Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 5 November 2013
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 4 November 2013
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 5 November 2013
For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
*
1
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)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*
1
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)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 30 October
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
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.
(173836)
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 Michael Thornton
(Eastleigh):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers on low pay have stopped paying income tax since 2010.
(900905)
7
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)
8
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)
9
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)
10
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)
11
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)
Notices given on Thursday 31 October
1
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)
2
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)
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 introduce an insolvency practitioner ombudsman.
(173863)
4
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)
5
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)
6
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)
7
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)
8
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)
9
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)
10
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)
11
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) £0-9,999, (ii) £10,000-19,999, (iii) £20,000-29,999, (iv) £30,000-39,999, (v) £40,000-49,999, (vi) £50,000-59,999, (vii) £60,000-69,999, (viii) £70,000-79,999, (ix) £80,000-89,999, (x) £90,000-99,999 and (xi) £100,000-149,999.
(174108)
12
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, NatWest and Ulster Banks; and if he will make a statement.
(173978)
13
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)
14
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)
15
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)
16
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department issues e-bills when requesting payments from other bodies.
(174078)
17
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)
18
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)
19
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)
20
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)
21
N
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) manning and (b) sustainability figures were 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)
22
N
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the £1.8 billion allocated for the improvement of reserve forces has been spent.
(174084)
23
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)
24
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)
25
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)
26
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)
27
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)
28
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)
29
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)
30
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)
31
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)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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 students achieved grades A*-C in EBac subjects; and what proportion of such students entered for the EBac achieved the required grades.
(174099)
37
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)
38
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)
39
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)
40
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. Member for Southampton Test of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 1101, 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)
41
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)
42
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)
43
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)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
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)
48
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)
49
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 discuss with the Secretary of State for Education steps to improve assessments of these carers' needs.
(173917)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
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)
54
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standard and (b) enhanced disclosure Criminal Records Bureau checks have been applied for in each of the last five years.
(173931)
55
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)
56
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)
57
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)
58
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)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
64
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)
65
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)
66
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)
67
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997 remain in force in Wales and Scotland.
(173867)
68
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)
69
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)
70
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)
71
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)
72
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)
73
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)
74
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)
75
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)
76
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)
77
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)
78
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)
79
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)
Notices given on Friday 1 November
1
N
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public spending as a percentage of gross domestic product has been in each year between 1993 and 2013.
[Transferred]
(173703)
2
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the money allocated for crisis loans from local authorities was distributed in the first two quarters of this year.
[Transferred]
(174085)
3
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the criteria used by local authorities for determining eligibility for crisis loans.
[Transferred]
(174086)
4
N
Simon Danczuk
(Rochdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will monitor the administration of crisis loans by local authorities.
[Transferred]
(174090)
5
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent on translation services by local authorities each year.
(174190)
6
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2013, Official Report, column 721W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, if he will make it his policy to improve his Department's systems for collating and recording statistics for people killed in drone strikes in Afghanistan by the UK.
(174123)
7
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, column 583W, on Afghanistan, whether the UK's train, advise and assist role in Afghanistan includes advice on the recording of the numbers, status and cause of death, of civilian casualties.
(174124)
8
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 494W, on Afghanistan, how many ex-gratia payments have been made in Afghanistan, by (a) location, (b) type of incident and (c) amount, since 31 May 2013.
(174125)
9
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a minimum voluntary offset threshold under the new Defence and Security Industrial Engagement Policy.
(174202)
10
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Capability Sustainment Programme for the Apache helicopter will be complete.
(174203)
11
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets Sweden has offered to the NATO Response Force for upcoming rotations.
(174204)
12
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since 10 March 2012, the Government received a request for assistance from a neighbouring state under section 3.1 of the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue in each of the last five years; and which search and rescue assets provided assistance on each such occasion.
(174205)
13
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since 21 March 2012 a foreign-requested aircraft has provided search and rescue assistance over UK territorial waters in the last five years; what role each aircraft played; and what the location of each incident was.
(174206)
14
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has provided top-cover fixed wing search and rescue assets for a search and rescue mission in each of the last three years; and what aircraft were used in each case.
(174207)
15
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the quality, independence and impartiality of careers guidance for young people.
(174159)
16
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to acquire vocational skills at Level 3.
(174160)
17
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation his Department has carried out with (a) schools, (b) further education colleges, (c) local authorities and (d) voluntary sector organisations in the development of the revised statutory guidance for schools on their duty to secure independent and impartial careers advice announced by the Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise on 10 September 2013.
(174173)
18
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish revised statutory guidance for schools on their duty to secure independent and impartial careers advice announced by the Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise on 10 September 2013.
(174197)
19
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of year 11 pupils did not achieve grades (a) D to G and (b) A* to C at GCSE in mathematics and English in each of the last five years; and how many had achieved those grades by the aged of 18 years.
(174167)
20
Damian Hinds
(East Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what regional segmentation of data is available of British results in (a) the Programme for International Student Assessment and (b) other comparative international studies.
(174193)
21
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers his Department has to direct that a free school be closed.
(174162)
22
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers his Department has to direct that the management of a failing free school be removed or replaced.
(174163)
23
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the process is for closing down (a) a free school and (b) an academy.
(174164)
24
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when officials in his Department were first made aware that the Al-Madinah Free School (a) had appointed staff without appropriate qualifications and experience, (b) had operated without a designated Principal in the summer of 2012, (c) was not meeting safeguarding requirements, (d) had not identified which of its pupils had special educational needs, (e) was delivering an unacceptably poor standard of education and (f) was delivering teaching of unacceptable quality.
(174208)
25
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether officials in his Department have been made aware that any free school other than the Al-Madinah Free School (a) has appointed staff who do not have appropriate qualifications and experience, (b) has operated at any time without a designated principal, (c) is not meeting safeguarding requirements, (d) has not identified which of its pupils had special educational needs, (e) is delivering an unacceptably poor standard of education and (f) has unacceptable levels of teaching quality.
(174209)
26
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what length of time a failing free school is given to improve before it will be (a) forced to close and (b) taken over by new leadership.
(174210)
27
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will create a framework for the monitoring visits carried out by his Department that free schools undergo in their first year of operation; and who is accountable for acting on required improvements.
(174211)
28
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) girls and (b) boys registered as being home-schooled who are not receiving an adequate education.
(174137)
29
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that girls and boys who are home-schooled receive an equal education.
(174138)
30
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities to delegate school transport funding to individual schools so that they may design their own arrangements for their pupils.
(174140)
31
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations his Department received on its decision not to intervene in the gas storage market.
(174161)
32
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the number of Energy Company Obligation measures installed, by type of obligation, between October 2012 and December 2012 is.
(174141)
33
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what projection his Department has made of the change in the number of people living in fuel poverty in the UK over the next 12 months.
(174142)
34
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on marketing the Green Deal to date; and how many Green Deal measures have been installed to date.
(174143)
35
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of privately rented households were in fuel poverty in the latest period for which figures are available.
(174189)
36
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that the draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill is reworded to end the transportation of wild animals with travelling circuses as well.
(174172)
37
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward key proposals to repeal section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
(174196)
38
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will make a commitment to funding the England Coast Path project.
(174118)
39
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the completion date is for the England Coast Path project.
(174119)
40
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tons of identifiable farm waste plastics were exported from England in the latest period for which figures are available.
(174114)
41
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many exporters of identifiable farm waste plastics have been prosecuted in the latest period for which figures are available.
(174115)
42
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of commercial plastic that is being illegally exported.
(174116)
43
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the Environment Agency and (b) other Government bodies investigate and bring charges against illegal exporters of farm waste.
(174117)
44
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to apply pressure on the international community to fulfil pledges made of humanitarian assistance to Syria and neighbouring countries.
(174156)
45
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that conflict in Syria does not destabilise Lebanon and the political system in Lebanon.
(174157)
46
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received any substantive evidence of Iran slowing down its nuclear programme since discussions on Iran's nuclear future in Geneva in October 2013.
(174158)
47
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US Secretary of State concerning the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
(174174)
48
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the effect of events in Syria on the capacity for development of the governments of Jordan and Lebanon.
(174175)
49
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the EU High Representative on External Affairs on negotiaitons with Iran on nuclear development.
(174178)
50
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of any changes in Iran's position on nuclear development since the election of President Rouhani.
(174179)
51
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the short-term demands of the Syrian crisis on the long-term obligations to support from the UNWRA and other refugee organisations operating in the region.
(174180)
52
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on what proportion of pledged humanitarian assistance has so far been made to neighbouring countries to Syria.
(174181)
53
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent economic progress being made in the West Bank; and what steps the Government is taking to support and encourage further progress in this area.
(174182)
54
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the situation in Syria on the agriculture industry in Jordan.
(174185)
55
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of and protect the human rights of (a) Prageeth Eknaligoda, who has been missing in Sri Lanka since January 2010 and (b) other overseas journalists and political prisoners.
(174122)
56
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual cost of publishing annual figures on how many babies die of sudden infant death syndrome each year is.
(174188)
57
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential value of shingles vaccinations for people aged between 70 and 79 years.
(174191)
58
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the case for publishing annual figures on how many babies die of SIDS each year.
(174192)
59
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and each of its non-departmental bodies spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013 to date.
(174200)
60
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of regional variations in the funding by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of IVF treatment for couples with fertility problems; and if he will issue revised guidance to CCGs aimed at minimising such variations.
(174120)
61
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the levels of (a) DDT and (b) PCBs in human breast milk in each year for which data is available.
(174165)
62
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to create seamless care pathways for (a) bone marrow and (b) other transplant recipients.
(174176)
63
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on establishing a clinical trials network for new transplant research.
(174177)
64
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department is ensuring clinical commissioning groups are aware of their obligations under the statutory guidance that accompanies the adult autism strategy.
(174183)
65
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of local authority funding cuts on the implementation of the adult autism strategy.
(174184)
66
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many men have been victims of domestic homicide in each police force area in each of the last five years.
(174194)
67
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will launch a call to end violence against men and boys strategy.
(174195)
68
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect men from domestic and sexual violence.
(174199)
69
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has contributed to the UN Green Climate Fund; whether she has conducted an analysis of the value of the fund for UK taxpayers' money; and what assessment she has made of the potential for the fund to achieve its aims of combating climate change globally.
(174187)
70
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Prime Minister, what progress he has made to provide a fully comprehensive and universal compensation scheme to the victims of tainted blood products during the 1970s and 1980s.
(174171)
71
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that spending on jobs and maintenance should be ring fenced and excluded from the National Rail budgetary reductions announced by the Office of Rail Regulation.
(174186)
72
Harriett Baldwin
(West Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide a pinch-point fund to ensure the upkeep of roads which flood regularly on a seasonable basis.
(174121)
73
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions fixed wing top cover search and rescue RAF aircraft were (a) requested by and (b) provided to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each of the last two years; and where each incident took place.
(174201)
74
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much investment his Department has made in rail and bus services in (a) Huddersfield and (b) Yorkshire since 2010.
(174139)
75
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that men fulfil their potential.
(174198)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
*
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)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
*
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)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 31 October
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)
Notices given on Friday 1 November
1
N
Mr Richard Bacon
(South Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will issue clearer guidance to the manufacturers of electrical appliances on the point at which they should undertake a product recall.
(174131)
2
N
Mr Richard Bacon
(South Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has held with stakeholders to discuss how to reduce deaths and injuries caused by electrical appliances which are the subject of a recall.
(174134)
3
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on employment of offering a market rent only option to tied pubs.
(174222)
4
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to curb excessive default fees and charges across all credit products.
(174169)
5
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to curb excessive bank fees.
(174170)
6
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in (a) Ribble Valley constituency and (b) Lancashire have been reported for paying less than the minimum wage in the last five years; and how many of those were prosecuted.
(174217)
7
N
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the current system of inheritance tax.
(174135)
8
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question 169265, tabled by the Right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 11 September 2013 for answer on 8 October 2013.
(174136)
9
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the criteria are for designation of a local green space; and which body or local authority has responsibility for deciding such designations in respect of (a) Hyde Park, (b) Kensington Gardens, (c) Regent's Park, (d) Battersea Park, (e) Green Park, (f) St James's Park, (g) Richmond Park and (h) Primrose Hill.
(174168)
10
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with refernece to his announcement of 30 October 2013 on the use of GCSE results in school performance tables, whether (a) RAISEonline and (b) other data sets will use a student's best result for their data collation purposes.
(174229)
11
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have chosen to take a modern foreign language at (a) GCSE, (b) AS level and (c) A2 level in (i) Ribble Valley constituency and (ii) Lancashire since 2010.
(174216)
12
N
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his statement of 17 October 2013, Official Report, column 887, on Al-Madinah Free School, if he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central of 15 October 2013.
(174223)
13
N
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances his Department would review the funding agreements of academies and free schools.
(174225)
14
N
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he was first made aware that the Al-Madinah Free School (a) had appointed staff without appropriate qualifications and experience, (b) had operated without a designated Principal in the summer of 2012, (c) was not meeting safeguarding requirements, (d) had not identified which of its pupils had special educational needs, (e) was delivering an unacceptably poor standard of education and (f) was delivering teaching of unacceptable quality.
(174226)
15
N
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the names of every (a) academy chain, (b) individual academy school, (c) free school chain and (d) individual free school that is currently being investigated by the Education Funding Agency for financial irregularities.
(174227)
16
N
Tristram Hunt
(Stoke-on-Trent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has been made aware that any free school other than the Al-Madinah Free School (a) has appointed staff who do not have appropriate qualifications and experience, (b) have operated at any time without a designated Principal, (c) is not meeting safeguarding requirements, (d) has not identified which of its pupils have special educational needs, (e) is delivering an unacceptable poor standard of education and (f) has unacceptable levels of teaching quality.
(174228)
17
N
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential use of thorium in nuclear reactors.
(174219)
18
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of progress made by the UK towards achieving the Gone Green energy demand scenario.
(174144)
19
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the net consumer welfare for supported gas storage under the (a) stressed scenario and (b) Gone Green scenario using hurdle rates of (i) 13 per cent and (ii) 8 per cent.
(174145)
20
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on energy intensive users of supported gas storage as identified by Redpoint's report on the impact of gas market interventions on energy security.
(174213)
21
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the public purse was of the impact of gas market interventions on energy security, commissioned by his Department.
(174214)
22
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of gas prices faced by consumers with supported storage identified by Redpoint in its report to his Department, published on 9 July 2013.
(174215)
23
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Answer of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 588W, on health: food, which organisations were invited to sign up to the standard fat reduction pledge and declined.
(174220)
24
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has he made of the public health impact of gang and youth violence; and what steps is the Government taking to tackle it.
(174221)
25
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital beds not in accident and emergency which were taken by patients from accident and emergency with minor injuries in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in the last five years.
(174218)
26
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many landlords have contacted the UK Border Agency regarding tenants with visa irregularities in each of the last five years.
(174212)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on with cause breathalyser testing of National Offender Management Service staff in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(174151)
28
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individual with cause breathalyser tests of National Offender Management Service staff took place in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(174152)
29
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times National Offender Management Service staff refused with cause breathalyser testing in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(174153)
30
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times National Offender Management Service (NOMS) staff have been required to leave their place of work because (a) the breath alcohol level of the member of staff has breached the alcohol standard or (b) a member of staff has refused to participate in a breath test and concern remains about whether or not they are fit for duty as set out in the NOMS staff alcohol policy in each of the last three financial years.
(174154)
31
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times National Offender Management Service staff have faced disciplinary investigation or action following a positive breathalyser test, or with cause, or where a member of staff has refused a test in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(174155)
32
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to assist young offenders leaving prison to gain employment.
(174146)
33
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to increase links between industry and young offender institutions for the purpose of increasing the skills and job prospects of young people.
(174147)
34
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost per day is of a young person in (a) a young offender institution, (b) a secure training centre and (c) a secure children's home.
(174148)
35
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount of time is that a young offender will spend in a young offender institution.
(174149)
36
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons why young people fall into the criminal justice system.
(174150)
37
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 102W, how many electors and what proportion of the electorate have been registered in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland to date.
(174166)
38
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of tunnelling the High Speed 1/High Speed 2 link from Primrose Hill to St Pancras.
(174224)
39
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the business case for a dedicated twin-track connection between High Speed 1 and High Speed 2, taking account of the costs of construction and the potential for additional domestic services and for terminating southbound High Speed 2 trains at destinations other than Euston; and if he will make a statement.
(174130)
40
N
Mr Richard Bacon
(South Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish the audited figures for the Child Support Agency's Client Funds account for financial year 2012-13.
(174132)
41
N
Mr Richard Bacon
(South Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what child maintenance arrears by the parent with care are currently outstanding in (a) each of the component parts of the UK and (b) each parliamentary constituency.
(174133)
42
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Choice participants have been issued with a sanction since 2010.
(174126)
43
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Progamme participants have transferred to Work Choice since 2011.
(174127)
44
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people undertaking Work Choice since 2010 have had a mental health problem as their primary impairment.
(174128)
45
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people selecting Work Choice since 2010 have claimed (a) employment and support allowance or incapacity benefit, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) disability living allowance.
(174129)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 23 October
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)
Notices given on Tuesday 29 October
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)
Notices given on Thursday 31 October
1
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)
2
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)
Notices given on Friday 1 November
1
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will conclude consultation on the amendment to the Equality Act to prevent discrimination by caste and descent.
[Transferred]
(174113)
2
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total energy costs for the flats in (a) 10 and (b) 11 Downing Street were in the last two financial years; what proportion of these costs were met by the taxpayer; if he will list the (i) energy provider and (ii) tariff for those apartments; and if he will make a statement.
(174230)
3
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have received legal advice regarding a potential liability for damage claims if any nitochondrial replacement technique were to be approved for clinical use in the UK on the basis of insufficient preclinical data regarding safety.
(174231)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 31 October
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)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 29 October
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)
Notices given on Wednesday 30 October
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)
Notices given on Thursday 31 October
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)