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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Monday 11 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.

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Friday 8 November 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Monday 11 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.

Monday 11 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
 
* 1
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What estimate he has made of savings to the public purse arising from the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance.
    (900983)
* 2
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What steps he is taking to improve support for young carers.
    (900984)
* 3
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): What recent assessment he has made of progress on inter-agency working for child protection; and if he will make a statement.
    (900985)
* 4
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): What plans he has to ensure an adequate supply of primary school places; and if he will make a statement.
    (900986)
* 5
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What plans he has to ensure that all primary schools are able to offer free school meals to all infants.
    (900987)
* 6
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What assessment he has made of the potential role of Massive Open Online Courses in schools.
    (900988)
* 7
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of education for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement.
    (900989)
* 8
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): What steps he is taking to ensure there is sufficient supply of childcare places for the 40 per cent most disadvantaged two year olds.
    (900990)
* 9
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training and support available for the teaching of children with special educational needs.
    (900991)
* 10
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What assessment he has made of current provision of information, advice and guidance for young people.
    (900992)
* 11
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps he is taking to allow headteachers greater autonomy in their schools.
    (900993)
* 12
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent assessment he has made of progress on inter-agency working for child protection; and if he will make a statement.
    (900994)
* 13
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): What plans he has to ensure an adequate supply of primary school places; and if he will make a statement.
    (900995)
* 14
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): What his policy is on oversight of free schools.
    (900996)
* 15
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What plans he has for teacher supply and recruitment.
    (900997)
* 16
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on how rights to assessment for people caring for disabled children can be strengthened in line with the rights of other carers.
    (900998)
* 17
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What his policy is on allowing (a) teachers, (b) pupils and (c) parents to wear full-face veils on school premises.
    (900999)
* 18
Andy Sawford (Corby): What plans he has to ensure an adequate supply of primary school places; and if he will make a statement.
    (901000)
* 19
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): What monitoring his Department is carrying out of the implementation of its new advice on the admission of summer-born children.
    (901001)
* 20
Philip Davies (Shipley): When he expects to publish the results of the property data survey relating to boarding provision and the capital needs of state boarding schools; and if he will make a statement.
    (901002)
* 21
David Wright (Telford): What comparative assessment he has made of the proportion of primary schools offering wrap-around childcare services (a) in May 2010 and (b) now.
    (901003)
* 22
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): What steps he is taking to encourage schools to make their facilities available for community use outside school hours.
    (901004)
* 23
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): What plans he has for Sure Start children's centres.
    (901005)
* 24
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): What plans he has to ensure an adequate supply of primary school places; and if he will make a statement.
    (901006)
* 25
Chris Williamson (Derby North): What his policy is on oversight of free schools.
    (901007)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 2
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (901009)
* 3
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness):  
    (901010)
* 4
Priti Patel (Witham):  
    (901011)
* 6
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford):  
    (901013)
* 7
Jenny Chapman (Darlington):  
    (901014)
* 8
Duncan Hames (Chippenham):  
    (901015)
* 9
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth):  
    (901016)

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)

Notices given on Monday 4 November

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2013, Official Report, columns 509-10W, on the Istanbul Convention, what timetable her Department has put in place to ensure that all articles of the Convention are fully met before ratification.
    (174382)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish a list of all independent reports commissioned by (a) Ministers in the Government Equalities Office and (b) the Permanent Secretary of her Office since May 2010.
    (174256)

Notices given on Tuesday 5 November

1
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) location and (b) ownership is of all free schools that have been approved to date; and what public funds each has received.
    (174778)
2
N
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the value of the drug Chlortalidone in treating hypertension; and on what grounds the decision to withdraw Chlortalidone from the NHS was made.
    (174591)

Notices given on Wednesday 6 November

1
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Attorney General, how many people in the Cleveland Police area were prosecuted for breaches of anti-social behaviour orders in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013 to date.
    (174966)
2
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people received shares in Royal Mail Group Ltd at the recent flotation; how much was retained due to the difference in the £750 worth of shares applied for and the £749.10 given in shares; and what happened to the amount retained.
    (178468)
3
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with the Board of Royal Mail Group Ltd on the possibility of offering dividend reinvestment plans to promote continued investment by small shareholders.
    (178469)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will give consideration to making a super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading regarding the fairness of (a) supply and (b) pricing in the UK concrete and cement market.
    (174820)
5
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the public, (b) trades unions, (c) businesses and (d) consumer groups are consulted about ongoing negotiations for a transatlantic trade and investment partnership.
    (174816)
6
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to keep Parliament informed of developments in the negotiations for a transatlantic trade and investment partnership.
    (174817)
7
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that provision of NHS services will not be open to legal challenge as a result of the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership.
    (174818)
8
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the NHS will be exempt from any competition and investment provisions agreed as part of a transatlantic trade and investment partnership.
    (174819)
9
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information he holds on how many post offices have transferred to the locals model; and what assessment he has made of whether the Government's targets on transformation will be met in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
    (174854)
10
N
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new jobs created in the private sector in the last 12 months were (a) unpaid workfare or internships, (b) through zero-hour contracts, (c) part-time, (d) part-time working 16 hours or less per week, (e) part-time working eight hours or less per week, (g) paid at the level of the minimum wage and (h) jobs transferred from public sector organisations.
    (174810)
11
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of tax revenue lost to the public purse owing to tax avoidance in the last 10 years.
    (174822)
12
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he intends to publish forecasts of child poverty during the present Parliament.
    (175111)
13
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on administering the UK Guarantees Scheme to date.
    (175112)
14
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of children who will be living in households with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income (a) before and (b) after housing costs in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-17.
    (175113)
15
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small businesses are in receipt of 100 per cent small business rate relief.
    (174835)
16
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
    (174859)
17
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of independent financial advisers trading without professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement.
    (174957)
18
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on how many people currently employed by banks operating in the UK are paid (a) the national minimum wage for apprentices, (b) the national minimum wage for full-time equivalents and (c) the national living wage.
    (174958)
19
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in total tax receipts the Exchequer has received from non-UK resident landlords in each of the last five years.
    (174844)
20
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people currently claiming (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit were non-UK nationals at the point of being issued a National Insurance number.
    (174961)
21
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in promoting governance reform of the International Monetary Fund; and if he will make a statement.
    (174962)
22
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Ministers of his Department have attended meetings of the ministerial oversight group on universal credit in the last 12 months.
    (174814)
23
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms in Barrow and Furness constituency were subject to the national insurance holiday for new firms in each year it has been in operation.
    (175090)
24
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects on the small business sector of the expiry of the doubling of small business rate relief in March 2014.
    (174836)
25
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of freezing business rates in 2014-15 for hereditaments with a rateable value of between (a) £6,001 to £18,000 and (b) £6,001 to £25,000 in London.
    (174837)
26
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from (a) the Mayor of London and (b) the London Borough of Bromley regarding the Bromley London Borough Council (Crystal Palace) Act 1990; and if he will make a statement.
    (174839)
27
N
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of time is for approval of local plans submitted by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
    (175021)
28
N
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce a decision on Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's local plan.
    (175022)
29
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for funds under the Mayoral High Streets Fund (a) have been received, (b) have been approved, (c) have been rejected and (d) are currently outstanding; and what total amount of funds remains unallocated under the High Streets Fund.
    (175084)
30
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for funds under the High Street Support Scheme (a) have been received, (b) have been approved, (c) have been rejected and (d) are currently outstanding; and what total amount of funds remains unallocated under the High Street Support Scheme.
    (175085)
31
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for funds under the High Street Innovation Fund (a) have been received, (b) have been approved, (c) have been rejected and (d) are currently outstanding; and what total amount of funds remains unallocated under the High Street Innovation Fund.
    (175086)
32
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds have been allocated to each Portas Pilot; what the total amount of these funds which currently remain unallocated is; if he will list the total amount of funds which have been allocated to town teams; and what the amount of these funds which currently remain unallocated is.
    (175087)
33
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total value of business rates levied in Barrow and Furness constituency was in each of the last five years.
    (175091)
34
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding the (a) Royal Opera House, (b) Southbank Centre, (c) National Theatre, (d) English National Opera, (e) British Museum, (f) Natural History Museum, (g) Imperial War Museum, (h) National Gallery, (i) Royal Museums Greenwich, (j) National Museums Liverpool, (k) National Portrait Group, (l) Science Museum Group, (m) Tate Gallery, (n) Wallace Collection, (o) Museum of Science and Industry Manchester, (p) Sir John Soane's Museum, (q) Horniman Museum and Gardens, (r) Geffrye Museum, (s) Royal Armouries and (t) British Library received or is forecast to receive from (i) her Department, (ii) Arts Council England and (iii) the National Lottery in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15.
    (174843)
35
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, her Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
    (174856)
36
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission a commemorative campaign medal for veterans of Dunkirk who were left behind by Operation Dynamo.
    (174821)
37
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make an announcement on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft Main Gate 4 decision.
    (174861)
38
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) he was made aware of the French military manoeuvres which took place in the South West on 5 November 2013, (b) HMNB Devonport was advised of the plans of the French army and (c) Devon and Cornwall Constabulary was informed that the French military were undertaking manoeuvres in the UK and would need an escort.
    (175134)
39
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the provisional teacher training allocations published by his Department on 1 November 2013, how many places from each accredited providers initial teacher training allocations are for (a) each phase, (b) each secondary subject, (c) core provision and (d) School Direct provision.
    (174808)
40
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the provisional teacher training allocations published by his Department on 1 November 2013, how many places have been allocated to (a) higher education institutions, (b) school-centred initial teacher training, (c) School Direct fee-paying, (d) School Direct salaried, (e) other types of provision, (f) primary phase, (g) secondary phase and (h) each individual secondary subject.
    (174809)
41
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the process is for closing a free school.
    (174952)
42
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of free schools he expects to fail.
    (174953)
43
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for buying out existing contracts at a failed free school.
    (174954)
44
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the framework for the monitoring visits of free schools carried out by his Department in their first year of operation; and who is responsible for resourcing improvements required.
    (174955)
45
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of higher education institutions with an Outstanding Ofsted rating have been granted a smaller core allocation for initial teacher training for academic year 2014-15 than in 2012-13.
    (175070)
46
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of initial teacher training allocated places for academic year 2014-15 have been granted to lead institutions with an (a) Outstanding, (b) Good, (c) Requires improvement and (d) Inadequate Ofsted rating.
    (175071)
47
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of initial teacher training allocated places for academic year (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 were granted to lead institutions with an (a) Outstanding, (b) Good, (c) Requires improvement and (d) Inadequate Ofsted rating.
    (175072)
48
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of School Direct trainees recruited for the 2013-14 academic year for each subject, by the government region of the lead institution.
    (175136)
49
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the overall (a) School Direct allocation, (b) Core allocation (postgraduate), (c) Core allocation (undergraduate) and (d) Core allocation (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) has the National College for Teaching and Leadership calculated will need to be filled in academic year 2014-15 in order for the overall recruitment target to be met.
    (175137)
50
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many post-graduate certificate in education courses have closed since 2010; and how many teacher trainees were accepted in 2009-10 onto courses that have closed since 2010.
    (175023)
51
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many School Direct candidates were declined by partner Initial Teacher Training providers after they had been selected by a school.
    (175024)
52
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools that recruited through School Direct in 2012-13 for trainees to start in 2013 were (a) not rated Outstanding in their most recent Ofsted inspection and (b) not partnered with lead schools that were rated Outstanding by Ofsted in their most recent inspection.
    (175025)
53
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants to School Direct in 2012-13 had a UK undergraduate degree that was (a) first class, (b) second class, upper division (2.1), (c) second class, lower division (2.2), (d) third class and (e) ordinary degree (pass).
    (175026)
54
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence was submitted by his Department as part of the call for evidence by the Youth Select Committee on its report on a curriculum for life.
    (175066)
55
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he proposes to respond to the Youth Select Committee report on a curriculum for life.
    (175121)
56
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to schools regarding education on the effects of legal highs; and if he will make a statement.
    (174815)
57
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households using pre-payment electricity meters in (a) Wirral, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (175093)
58
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the number of people who pay their energy bills by direct debit in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK.
    (174924)
59
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to encourage energy companies to continue with discounts for customers who pay their bills by direct debit.
    (174959)
60
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in Barrow and Furness constituency have received finance under the Green Deal since January 2013; and what the total amount of such finance was.
    (175089)
61
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any minister or official has agreed or taken any steps to restart talks with Spain on the sovereignty of Gibraltar under the Brussels Process or any other bilateral process.
    (174826)
62
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
    (174857)
63
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the President of Sri Lanka on accreditation for UK journalists wishing to attend the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
    (174824)
64
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Lord Marland on human rights in Sri Lanka.
    (174825)
65
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Ambassador of Thailand about the charges against UK citizen Andy Hall.
    (174831)
66
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he or the Prime Minister has received in favour of the Prime Minister attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
    (174840)
67
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in encouraging the American government and Congress to approve the quota and governance reforms agreed by the International Monetary Fund Board of Governors in December 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (174964)
68
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS Trusts have failed to meet their referral to treatment targets since May 2010; and in what months each such failure occurred.
    (174965)
69
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide additional funding to NHS Trusts in the North East to develop resilience to increased pressures on accident and emergency departments during winter.
    (174967)
70
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of ongoing management costs incurred by his Department under a national contract for the administration of the Nursery Milk Scheme.
    (174829)
71
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what he expects the effect on the NHS to be of the development of a prostate cancer test which will distinguish between slow growing and more aggressive forms of the condition.
    (178470)
72
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations on a (a) permanent basis and (b) fixed-term contract basis since May 2010.
    (174823)
73
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of an innovation fund to assist the development of autism services.
    (174833)
74
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made on how the NHS is complying with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on diagnosing and managing adults with autism.
    (174834)
75
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with representatives of the dairy industry on future options for the Nursery Milk Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (175114)
76
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the costs of a new national procurement process for the Nursery Milk Scheme and (b) the costs to business of the adoption of an e-voucher scheme for providing nursery milk.
    (175135)
77
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, column 147, on NHS accountability, when he expects to respond to the report from the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee regarding the deficit for Croydon's Primary Care Trust in financial year 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
    (174838)
78
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many NHS trusts are currently prescribing nabiximols (Sativex).
    (174960)
79
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a card to establish the right to use NHS services.
    (174841)
80
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department has spent on promoting free winter influenza vaccinations in each of the last five years.
    (175092)
81
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, her Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
    (174858)
82
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police information notices have been issued by Sussex Police in each of the last three years.
    (175065)
83
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued on police information notices and circumstances in which they are appropriate.
    (175118)
84
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been issued with a police information notices by Sussex Police in each of the last three years which led to a subsequent charge of harassment.
    (175119)
85
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2013, Official Report, column 642W, on asylum, what the total number of complaints made against the Commercial and Operational Managers Procuring Asylum Support Service project was.
    (174811)
86
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the monthly costs of running HM Prison the Verne as an immigration removal centre; and what the detention capacity of HM Prison the Verne will be after it is converted into an immigration removal centre.
    (175067)
87
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number and locations of individuals held in prison solely for immigration purposes as part of the quarterly immigration statistics.
    (175068)
88
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2013, Official Report, column 116W, on migrants: detainees, how many individuals held in prisons solely for immigration purposes had been held for (i) less than six months, (ii) between six and 12 months, (iii) between one and two years and (iv) longer than two years; and if she will provide a breakdown of the prisons in which individuals held solely for immigration purposes were held.
    (175110)
89
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian consequences of government air strikes in Sudan's Darfur region in the last 12 months.
    (175094)
90
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
    (174860)
91
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to abolish the time restraints on a family provision claim in the circumstances of an intestacy death.
    (175115)
92
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on road safety of the divergence of the UK's maximum speed limit from that of other European Union Member States.
    (174832)
93
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £80 million of targeted funding for low carbon vehicle technologies made available through the Office for Low Emission Vehicles will be spent on researching the safety implications of such vehicles.
    (175069)
94
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people had their driving licences revoked in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (174862)
95
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age has been at which people have passed their driving test in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (174863)
96
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people hold (a) provisional and (b) full driving licences in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK.
    (178464)
97
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rural road safety.
    (178465)
98
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimates his Department has made of (a) the average length of time and (b) the average cost of learning to drive in the UK.
    (178466)
99
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has (a) to replace class 142, 143 and 144 railbuses and (b) to make such buses compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act.
    (174956)
100
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the UK Border Force's submission to the Government's Red Tape Challenge on General Aviation.
    (175016)
101
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the UK Border Force will be represented on the Challenge Panel which will oversee the Civil Aviation Authority's changes to the regulatory system for general aviation.
    (175017)
102
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has a complete list of UK-registered private planes.
    (175018)
103
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many private flights are undertaken each year in UK airspace.
    (175019)
104
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on giving claimants a choice between remaining on the higher rate mobility of disability living allowance and taking responsibility for attending all NHS medical appointments personally and not having this allowance and giving this responsibility to the NHS.
    (174968)
105
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis currently accessing the Motability Scheme are in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance; and how many such people lease a (a) car, (b) scooter and (c) powered wheelchair.
    (174827)
106
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis are currently accessing the Motability Scheme.
    (174828)
107
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefit monies remain unclaimed for (a) the UK and (b) each region of the UK.
    (174830)
108
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2013, Official Report, columns 618-9W, on separated people: finance, when each of the seven voluntary and third-sector projects established in March 2013 under the Help and Support for Separated Families Innovation Fund will start working with customers directly.
    (174807)
109
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department records the nationality of new claimants of universal credit in Hammersmith and Fulham; and if his Department will publish all data it records on the nationality of such claimants.
    (174963)
110
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department measures Work Programme customer satisfaction.
    (174855)
111
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming (a) employment and support allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit were engaged in permitted work in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010, (iv) 2011, (v) 2012 and (vi) January to October 2013.
    (178467)
112
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the ministerial oversight group for universal credit has met in the last 12 months; and when that group is scheduled to meet again.
    (174812)
113
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amounts have been paid to date to each (a) IT service provider and (b) consultant in relation to the universal credit programme.
    (174813)

Notices given on Thursday 7 November

1
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for taxi drivers to receive Disclosure and Barring Service checks; and how many and what proportion of applicants who work as taxi drivers have to wait more than (a) two and (b) three months (i) in each region, (ii) in each police force area and (iii) nationally for such checks.
[Transferred]   (174842)
2
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private flights arriving in the UK are not checked on arrival by UK Border Force staff.
[Transferred]   (175020)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of claims made by businesses in relation to the August 2011 riots under the Riots (Damages) Act 1886 is; how many such claims have been settled; how many such claims have been rejected; how many such claims remain outstanding; what total sum has been paid to busineses under the Act in relation to the August 2011 riots; and what the total amount claimed by businesses to date is.
[Transferred]   (175088)
4
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of young people in young offenders' institutions and specialist children's homes; and if she will distinguish those who are jailed on human trafficking offences.
[Transferred]   (175027)
5
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are to be put into place for owners of vehicles manufactured in 1973 to register them as 'Historic' for the purposes of vehicle excise duty from 1 April 2014; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (174745)
6
 
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of Table 6.8 of findings of BIS Research Paper Number 77, published in May 2012, indicating a potential reduction in the number of apprentices aged 19 and over if employers faced cost increases equivalent to full fees.
    (175153)
7
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been paid to companies in the North East under the Regional Growth Fund to date.
    (175248)
8
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of (a) working very long hours, (b) temporary working contracts, (c) caring for the elderly and disabled and (d) personal debt on wellbeing in the UK.
    (175191)
9
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were employed in (a) May 2010 and (b) the most recent period for which data is available.
    (175142)
10
 
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South Northamptonshire of 30 October 2013, Official Report, column 490W, on High Speed 2 railway line, whether the update referred to in the Answer will include the full test of the Major Projects Authority Report on High Speed 2; and if he will bring forward the publication date of that update.
    (175164)
11
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much central government departments gave in grants to charities in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2012-13.
    (175150)
12
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce time-limited exceptions from air passenger duty on new long haul routes from regional airports.
    (175225)
13
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of defence spending on the economy of Scotland.
    (175165)
14
 
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much stamp duty land tax is paid on properties valued at £2 million and under each year.
    (175203)
15
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were sleeping rough in the North East in each of the last three years.
    (175224)
16
 
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to standardise the specification of ladders used by fire and rescue services in England.
    (175201)
17
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Sir Michael Lyons was paid in total in salary, fees and related expenses for the Lyons Review in 2004.
    (175271)
18
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure appropriate power supply to two aircraft carriers when simultaneously alongside each other in Portsmouth dockyard.
    (175167)
19
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government's response to paragraph 24 of the Defence Committee's report on the Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 4: Education of Service Personnel, HC185, when the cost-benefit analysis of the recruitment of personnel under the age of 18 will take place; and what the terms of reference will be.
    (175240)
20
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been made redundant within six months of their scheduled retirement date since May 2010.
    (175237)
21
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from Scottish Government Ministers on the future of naval shipbuilding on the Clyde.
    (175238)
22
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a smooth transition of the Merlin Mk 3/3a from the Royal Airforce to the Royal Navy Commando Helicopter Force in 2014-15.
    (175194)
23
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution made by the capabilities of the new Queen Elizabeth class carriers to the development of a new strategic maritime capability for the UK.
    (175197)
24
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the defence cyber protection partnership.
    (175198)
25
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made with the Department for Education in developing the Troops to Teachers scheme.
    (175199)
26
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with large public and private sector employers on providing support to reservists and potential reservists.
    (175200)
27
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had with QinetiQ before conclusion of the agreement on Long Term Partnering prior to its announced restructuring and partial sell-off.
    (175152)
28
 
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage small businesses to take on apprentices aged between 16 and 18.
    (175148)
29
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of (a) planned and (b) actual expenditure was on former fee paying schools which have become (i) free schools and (ii) academies in each of the last three years.
    (175222)
30
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department had with the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau on that body's decision not to proceed with an investigation into fraud allegations at Kings Science Academy, Bradford reported to the his Department on 5 September 2013.
    (175192)
31
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provided Action Fraud with a full and unredacted internal audit report on Kings Science Academy, Bradford after April 2013.
    (175193)
32
 
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to introduce mandatory screening for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for all pupils who receive two fixed-term exclusions from school; and if he will provide specialist psychiatric, paediatric or healthcare support to all such pupils who are diagnosed with ADHD.
    (175204)
33
 
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign qualified teachers have been teaching in England for each of the last five years.
    (175270)
34
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in the North East were living in fuel poverty in each of the last three years.
    (175223)
35
 
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that generating stations using biomass to generate electricity adhere to their forecast domestic wood use; and if he will make a statement.
    (175190)
36
 
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will publish its response to the consultation on Renewable Heat Incentive: Expanding the non-domestic scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (175202)
37
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the allocation of the £32 million from the EU for bovine tuberculosis eradication; and if he will make a statement.
    (175143)
38
 
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to publish the Warwick University study on the use of food banks.
    (175155)
39
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of necessary crop field margins under the Entry Level Stewardship Scheme on levels of biodiversity.
    (175195)
40
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of water abstraction rates from rivers on levels of ecological biodiversity.
    (175196)
41
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether, when the Government signed the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992, it did so on behalf of the UK Overseas Territories.
    (175166)
42
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many walk-in-centres there were in the North East in each of the last three years.
    (175228)
43
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled in the North East in each of the last three years.
    (175229)
44
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed by the NHS in the North East in May (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
    (175230)
45
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds there were in the North East in each of the last three years.
    (175232)
46
 
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) former NHS staff and (b) staff hired from outside the NHS work in NHS Commissioning support units.
    (175221)
47
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will begin monitoring outcomes from adult hearing services delivered through the Any Qualified Provider model as part of a long-term evaluation of the policy; and if he will make a statement.
    (175140)
48
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent evaluation his Department has made of the Any Qualified Provider model for delivering adult hearing services; and if he will publish any such evaluation.
    (175151)
49
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the compatibility of the services provided by the NHS with the Prague Declaration signed by the National Association of Deafened People; and if he will make a statement.
    (175239)
50
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on steps to ensure there is a safe and appropriate emergency care pathway in place for offenders experiencing mental health issues (a) at the point of arrest and (b) once in police custody.
    (175141)
51
 
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire of 1 July, 16 September and 9 October 2013 on the EgyptAir flight that landed on 15 June 2013 and the five Syrian passengers it contained who were seeking asylum.
    (175138)
52
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when equipment in Scotland to test alcohol levels in drivers will be recalibrated in line with the Scottish Government's new legal limit of 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
    (175149)
53
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 519W, on prison sentences, what offences were committed in each such case.
    (175189)
54
 
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost to HS2 Ltd of running all phase one community forum meetings and all phase one bilateral meetings has been; and how much of this cost is (a) staff time, (b) travel expenses, (c) materials, (d) administration and (e) preparation time.
    (175139)
55
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic benefit to the North East of High Speed 2.
    (175226)
56
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of the frequency of train services between Newcastle and London after High Speed 2 has become operational.
    (175227)
57
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle trespassing on the railway network.
    (175231)
58
 
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2013, to Question 900953, on East Coast Main Line Ltd, whether the Dutch, French and German national railways will be able to bid for the East Coast Main Line franchise; and whether the current operator of the line will be barred from so bidding.
    (175188)
59
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) first class seats and (b) standard class train seats are occupied on weekdays on trains from London to Birmingham between (i) 6am and 9am and (ii) 3pm and 6pm.
    (175154)
60
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) first class and (b) standard class train seats are occupied from Leeds to London between (i) 6am and 9am and (ii) 3pm and 6pm on each weekday.
    (175156)
61
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) first class and (b) standard class train seats are occupied on weekdays on trains from London to Manchester (i) between 6am and 9am and (ii) between 3pm and 6pm.
    (175157)
Tuesday 12 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
 
* 1
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): For what reasons he has decided to sell the site of HMP Wellingborough.
    (901028)
* 2
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of his planned probation reforms on the rate of reoffending.
    (901029)
* 3
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): What steps he has taken to reduce reoffending and relieve pressure on the courts system.
    (901030)
* 4
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What steps he is taking to ensure that the needs of vulnerable witnesses are properly considered in court.
    (901031)
* 5
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What steps he has taken to reduce motor insurance fraud to help motorists with the costs of driving.
    (901032)
* 6
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): What steps he has taken to increase the voice of victims in the criminal justice system.
    (901033)
* 7
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): What progress is being made on reducing illegal drug use in prisons.
    (901034)
* 8
Margot James (Stourbridge): What steps he has taken to reduce motor insurance fraud to help motorists with the costs of driving.
    (901035)
* 9
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): What steps he is taking to facilitate mutual ownership of probation trusts; and if he will make a statement.
    (901036)
* 10
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What recent representations he has received on compensation for people with mesothelioma.
    (901037)
* 11
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): What assessment he has made of the prevalence of mishandling by the Law Society of complaints against solicitors.
    (901038)
* 12
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What his policy is on the future of the Probation Service.
    (901039)
* 13
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What steps he is taking to increase the number of offender behaviour programmes in English prisons.
    (901040)
* 14
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What steps he has taken to increase the voice of victims in the criminal justice system.
    (901041)
* 15
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): What his policy is on funding victims' services in London.
    (901042)
* 16
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What steps he has taken to reduce reoffending and relieve pressure on the courts system.
    (901043)
* 17
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What support his Department provides to victims of crime.
    (901044)
* 18
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What assessment he has made of the most recent quarterly statistics on knife possession sentencing under the new offence of aggravated knife possession, published in September 2013.
    (901045)
* 19
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps he is taking to curb the scope and volume of human rights claims.
    (901046)
* 21
John Glen (Salisbury): What steps he has taken to reduce reoffending and relieve pressure on the courts system.
    (901048)
* 22
John Pugh (Southport): What progress he has made on his reforms to the treatment of whiplash claims; and if he will make a statement.
    (901049)
* 23
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What assessment he has made of the role of education in reducing recidivism.
    (901050)
* 24
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What steps he is taking to reduce youth reoffending.
    (901051)
* 25
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): What steps he has taken to reduce reoffending and relieve pressure on the courts system.
    (901052)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Henry Smith (Crawley): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (901018)
* 2
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (901019)
* 3
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (901020)
* 4
Peter Aldous (Waveney):  
    (901021)
* 5
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham):  
    (901022)
* 7
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):  
    (901024)
* 8
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury):  
    (901025)
* 9
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):  
    (901026)
* 10
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire):  
    (901027)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 4 November

1
N
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which local authorities have not signed up to the community covenant.
    (174257)

Notices given on Wednesday 6 November

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, representing the House of Commons Commission, what committees of the House are consulted before displays or exhibitions take place in Westminster Hall.
    (174846)
2
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 30 November 2012, Official Report, column 543W, on judges: county courts, what the identity of each county court was in relation to each judge in respect of which any direction was provided authorising the judge to sit pursuant to section 5(3) of the County Courts Act 1984 between 1 January 2007 and 1 November 2013.
    (175116)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the injury rate in accidents on the A15 north of Lincoln has been in each of the last 10 years.
    (174845)

Notices given on Thursday 7 November

1
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the statutory powers available to an insolvency practitioner, as an officer of the court, to compel the disclosure of relevant documents by all parties involved in an administration process; and whether the investigatory powers available to insolvency practitioners to locate relevant documents where possession of said documents are denied by individual parties.
    (175158)
2
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, columns 130-1W, on arms trade: exports, and subsequent correspondence, what estimate he has made of the relative sizes of the (a) market share of the exporter of the licence Mindspeed and its UK subsidiary, Picochip, (b) expected addressable market for the combined entity of these companies until 2016, (c) value of the Standard Invidual Export Licence (Permanent) for equipment employing cryptography and software for equipment employing cryptography to Israel and (d) total combined value of the UK's annual exports to Israel.
    (175208)
3
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration his Department has given to investor-state dispute settlement, as detailed within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Pact.
    (175251)
4
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials from his Department last met with the EU negotiating team for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Pact; and whether they discussed investor-state disputes settlement and its potential effect on the National Health Service.
    (175252)
5
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has raised the issue of exemption for the National Health Service with regard to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Pact, as referred to in the European Commission's impact assessment on the future of EU/US trade relations.
    (175253)
6
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of public statistics.
    (175241)
7
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much extra revenue he expects to raise form the UK water companies which have financial holding vehicles registered in the Cayman Islands following the Government's recent automatic tax information sharing agreement with the Cayman Islands signed off 5 November.
    (175286)
8
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much extra revenue he expects to raise form each UK water company following the Government's recent automatic tax information sharing agreement with the Cayman Islands signed off 5 November.
    (175287)
9
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the process will be for appointing the new head of the Payment Systems Regulator.
    (175209)
10
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the appointment of the head of the new Payment Systems Regulator will be subject to a pre-appointment hearing with his or her attendance at the Treasury Select Committee.
    (175210)
11
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the relationship will be between the new Payment Systems Regulator and (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) the Prudential Regulation Authority.
    (175211)
12
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers his Department will have over the new payment systems regulator.
    (175215)
13
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the main objectives of the new payment systems regulator will be.
    (175216)
14
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of taxpayers affected by the retrospective tax changes introduced in Section 58(4) of the Finance Act 2008.
    (175217)
15
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals for the reduction of rates have been (a) made and (b) successful in each of the last five years.
    (175145)
16
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of time taken for business rate appeals to be listed for a hearing by the Valuation Tribunal was; and how many such cases are outstanding.
    (175146)
17
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much revenue has been raised from (a) council tax and (b) business rates in each year since the introduction of council tax.
    (175178)
18
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities are reviewing their local plans or draft local plans due to problems with site viability and deliverability.
    (175206)
19
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local government general revenue, excluding the housing revenue account, has been provided by (a) council tax, (b) business rates, (c) central government grant both general and specific and (d) fees and charges in each financial year since the introduction of the council tax.
    (175207)
20
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were started on (a) brownfield and (b) greenfield sites in each year from 2002 to 2012.
    (175247)
21
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will list the total number of new dwellings completed by (a) councils, (b) housing associations and (c) private sector for each year since 2008-09 in each London borough.
    (175266)
22
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made on the number of dependent elderly per London borough and those that have no family living in their borough.
    (175269)
23
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of total business rates revenues was collected from businesses with a rateable value between (a) £6,001 and £12,000 and (b) 12,001 and £18,000.
    (175176)
24
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will name and shame those local authorities who impose the highest car parking charges in towns and cities in the UK.
    (175185)
25
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities impose the highest car parking charges in towns and cities in the UK.
    (175236)
26
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support and guidance is provided by his Department to local communities in drawing up emergency resilience plans.
    (175283)
27
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the number of fixed odds betting terminals in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and (c) the UK.
    (175242)
28
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the sums received for the sale of surplus army housing at Dog Kennel Lane, Lisburn.
    (175249)
29
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his statement of 6 November 2013, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decisions on naval vessels on the UK's naval supply chain.
    (175272)
30
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, where the powers his Department has to direct that the management of a free school be removed or replaced are set out.
    (175175)
31
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers working in each government region underwent their initial teacher training within that region.
    (175144)
32
N
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the overall performance of Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
    (175243)
33
N
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been lodged against Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in each of the last 10 years in (a) the UK, (b) East Anglia and (c) South Suffolk constituency.
    (175244)
34
N
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has dealt with in each of the last 10 years in (a) the UK, (b) East Anglia and (c) South Suffolk constituency.
    (175245)
35
N
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary schools have been rated (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) inadequate by Ofsted in (i) the UK, (ii) East Anglia and (iii) South Suffolk constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (175246)
36
N
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of school children between the ages of five and 16 are eligible for free school meals in (a) the UK, (b) East Anglia and (c) South Suffolk constituency.
    (175261)
37
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the license conditions for using cage traps on badgers for the pilot culls are monitored in severe weather; and whether such cage trappings are suspended due to the risk of exposing badgers to extreme weather.
    (175288)
38
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether cage trapping for badgers in the two pilot areas was suspended due to severe weather of 27 and 28 October 2013.
    (175289)
39
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ministers for Agriculture in the devolved administrations about implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy, and the allocation of budgets to each administration; and if he will make a statement.
    (175161)
40
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 National Farmers' Union, NFU Scotland, the Farmers' Union of Wales and the Ulster Farmers' Union on (a) the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy from 2015 and (b) the allocation of the budget in that respect.
    (175162)
41
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Russian government in respect of members of Greenpeace held by authorities in Russia.
    (175250)
42
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a new health and equality impact assessment will be undertaken for the new congenital heart disease review; and which body is responsible for commissioning such assessments.
    (175218)
43
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he gives to police forces on dealing with people who are suffering from mental health difficulties.
    (175268)
44
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitteed to hospital with malnutrition in (a) England, (b) each primary care trust area of responsibility and (c) each current clinical commissioning group area of responsibility in each of the last five years for which data are available.
    (175168)
45
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were discharged from hospital with malnutrition in (a) England, (b) each primary care trust area of responsibility and (c) each current clinical commissioning group area of responsibility in each of the last five years for which data are available.
    (175169)
46
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were readmitted to hospital due to malnutrition in each of the last five years for which data are available; and how many such patients resided at a care home or residential home.
    (175170)
47
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were discharged from hospital with a nutritional care plan in each of the last five years for which data are available.
    (175171)
48
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of malnutrition in (a) hospitals and (b) care homes; and if he will make a statement.
    (175172)
49
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of adults in (a) Nottingham, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands who might benefit from a cochlear implant.
    (175147)
50
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cochlear implants fitted to adults in (a) Nottingham, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands in the last year.
    (175159)
51
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of adults in (a) Nottingham, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands with a severe to profound hearing loss.
    (175160)
52
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of the Xalatan form of the drug Latanoprost at UK pharmacies.
    (175282)
53
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department used to assess the request made by South Wales Police in 2012 for National, International and Capital City funding.
    (175177)
54
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice declined the request made by South Wales Police in 2012 for National, International and Capital City funding and other additional funding to recognise the challenges of policing Cardiff as a capital city.
    (175184)
55
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice last discussed funding for (a) South Wales Police and (b) the policing of Cardiff with the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner.
    (175205)
56
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deployments of UK Border Force personnel were made to arrivals in the UK via (a) General Aviation (private airfields) and (b) General Maritime (private marinas) that were categorised as high risk in 2012-13, in accordance with the compliance obligations summarised in the National Audit Office document, The Border Force: Securing the Border, published in August 2013.
    (175259)
57
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms UK Border Force personnel have to verify the accuracy of information given by passengers arriving in the UK via private airfields.
    (175260)
58
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set a date to meet the police forces to discuss the expansion of data collection on the use of (a) illegally held and (b) legally held firearms in crimes committed in Britain.
    (175290)
59
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the programmes to which her Department has provided support in the past three years which have sought to improve and strengthen tax collection systems in African nations.
    (175285)
60
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals there are in UK prisons; and how many are nationals of countries with compulsory prisoner transfer agreements with the UK.
    (175163)
61
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with Police and Crime commissioners about funding for rape support centres; and if he will make a statement.
    (175233)
62
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many perpetrators of domestic violence received a police caution in each year since 2010; and what proportion of domestic violence incidents resulted in a caution in each such year.
    (175235)
63
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of domestic violence were reported to the police in each year since 2010; and how many of these incidents resulted in (a) referral to the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) a prosecution and (c) a conviction in each such year.
    (175281)
64
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 on each of the contracts to deliver education services in prisons in England and Wales.
    (175179)
65
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when each of the contracts between his Department and the organisations that provide healthcare provision in prisons in England and Wales was signed.
    (175180)
66
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations provide healthcare provision to each prison in England and Wales.
    (175181)
67
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when each of the contracts between his Department and providers of healthcare provision in prisons in England and Wales terminate.
    (175182)
68
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 on each of the contracts to deliver healthcare provision in prisons in England and Wales.
    (175183)
69
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on offender behaviour programmes in each of the last five years; and what spend is projected in each of the next three years.
    (175212)
70
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to collect data on waiting times for individual offender behaviour programmes in English prisons.
    (175213)
71
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offender behaviour programmes operational in English prisons are run by (a) public and (b) private sector organisations.
    (175214)
72
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to Sir John Chilcot's letter of 4 November 2013 to him, published on the Iraq Inquiry website, if he will disclose to the Iraq Inquiry the 25 notes from the right hon. Tony Blair to President Bush, referred to in that letter; and if he will make a statement.
    (175254)
73
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to Sir John Chilcot's letter of 4 November 2013 to him, published on the Iraq Inquiry website, on which date the Iraq Inquiry requested the Cabinet Secretary to disclose records of conversations between the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and President Bush in the period leading to the conflict in Iraq.
    (175255)
74
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to Sir John Chilcot's letter of 4 November 2013 to him, published on the Iraq Inquiry website, if he will disclose to the Iraq Inquiry records of conversations between (a) the right hon. Tony Blair and President Bush and (b) the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and President Bush referred to in that letter.
    (175256)
75
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to Sir John Chilcot's letter of 4 November 2013 to him, published on the Iraq Inquiry website, if he will disclose to the Iraq Inquiry the material relating to some 200 Cabinet-level discussions referred to in that letter.
    (175257)
76
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to Sir John Chilcot's letter of 4 November 2013 to him, published on the Iraq Inquiry website, on which date the Iraq Inquiry requested the Cabinet Secretary to disclose records of conversations between the right hon. Tony Blair and President Bush in the period leading to the conflict in Iraq.
    (175258)
77
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of standardising road signage systems in the EU.
    (175174)
78
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail and Transport for London on re-development works at Finsbury Park station; and if he will make a statement.
    (175265)
79
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost and timetable for the electrification work of the Barking to Gospel Oak line; and if he will make a statement.
    (175267)
80
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the five criteria referred to in the document, Property Compensation Consultation for London - West Midlands HS2 Route, are all weighted equally; and if not, what are the weightings for each criterion.
    (175277)
81
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many properties on Phase One of the proposed route for High Speed 2, in rural areas only and excluding those over deep bored tunnels, are within (a) 120 metres, (b) 250 metres, (c) 300 metres, (d) 350 metres, (e) 400 metres and (f) 500 metres of the line.
    (175278)
82
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many properties in the entire safeguarded area for Phase One of High Speed 2 are assigned to be demolished.
    (175279)
83
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the slip road onto the M180 was closed at Scunthorpe on 31 October 2013; for what reason such closure was not posted on the A15 and other approach routes; and if he will make a statement.
    (175186)
84
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to reduce the inappropriate use of rear fog lights by motorists; and if he will make a statement.
    (175187)
85
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he or his officials had with the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration when drawing up their General Aviation Red Tape Challenge.
    (175262)
86
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he or his officials of his Department have had with their counterparts in the Home Office on including passengers travelling by private flights (General Aviation) or private boats (General Maritime) to the UK in the Border Force's operating mandate.
    (175263)
87
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to match arrivals data from General Aviation entries into the UK with the National Air Traffic System.
    (175264)
88
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths and serious injuries occurred to motor cyclists as a result of road accidents in Cumbria in each of the last five years, on each type of road.
    (175284)
89
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what evidence her Department hold on the effect of recent changes in the levels of voluntary sector grants made by local authorities on women's refuges and services of domestic violence.
    (175291)
90
N
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new jobs created in the period from (a) May 2010 to April 2011 and (b) May 2011 to April 2012 lasted for more than 12 months.
    (175173)
91
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the extension of the single accommodation rate to people aged up to 35 on the ability of women fleeing domestic violence to move on from a refuge; and if he will make a statement.
    (175234)
92
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what period he chaired the Senior Sponsorship Group responsible for the oversight of the universal credit programme.
    (175273)
93
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Universal Jobs Match in 2012-13.
    (175274)
94
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to control the quality of the Universal Jobs Match service.
    (175275)
95
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload of a Jobcentre Plus advisor was in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
    (175276)
96
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has commissioned or undertaken into employment support programmes in other countries for people with ill-health.
    (175280)
Monday 18 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 5 November

1
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department calculated the contingency sums included in the estimated costs for the (a) construction of and (b) rolling stock for High Speed 2.
    (174613)

Notices given on Thursday 7 November

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps ensure that long-serving members of the armed forces, who have been scheduled for redundancy very shortly before their 18-year pension entitlement date, will be allowed to pass that date before being required to leave.
    (175219)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of armed forces personnel who have been scheduled for redundancy on dates falling within (a) one week, (b) one month and (c) six months of reaching their pension entitlement dates.
    (175220)
Thursday 21 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 5 November

1
N
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions HS2 Ltd has had with (a) relevant local authorities and (b) Lichfield District Council on the relocation of residents and those properties affected by High Speed 2; and if he will make a statement.
    (174593)
2
N
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions HS2 Ltd has had with (a) local authorities and (b) Lichfield District Council concerning the purchase and demolition of properties in (i) England and (ii) Lichfield District which may be required by HS2 Ltd.
    (174614)
3
N
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make funds available to compensate individuals whose communities are affected by High Speed 2 and whose homes are being purchased by HS2 Ltd before HS2 Ltd serves a blight notice.
    (174615)

Prepared 8th November 2013