Order Book Part 2 [4 November 2013]

* 1

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What assessment he has made of the level of recruitment to the reserve forces in 2013 to date.

(900853)

* 2

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What assessment he has made of the level of contracting by his Department with small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement.

(900854)

* 3

Mark Menzies (Fylde): What discussions he has had with his counterparts in partner nations on improving the prospects of future Typhoon exports.

(900855)

* 4

Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): What his plans are for the future use of RNAS Yeovilton and RNAS Merryfield; and if he will make a statement.

(900856)

* 5

Steve Baker (Wycombe): What recent assessment he has made of the future Royal Air Force requirement for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance systems; and if he will make a statement.

(900857)

* 6

Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What steps he is taking to improve the employment prospects of service leavers.

(900858)

* 7

Ian Austin (Dudley North): If he will visit the Territorial Army base at Vicar Street in Dudley.

(900859)

* 8

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): What funding his Department makes available to help armed forces families to get on the housing ladder.

(900860)

* 9

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What steps he is taking to help improve home ownership amongst members of the armed forces.

(900861)

* 10

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What recent assessment the Government has made of how many reservists need to be recruited as part of the Army Reserve plan to replace regular troops from the disbanded units.

(900862)

* 11

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): With reference to the Army Basing Review, what recent discussions he has had on the closure of Claro Barracks in Ripon; and if he will make a statement.

(900863)

* 12

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What account his Department takes of the social and economic effects of its procurement decisions in the UK.

(900864)

* 13

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What assessment he has made of the level of recruitment to the reserve forces in 2013 to date.

(900865)

* 14

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): What contracts for recruitment of armed forces personnel have been outsourced to date; and what arrangements are in place to monitor such contracts.

(900866)

* 15

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): What new capabilities the armed forces are investing in to ensure the UK can properly defend itself from cyber attacks.

(900867)

* 16

Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What discussions he has had with his counterparts in partner nations on improving the prospects of future Typhoon exports.

(900868)

* 17

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What assessment he has made of the conclusions and utility of the Trident Alternatives study.

(900869)

* 18

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): What funding his Department makes available to help armed forces families to get on the housing ladder.

(900870)

* 19

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What funding his Department makes available to help armed forces families to get on the housing ladder.

(900871)

* 20

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): What assessment he has made of the level of recruitment to the reserve forces in 2013 to date.

(900872)

* 21

Mr David Amess (Southend West): What investment his Department has made in the provision of prosthetics and rehabilitation for injured troops since 2010.

(900873)

* 22

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What steps he is taking to help improve home ownership amongst members of the armed forces.

(900874)

* 23

Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What progress has been made on the Joint Strike Fighter trials taking place in the US.

(900875)

* 24

Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What recent advances have been made in the type of prosthetic limbs made available to injured service personnel.

(900876)

* 25

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): When he estimates that the new Queen Elizabeth class carriers will become operational; and if he will make a statement.

(900877)

* 1

Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

(900843)

* 2

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):

(900844)

* 3

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry):

(900845)

* 4

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay):

(900846)

* 5

Jessica Morden (Newport East):

(900847)

* 6

Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow):

(900848)

* 7

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan):

(900849)

* 8

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty):

(900850)

* 9

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke):

(900851)

* 10

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley):

(900852)

1

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contingency plans his Department put in place to reduce the risk of loss of life or property during forthcoming fire service strikes; and if he will make a statement.

(173493)

2

N

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve future care provision for deafblind people; and if he will make a statement.

(173520)

3

N

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish a response to the recommendations of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.

(173476)

4

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department gives to officials who determine the temporary speed limits displayed on managed motorways (a) to ensure consistency and (b) to ensure that the temporary speed limits displayed are not lower than is reasonable or necessary; and if he will make a statement.

(173492)

1

N

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons no respresentative of his Department attended the Employment Appeal Tribunal hearing in relation to Usdaw v. Woolworths on 1 July 2013.

(173716)

2

N

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the term poverty is still being used by his Department for the purpose of statistics; and when a decision to disuse this phrase was taken.

(173699)

3

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current employment rate is among (a) all people, (b) young people, (c) women, (d) over 50s, (e) parents, (f) lone parents and (g) ethnic minorities; and what each such rate was in May 2010.

(173726)

4

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards were made in relation to children who were aged (a) 17, (b) 18 and (c) 19 in the last year.

(173692)

5

N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the level of default or penalty fees charged when a customer goes into an unauthorised overdraft; and if he will make a statement.

(173622)

6

N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the amount UK bank customers spend on bank fees and charges in a year.

(173623)

7

N

Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of employers with a liability to pay secondary Class 1 national insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement.

(173626)

8

N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding the liability of sixth form colleges for VAT; and if he will make a statement.

(173724)

9

N

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have (a) applied for and (b) been granted an Article 4 Direction in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the stated purpose was of each such application.

(173624)

10

N

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities were granted an Article 4 Direction in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(173625)

11

N

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average (a) cost incurred by and (b) time taken for a local authority to successfully secure an Article 4 Direction from when the decision was taken by the local authority to start the necessary process required in order to apply.

(173828)

12

N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultations his Department has held or plans to hold to ensure that best practice is followed on fracking for shale gas production.

(173577)

13

N

Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendation of Judge Kirkham following the conclusion of the Lakanal House fire inquest, whether his Department has reviewed Approved Document B to ensure that it provides clear guidance in relation to Regulation B4 of the Building Regulations and is expressed in words and adopts a format which is expressed in a language accessible to laypersons.

(173720)

14

N

Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendation of Judge Kirkham following the conclusion of the Lakanal House fire inquest, what steps he has taken to encourage providers of housing in high-rise residential buildings containing multiple domestic premises to consider the retro-fitting of sprinkler systems.

(173721)

15

N

Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendation of Judge Kirkham following the conclusion of the Lakanal House fire inquest, when he expects to provide clear guidance on the scope of inspections which should be undertaken in high-rise residential buildings for fire risk assessment purposes.

(173722)

16

N

Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendation of Judge Kirkham following the conclusion of the Lakanal House fire inquest, whether he has published consolidated national guidance in relation to the 'stay put' principle and its interaction with the 'get out and stay out' policy, including how such guidance is disseminated to residents.

(173723)

17

N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the use of transfer or exit fees charged on retirement homes; and if he will make a statement.

(173690)

18

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to report from the review she initiated into extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.

(173849)

19

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Defence about salvage operations on the wreck of HMS Victory; and if she will make a statement.

(173850)

20

N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the recent humanitarian crisis and loss of life in the Mediterranean sea, what part the Combined Maritime Forces are playing to prevent further loss of life.

(173576)

21

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 483W, how many files held at Swadlincote his Department has made available to (a) the Historical Enquiries Team and (d) the Da Silva Review.

(173698)

22

N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the management of the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency site at Ashchurch, Gloucestershire, to enable them to keep the workforce informed of their plans for the site; and if he will make a statement.

(173579)

23

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will publish his Department's findings from its investigation into the Barnfied Federation.

(173717)

24

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the reasons are for the delay between the completion of the Education Funding Agency's report on Kings Science School, Bradford and its publication by his Department.

(173718)

25

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Ministers in his Department were made aware of the allegations concerning the Barnfield Federation which triggered his Department's investigation.

(173829)

26

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the nature is of the allegations relating to the Barnfield Federation which are subject to an investigation by his Department.

(173830)

27

N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have asked the (i) Confederation of British Industry, (ii) Institute of Directors, (iii) Federation of Small Businesses and (iv) British Chambers of Commerce to encourage their members to offer work experience placements as part of 16-19 study programmes.

(173835)

28

N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on academies awarding contracts to businesses controlled by or belonging to their trustees.

(173586)

29

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children currently receive free school meals because their parent receives universal credit.

(173714)

30

N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what analysis his Department has made of the effectiveness of the European Commission's use of its powers under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union against member states; and if he will make a statement.

(173685)

31

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on public health of the withdrawal of free school fruit schemes by certain local authorities.

(173683)

32

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) psychological, (b) dietary and (c) social care that cystic fibrosis patients receive.

(173842)

33

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects full implementation of the Maternity and Children's Data Set to be completed.

(173843)

34

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 85W, on alcoholic drinks: misuse, what steps he is taking to encourage the industry to deliver rapid action on (a) tackling the high strength or high volume products that can cause the most harm and (b) promoting and displaying alcohol responsibly in shops.

(173844)

35

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 85W, on alcoholic drinks: misuse, what steps he is taking to encourage the industry to deliver rapid action on (a) improving education around drinking and (b) supporting targeted local action.

(173845)

36

N

Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on how it reviews and reports on the implementation of its guidelines, and on how frequently it reviews its guidelines.

(173573)

37

N

Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on its plans to monitor the implementation of the breast cancer familial guideline.

(173574)

38

N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations the Government has made to the European Commission on negotiations on the final text for the revised Tobacco Products Directive.

(173575)

39

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether autism will be included as part of the curriculum for the proposed additional year of training for GPs.

(173832)

40

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that Health and Wellbeing Boards are aware of the duties imposed on them by the statutory guidance issued under the provisions of the Autism Act 2009.

(173833)

41

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what inquiries are currently running in relation to the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse allegations; and when they expect to report.

(173848)

42

N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to allow people to obtain repeat orthopaedic shoes from consultants without the need for orthotic referral by GPs; and if he will make a statement.

(173587)

43

N

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which headhunters his Department use for NHS vacancies; and how much money was paid to such firms in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.

(173834)

44

N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's cost-benefit analysis of opting back into European Commission Decision 2009/724/JHA of 17 September 2009; and if she will make a statement.

(173682)

45

N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations she has received (a) in favour of and (b) not in favour of opting in to use of the European Arrest Warrant; and if she will make a statement.

(173687)

46

N

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter to the Interim Director General, UK Visas and Immigration of 30 September 2013 on behalf of a constituent: CTS ref B26222/13.

(173733)

47

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department allocates to support the development of genetically modified organisms.

(173595)

48

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had about increasing EU support for refugees from North Africa and Syria arriving in Italy and Malta.

(173596)

49

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what public accountability mechanisms are in place with respect to third-party suppliers of UK development aid.

(173597)

50

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what countries (a) she and (b) her Ministerial team have visited since taking post.

(173598)

51

N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of female offenders have not reoffended within five years of the completion of their sentence since 2001.

(173580)

52

N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that private providers of probation services will still be accountable to Parliament, local authorities and other elected representatives of communities.

(173619)

53

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which early intervention crime-prevention schemes have received reduced funding from his Department since May 2010.

(173607)

54

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementing the requirements of the European Directive on Victims Rights by December 2015.

(173620)

55

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with G4S on the changing structure of Victim Support.

(173621)

56

N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the European Court of Justice; what his policy is on reform of that body; and if he will make a statement.

(173684)

57

N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward reforms to the House's powers to scrutinise European legislation and the implementation of European Commission budget spending decisions; and if he will make a statement.

(173686)

58

N

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many claims have been made to her Department for an ex-gratia payment for those affected by the troubles in Northern Ireland; how much each claimant has received in compensation; how many such claims were paid as a result of a direction from the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and how many such claims were paid in respect of cases involving false imprisonment.

(173606)

59

N

Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost of (a) gas and (b) electricity used by his Department was in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.

(173700)

60

N

Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to include in franchise agreements with train operating companies a requirement to provide redress to passengers or impose conditions to ensure that in no circumstances passengers will be held on trains for excessive periods of time.

(173729)

61

N

Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are currently employed on the High Speed 2 project.

(173578)

62

N

Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people employed on the High Speed 2 project are based in (a) London and (b) Birmingham.

(173599)

63

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average staff vacancy rates across all coastguard coordination centres were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.

(173727)

64

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff of Humber Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre have transferred from the closed centre at Yarmouth to date; how many new staff have been recruited at that centre in the last 12 months; and what the current level of staffing is compared to its risk-assessed level.

(173728)

65

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have transferred to Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre from the closed centres at Clyde and Forth to date; how many new staff have been recruited at that centre in the last 12 months; and what the current level of staffing is compared to its risk-assessed level.

(173730)

66

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he or officials in his Department have had with (a) national officers of RNLI and (b) local committees and volunteers of RNLI on the implications of the closure of Clyde, Forth and Yarmouth centres on the RNLI's work and effectiveness.

(173731)

67

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what external or internal advice he has received on the risks posed by reliance on emergency towing vessels based outside UK waters in the event of a major pollution incident.

(173732)

68

N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents where drink or drugs were a contributory factor and resulting in (a) minor injury, (b) serious injury and (c) death occurred in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last five years.

(173715)

69

N

Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the mobility distance criteria adopted for personal independence payments differs from the criteria for disability living allowance and blue badges.

(173605)

70

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support and (d) incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance are aged (i) 16, (ii) 17, (iii) 18, (iv) 19, (v) 20, (vi) 21, (vii) 22, (viii) 23 and (ix) 24 years old in the latest period for which figures are available.

(173693)

71

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which regions of the UK universal credit is currently available.

(173694)

72

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent publicising the move to universal credit in the regions where it is available.

(173695)

73

N

Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments have been made from the discretionary housing payment budget to each local authority in Scotland to date; what proportion of the overall discretionary housing payment budgets such payments to each local authority represent; and what level of such payments have been allocated to each local authority in 2013-14.

(173831)

74

N

Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of attendance allowance have total income or assets under Â£123,000 (a) nationally and (b) by region.

(173581)

75

N

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether individual claims to universal credit resulting from the rollout proposals announced on 10 July 2013 will be subject to the same restrictions as those made in the universal credit pathfinder.

(173608)

76

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he collects information on (a) whether jobs taken up by people who enter under the work programme are part-time or full-time, (b) whether such jobs involve a zero hours contract and (c) other characteristics of those jobs.

(173609)

77

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to publish updated Youth Contract performance data; and at what frequency he plans to publish such data in future.

(173627)

78

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households currently in receipt of universal credit.

(173713)

79

N

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what housing needs of tenants claiming housing benefit can be met by the discretionary housing payment scheme; and whether a local authority can change its allocation policy within a financial year.

(173697)

1

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many empty Government-owned properties have been made available to entrepreneurs to date.

[Transferred] (173696)

2

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children under one year have died suddenly in each of the last 10 years; and what reasons have been attributed to these deaths.

[Transferred] (173846)

3

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children have been stillborn in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (173847)

4

N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the use of red diesel by boats on inland waterways.

[Transferred] (173691)

5

N

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each local authority have accessed funding for social care in the last three years; and how many such claimants were asked to provide a third party top up fee.

[Transferred] (173688)

6

N

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the implementation of the guidance on the control, issuing, monitoring and recording of third party top up fees for local authority funded social care placements; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (173689)

7

N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals resident in the Barrow and Furness constituency were convicted for (a) drink-driving and (b) driving under the influence of drugs in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (173725)

8

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174048)

9

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any pesticides banned for use in the UK are manufactured in the UK and exported.

(173957)

10

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many trade missions have been sponsored by his Department to China in the last 12 months; and what funding was allocated to each.

(173990)

11

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of reforming the leased pub company model on the rural economy.

(173976)

12

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of tied pubs on the rural economy.

(173977)

13

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in (a) his Department, (b) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (c) the Office of the Prime Minister.

(174039)

14

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding National Climate Change Capability received in each year since 2008; and how much funding he estimates it will receive in each year up to 2015.

(173901)

15

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174062)

16

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on green levies; and if he will make a statement.

(173889)

17

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the geographical balance of the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.

(173888)

18

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the proportion of GDP which is generated through economic activity in Greater London.

(173890)

19

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for regulating the activities of an unregulated income fund.

(173991)

20

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of the VAT owing by companies was written-off as a bad debt by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(174018)

21

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate is included in his tax gap calculations for (a) corporation tax, (b) PAYE and (c) VAT in each year from 2007-08 to 2011-12 in respect of companies struck from the Register of Companies without filing corporation tax returns, PAYE returns, VAT returns or accounts due to HM Revenue and Customs in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

(174019)

22

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs made of the number of companies liable for corporation tax in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.

(174020)

23

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies were sent a corporation tax return for an accounting period ending in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.

(174021)

24

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to how many companies HM Revenue and Customs made the decision not to send a request for a corporation tax return in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.

(174022)

25

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the companies sent a request to submit a corporation tax return in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13 submitted the return (i) within the required time limit and (ii) late.

(174023)

26

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the value of the revenue foregone in relation to (a) corporation tax, (b) income tax, (c) national insurance contributions, (d) VAT and (e) other taxes as a result of companies being struck from the Register of Companies in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(174024)

27

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notices of intention to strike a company from the Register of Companies HM Revenue and Customs received in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and to how many such notices they objected in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

(174025)

28

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was subsequently raised from companies where objections to striking-off had been issued by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(174026)

29

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies were sent form CT41G by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; how many such forms were returned in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

(174027)

30

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies were granted dormant company status by HM Revenue and Customs and were therefore advised that they did not need to submit corporation tax returns in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(174028)

31

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes to make sure that companies that were not sent a request for a corporation tax return and which were not recorded as dormant do not owe corporation tax; and if he will make a statement.

(174029)

32

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations HM Revenue and Customs has undertaken of companies to whom requests for corporation tax returns were not made in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; what sums were raised as a result of those investigations in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

(174030)

33

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies were issued with penalty notices as a result of failure to submit a corporation tax return on time in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(174031)

34

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of penalty notices issued in respect of the failure by companies to submit their corporation tax returns on time was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.

(174032)

35

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of penalties due by companies for failing to submit a corporation tax return was outstanding at the end of (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.

(174033)

36

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of penalty notices issued for the non-submission of corporation tax returns written off as irrecoverable in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(174034)

37

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the penalty notices issued to companies as a result of their failure to submit a corporation tax return on time in each of the years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13 were withdrawn as a result of successful appeals by the companies to whom they were issued; what value of penalties was waived as a result of such appeals in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

(174035)

38

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies made PAYE contributions in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; how many companies' total payment was less than (i) Â£10,000, (ii) Â£20,000, (iii) Â£30,000, (iv) Â£40,000 and (v) Â£50,000 in each such year; what the total monetary value was of payments in each such band in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

(174036)

39

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies were VAT-registered in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; how much net VAT was paid by those companies in each such year by the most detailed HM Revenue and Customs reporting band available; and if he will make a statement.

(174037)

40

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of PAYE owing by companies was written off as a bad debt by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(174038)

41

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority about the exclusion of embedded interest rate swaps from its redress scheme.

(173883)

42

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of VAT paid by sixth form colleges in each of the last three years.

(173975)

43

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174049)

44

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Totnes of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 193W, on land use: agriculture, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of conflict between planning applications for onshore wind infrastructure and those parts of the National Planning Policy Framework which underlines the recognition of the character and beauty of the countryside.

(173911)

45

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions have taken place between officials of his Department and manufacturers and suppliers of moulded plastic fuse boards on returning to the use of metal or rigid plastics for the purpose of improving fire protection.

(173877)

46

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of providing cover for the strike by firefighters on 25 September 2013.

(174044)

47

Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer parliamentary question 169282, tabled on 11 September 2013.

(173992)

48

Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what communication he has had with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets about adherence to the Code of Practice on Local Authority Publicity.

(173993)

49

Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities he or Ministers in his Department have written to with regard to their observance of the Code of Practice on Local Authority Publicity.

(173994)

50

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated average (a) monthly and (b) annual fuel bills were for families in England and Wales (i) in total and (ii) by region in each of the last three years.

(173912)

51

Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to limit the stakes and rate of play for fixed odd betting terminals.

(173947)

52

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in her Department.

(174050)

53

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much projects in Wales have received in Olympic legacy funding.

(173974)

54

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many annual reservist deployments his Department anticipates following the implementation of Army 2020 and Future Reserves 2020.

(174011)

55

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparable assessment he has made of the average number of civilians killed in air strikes by drones and fixed wing strikes.

(173891)

56

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of laser pen attacks on military aircraft were recorded in the last five years.

(173952)

57

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 October 2012, Official Report, column 369W, on Afghanistan, how many incidents of civilian casualties have been reported to UK forces to investigate in Afghanistan to date.

(174046)

58

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174051)

59

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to decide on the infrastructure needed for two new aircraft carriers to be based in Portsmouth; and when he expects the work for that infrastructure to commence.

(173902)

60

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on plans to build new offshore patrol vessels; and if he will make a statement.

(173903)

61

Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving members of the armed forces are currently on the sex offenders register.

(173908)

62

Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that British students have the skills to compete for jobs that are currently popular with migrants.

(174013)

63

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 1114W, on free money, how much was returned to his Department after (a) opening of free schools, (b) opening of new sixth forms and (c) opening of all other new institutions within the schools sector following the failure to recruit predicted numbers in the year groups affected in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.

(173886)

64

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, where a school with School Direct trainees fails its Ofsted inspection, what rights School Direct trainees have to transfer to a new school and who will have responsibility for (a) amending any contractual arrangements into which the school may have entered with School Direct trainees and (b) making any other consequential arrangements.

(173989)

65

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what account is taken in Ofsted school inspections of the performance of schools in respect of School Direct trainees.

(173995)

66

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174052)

67

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any (a) expenses, (b) allowances or (c) other payment from the public purse, excluding the project development grant, was received by the Barnfield Federation for handling the free school application for the former Fernwood Pre-Prep School in Bedfordshire.

(174006)

68

Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Education Funding Agency investigation into Kings Science Academy, Bradford, whether he has any plans to alter the system of regulation of free schools.

(173852)

69

Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether free schools are bound by any code of conduct relating to conflicts of interest caused by patrons, donors, governors or staff of a free school being involved in a company which benefits commercially from contracts placed by that free school.

(173853)

70

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made of the potential effect on children of lower academic abilities, prior to the introduction of the Government's new policy on early entry.

(174045)

71

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make mindfulness training available to Ofsted inspections.

(173882)

72

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174053)

73

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Totnes of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 193W, on land use: agriculture, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of conflict between planning applications for onshore wind infrastructure and those parts of the National Planning Policy Framework which underline the recognition of the character and beauty of the countryside.

(173910)

74

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to support people who rely mainly on home heating oil to heat their homes.

(173963)

75

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of homes in England are mainly heated by (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) home heating oil.

(173965)

76

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average increase in prices of (a) gas, (b) electricity and (d) home heating oil was in each year since 2007.

(173966)

77

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the cost of energy in Northern Ireland.

(173969)

78

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many electricity transmission and distribution faults occurred as a result of weather in (a) each year since 2008 and (b) 2013 to date; what the length of each disruption was; what type of equipment was affected; how many customers were affected; and what the total customer minutes lost was.

(173897)

79

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many electricity transmission and distribution faults occurred as a result of flooding in (a) each year since 2008 and (b) 2013 to date; what the length of each disruption was; what type of equipment was affected; how many customers were affected; and what the total customer minutes lost was.

(173898)

80

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many gas distribution faults occurred as a result of weather in (a) each year since 2008 and (b) 2013 to date; what the length of each disruption was; what type of equipment was affected; how many customers were affected; and what the total customer days lost was.

(173899)

81

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the substations in England and Wales identified as having significant likelihood of river and tidal flooding.

(173900)

82

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on woodland creation of the hiatus created by current discussions on the reform of CAP.

(173936)

83

Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on proposed incinerators following the findings of the DEFRA report, Forecasting 2020 Waste Arisings and Treatment Capacity published October 2013.

(174040)

84

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174054)

85

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales were placed on the register of exempt dogs in 2012 under section 4A and section 4B procedures of the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997.

(174042)

86

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were subject to proceedings in a magistrate's court for offences under the Dogs Act 1871 in 2012; and if he will make a statement.

(174043)

87

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the levels of acid rain were in each year for which data is available.

(173935)

88

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of pollutants from motor vehicles over the past 30 years.

(173954)

89

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences for water wells the Environment Agency granted in each year for which data is available.

(173956)

90

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of people being poisoned by pesticides his Department recorded in each year for which data is available.

(173958)

91

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pounds of pesticides have been used in the UK in each year for which data is available.

(173959)

92

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the levels of pesticides in (a) food grown and consumed in the UK and (b) imported food.

(173960)

93

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of ground water pollution his Department recorded in each year for which data is available.

(173961)

94

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the purity of bottled water sold in the UK.

(173962)

95

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential improvements to water quality from water filtering within households.

(173967)

96

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of drinking water supplies being contaminated occurred in each year for which data are available; and what the location of each such incident was.

(173968)

97

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety of xylitol as a substitute for sugar cane for use in the production of food and drinks products; and what quantity of xylitol has been imported in each year since 2003.

(173996)

98

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety of date sugar as a substitute for sugar cane for use in the production of food and drinks products; and what quantity of date sugar has been imported in each year since 2003.

(173998)

99

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Health and Safety Executive and (b) the devolved administrations on the introduction of a single regulatory framework covering laboratory safety for genetically modified organisms.

(174014)

100

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given to including commercial applications such as bioreactors, fish tanks and glasshouses within the single regulatory framework covering laboratory safety for genetically modified organisms.

(174015)

101

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether applications covered under the proposed single regulatory framework for laboratory safety for genetically modified organisms will include (a) GM insects, (b) GM fish, (c) GM farm animals, (d) GM plants, (e) GM micro-organisms and (f) products of synthetic biology, including micro-organisms and algae.

(174016)

102

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174055)

103

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) business and (b) tourist visas were issued by the British Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen in each year since 2005.

(173943)

104

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the resumption of direct flights between the UK and Yemen.

(173944)

105

Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the mandate for Health Education England will include reference to professional training needs relating to autism.

(173887)

106

Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce outcomes for adults with autism into the health and social care outcomes frameworks.

(174005)

107

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the waiting times for accessing mental health services.

(173953)

108

Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the Francis Report's recommendations for minimum staffing requirements on hospital wards.

(173997)

109

Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement a national awareness campaign surrounding early diagnosis of sepsis.

(173999)

110

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174056)

111

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to extend the street triage initiative.

(173937)

112

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when results of the street triage pilot will be published.

(173938)

113

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the street triage pilot.

(173939)

114

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish details of an alternative, individual approach to end of life care.

(173940)

115

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of study NCT01081899 on www.clinicaltrials.gov as reported in The Lancet, which looked into the effectiveness of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for hospitalised cancer patients with regards to (a) the effect of suing the LCP on patients' survival time and (b) a patient's experience of care in respect of dignity and kindness.

(173941)

116

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support his Department makes available to local authorities to develop and share learning from innovative autism services.

(173860)

117

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients in England who are treated by way of colostomy irrigation rather than making use of ostomy bags and accessories.

(173949)

118

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost to the NHS of issuing ostomy bags and accessories in England in each of the last five years.

(173950)

119

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients in England has been trained in techniques of colostomy irrigation.

(173951)

120

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the rate of use of colostomy irrigation among patients in England as against patients in the other nations of the UK and the EU.

(173982)

121

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received about the effect on businesses and practitioners in the natural health sector of the implementation of the EU Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims.

(173970)

122

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on British business of the implementation of the EU Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims.

(173971)

123

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nutrition and health claims have so far been received by the Food Standards Agency in relation to the EU Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims for passing to the European Commission; what information his Department holds about the number of such claims which have now been received by the Commission from all EU member states; what information his Department holds about the number of potential claims that have been submitted by the Commission to the European Food Safety Authority for assessment; and how many specific claims have now been (a) approved, (b) refused and (c) otherwise not determined following the receipt by the Commission of advice from that Authority.

(173972)

124

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department hold on which claims have now been approved for glucosamine by the EU following assessment under the provisions of the EU Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims.

(173973)

125

Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with (a) Public Health England and (b) NHS Choices about work they are undertaking to raise awareness of breast cancer risk factors.

(174007)

126

Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NHS England to commission a breast cancer services audit.

(174009)

127

Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of breast cancer that could be prevented by lifestyle changes.

(174010)

128

Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will institute a pilot scheme in Fylde constituency to investigate the best new practices in tackling dementia.

(174017)

129

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has allocated to research on the long-term effects of low carbohydrate, high protein diets on cardiovascular disease.

(173878)

130

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of changes in calorie intake for (a) men, (b) women, (c) boys and (d) girls in the last 30 years.

(173879)

131

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on changes in meal portion size in (a) households and (b) restaurants in the last 30 years.

(173880)

132

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the role of functional medicines in developing individualised programmes for NHS patients; and if he will make a statement.

(173881)

133

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of stress on (a) cancer and (b) heart disease.

(173933)

134

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has funded on the effect of stress on (a) cancer and (b) heart disease.

(173934)

135

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) adult and (b) child obesity was in (i) 1993, (ii) 2003 and (iii) the latest year for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the likely level in 2023.

(173955)

136

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of skin cancer were diagnosed in each year for which data is available.

(173964)

137

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of progress in the earlier diagnosis of cancer; and what estimate it has made of the number of lives saved as a result, in the period following the announcement of an allocation of Â£450 million funding for that purpose.

(173906)

138

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department issues to GPs on the maximum number of patients they can have on their register.

(173907)

139

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to bring legal proceedings against those who dispensed contaminated blood.

(174004)

140

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which sugar substitutes have been (a) approved and (b) rejected for use in the production of food and drinks products since 2005.

(174001)

141

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment hehas made of the safely of coconut sugar as a substitute for sugar cane for use in the production of food and drinks products; and what quantity of coconut sugar has been imported in each year since 2003.

(174003)

142

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the safety of stevia as a substitute for sugar cane in the production of food and drinks products; and what quantity of stevia has been imported to the UK in each year since 2003.

(174041)

143

Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response the UK Government will make to the decision by the European Court of Human Rights to mount a legal challenge to Section of the Terrorism Act 2000.

(174008)

144

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the availability of class 3a and 3b laser pens.

(173892)

145

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of laser pen attacks on police helicopters have been recorded in the last five years.

(173895)

146

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in her Department.

(174057)

147

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces are currently involved in the street triage pilot; whether she has had any discussions with Ministers in the Welsh Assembly about beginning trials of the pilot in Wales; and when she expects to publish results of the pilots.

(173942)

148

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2013, Official Report, column 143W, on Written Questions, how many written parliamentary questions were tabled on each sitting day from 25 June 2013 to date.

(173859)

149

Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she will take to include an awareness of the risk of trafficking of women and girls in her Department's response to the crisis engendered by Cyclone Phailin.

(173948)

150

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in her Department.

(174058)

151

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of staff in her Department are in the Senior Civil Service grades; and how that proportion compares with other Departments.

(174104)

152

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, following the reports of a polio outbreak in Syria, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that as many children as possible in that country are vaccinated.

(173909)

153

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) doctors and (b) other humanitarian aid workers are not prevented from carrying out their work in Syria.

[R] (173985)

154

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help prevent further spread of polio in Syria.

[R] (173986)

155

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian implications of the recent outbreak of polio in Syria.

[R] (173987)

156

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to encourage a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria.

[R] (173988)

157

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under the Air Navigation Order 2009 for using a laser pen in the last five years.

(173893)

158

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174059)

159

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to the public purse is of maintaining disused court buildings.

(174012)

160

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders re-offended after release from prison, by region, in each of the last three years.

(174002)

161

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Leader of the House, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Office.

(174060)

162

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings she has had with Dr Hass to discuss (a) ongoing parade disputes, (b) legacy of the past and (c) flags and emblems to date.

(174047)

163

Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what ultimate recourse is available to hon. Members who find themselves in an infrastructure dispute with IPSA.

(173856)

164

Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will make an assessment of any potential for conflict of interest between IPSA's dual roles of regulator and provider of professional services to hon. Members.

(173857)

165

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of laser pen attacks on air traffic control towers were recorded in the last five years.

(173894)

166

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174061)

167

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment there has been in (a) infrastructure, (b) rolling stock and (c) stations on the South Western Line since 2009-10.

(173904)

168

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment there has been in (a) on-board catering facilities, (b) WiFi and (c) recycling facilities on the South Western Line since 2009-10.

(173905)

169

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what extent his Department used its Rail Franchising Competition Guide when designing the Invitation to Tender for the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern passenger franchise.

(173854)

170

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which occasions officials in his Department have discussed rail franchising policy with founder members of the Rail Delivery Group since June 2012.

(173855)

171

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of High Speed 2 (a) phase 1 and (b) phase 2 on jobs, employment and growth in Barrow and Furness constituency.

(173932)

172

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she last met the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

(173945)

173

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had on the use of quotas on FTSE 100 boards to increase the representation of black and minority ethnic women at the highest levels of business.

(173946)

174

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

(174063)

175

Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department is working with employer organisations to promote employment of people with autism.

(173896)

176

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for employment and support allowance were brought forward to (a) appeal stage and (b) commissioner since May 2010; and how many such claims were successful.

(174000)

* 1

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What assessment the Office for Budget Responsibility has made of the effects on the economy of recent changes in energy prices.

(900893)

* 2

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): What assessment he has made of the effect of freezing fuel duty on the price of petrol.

(900894)

* 3

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What his policy is on the issuing of Government bonds in the form of sukuk; and if he will make a statement.

(900895)

* 4

Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): If he will introduce a time-limited exemption from air passenger duty on new long-haul routes from uncongested airports.

(900896)

* 5

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What estimate he has made of the number of jobs created in the private sector in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(900897)

* 6

Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent assessment he has made of the rate of increase in (a) average earnings and (b) consumer price inflation.

(900898)

* 7

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): What recent fiscal steps he has taken to help people who want to buy their own home.

(900899)

* 8

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): What recent steps he has taken to increase investment in infrastructure.

(900900)

* 9

John Howell (Henley): What recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small businesses.

(900901)

* 10

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): If he will make an assessment of the effect on the cost of living of the rate of VAT.

(900902)

* 11

Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): What assessment he has made of the effect of his spending plans on the cost of in-work benefits.

(900903)

* 12

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): What estimate he has made of the number of jobs created in the private sector in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [R]

(900904)

* 14

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of youth unemployment.

(900906)

* 15

David Mowat (Warrington South): What representations he has received on Yorkshire Bank and lending to small and medium-sized businesses.

(900907)

* 16

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What recent comparative assessment he has made of trends in real wages in the UK and in similar economies.

(900908)

* 17

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What recent steps he has taken to increase competitiveness in the banking sector.

(900909)

* 18

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What estimate he has made of the proportion of the total funding for the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme that will be spent on properties in Greater London.

(900910)

* 19

Andrew Griffiths (Burton): What recent steps he has taken to increase investment in infrastructure.

(900911)

* 20

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What plans he has for the regulation of dark pool trading.

(900912)

* 21

Stephen Timms (East Ham): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the rate of unemployment among young people.

(900913)

* 22

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty.

(900914)

* 23

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): What steps he is taking to help families with the cost of childcare.

(900915)

* 24

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What plans he has to enhance the role of the Office for Budget Responsibility.

(900916)

* 25

James Wharton (Stockton South): What recent steps he has taken to regulate financial services.

(900917)

* 1

Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

(900918)

* 2

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield):

(900919)

* 3

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire):

(900920)

* 4

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne):

(900921)

* 5

Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):

(900922)

* 6

Andrew Griffiths (Burton):

(900923)

* 7

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):

(900924)

* 8

Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):

(900925)

* 9

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):

(900926)

* 10

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):

(900927)

1

N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in the last five years.

(173838)

2

N

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what public spending as a percentage of gross domestic product has been in each year between 1993 and 2013.

(173703)

3

N

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product has been in each year between 1993 and 2013.

(173704)

4

N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of married couples in Chelmsford will benefit from the married couples tax allowance announced on 30 September 2013.

(173837)

5

N

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect on the national debt was of money given to failing banking institutions in each year from 2008.

(173705)

6

N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in rolling out broadband to (a) towns and (b) villages in Essex.

(173839)

7

N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of people aged (a) under 16, (b) 16 to 24, (c) 25 to 39, (d) 40 to 60 and (e) over 60 years old who regularly take part in recreational sport in Chelmsford constituency; and what change there has been in those figures in the last three years.

(173840)

8

N

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the (a) underspend in the building cost of HMS Portland and (b) overspend in the cost of HMS Sutherland.

(173702)

9

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will expand the teaching of road safety and the Highway Code in schools as part of the national curriculum.

(173582)

10

N

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to those affected by the recent earthquake in the Philippines.

(173701)

1

N

Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers on low pay have stopped paying income tax since 2010.

[Question Unstarred] (900905)

2

N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged 18 to 24 years were unemployed in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Chelmsford local authority area in each of the last 12 months.

[Transferred] (173836)

3

N

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to preclude those who put companies into administration from choosing their own administrator.

(173861)

4

N

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give creditors' committees greater powers to instruct insolvency practitioners.

(173862)

5

N

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce an insolvency practitioner ombudsman.

(173863)

6

N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which companies have benefited from compensation for high energy user industry to mitigate the effect of the carbon floor tax to date; and what amount was received by each.

(174109)

7

N

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on local communities of post office branch closures.

(173884)

8

N

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of closures of post office branches.

(173885)

9

N

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in (a) Kettering constituency and (b) Northamptonshire in (i) October 2013 and (ii) May 2010.

(173868)

10

N

Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people and employers will be ineligible for the national insurance employment allowance for each of the exceptions classes set out in Clause 2 of the National Insurance Contributions Bill 2013.

(174081)

11

N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to support the European Commission's proposal of 30 September 2013 to regulate commodity derivatives as part of the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive to limit speculation in the commodity markets; and if he will make a statement.

(173916)

12

N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of families in each region who will benefit from the tax-free childcare policy.

(174107)

13

N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of families useing childcare vouchers whose income is (i) Â£0-9,999, (ii) Â£10,000-19,999, (iii) Â£20,000-29,999, (iv) Â£30,000-39,999, (v) Â£40,000-49,999, (vi) Â£50,000-59,999, (vii) Â£60,000-69,999, (viii) Â£70,000-79,999, (ix) Â£80,000-89,999, (x) Â£90,000-99,999 and (xi) Â£100,000-149,999.

(174108)

14

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent assessment is of the future of Royal Bank of Scotland, Nat West and Ulster Banks; and if he will make a statement.

(173978)

15

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met senior representatives from the Financial Conduct Authority; what subjects he discussed with them; and if he will make a statement.

(173980)

16

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many invoices have been paid more than once resulting in a duplicate payment by his Department since May 2010.

(174076)

17

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has (a) entered into a procurement arrangement with any other Government department and (b) used any such procurement agreement to bulk purchase goods since May 2010.

(174077)

18

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department issues e-bills when requesting payments from other bodies.

(174078)

19

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many senior staff his Department shares with other Government departments.

(174079)

20

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many software licences his Department has (a) purchased and (b) used since May 2010.

(174080)

21

N

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the money allocated for crisis loans from local authorities was distributed in the first two quarters of this year.

(174085)

22

N

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the criteria used by local authorities for determining eligibility for crisis loans.

(174086)

23

N

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will monitor the administration of crisis loans by local authorities.

(174090)

24

N

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of future housing demand that can be met by building on brownfield sites.

(174110)

25

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she intends to reply to the Question from the hon. Member for Barnsley Central tabled on 9 September 2013 on the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.

(173922)

26

N

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) manning and (b) sustainability figures are for each battalion of the (i) Royal Regiment of Scotland (and its antecedent units),(ii) Brigade of Guards, (iii) Parachute Regiment, (iv) Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and (v) Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in each of the last 15 years.

(174083)

27

N

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Â£1.8 billion allocated for the improvement of reserve forces has been spent.

(174084)

28

N

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made by Operation Fortify in relation to its quarterly targets for number of recruits.

(174088)

29

N

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of applications to the war pension scheme are successful in receiving financial compensation.

(174097)

30

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work is taking place to assess the effect that service in the Reserves might have on young people from deprived backgrounds.

(173983)

31

N

Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the review of the pension ages of the Ministry of Defence Police and the Defence Fire and Rescue Service will consider the cost of individuals' pension contributions and existing net pay deductions; and if he will make a statement.

(173913)

32

N

Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, columns 125-6W, on pensions, when he intends to place in the Library the terms of reference for the review of the pension ages of the Ministry of Defence Police and the Defence Fire and Rescue Service.

(173914)

33

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what risk assessment (a) his Department and (b) the National College of Teaching and Leadership made of the implications for teacher supply of an expansion in School Direct places.

(174100)

34

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications and enrolments there were for initial teacher training programmes in maths and physics in respect of (a) School Direct and (b) HE providers in 2013-14.

(174101)

35

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many initial teacher training enrolments have been made by (a) mode, (b) subject and (c) provider in the latest period for which data is available; what estimate he has made of the number of multiple applications within that figure; and what proportion of such applications are (i) over and (ii) under National College for Teaching and Leadership targets.

(174105)

36

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a comparative assessment of (a) the initial teacher training numbers allocated by mode and subject to School Direct and other providers for admission in 2013-14 and (b) the targets identified by National College of Teaching and Leadership, indicating the proportion of over/under allocations against target in each category.

(174106)

37

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on ensuring that changes to the special educational needs system are reflected in the outcomes of the Autism Strategy Review.

(173873)

38

N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the provision of needs assessments for parents or carers of disabled children and the availability of support for such carers.

(173918)

39

N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Deputy Prime Minister and his office about his Department's survey of ratios in nurseries and other childcare settings.

(174102)

40

N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the purpose is of his Department's survey of ratios in nurseries and other childcare settings; what the cost is of conducting the survey; how long it will run for; and when the results of the survey will be published.

(174103)

41

N

Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school students sitting GCSEs were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2004; what number and proportion of such students were entered for the EBac suite of subjects, both as a number and as a percentage of free school meal students; how many and what proportion of such achieved grades A*-C in EBac subjects; and what proportion of such students entered for the EBac achieved the required grades.

(174099)

42

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employers had provided at least one (a) apprenticeship and (b) job with accredited training for young people aged 16 to 17 years under the Youth Contract in each region by (i) March and (ii) September 2013.

(174070)

43

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged 16 to 17 years were engaged into a positive outcome through the Youth Contract in each region by (a) March and (b) September 2013; and how many such people secured (i) an apprenticeship and (ii) a job with accredited training.

(174071)

44

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department had spent on the Youth Contract for 16 to 17 years olds by 30 September 2013.

(174072)

45

N

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his response to the hon. Members for Southampton Test of 31 October 2013, which levies on consumer energy (a) are and (b) are not subject to the Review announced by the Prime Minister on 23 October 2013.

(173984)

46

N

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total spending in the (a) public and (b) private sector of all research on (i) wave and (ii) tidal energy sources since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(173864)

47

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Northern Ireland Executive regarding the export of pork from Northern Ireland to China, Russia and Australia; and if he will make a statement.

(173979)

48

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the pork industry in Northern Ireland regarding exports of pork to China, Russia and Australia; and if he will make a statement.

(173981)

49

N

Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the England Coast Path will be extended to areas in Hampshire.

(174089)

50

N

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children are diagnosed at birth with congenital disease.

(174091)

51

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will conduct its second review of the adult autism strategy.

(173869)

52

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many under 18 year olds have been admitted to adult mental health wards in each of the last five years.

(173870)

53

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many under 18 year olds have accessed cognitive behavioural therapy in each of the last five years.

(173871)

54

N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for parents or carers of disabled children; and if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on steps to improve assessments of these carers' needs.

(173917)

55

N

Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median wait in type 1 accident and emergency departments was in each quarter of the last six years.

(174064)

56

N

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding each local authority has received for health provision in each year since 2010.

(174068)

57

N

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding each clinical commissioning group has received for 2013-14.

(174069)

58

N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the take-up of the influenza vaccine among those entitled to a free vaccination in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last three years.

(173923)

59

N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standard disclosure Criminal Record Bureau checks and (b) enhanced disclosure CRB checks have been applied for in each of the last five years.

(173931)

60

N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been taken forward as a result of the work of Child Exploitation and Online Protection in each of the last three financial years.

(174096)

61

N

Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrants the UK has (a) issued and (b) received in each year from 2004 to 2011.

(173875)

62

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what equipment of her Department has been lost or stolen (a) overseas and (b) in the UK since 2011.

(173920)

63

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what decompression support is available to civilian staff of her Department after a period of duty overseas.

(174065)

64

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department gave to support the development of genetically-modified organisms in the latest period for which figures are available.

(174066)

65

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consideration she has given to introducing longer tours of stay for civilian staff of her Department in Afghanistan.

(174067)

66

N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to encourage employees to make tax-free donations directly from salaries.

(174082)

67

N

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many disused court buildings are lying empty because they have not been sold.

(174087)

68

N

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of the Minister for Crime Prevention of 31 October 2013, Official Report, on sexual violence prosecutions, what proportion of convicted rapists sentenced to terms of imprisonment served their sentence in prison in full in the latest period for which figures are available.

(173919)

69

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve resettlement outcomes for young people leaving custody.

(173921)

70

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to assist young offenders into employment on release from custody.

(174098)

71

N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Local Transport Note 2/95 continues to apply in Wales and Scotland.

(173866)

72

N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Regulations Crossings and General Directions 1997 remain in force in Wales and Scotland.

(173867)

73

N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has made of (a) electrification and (b) line-speed improvements on the Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness railway.

(173924)

74

N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of High Speed 2 on passenger numbers on (a) the Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster line, (b) the Oxenholme to Windermere line and (c) the Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle line.

(173925)

75

N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Church of England on allowing blessings for same sex unions in Church of England premises.

(173872)

76

N

Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is available for Jobcentre Plus advisers on autism.

(173874)

77

N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether someone who is awaiting a mandatory reconsideration on an application for employment support allowance and who possesses a note from a doctor stating they are unfit for work is eligible to receive jobseeker's allowance; and what guidance his Department has issued to jobcentres to cover such a circumstance.

(174092)

78

N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of withdrawing housing benefit protection under universal credit on (a) rent arrears and (b) the average length of a claim for people recently unemployed.

(173915)

79

N

Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance targets he has established for local authorities on the processing and payment of housing benefit.

(174075)

80

N

Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2013, Official Report, column 459W, on social security benefits, how many of the claims which remained incompletely processed after 14 days related to payment for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance in each month of the current and last three financial years; and what the monetary value of each such category of claim in each month of each such year was.

(174093)

81

N

Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2013, what the (a) number of claims for jobseeker's allowance and (b) monetary value in sum of all jobseeker's allowance claims is, of those claims that remained incompletely processed after 14 days for each month in the current and past three financial years.

(174094)

82

N

Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2013, Official Report, column 459W, on social security benefits, what the (a) number of claims and (b) monetary value was of those claims that fell outside each of his Department's performance targets listed in each month in the current and last three financial years.

(174095)

83

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been referred to Work Choice in each month since it commenced.

(174073)

84

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently engaged in Work Choice.

(174074)

* 1

Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What assessment he has made of the potential effects of the legacy of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on the UK tourism industry.

(900878)

* 2

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the display of materials from the 'go home or face arrest' campaign in the Glasgow UK Border Agency office.

(900879)

* 3

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): What recent discussions he has had on the effects of increasing energy prices on households in Scotland.

(900880)

* 4

Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What representations he has received from Ministers of the Scottish Government regarding the continued use of sterling in an independent Scotland.

(900881)

* 5

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What assessment he has made of the effects on businesses in the North West of England of Scotland remaining part of the UK.

(900882)

* 6

Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What assessment he has made of the effects of the privatisation of Royal Mail on people in Scotland.

(900883)

* 7

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on household and business energy bills.

(900884)

* 8

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on household and business energy bills.

(900885)

* 9

Alison McGovern (Wirral South): What assessment he has made of the potential effects on cultural tourism in the UK of a yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.

(900886)

* 10

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on cross-border strategic roads.

(900887)

* 11

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): What assessment he has made of the effects of the recent CAP settlement on farmers and rural communities in Scotland.

(900888)

* 12

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on household and business energy bills.

(900889)

* 13

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Scotland.

(900890)

* 14

John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What assessment he has made of the possible effects on the Scottish economy of Scotland continuing to use sterling after independence.

(900891)

* 15

Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): What discussions he has had on future pension arrangements in an independent Scotland.

(900892)

* 1

Steve Baker (Wycombe): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 6 November.

(900928)

* 2

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton):

(900929)

* 3

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):

(900930)

* 4

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe):

(900931)

* 5

Jim McGovern (Dundee West):

(900932)

* 6

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood):

(900933)

* 7

Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East):

(900934)

* 8

Chris Kelly (Dudley South):

(900935)

* 9

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):

(900936)

* 10

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale):

(900937)

* 11

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):

(900938)

* 12

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge):

(900939)

* 13

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead):

(900940)

* 14

Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West):

(900941)

* 15

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):

(900942)

1

N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases have been referred to the Parliamentary Ombudsman in each of the last five years.

(173930)

2

N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children below the age of 14 have been deemed clinically obese in (a) Ribble Valley constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last five years.

(173927)

3

N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children have been recorded as having eating disorders in (i) Ribble Valley constituency and (ii) Lancashire in the last five years.

(173929)

4

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his general policy to restrict heavy goods vehicles to the inside-lane on uphill stretches of two-lane dual-carriageways, motorways and trunk roads at certain times of the day.

(173926)

5

N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase support for single, working parents in Lancashire.

(173928)

1

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the regular armed forces killed during operations in Afghanistan who enlisted between 1999-2000 and 2008-09 were aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 years old or above at the time they enlisted.

(172712)

2

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of armed forces (a) recruits, (b) personnel who committed suicide and (c) veterans who committed suicide were under 18 years old at the time they enlisted in the last 20 years.

(172713)

3

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the fatality rate in Afghanistan has been of soldiers, excluding Gurkhas, officers and reservists, who completed phase one and two training between 1999-2000 and enlisted aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 years old or above.

(172714)

4

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Army corps, including infantry, has had the highest fatality rate in Afghanistan; and what proportion of new recruits who enlisted aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 years old or above joined that corps.

(172715)

1

N

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations were received by Ministers in his Department relating to the regulation by the Environment Agency of the storage of carpets at the former Thrunton brickworks, Northumberland; and whether any action was taken in response to such representations.

(173495)

2

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed High Speed 2 route on (a) waterways and (b) waterways managed by the Canal and River Trust.

(173424)

1

N

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he will conclude consultation on the amendment to the Equality Act to prevent discrimination by caste and descent.

(174113)

2

N

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the membership is of the Defence Exports Support Group; on which dates it has met; and what it has discussed at those meetings since the inception of the Group.

(174111)

3

N

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Prime Minister, what response he has given to Caste Watch UK to their petition delivered to Downing Street on 19 October 2013.

(174112)

1

N

Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's announcement entitled, Don't Lose Out on Your UK pension or benefit payments, published on 17 October 2013, what steps he has taken to prevent the fraudulent use of the information which his Department will require to illicitly acquire personal bank account and bank identification code details from UK citizens living overseas.

(173851)

1

N

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department coordinates with other Government departments to develop internet governance policy.

(173521)

2

N

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Brazil over that country's proposals for internet governance and ensuring a multi-stakeholder approach.

(173523)

3

N

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the development of internet governance from civil society.

(173524)

4

N

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent cyber attacks.

(173522)

5

N

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding NHS England allocated per person for health services in (a) Stafford constituency and (b) each clinical commissioning group in England for (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.

(173478)

6

N

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost of investment capital his Department used to calculate the figures included in the Strategic Case for HS2.

(173477)

7

N

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Stafford constituency have (a) applied to have, (b) been approved to have or (c) had their home purchased under the High Speed 2 exceptional hardship scheme to date.

(173479)

1

N

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to advocate a multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance rather than a centralised approach.

(173610)

1

N

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an assessment of the option of slower trains allowing a new north-south railway to better follow existing transport corridors and landscape as an alternative to High Speed 2.

(173876)

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