
* 24
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps he has taken to reduce fuel poverty this winter.
    (900536)
* 25
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (900537)
At 10.15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (900538)
* 2
Hugh Bayley (York Central):  
    (900539)
* 3
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):  
    (900540)
* 4
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough):  
    (900541)
* 5
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):  
    (900542)
* 6
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):  
    (900543)
* 7
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire):  
    (900544)
* 8
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):  
    (900545)
* 9
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (900546)
* 10
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty):  
    (900547)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 7 October

1
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to provide assistance to developing countries to increase the effectiveness of their tax authorities; and what steps it is taking to help such countries increase their capacity to utilise tax data shared as a result of the agreement at the G8 summit in June 2013.
    (170199)

Notices given on Tuesday 8 October

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made of the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly in 2003.
    (170259)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to commission a reassessment of the appropriateness of the Lariam form of Mefloquine to protect service personnel against malaria; and if he will make a statement on recent reports of the adverse side-effects of such medication.
    (170486)
3
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the Prime Minister, (b) the Deputy Prime Minister and (c) other Cabinet colleagues on the appointment of junior Ministers to her Department (i) prior to and (ii) since the recent reshuffle.
    (170257)
4
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Ministers in her Department have (a) responsibility for and (b) access to classified information in connection with the Security Service; and if she will make a statement.
    (170258)
5
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that an individual whom it is proposed to appoint to sensitive ministerial positions is screened for reliability in the handling of classified information; and if he will make a statement.
    (170487)

Notices given on Thursday 10 October

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether any of its new ballistic missile systems have put Russia in breach of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty; and if he will make a statement.
    (170968)

Notices given on Monday 14 October

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have taken on an employee shareholder to date; and how many people are employed on employee shareholder contracts.
    (171287)
2
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were unable to continue with their university education as a result of not receiving their student loan on time in the last academic year.
    (171310)
3
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department makes available to students who do not receive their student loan on time.
    (171311)
4
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what value of student loans were granted in each of the last five years.
    (171312)
5
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans provided by the Student Loan Company that were paid late were paid within (a) one month, (b) two months and (c) three months of the original payment data in each of the last five years.
    (171313)
6
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria he is using to judge whether round one of the Employer Ownership of Skills pilot has been successful.
    (171297)
7
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many individuals (a) have completed and (b) are in the process of completing (i) apprenticeship frameworks and (ii) other nationally-recognised qualifications as part of round one the Employer Ownership of Skills as of 1 October 2013.
    (171299)
8
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish analysis produced by (a) his Department and (b) the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on the performance of round one of the Employer Ownership of Skills pilot.
    (171300)
9
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Northern Ireland Executive on the privatisation of Royal Mail; and if he will make a statement.
    (171264)
10
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enveloped properties are expected to be subject to the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings.
    (171285)
11
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings is expected to raise for the Exchequer in each year to 2017-18.
    (171286)
12
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average response time was to answer the Taxes Helpline on 0845 3000627 in the last six months for which figures are available; what the length was of the longest response time; and how many complaints about telephone response times for the helpline have been made in that period.
    (171237)
13
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171158)
14
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data arising from the changes to council tax benefit he has decided to collect to carry out the review of its effect as required by section 9 of the Local Government Finance Act 2012.
    (171239)
15
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were in arrears with their council tax in April (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
    (171258)
16
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people who are (a) paying council tax for the first time and (b) paying higher council tax as a result of the changes to council tax benefit introduced in April 2013 have received a court summons for non-payment to date.
    (171259)
17
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department plans to use the £1.8 billion underspend in its 2012-13 budget.
    (171180)
18
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which categories of expenditure the £1.8 billion underspend in his Department's 2012-13 budget had originally been allocated.
    (171181)
19
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in HM Treasury regarding the £1.8 billion underspend in its 2012-13 budget.
    (171182)
20
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) consultation and (b) meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with the Scottish Government regarding the production of its forthcoming White Paper on defence policy.
    (171183)
21
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs are, by category of expenditure, of the cancelled Exercise Djibouti Lion.
    (171184)
22
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents have taken up CANparent free parenting classes in the trial programmes in (a) Middlesbrough, (b) High Peak, (c) Camden and (d) Bristol to date.
    (171122)
23
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of parents who have taken up classes in the CANparent trial areas who have below average household income.
    (171139)
24
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on implementing each of the recommendations of the Munro Review of child protection.
    (171151)
25
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Ofsted publication, Unseen children: access and achievement 20 years on, page 7, column 1, paragraph 2, what assessment he has made of the educational achievement of pupils in coastal towns.
    (171153)
26
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171154)
27
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to his Department of his King James Bible project has been; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that project; and if he will make a statement.
    (171244)
28
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of staff in his Department are currently suspended; and for how long each such member of staff has been suspended.
    (171245)
29
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints his Department has received about its special advisers since May 2010; what proportion of these complaints were investigated; and if he will make a statement.
    (171246)
30
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the Scottish Government's Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism.
    (171138)
31
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from the Scottish Government regarding (a) business and (b) household energy bills in Scotland.
    (171152)
32
N
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Minister of State for Energy plans to respond to the joint signatories of a letter to him regarding overhead transmission lines, dated 18 July 2013.
    (171191)
33
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the costs relating to carry out post mortems on badgers; and how such costs will be funded following the recent extension granted in Somerset.
    (171250)
34
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the costs relating to humaneness monitoring; and how such costs will be funded following the recent extension granted in Somerset.
    (171251)
35
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the costs relating to sett monitoring of the badger culls; and how such costs will be funded following the recent extension granted in Somerset.
    (171252)
36
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the costs relating to licensing of the badger culls; and how such costs will be funded following the recent extension granted in Somerset.
    (171253)
37
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of policing the badger culls; and how such costs will be funded following the recent extension granted for the badger cull trial in Somerset.
    (171254)
38
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the recorded badger population was in his Department's Woodchester Park project in (a) October 2012, (b) April 2013 and (c) October 2013.
    (171240)
39
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library evidence from his Department's vaccination programme in Woodchester Park of changes in the population over the last 12 months.
    (171241)
40
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regard he gave to Section 10(c)(i) of his Department's guidance to Natural England on the licensing of killing or taking badgers for the purpose of preventing the spread of bovine TB when he extended the current cull of badgers.
    (171296)
41
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has produced a standard set of criteria for identifying and classifying a waterway as a chalkstream; and if he will list all those chalkstreams it has identified as flowing in England.
    (171265)
42
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2013, Official Report, column 263W, on compost, when his Department intends to publish the findings of the study entitled, Monitoring bioaerosols and odour emissions from composting facilities.
    (171290)
43
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Iran's relationship with Hezbollah.
    (171143)
44
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of reports of violence in Khartoum; and if he will make a statement.
    (171261)
45
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when British consular officials in Russia have visited Kieron Bryan since his detention on 19 September 2013; how long each such visit lasted; and when the next such visit will take place.
    (171142)
46
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to enforce economic sanctions against Iran.
    (171149)
47
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports that Iran is producing plutonium at its Arak facility.
    (171150)
48
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart following the demonstrations in Weliweriya in August 2013; and what representations he has made in support of an independent investigation into the protestors' deaths and the army's conduct during those demonstrations.
    (171249)
49
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which individuals and organisations from the UK will attend the (a) business summit, (b) youth summit and (c) civil society summit at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo.
    (171255)
50
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights following her visit to Sri Lanka on sexual harassment and abuse in that country; and if he has discussed his Department's Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative with his Sri Lankan counterpart.
    (171270)
51
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Prime Minister about UK Government attendance at the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
    (171271)
52
N
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan government regarding full implementation of the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission; and what assessment he has made of progress by the Sri Lankan government on implementation.
    (171144)
53
N
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions his Department set in relation to human rights in Sri Lanka before confirming the attendance of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo in November 2013.
    (171145)
54
N
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has received from the Sri Lankan government regarding (a) media freedom and (b) access for non-governmental organisations during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo in November 2013.
    (171146)
55
N
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has received from the Sri Lankan government about the safety and rights of human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers meeting international visitors during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo in November 2013.
    (171147)
56
N
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Sri Lankan government regarding the (a) military presence in the north of that country, (b) acquisition of private land by the Sri Lankan military and (c) role of the military in (i) education, (ii) tourism and (iii) agriculture in Sri Lanka.
    (171148)
57
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which staff positions at Public Health England are currently unfilled.
    (171268)
58
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost per individual, per week is of NHS residential drug and alcohol detoxification units.
    (171121)
59
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England has spent on public relations and communications staff since its inception.
    (171269)
60
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the North West Ambulance Service on response times.
    (171256)
61
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency hospitals admissions in England were for patients with a diagnosis of dementia in each of the last five years.
    (171247)
62
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) iPads and (b) iPhones have been purchased by (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each of the last three years.
    (171272)
63
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171155)
64
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been completed by the Older Live Cases Unit since its establishment within (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) one year of the initial referral; and if she will make a statement.
    (171293)
65
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Older Live Cases Unit to make a decision on case J1102048; and if she will make a statement.
    (171294)
66
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that students applying for visas for study in the UK are not unreasonably affected by fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
    (171257)
67
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted in another EU member state, pursuant to Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA, for breaching UK immigration law in each of the last five years.
    (171186)
68
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to continue the exchange of information with other EU member states required by Article 7 of Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA, assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by that Framework Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties; and what assessment she has made of whether other member states will continue to participate in that exchange with the UK.
    (171187)
69
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether other EU member states will continue to criminalise breaches of UK immigration law to the extent that they are currently required to do so by Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA, assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by this Framework Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
    (171188)
70
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to retain unchanged the provisions of UK law and practice required by Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA, assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by the Framework Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
    (171189)
71
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted in the UK, pursuant to Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA, for breaching the immigration law of another EU member state in each of the last five years.
    (171190)
72
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171156)
73
N
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what practical steps the Government plans to take to make the trade in coltan conflict-free.
    (171266)
74
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will issue the commencement order bringing into force the provisions of Section 139 Chapter 8 Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
    (171263)
75
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171157)
76
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals from Bradford relating to employment and support allowance have been logged with the Tribunals Service in the last 12 months.
    (171140)
77
N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last discussed (a) human rights in Sri Lanka and (b) the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission with Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa.
    (171242)
78
N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Canadian Prime Minister on (a) the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo in November 2013 and (b) the role of the Commonwealth in promoting human rights.
    (171243)
79
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent estimate she has made of the total cost to public bodies of implementing the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011.
    (171260)
80
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2012-13 will be published.
    (171284)
81
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed in job centres in Wales as of 1 April (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
    (171238)
82
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 7, page 34 of 21st Century Welfare, Cm 7913, what recent assessment he has made of the scale of project required to make the 17 changes necessary to deliver a more integrated system; and if he will make a statement.
    (171117)
83
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Prime Minister of 11 September 2013, Official Report, column 975, what definitions his Department uses of referring and signposting.
    (171118)
84
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department plans to calculate entitlement to universal credit for claimants with PAYE annual status.
    (171119)
85
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the contribution by the Minister of State for Employment of 12 February 2013, Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, column 19, what sanctions notifications will be in writing; in what proportion of cases that undertaking has been adhered to; and whether his Department plans to review that policy.
    (171120)
86
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance (ESA) applicants from Bradford were signed off ESA before their appeals were heard in the last 12 months.
    (171123)
87
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the success rate of appeals of decisions on entitlement to employment and support allowance from Bradford was in the last 12 months.
    (171141)

Notices given on Tuesday 15 October

1
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Attorney General, how many smartphone apps the Law Officers' Departments have launched.
    (171586)
2
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171550)
3
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what training do (a) Crown Prosecution Service in-house prosecutors and (b) counsel briefed by them receive before they are allowed to cross-examine vulnerable defendants.
    (171484)
4
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many rape-flagged cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision in each police force area in each of the last five years.
    (171485)
5
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions a local authority has refused to disclose information requested by the Crown Prosecution Service to support a child abuse-flagged prosecution in each of the last three years.
    (171486)
6
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, when the Director of Public Prosecutions plans to publish the results of his inquiry into falling numbers of rape prosecutions.
    (171487)
7
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many reports of the Parliamentary Ombudsman which were critical of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have been published in each of the last three years; how many such reports were referred to in the annual reports of the CPS in the relevant year; and if he will place a copy of each such report in the Library.
    (171488)
8
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many human trafficking-flagged cases in each offence category were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision in each of the last five years; how many such cases were prosecuted; and how many resulted in convictions.
    (171489)
9
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence and (c) child abuse have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last seven years.
    (171490)
10
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the Crown Prosecution Service conviction rate has been (a) overall and (b) in contested cases for (i) rape, (ii) domestic violence and (iii) child abuse in each of the last seven years.
    (171491)
11
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the conviction rate has been in each Crown Prosecution Service business area (a) overall and (b) in contested cases for (i) rape, (ii) domestic violence and (iii) child abuse in each of the last seven years.
    (171492)
12
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many domestic violence courts were operating in England and Wales in each year since 2005; and what plans the Crown Prosecution Service has to (a) open new domestic violence courts, (b) close existing domestic violence courts, (c) cancel the opening of new domestic violence courts and (d) re-open domestic violence courts closed since 2010.
    (171493)
13
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 440W, on serious fraud office, which closed investigations of the Serious Fraud Office were authorised by (a) Richard Alderman, (b) Phillippa Williamson and (c) the Tactical Tasking and Coordination Group.
    (171494)
14
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 440W, on serious fraud office, what the Serious Fraud Office's Tactical Tasking and Coordination Group is; and who sits on that group.
    (171495)
15
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases the Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted in magistrates' courts in 2012; and how many such cases concerned regulatory offences.
    (171496)
16
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many offences prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service in magistrates' courts in 2012 concerned non-payment of the television licence fee.
    (171497)
17
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what resources his Department (a) allocated to enforcement of the minimum wage in each of the last three financial years and (b) plans to allocate in the next two financial years.
    (171531)
18
 
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote regional growth in (a) the North West and (b) Rossendale and Darwen.
    (171334)
19
 
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support small businesses in (a) the North West and (b) Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
    (171350)
20
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the report by Sir Andrew Witty on universities will be published.
    (171431)
21
 
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will exclude audio-visual content from draft regulations introducing a copyright exception for private copying.
    (171433)
22
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System has led to a decrease in carbon emissions.
    (171527)
23
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount paid by UK airlines for emissions under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme since 2012.
    (171532)
24
 
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what average contribution was made by (a) employers and (b) the Higher Education Funding Council for England to each student place created under the Workforce Development Programme in each year of its operation.
    (171376)
25
 
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2013, Official Report, columns 560-4W, on students, how many English-domiciled undergraduates were studying (a) full-time and (b) part-time at (i) English and (ii) UK higher education institutions in each year since 2001.
    (171544)
26
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the introduction of compulsory qualifications for hairdressers.
    (171434)
27
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the expansion of the high-cost credit sector since 2010.
    (171513)
28
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to place restrictions on the advertising of payday loans.
    (171602)
29
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of internet search marketing costs on the profitability of UK businesses.
    (171324)
30
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171585)
31
 
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the risk of vexatious Employment Tribunal claims on the employment intentions of small businesses.
    (171339)
32
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171587)
33
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 135W, on civil servants: pay, when he next plans to meet representatives of the PCS union to discuss pay and conditions for civil servants.
    (171522)
34
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171551)
35
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions relating to enforcement of the minimum wage were pursued in each of the last four years; and in which parliamentary constituencies the complaints leading to those cases arose.
    (171542)
36
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2012, Official Report, column 511W, on premium bonds, what assessment he has made of premium bond purchase patterns and the extent to which they are used as a vehicle for regular savings.
    (171323)
37
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much the upper earnings limit would need to be increased to enable only those earning less than (a) £10,000 and (b) £12,500 to be exempted from paying employees' national insurance contributions for that change to be revenue-neutral.
    (171514)
38
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171600)
39
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to consumers of establishing minimum standards for basic bank accounts.
    (171336)
40
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, column 940W, on tax allowances: social enterprises, when he plans to set out the outcome of the consultation on the social investment tax relief.
    (171480)
41
 
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HM Revenue and Customs did not take action in response to the 400-gigabyte cache of data regarding offshore tax evasion which was leaked by a whistle blower in 2009 at the time of its leaking.
    (171504)
42
 
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value of VAT for sales of the Justice Collective's Christmas 2012 charity single.
    (171318)
43
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171588)
44
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many smartphone apps her Department has launched.
    (171589)
45
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency hold a television licence.
    (171483)
46
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171552)
47
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171590)
48
 
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater electoral register enrolment.
    (171321)
49
 
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his plans are for reforming the House of Lords.
    (171322)
50
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the (a) Electoral Office headquarters in Northern Ireland and (b) Electoral Commission regarding the ongoing work to update the Electoral Register in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
    (171374)
51
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of progress with the updating of the Electoral Register in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
    (171375)
52
 
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on the use of languages other than English on electoral registration forms.
    (171319)
53
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the minutes of all the advisory group meetings that have taken place at the National College for Teaching and Leadership.
    (171558)
54
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings of the advisory group of the National College of Teaching and Leadership have taken place since the appointment of the current Chief Executive.
    (171559)
55
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans have been made for the 2014 annual conference of the National College for Teaching and Leadership.
    (171572)
56
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools made applications to the Education Funding Agency fund for enabling popular schools to expand to meet parental demand in the last 12 months; and how many such applications were approved.
    (171515)
57
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the steps that would be necessary to ensure that academies' borrowing count towards total government debt.
    (171563)
58
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171591)
59
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will delay changes to the way early entry GCSE results are accounted for in school leagues until a full consultation has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement.
    (171320)
60
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the UK of the EU Emissions Trading System since its implementation in 2005.
    (171524)
61
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what comparative assessment he has made of (a) how much the UK has spent on implementing the EU Energy Efficiency Directive and (b) how much the UK has reduced its energy consumption since the coming into force of that directive.
    (171525)
62
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the carbon budgets as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008, what steps his Department is taking to help UK industries reduce their carbon emissions.
    (171534)
63
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the monetary cost to UK businesses of steps to use water, energy and natural materials more efficiently and to reduce carbon emissions in the last 10 years.
    (171536)
64
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of his Department's policies on expansion of solar energy on the level of carbon emissions.
    (171537)
65
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) UK businesses and (b) the public purse of compliance with policies in the European Climate Change Programme since the implementation of those policies.
    (171538)
66
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171592)
67
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average proportion of household expenditure on energy bills in North Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (171341)
68
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in investment in clean energy; and if he will make a statement.
    (171337)
69
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how much the EU has spent on (a) the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Scheme, (b) the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels and (c) other sustainability schemes to encourage sustainable business practices.
    (171528)
70
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether the 0.8 degree Celsius rise in the earth's temperature since 1900 has adversely affected agriculture in the UK.
    (171529)
71
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Sustainability Scheme to businesses in rural areas.
    (171533)
72
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171593)
73
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish (a) a risk assessment of, (b) all advice from officials on and (c) advice from the Chief Scientist and the Chief Veterinary Officer on extending the length of the badger cull.
    (171355)
74
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has sought the advice of the Chief Scientist on the scientific basis of extending the length of the badger cull.
    (171356)
75
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will adopt new success criteria for future badger culls based on a lower percentage of badgers culled and a longer timeframe than six weeks for the period of culling.
    (171357)
76
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the number of badgers in the Somerset cull area were (a) underestimated in 2012 and (b) overestimated in 2013.
    (171358)
77
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish (a) the estimates of badger numbers used for planning purposes and (b) the latest estimates of badger numbers in the (i) Somerset and (ii) Gloucester cull areas.
    (171359)
78
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure badger culls are compliant with the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.
    (171360)
79
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of changes to the perturbation effect of the Somerset and Gloucester badger culls as a result of extending them in length; and if his Department will carry out additional monitoring to assess such changes.
    (171361)
80
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will postpone the decision to adjust the target badger cull numbers and extend the length of the Somerset cull until after he has received the report of the Independent Expert Panel.
    (171362)
81
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to adjust the criteria on which the Independent Expert Panel will assess the success of the Somerset cull.
    (171363)
82
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account he took of the conclusions drawn from the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and the Report of the Independent Scientific Group on Bovine TB in his decision to extend the length of the Somerset cull.
    (171364)
83
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has consulted the Independent Expert Panel on the effect of extending the length of the Somerset badger cull and changes to estimates of badger numbers on their ability to determine the safety, humaneness and effectiveness of the badger cull.
    (171365)
84
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department's estimate of the badger population in the Somerset cull area was incorrect; and if he will publish a revised estimate and the evidence on which it is based.
    (171366)
85
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of changes in the UK badger population in the last 12 months.
    (171367)
86
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he had with the Chair or any members of the Independent Expert Panel to discuss the extension of the Somerset badger cull in advance of taking the decision to extend it.
    (171368)
87
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list in full the scientists, scientific bodies and other organisations he consulted before making changes to the length of the Somerset badger cull and the number of badgers to be culled.
    (171369)
88
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of data collection and analysis of badger numbers in the cull areas to date.
    (171370)
89
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to amend the monitoring protocols of the Independent Expert Panel on the badger culling pilots.
    (171371)
90
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department intends to compare the effectiveness of the free-shooting and cage-and-shoot methods in the Somerset badger cull following the decision to adopt the cage-and-shoot method in the Somerset cull.
    (171372)
91
 
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterparts in other EU member states possible amendments of EU legislation to require farm animals to be slaughtered near to the farm of rearing; and if he will make a statement.
    (171564)
92
 
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ascertain whether live calves exported to other EU member states are unloaded after 18 hours of travel and given at least 24 hours rest, food and liquid as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport; and if he will make a statement.
    (171565)
93
 
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds (a) on the transitional arrangements to implement the reformed Common Agricultural Policy on agri-environmental payments in each other EU member state and (b) for each such member state, how payments to farmers whose agri-environment agreements end between now and the date the new policies are due to be implemented will be affected.
    (171498)
94
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171553)
95
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to UK businesses and embassies in other EU member states.
    (171526)
96
 
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of activity in the Parchin military facility in Iran.
    (171353)
97
 
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ability of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to access the Parchin military facility in Iran.
    (171354)
98
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171594)
99
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government plans to publish the findings of its review of UK-US Joint Strategy Board.
    (171516)
100
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the UK/US Joint Strategy Board met in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
    (171521)
101
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has reviewed the work carried out by the UK/US Joint Strategy Board since its inception in 2011.
    (171523)
102
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171554)
103
 
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance his Department has issued to NHS trusts on the closure of community hospitals.
    (171326)
104
 
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recourse is available to challenge the decision of Northern Devon Health Care NHS Trust to eliminate inpatient beds from Great Torrington Community Hospital.
    (171327)
105
 
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the Northern Devon Health Care NHS Trust's decision to eliminate all inpatient beds from Great Torrington Community Hospital.
    (171328)
106
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure identification and treatment of co-morbidities, including chronic pain, in people with dementia.
    (171430)
107
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of withdrawing the minimum practice income guarantee on small rural GP surgeries.
    (171378)
108
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to (a) protect the legal rights of cancer carers and (b) improve access to information and advice on cancer care.
    (171377)
109
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171595)
110
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England plans to take to ensure that cancer centres delivering sterotactic ablative radiotherapy do not fall below the critical mass treatment levels needed to ensure optimum outcomes and patient safety.
    (171517)
111
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to reconfigure radiotherapy services to improve clinical outcomes; and which regions it considers a priority for such reconfiguration.
    (171518)
112
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment NHS England has made of over provision of radiotherapy services in England; and in which regions NHS England is considering placing restrictions on radiotherapy services.
    (171519)
113
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England plans to take to ensure that there is a reasonable geographical distribution of radiosurgery provision across England.
    (171520)
114
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England is mandated to ensure that patients needing radiotherapy and radiosurgery do not have to travel for more than 45 minutes to receive their treatment.
    (171571)
115
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HLA screening tests have been order by NHS trusts for coeliac disorder association in each of the last three years.
    (171329)
116
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HLA*B51 screening tests have been ordered by NHS trusts for Behçet's disease association in each of the last three years.
    (171330)
117
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HLA*B57:01 screening tests have been ordered by NHS trusts for the Abacavir drug sensitivity association for HIV patients in each of the last three years.
    (171331)
118
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human leukocyte antigen screening tests have been ordered by NHS trusts for narcolepsy association in each of the last three years.
    (171338)
119
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HLA screening tests were ordered by NHS trusts for ankylosing spondylitis association in each of the last three years.
    (171540)
120
 
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce metal theft from churches.
    (171317)
121
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many text messages have been sent by Capita on behalf of the UK Border Agency informing individuals of termination of their right to remain in the UK since May 2010.
    (171603)
122
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many smartphone apps her Department has launched.
    (171596)
123
 
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to introduce alterations to student visa requirements and administration as they affect potential students from India; and if she will make a statement.
    (171373)
124
 
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton, dated 4 October 2013, which Minister in her Department takes direct ministerial responsibility for investigations into the Hillsborough disaster.
    (171387)
125
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many smartphone apps her Department has launched.
    (171597)
126
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the funding committed by the UK at the Nutrition for Growth event in June 2013 has been allocated to (a) the promotion of breast feeding, (b) complementary feeding, (c) management of severe acute malnutrition, (d) vitamin A supplementation and (e) salt iodisation; and in which geographical areas the funding will be spent in each case.
    (171435)
127
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to release a business plan or funding commitment plan at the same time as the accountability framework for the Nutrition for Growth financial commitments.
    (171570)
128
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 296W, on Afghanistan, when her Department reached a decision to discontinue its involvement in the Bost Agriculture Business Park programme; and which Minister in her Department took this decision.
    (171325)
129
 
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided to the War on Want charity in each of the last 10 years.
    (171566)
130
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what supervision requirements are currently available to the courts in England and Wales; and whether it will be a condition of future probation contracts that private contractors should provide an equivalent supervision service.
    (171382)
131
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirements bidders for probation work will need to meet in respect of provision of supervision for men convicted of domestic violence-related offences.
    (171383)
132
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirement bidders for probation work will need to meet in respect of the supervision of female offenders.
    (171384)
133
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of men convicted of domestic violence-related offences are assessed as being at (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high risk of reoffending.
    (171385)
134
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision is currently made by the Probation Service for the supervision of female offenders.
    (171386)
135
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171598)
136
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has exercised his powers under the Court Security Officers (Designation) Regulations 2005 to designate persons as court security officer.
    (171351)
137
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court security officers for (a) Mitie, (b) G4S and (c) Securitas have been officially designated by the Lord Chancellor under the Court Security Officer (Designated) Regulations 2005 since the regulations came into force.
    (171352)
138
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of (a) the progress of his Department's review of its contracts with G4S and Serco and (b) how that review will affect G4S and Serco's ability to bid for probation services.
    (171379)
139
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of the relationship between the proposed National Probation Service and community rehabilitation companies for continuity of supervision for offenders across risk categories.
    (171380)
140
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has received any representations from the judiciary on its proposed probation reforms.
    (171381)
141
 
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been issued to employment judges on the award of costs in employment tribunals since 2010; if he intends to introduce further legislative measures to facilitate the recovery of costs incurred by small businesses as a result of having to defend themselves against an unfounded claim; and if he will make a statement.
    (171340)
142
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171555)
143
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent representations he has received from the Scottish Government on support for economic development in East Ayrshire.
    (171482)
144
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171556)
145
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the clsoure of the Severn Tunnel on 26-27 October 2013 for engineering works and the economic effect of this on the two events scheduled to take place in the Welsh capital that weekend.
    (171335)
146
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on the postponement of planned engineering works taking place on 26-27 October 2013 that will have a negative effect on (a) the Rugby League World Cup opening ceremony, (b) the World Music Expo and (c) other events in Cardiff.
    (171349)
147
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of preparing and drafting the proposed Hybrid Bill for Phase 1 of High Speed 2.
    (171342)
148
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any businesses have indicated to his Department that they plan to relocate from London to Birmingham as a result of the planned High Speed 2 project.
    (171343)
149
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the total number of passengers travelling between Birmingham and (a) Manchester, (b) Leeds and (c) Wigan by rail during an average week day.
    (171344)
150
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria was adopted to select members of the HS2 Growth Task Force; and how many candidates were identified for interview as part of the selection process.
    (171345)
151
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department used external recruitment agencies in connection with the appointment of members to the HS2 Growth Task Force.
    (171346)
152
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests made pursuant to (a) the Freedom of Information Act 2000, (b) the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and (c) Data Subject Access Requests contained in the Data Protection Act 1998 have been submitted to (i) his Department and (ii) HS2 Ltd since 1 January 2010 concerning the High Speed 2 rail project.
    (171453)
153
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which consultancy firms have been paid in excess of £100,000 and (a) are being used and (b) have been used on the High Speed 2 rail project since 1 January 2011; and what their remit is in each such case.
    (171454)
154
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals have been engaged by HS2 Ltd in the last 12 months via personal service companies.
    (171455)
155
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the number of businesses likely to close as a result of the construction of High Speed 2.
    (171456)
156
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he expects to raise from local authorities who will benefit from High Speed 2.
    (171457)
157
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish the report commissioned by HS2 Ltd from the companies Sinclair Knight Merz and Jacobs into the High Speed 2 modelling framework.
    (171458)
158
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will provide illustrative timetables that set out planned services for the West Coast Main Line following completion of High Speed 2.
    (171459)
159
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171599)
160
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what amount in block grant the Welsh Assembly will receive from the Government in the next five years.
    (171474)
161
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what amount in block grant the Welsh Assembly has received from the UK Government in each of the last five years.
    (171475)
162
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has held with Network Rail on the psotponement of engineering works requiring the closure of the Severn tunnel on the weekend of 26-27 October 2013.
    (171332)
163
 
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether a per diem allowance is given to members of his Business Advisory Group.
    (171432)
164
 
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171557)
165
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of how many people in each parliamentary constituency will be affected by changes in universal credit payments on and after its introduction as each increase in the personal income tax allowance planned by the Government takes effect thereafter; and what the average change per month in universal credit payments would be for any such people in each constituency.
    (171539)
166
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time employment, (ii) part-time employment and (iii) self-employment in each parliamentary constituency earned less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage in (A) 2012 and (B) 2013 to date.
    (171543)
167
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the median wage in real terms of those people in (a) work or self-employment, (b) employed for 35 hours or more per week, (c) part-time employment and (d) self-employment in each (i) local authority area and (ii) parliamentary constituency in each year since 2008.
    (171562)
168
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number and proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants who have been out of work for more than (a) 24, (b) 36 and (c) 48 months.
    (171429)
169
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.
    (171601)
170
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on refunding the cost of travel by jobseekers in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency between July 2013 and September 2013.
    (171476)
171
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, columns 227-8W, on statutory sick pay, when he plans to consult on implementation of targeted tax relief on amounts of up to £500 paid by employers on health-related intervention recommended by the Health and Work Advisory Service.
    (171477)
172
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2013, Official Report, columns 197-8W, on universal credit: Kilmarnock, if he will make it his policy to establish the numbers of claimants in each Parliamentary constituency who will receive universal credit, but do not currently have a bank account.
    (171478)
173
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2013, Official Report, columns 197-8W, on universal credit: Kilmarnock, what progress he has made in providing support to working age claimants who currently have no bank accounts to ensure that they have access to suitable financial products and money advice before migrating to universal credit.
    (171479)
174
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to collect information by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area on the number of claimants who have been allocated a prognosis of being unable to work for two years or more.
    (171481)
175
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allocate specific weighting in the assessment for the daily living component of the personal independence payment where a person with mental health problems needs monitoring at night rather than help managing a specific activity.
    (171535)
176
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of people who will be affected by changes in housing benefit as a result of the under-occupancy penalty, by parliamentary constituency.
    (171347)
177
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudon of 13 September 2013, on housing benefit: social rented housing, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of armed forces veterans who will be affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
    (171348)
178
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) cautions for not paying the minimum wage there were in each UK constituency by region ranked in descending order in each of the last three years.
    (171530)
179
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department makes available to support jobseekers; and which of those funding schemes involve the transfer of money to (a) private and (b) public sector organisations.
    (171333)
180
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how much and (b) what proportion of the discretionary housing payment budget has been allocated to target disabled people who live in significantly adapted properties in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 in (A) total and (B) each of Scotland's local authority areas.
    (171560)
181
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition of significantly adapted properties is used to calculate discretionary housing payments.
    (171561)
182
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments were made from the discretionary housing payment budget to each of Scotland's local authorities in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; what proportion of the overall discretionary housing payment budget such payments represent in each local authority area; what such payments have now been allocated by each local authority; and whether an underspend of the discretionary housing payment budget is expected in any of those local authority areas.
    (171567)
183
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments his Department plans to make from the discretionary housing payment budget to each of Scotland's local authorities in the year 2014-15; and what proportion of the overall discretionary housing payment budget this represents in each local authority area.
    (171568)
184
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the entire discretionary housing payment budget has been allocated for 2013-14.
    (171569)
Friday 18 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 14 October

1
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish its response to the Sustaining services, ensuring fairness consultation landed in July 2013.
    (171276)
2
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the responses received by her Department to the consultation on tackling illegal immigration in privately rented accommodation.
    (171277)
3
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals, (b) pregnant women and (c) individuals with dependants have received jobseeker's allowance sanctions since October 2012.
    (171273)
4
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in (a) the London Borough of Brent, (b) Brent Central constituency and (c) London have received jobseeker's allowance sanctions in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (171274)
5
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received multiple jobseeker's allowance sanctions in each local authority area since October 2012.
    (171275)

Notices given on Tuesday 15 October

1
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on zero hours contracts; and if he will place any correspondence so received in the Library.
    (171410)
2
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government regarding the minimum wage; and if he will place any correspondence so received in the Library.
    (171411)
3
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many English domiciled students were studying a (a) two, (b) three, (c) four year and (d) other undergraduate degree course at an English further education college in each of the last 10 years.
    (171409)
4
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many English-domiciled students were studying a (a) two, (b) three, (c) four year and (d) other undergraduate degree course at an English university in each of the last 10 years.
    (171415)
5
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were studying a (a) two, (b) three, (c) four year and (d) other undergraduate degree course at a UK further education college in each of the last 10 years.
    (171416)
6
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average contribution was by (a) employers and (b) HEFCE to each student place created on the Workforce Development Programme in each year from 2008-09.
    (171424)
7
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the proportion of graduate debt which would be paid in full under current policy, if the debt per graduate was (a) £5,000, (b) £10,000, (c) £15,000, (d) £20,000, (e) £25,000, (f) £30,000, (g) £35,000 and (h) £40,000.
    (171443)
8
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK who have income protection insurance policies.
    (171418)
9
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK who have private pensions.
    (171420)
10
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK who have private health insurance policies.
    (171422)
11
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what interest accrued to the public purse from monies taken from retail investors that were unsuccessful in their applications for Royal Mail Shares for those that would have monies refunded.
    (171436)
12
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, columns 512-3W, on conditions of employment, when the findings of his Department's investigation of the use of zero-hours contracts will be reported to the House.
    (171512)
13
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an estimate of how many employers in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) England that hire apprentices have paid tuition fees for NVQ3 and above qualifications.
    (171426)
14
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171545)
15
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK who have life insurance policies.
    (171421)
16
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) Dementia Friends and (b) Dementia Champions have been recruited since the publication of the Prime Minister's Dementia Challenge in March 2012.
    (171541)
17
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the take-up of the Help to Buy scheme on new and first time homebuyers in (a) the eastern region and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
    (171447)
18
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) sports clubs and (b) community centres are in receipt of Government funding in (i) Ribble Valley, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK.
    (171419)
19
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 5, on the Trident Alternatives Review, if he will provide details of the cost of the Trident Alternatives Review to the public purse in terms of (a) cost and (b) officials' time.
    (171399)
20
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the files currently held at Swadlincote that are subject to the Public Records Act 1958 have been (a) assessed and (b) released to the National Archive.
    (171580)
21
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171546)
22
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to answer question number 169811 tabled on 9 September 2013 on the Local Growth Committee.
    (171400)
23
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of the senior leadershp team have left the former National College for School Leadership since it became an exclusive agency of his Department in April 2012.
    (171573)
24
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process was followed in the appointment of the Chief Executive of the National College for Teaching and Leadership.
    (171574)
25
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of the senior leadership team of the National College for Teaching and Leadership were previously members of the senior leadership team of the National College for School Leadership.
    (171575)
26
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people attended the annual conference of the National College for Teaching and Leadership and its predecessor, the National College for School Leadership in each year since 2010.
    (171576)
27
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what appraisal he has made of the performance of the Chief Executive of the National College for Teaching and Leadership.
    (171577)
28
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, columns 444-5W on educational maintenance allowance, if he will publish the interim report referred to in that Answer.
    (171398)
29
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools have had work commence under his Department's Priority Schools Building Programme since that programme was announced.
    (171414)
30
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met with representatives of the six largest energy providers in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (171391)
31
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average rise in energy bills has been for households in (a) Merseyside and (b) England in each of the last five years.
    (171511)
32
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171547)
33
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his contribution of 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 282, on Bovine Tuberculosis, if he will publish the evidence which shows a significant reduction in badger numbers compared to this time last year.
    (171448)
34
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which officials in his Department have visited Kieron Bryan during his detention; and when and for how long each such visit was.
    (171397)
35
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review the arrangements governing the British Council's ability to compete for private-sector education contracts to ensure that British private-sector education providers abroad are able to compete on a level playing field.
    (171461)
36
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Santos of Colombia on the potential effect of a free trade agreement between Colombia and the EU on poverty and inequality levels in that country.
    (171425)
37
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations made to the government of Morocco on behalf of British investors in the Paradise Golf and Beach Resort project near Asilah.
    (171396)
38
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Sri Lankan counterpart regarding access to counselling for people suffering from trauma following the civil war in that country.
    (171506)
39
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Sri Lanka regarding the scope and remit of the Commission of Inquiry into Disappearances.
    (171507)
40
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of religious freedom in Sri Lanka; and what discussions he has had with the Sri Lankan government regarding protection for religious minorities in that country.
    (171508)
41
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka following his visit to Sri Lanka in August 2013; and with which other Commonwealth governments he has discussed that report.
    (171509)
42
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission he plans to discuss with the Sri Lankan government during the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in November 2013.
    (171510)
43
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an investigation into local variations in the maximum number of cases to be handled by health visitors so as to ensure good practice.
    (171502)
44
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a review of local guidelines on the appropriate caseload for health visitors to gain insight into which local authorities are overloaded.
    (171503)
45
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Cancer Drugs Fund on patients in (a) the Eastern Region and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
    (171445)
46
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect on ambulance response times of the decision by the North West Ambulance Service to close fleet care workshops in Cheshire and Merseyside; and if he will make a statement.
    (171441)
47
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect on patient care of the decision by the North West Ambulance Service to close fleet care workshops in Cheshire and Merseyside; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
    (171442)
48
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide guidance to GPs on tendering test strips to (a) Type 1 and (b) Type 2 diabetes.
    (171460)
49
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a review of the criteria under which patients who have ankylosing spondylitis but no de-generation of the sacroiliac joint may receive anti-TNF treatment in England.
    (171462)
50
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer Parliamentary Question 170833, tabled on 10 October 2013.
    (171394)
51
N
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the original cost estimates were for the proposals of the Trust Special Administrator for the reconfiguration of services in south east London; what his Department's current estimate is of the costs of reconfiguration to 2018; and from which budgets any difference between these two figures will be met.
    (171578)
52
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on (a) the closure of the visa service in Syria, (b) the visa application centres in Turkey now accepting applications for entry clearance from Syrian nationals and (c) additional support to be given to the visa application centres in Turkey in light of this policy change.
    (171402)
53
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many texts sent by Capita on behalf of the Border Agency since May 2010 advising people of termination of their right to remain in the UK have subsequently been proven to have been sent in error.
    (171437)
54
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of the contract held by Capita with the UK Border Agency for managing text messaging to individuals who do not have leave to remain in the UK in each year since May 2010.
    (171583)
55
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will adopt the three recommendations put forward by Citizens UK on enforced removals in the wake of Jimmy Mubenga's unlawful killing.
    (171499)
56
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to implement the new reporting mechanism for corruption cited in its Serious and Organised Crime strategy.
    (171582)
57
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the First Minister of Scotland on human trafficking in that country.
    (171395)
58
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been refused firearms licenses by each police force as a result of substantiated evidence of a history of (a) domestic violence, (b) violent conduct and (c) drug or alcohol abuse in each of the last 10 years.
    (171388)
59
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to a police force for the licensing of a firearm will be when the new e-commerce fees system is operational.
    (171412)
60
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of Jon Stoddart's secondment to the National Crime Agency for the Hillsborough investigation; and on what date he is due to be seconded.
    (171427)
61
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effects of the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Allen v UK 2013 on the legislative proposals set out in Clause 143 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill.
    (171473)
62
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much snuff was administered to hon. Members by the doorkeepers in the last 10 years; and at what cost.
    (171423)
63
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she intends to answer Parliamentary Question numbers 169290 and 169243, tabled on 11 September for answer on 13 September 2013.
    (171401)
64
N
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under the Mental Health Act 1983, if a sole property owner lost mental capacity and had not made an Enduring Power of Attorney, who could lawfully administer their property and affairs.
  [R] (171444)
65
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many housing benefit appeals were made to tribunal in each quarter since January 2012.
    (171406)
66
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many housing benefit appeals excluding local housing allowance were made to tribunal in each quarter since January 2012.
    (171407)
67
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been in secure children's homes in each local authority area in each year since 2007-08.
    (171438)
68
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been in young offender institutions in each local authority area in each year since 2007-08.
    (171439)
69
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been in secure training centres in each local authority area in each year since 2007-08.
    (171440)
70
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes in the number of prison officers employed in the public sector on (a) prison safety and (b) rehabilitation programmes within public sector prisons.
    (171390)
71
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessmentshe has made of the made of the effects on Northern Ireland of the development of the High Speed 2 rail network.
    (171581)
72
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to ensure that legal professional privilege is always respected by the (a) Security Service, (b) Secret Intelligence Service(c) Government Communications Head Quarters and (d) other Government departments and agencies.
    (171501)
73
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport and Ministers in the Scottish Government on the extension of high speed rail to Scotland.
    (171389)
74
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister of Scotland on capping energy bills in that country; and if he will make a statement.
    (171393)
75
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions his Department has asked the Freight Transport Association or its staff to represent the Department at stakeholder meetings; and what steps he has taken in those cases to ensure that there is no conflict of interest.
    (171500)
76
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171548)
77
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the economic effect of phase 2 of High Speed 2 on (a) West Bromwich East constituency and (b) the Black Country area will be.
    (171413)
78
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Virgin Trains on the future of direct train services to London from (a) Sandwell and Dudley and (b) Wolverhampton train stations; and if he will make a statement.
    (171417)
79
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she had with Ministers in the Scottish government on the number of women employed at a senior boardroom level by companies based in Scotland.
    (171392)
80
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to how many households the benefit cap has been applied (a) in each local authority area and (b) in total.
    (171403)
81
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households to whom the household benefit cap has been applied are lone parent families.
    (171404)
82
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households to whom the household benefit cap has been applied are in local authority temporary accommodation.
    (171405)
83
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefit provision is made for unemployed people who are waiting for disability assessments from Atos Healthcare; and what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for Atos assessments.
    (171408)
84
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely impact of the Help to Work scheme on young unemployed people in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement.
    (171446)
85
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that all members of the public calling an 0845 telephone number to contact his Department be immediately notified of their right to be called back.
    (171579)
86
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to consult carers and organisations representing disabled people on the use of 0845 numbers by his Department.
    (171605)
87
N
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (171549)
88
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against jobseeker's allowance sanctions have been (a) made and (b) successful since October 2012; and what the average time was from the date of an appeal to the date when a decision was made.
    (171604)
89
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving jobseeker's allowance had a sanction overturned on appeal in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) January to September 2013.
    (171468)
90
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of jobseeker's allowance who were issued with a sanction chose not to keep their claim live in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) January to September 2013.
    (171469)
91
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving jobseeker's allowance who were subject to a sanction were classified as belonging to an ethnic minority in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) January to September 2013.
    (171470)
92
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving jobseeker's allowance who were subject to a sanction on the advice of a Work Programme provider were classified as belonging to an ethnic minority in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) January to September 2013.
    (171471)
93
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the interaction of universal credit and the income tax personal allowance.
    (171472)
Monday 21 October  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
 
* 1
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): What steps his Department is taking to bring empty and redundant buildings back into use.
    (900548)
* 2
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What steps his Department has taken to make the planning system more accessible to local people.
    (900549)
* 3
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): What steps his Department has taken to make the planning system more accessible to local people.
    (900550)
* 4
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): What steps he is taking to help first-time buyers get onto the housing ladder.
    (900551)
* 5
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to encourage local communities to fund social enterprises through crowdfunding and other new forms of finance.
    (900552)
* 6
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): What steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the community rights introduced by the Localism Act 2011.
    (900553)
* 7
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): What steps his Department is taking to bring empty and redundant buildings back into use.
    (900554)
* 8
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What recent assessment he has made of the effects on people on low incomes of council tax support schemes.
    (900555)
* 9
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What assessment he has made of the current dispute in the Fire and Rescue Service; and if he will make a statement.
    (900556)
* 10
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What recent guidance he has given to councils on delivering savings in local government.
    (900557)
* 11
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What recent assessment he has made of the availability of local authority recycling sites.
    (900558)
* 12
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What assessment he has made of the current dispute in the Fire and Rescue Service; and if he will make a statement.
    (900559)
* 13
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of planning regulations applying to houses in multiple occupation.
    (900560)
* 14
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What estimate he has made of the average cost of adapting properties for disabled people who move home because of the under-occupancy penalty.
    (900561)
* 15
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): What assessment he has made of the availability of smaller properties for people affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
    (900562)
* 16
Miss Chloe Smith (Norwich North): What steps he is taking to help first time buyers get onto the housing ladder.
    (900563)
* 17
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): What assessment he has made of the relationship between local authority youth services and the incidence of knife crime.
    (900564)
* 18
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What recent assessment he has made of the effects on people on low incomes of council tax support schemes.
    (900565)
* 19
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): What help the Government is giving to small businesses in meeting the cost of business rates.
    (900566)
* 20
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): What assessment he has made of the availability of smaller properties for people affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
    (900567)
* 21
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): If he will make it his policy that planning authorities ensure that Section 106 agreements produce adequate funds to finance the building of schools forming part of the planning approval when granting consents for major residential developments.
    (900568)
* 22
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What representations he has received on the effectiveness of independent assessments of the performance of local authorities.
    (900569)
* 23
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): What steps he is taking to promote use of high streets.
    (900570)
* 24
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the community rights introduced by the Localism Act 2011.
    (900571)
* 25
John Stevenson (Carlisle): What steps he is taking to help first-time buyers get onto the housing ladder.
    (900572)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (900573)
* 2
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley):  
    (900574)
* 3
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish):  
    (900575)
* 4
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (900576)
* 5
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):  
    (900577)
* 6
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon):  
    (900578)
* 7
David Mowat (Warrington South):  
    (900579)
* 8
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):  
    (900580)
* 9
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale):  
    (900581)
* 10
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole):  
    (900582)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 11 October

1
N
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultation requests from local planning authorities have been received by HS2 Ltd pursuant to the Safeguarding Directions for Phase 1 since 9 July 2013; from which local planning authorities such requests have been received; how many such consultation requests are EIA development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011; how many recommendations for refusal of the grant of planning permission have been made; how many such recommendations are of (a) EIA development and (b) non-EIA development; how many recommendations have been made by HS2 Ltd that conditions be imposed on a planning permission in order to protect the High Speed 2 project; how many of those recommendations are of (i) EIA development and (ii) non-EIA development; how many referrals have been made to him where a local planning authority is minded to approve an application for planning permission against the advice of HS2 Ltd; and what the results of each such referral have been.
  [R] (171089)

Notices given on Monday 14 October

1
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effect on London residents on average income of the purchase of residential property in London by Chinese nationals.
    (171281)
2
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any former health or other ministers have been interviewed in the course of the inquiry into Jimmy Savile's involvement in the NHS.
    (171279)
3
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his evidence that further units of the NHS may have been involved with law breaking by Jimmy Savile.
    (171288)
4
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that students from China are charged £200 to access the NHS.
    (171280)

Notices given on Tuesday 15 October

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on publication of stolen, classified information.
    (171449)
2
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend Operation Endeavour, targeting illegal gangmasters, to the Peterborough City Council area; and if she will make a statement.
    (171505)
3
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff will be part of the National Crime Agency's overseas network.
    (171584)
4
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she was consulted by the Director General of the Security Services before her recent statement on the publication of stolen classified material; and if she will make a statement on her assessment of the impact of the actions of Mr E Snowden.
    (171450)
5
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the current areas of policy on which the Coalition Government has agreed to suspend the principle of collective responsibility.
    (171451)
6
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, in what circumstances the doctrine of collective responsibility (a) applies and (b) does not apply, with particular reference to comments made on the record to the media.
    (171452)
Wednesday 23 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 14 October

1
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2013, Official Report, column 829-30W, on employment and support allowance, what categories of prognosis have been adopted by his Department; when these categories were adopted; what guidance has been issued on determining the circumstances in which a health condition falls into a particular category; and what the evidential basis is for the selection of each category.
    (171291)

Notices given on Tuesday 15 October

1
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for transitional arrangements for agri-environment scheme payments before the commencement of the New Environmental Land Management Scheme on 1 January 2016.
    (171463)
2
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agri-environment agreements will end prior to the introduction of the New Environmental Land Management Scheme on 1 January 2016; and what estimate he has made of the savings that will accrue to his Department as a result of reduced payments during that period.
    (171464)
3
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of how many farmers will lose agri-environment payments prior to the introduction of the New Environmental Land Management Scheme on 1 January 2016.
    (171465)
4
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown by (a) size of farm, (b) type of farm, (c) land tenure and (d) geographical location of farms which will lose agri-environment payments during the transitional arrangements before the New Environmental Land Management Scheme commences on 1 January 2016.
    (171466)
5
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of (a) the average loss in agri-environment payments and (b) the range of reduced losses for all farms affected by the transitional arrangements before the New Environmental Land Management Scheme commences on 1 January 2016.
    (171467)
Thursday 24 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 7 October

1
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government consultations include a summary of responses.
    (170200)
2
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consider introducing the role of Consultation Commissioner to oversee Government consultations.
    (170201)
3
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consider making the publication of a summary of responses obligatory in Government consultations.
    (170202)
4
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government consultations have published (a) all responses, (b) some of the responses and (c) none of the responses since May 2010.
    (170203)

Notices given on Friday 11 October

1
N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department will attend COP19 in Warsaw.
    (171090)
Friday 25 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 15 October

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the decision to European Regional Development Fund funding to Carlisle College has been deferred; and when he expects this decision to be made.
    (171428)

Prepared 16th October 2013