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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 27 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 Tuesday 26 November 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Wednesday 27 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.

Wednesday 27 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
* 1
Naomi Long (Belfast East): What assessment she has made of the Amnesty International report entitled Northern Ireland: time to deal with the past, published in September 2013; and if she will make a statement.
    (901223)
* 2
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on building a shared future in Northern Ireland.
    (901224)
* 3
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What recent discussions she has had with the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland on policing and security issues.
    (901225)
* 4
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What steps she is taking to reduce worklessness in Northern Ireland.
    (901226)
* 5
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's welfare reforms on Northern Ireland.
    (901227)
* 6
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What steps she is taking to reduce worklessness in Northern Ireland.
    (901228)
* 7
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What assessment she has made of the effect of the Investment Conference held in Belfast in October 2013.
    (901229)
* 8
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's welfare reforms on Northern Ireland.
    (901230)
* 10
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): What assessment she has made of the effect of the rate of VAT on the tourism sector in Northern Ireland.
    (901232)
* 11
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What steps she is taking to reduce worklessness in Northern Ireland.
    (901233)
* 12
David Simpson (Upper Bann): What recent progress has been made on the Haass talks.
    (901234)
* 13
Mark Durkan (Foyle): What recent discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues and Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the changes to Annually Managed Expenditure and the introduction of the welfare cap.
    (901235)
* 14
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on building a shared future in Northern Ireland.
  [R] (901236)
* 15
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's welfare reforms on Northern Ireland.
    (901237)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
* 1
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 27 November.
    (901283)
* 2
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  
    (901284)
* 3
Richard Fuller (Bedford):  
    (901285)
* 4
Laura Sandys (South Thanet):  
    (901286)
* 5
Mark Pawsey (Rugby):  
    (901287)
* 6
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth):  
    (901288)
* 7
Bob Stewart (Beckenham):  
    (901289)
* 8
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):  
    (901290)
* 9
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde):  
    (901291)
* 10
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead):  
    (901292)
* 11
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):  
    (901293)
* 12
Chris Kelly (Dudley South):  
    (901294)
* 13
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown):  
    (901295)
* 14
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay):  
    (901296)
* 15
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington):  
    (901297)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 18 November

1
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to put measures in place to ensure that passport and driving licence applications can be processed in all post offices, including sub-urban and rural sub post offices.
    (176408)
2
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to launch initiatives to encourage more customers to use sub post offices following Royal Mail's privatisation; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the privatisation on the availability of Government front office counter services.
    (176410)
3
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to introduce fingerprint scanning in the passport application processes.
    (176409)

Notices given on Wednesday 20 November

1
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of households subject to the under-occupancy penalty in (a) Liverpool and (b) Liverpool Riverside constituency that have fallen into rent arrears since the introduction of that policy.
    (177119)

Notices given on Friday 22 November

1
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the First Minister of Scotland received from UK Trade and Investment during his recent trip to China.
    (177381)
2
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects have been rated as red by the Gateway Review process in the last five years.
    (177449)
3
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many projects have been rated as (a) green, (b) amber and (c) red by the Gateway Review process in each year since its inception.
    (177451)
4
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the annual cost to the economy of organised (a) crime and (b) food crime.
    (177488)
6
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an assessment of ways to prevent properties rented to students from becoming run-down.
    (177505)
7
N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of local authorities' compliance with their statutory obligations under the Right-to-Buy scheme; what reports he has received on Stevenage Borough Council's compliance with these obligations; and if he will take steps to improve the performance of Stevenage Borough Council with its obligations under right-to-buy.
    (177465)
8
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have (a) visited the Homeswap Direct website and (b) moved home through using Homeswap Direct in each month since April 2012.
    (177446)
9
N
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress he has made towards delivering a fairer national funding formula for schools which takes better account of how many pupils are disadvantaged.
    (177468)
10
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average household (a) gas and (b) electricity bill was in (i) Essex and (ii) Chelmsford constituency in each year since 2010.
    (177493)
11
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect of Hinkley Point C on (a) UK manufacturing companies and (b) steel companies in (i) Wales and (ii) the UK.
    (177420)
12
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the National Grid and (b) gas distribution companies on support for (i) their supply chains and (ii) UK manufacturing.
    (177421)
13
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the First Minister of Scotland received from officials in (a) the British Embassy in Beijing and (b) consular offices in China during his recent visit to that country.
    (177382)
14
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the continuation of funding for the Prosperity Fund beyond 2013-14.
    (177422)
15
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 45WS, on NHS winter planning, how much of the additional £500 million will be allocated to mental health services.
    (177485)
16
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-clinical NHS staff in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were paid over (a) £50,000, (b) £66,000, (c) £100,000 and (d) £150,000 in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
    (177466)
17
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2013, Official Report, Column 76W, on social services, what assessment he has made of the (a) conclusion in the recently published report by Independent Age entitled Care home top-up fees: the secret subsidy that many councils are breaking existing national guidance on top-up fees in residential care and (b) recommendations in that report; and if he will make a statement.
    (177500)
18
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health projects have been rated as red by the Gateway Review process in the last five years; and what subsequent action was taken in each case.
    (177450)
19
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment was made by all Gateway reviews into NHS property services to date; and what action was taken following such reviews.
    (177452)
20
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vouchers her Department has provided to her Department's presenting officers for winning cases at immigration tribunals; what the (a) value and (b) store was of each such voucher; and whether these officers face penalties for losing cases.
    (177453)
21
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when information on Project Spade was passed to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA); and whether SOCA was involved in Project Spade.
    (177415)
22
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether information relating to Project Spade was passed from the Serious Organised Crime Agency to the National Crime Agency.
    (177416)
23
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any investigation relating to Project Spade is taking place in the UK.
    (177417)
24
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any suspects implicated by Project Spade are living in the UK.
    (177418)
25
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any child victims are living in the UK whose status as victim has been revealed to the authorities as a result of Project Spade.
    (177419)
26
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people represented themselves in court (a) in the most recent period for which figures are available and (b) in each of the last five years.
    (177498)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mistrials occurred (a) in the most recent period for which figures are available and (b) in each of the last five years.
    (177499)
28
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what system is used for assessing prisoner risk assessments.
    (177486)
29
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outcomes were of all prisoner risk assessments in 2012.
    (177487)
30
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contracts his Department holds with (a) Capita, (b) A4E, (c) G4S, (d) Serco, (e) GeoAMEY, (f) Sodexo and (g) Mitie; when each contract started; how much each contract is expect to cost over its lifetime; when each contract is due to end; whether there are any options in the contract for extension; whether any financial penalties have been incurred by each contractor to date; and whether each such contract has a break clause.
    (177489)
31
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
    (177490)
32
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for undertaking prisoner risk assessments.
    (177491)
33
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Prime Minister, what the date and venue was of each PM Direct event in which he has taken part since May 2010; what the total cost to the public purse was of those events; and what form of transport he used to travel to each such event.
    (177506)
34
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of minor and major cycling injuries in (a) Essex and (b) Chelmsford constituency.
    (177467)
35
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) referrals, (b) clients engaged, (c) approved business plans and (d) business starts there have been under the National Enterprise Allowance scheme in (i) Chelmsford constituency and (ii) Essex since the inception of that scheme.
    (177469)
36
N
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Gloucester constituency, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England receive benefit payments into post office card accounts; and what assessment he has made of the suitability of those accounts for universal credit payments.
    (177494)
37
N
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to extending his Department's contract with Post Office Limited for the Post Office card account beyond March 2015.
    (177495)
38
N
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to make a decision on the future of the Post Office card account.
    (177496)
39
N
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office card account holders there are in (a) Gloucester, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England; and how many such account holders are of pensionable age.
    (177497)
40
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were made about Jobcentre Plus services in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
    (177447)
41
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of partnership working between Jobcentre Plus and (a) local authorities, (b) NHS bodies and (c) civil society organisations.
    (177448)
42
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what powers of supersession are held by his Department's decision-makers in relation to applications for employment and support allowance; and in what circumstances and for what purposes such powers are used.
    (177470)
43
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish job outcome data for Jobcentre Plus, like that published for the Work Programme, alongside the benefit off-flow data currently published.
    (177501)

Notices given on Monday 25 November

1
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely change in the number of prison inmates due to the abolition of anti-social behaviour orders; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (177279)
2
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Services flags cases where the victim is under 18 years when prosecuting cases of human trafficking as it does in domestic violence and child abuse cases.
    (177627)
3
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Attorney General, how many of the Law Officers' Departments civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177706)
4
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Attorney General, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in the Law Officers' Departments since 2010.
    (177729)
5
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177507)
6
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will implement the recommendations of Age Cymru's Scams and Swindles campaign.
    (177591)
7
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177705)
8
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177728)
9
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177508)
10
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177707)
11
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177730)
12
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what external advice was sought by his Department during the drafting of the joint report to the Secretary of State for defence on the Viability of the Materiel Strategy Procurement.
    (177631)
13
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is possible for another sovereign state to possess a shareholding in the Bank of England.
    (177617)
14
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential changes to UK borrowing costs if Scotland were to become an independent country; and if he will make a statement.
    (177618)
15
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effects on the state guarantee of deposits held by (a) individuals and (b) businesses in the UK if Scotland were to become an independent country.
    (177632)
16
 
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will revise his Department's advice to financial institutions regarding high risk jurisdictions in relation to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007
    (177602)
17
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177522)
18
 
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional people completed a self-assessment tax return as a result of the high-income child benefit tax charge in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (177669)
19
 
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what money from the public purse was spent on retirement parties and retirement gifts for Baron King of Lothbury on his retirement as Governor of the Bank of England.
    (177553)
20
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177725)
21
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177748)
22
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2013, Official Report, column 586W, on public sector relocation independent review, whether the payment made to Sir Michael Lyons included a sum to cover VAT liability; whether his overall remuneration was paid to him personally or through a personal service company; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract.
    (177663)
23
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people (a) are currently on the housing waiting list and (b) have been on a housing waiting list for over two years in (i) Hart District Council area, (ii) Rushmoor Borough Council area and (iii) Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council area.
    (177560)
24
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing units have been built in each of the last three years in Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council area.
    (177561)
25
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing units have been built in each of the last three years in East Hampshire District Council area.
    (177562)
26
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing units have been built in each of the last three years in Rushmoor Borough Council area.
    (177563)
27
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177509)
28
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177708)
29
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177731)
30
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177510)
31
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177709)
32
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in her Department since 2010.
    (177732)
33
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what preparations his Department has made for relocating activities currently held at Tipner firing range to an alternative site; when he expects that relocation to begin; and if he will make a statement.
    (177615)
34
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to transfer the land earmarked for Portsmouth in its City Deal.
    (177616)
35
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177511)
36
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department has been of establishing the Government Owned, Contractor Operated procurement company to date; and if he will make a statement.
    (177551)
37
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what lessons-learned exercises have been conducted following the (a) cancellation of MRA4, (b) cancellation of Forward Rapid Effects System and (c) reversal of Joint Strike Fighter decision back to VSTOL variant; and if he will publish any reports from such exercises.
    (177552)
38
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177710)
39
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177733)
40
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the assessment phase of DE&S plus provides for consideration of recruitment of civil servants into key positions on the basis of specialism rather than grade.
    (177629)
41
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the proposed changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations will be applied to the transfer of staff to a government-owned, contractor-operated organisation under the Defence Reform Bill.
    (177630)
42
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177512)
43
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of his Office's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177711)
44
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Office since 2010.
    (177734)
45
 
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students coming to study in the UK from (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) each of the next five years.
    (177671)
46
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he or Ministers in his Department authorised the decision to report the findings of the report into Kings Science Academy by telephone call rather than in writing to Action Fraud.
    (177763)
47
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the investigation into Kings Science Academy, Bradford, on what dates (a) his Department requested an update from Action Fraud on what steps had been taken following the Department's referral of the matter to Action Fraud in April 2013 and (b) he or Ministers of his Department were informed that no further action was being taken by police.
    (177765)
48
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 736W, on free schools: Chester, which key document lawyers for the University Cathedral Free School Trust are awaiting from the landlord of the free school site.
    (177564)
49
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the options appraisal report carried out in relation to the Kings Science Academy, Bradford, prior to the conclusion of a lease agreement for the Hartley Group site in Lidget Green, Bradford.
    (177528)
50
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total rent per annum was that was being received by Hartley Group for the site that became the permanent site for the Kings Science Academy, Bradford, at the time of the options apraisal carried out prior to the lease agreement with Kings Science Academy, Bradford for that site.
    (177529)
51
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what area in square feet was covered by the (a) £2.77 and (b) £2.88 per square foot rental agreement with the then existing tenants identified in the options appraisal report into the Hartley Group site which became the permanent site for Kings Science Academy, Bradford.
    (177530)
52
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what area in square feet would have been covered by the £3.00 per square foot rental agreement then on offer to tenants identified in the options appraisal report into the Hartley Group site which became the permanent site for Kings Science Academy, Bradford.
    (177531)
53
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177513)
54
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177712)
55
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177735)
56
 
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made on his policy to exempt some energy intensive industries from the costs of contracts for difference.
    (177664)
57
 
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which energy intensive industries will qualify for exemption from the costs of contracts for difference.
    (177665)
58
 
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how the exemption from the costs of contracts for difference for energy intensive industries will be calculated.
    (177666)
59
 
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects on consumer bills of the exemption from the costs of contracts for difference for some energy intensive industries.
    (177667)
60
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177514)
61
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to tackle non-accredited Green Deal companies who exploit consumers.
    (177538)
62
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177713)
63
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177736)
64
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to create a regulatory environment governing underground coal gasification.
    (177547)
65
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Coal Authority on underground coal gasification.
    (177548)
66
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential of underground coal gasification in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (177549)
67
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of coal reserves available in (a) Wales, (b) each region of England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
    (177550)
68
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177515)
69
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177714)
70
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177737)
71
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart about the fairness of the trial of the Miami Five; and if he will make a statement.
    (177523)
72
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177516)
73
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the Government's action plan on business and human rights ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to China.
    (177753)
74
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177715)
75
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177738)
76
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve social care provision in domiciliary settings.
    (177620)
77
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177517)
78
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle abuse by carers employed within the home setting to care for people with disabilities or the elderly.
    (177543)
79
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures his Department has put in place to monitor abuse by carers employed within the home setting, caring for people with disabilities or the elderly.
    (177544)
80
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the incidence of abuse by carers employed within the home setting, caring for people with disabilities or the elderly.
    (177545)
81
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government's forthcoming legislative proposals to reform the care sector will ensure that procedures are put in place to protect people with disabilities or the elderly from abuse by carers employed not through a statutory body or an agency but directly by the person cared for.
    (177546)
82
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on negotiations between NHS employers and the British Medical Association on the reimbursement system for drugs dispensed by doctors; and when he expects these negotiations to be completed.
    (177621)
83
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons patients who want to continue to have prescription drugs dispensed by their local GP cannot use the Electronic Prescription Service; and what steps his Department plans to take to change those arrangements for patients in rural areas.
    (177624)
84
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2013, Official Report, column 1010W, on secondment, what his estimate is of the cost of collecting data on the number of private sector secondees for his Department.
    (177691)
85
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177717)
86
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177740)
87
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking with the devolved administrations to agree a screening programme for chlamydia.
    (177598)
88
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of progress made by his Department in implementing the (a) four national choice guarantees and (b) other policies set out in its publication, Maternity Matters: Choice, access and continuity of care in a safe service.
    (177534)
89
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department’s publication, Maternity Matters: choice, access and continuity of care in a safe service, published in April 2007, what changes have been made to the roles and responsibilities set out in part four of that publication following the implementation of the reforms under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
    (177590)
90
 
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential costs and benefits of extending transitional controls on EU accession states; and if she will make a statement.
    (177670)
91
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the National Crime Agency has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority about the potential use of distributed virtual currencies for serious and organised crime.
    (177661)
92
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 22 November 2013, Official Report, columns 1089-90W, on Kings Science Academy, if she will publish all telephone conversations between Action Fraud and the Department for Education in relation to the investigation into Kings Science Academy, Bradford.
    (177762)
93
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the review carried out by Action Fraud in relation to its handling of the reporting to them by her Department of the outcome of its investigation into the Kings Science Academy, Bradford.
    (177764)
94
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177518)
95
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls have been made to the confidential UK Border Agency hotline for airlines to report human trafficking concerns before an aeroplane lands since it was launched in October 2011.
    (177622)
96
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the 143 suspected victims of trafficking referred to the National Referral Mechanism by her Department and Border Force staff between April and June 2013, how many had arrived in the UK on a document with a visa.
    (177625)
97
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of wage earners who fall below the £18,600 threshold for spousal visas in (a) the UK and (b) Wales.
    (177539)
98
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will give consideration to amending the spousal visa applicaiton system to take into account potential job offers of the migrant spouse towards the minimum income threshold.
    (177540)
99
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will give consideration to introducing a regionalised minimum income level for spousal visa applications.
    (177541)
100
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2013, Official Report, column 862W, on secondment, what her estimate was of the cost of collecting data on the number of private sector secondees to her Department.
    (177692)
101
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177718)
102
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in her Department since 2010.
    (177741)
103
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained by the Border Force in each of the last five years have absconded from bail.
    (177565)
104
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had at the EU on delaying the relaxation of the UK's border restrictions due to take place on 1 January 2014.
    (177558)
105
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177519)
106
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177719)
107
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in her Department since 2010.
    (177742)
108
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Investment Climate Facility for Africa; and what her policy is on creating a similar programme for other continents.
    (177566)
109
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to the promotion of animal welfare in Pakistan.
    (177619)
110
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on whether families of deceased persons should be able to sue under the law of defamation following recent jurisprudence on the issue in the European Court of Human Rights.
    (177668)
111
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177520)
112
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Vietnamese and (b) Afghan nationals under 18 were accommodated in the youth secure estate in each year between 2009 and 2012.
    (177623)
113
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, of the 40 suspected victims of trafficking who were over 18 years of age referred to the National Referral Mechanism by the Salvation Army between April to June 2013, how many were under 18 years of age at the time they were first trafficked and exploited in the UK.
    (177626)
114
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private secondees worked in his Department in the year up to September (a) 2012 and (b) 2011.
    (177542)
115
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177720)
116
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177743)
117
 
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Leader of the House, whether he (a) has appointed or (b) intends to appoint an enlarged ministerial office.
    (177521)
118
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of her Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177721)
119
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in her Department since 2010.
    (177744)
120
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Prime Minister, how many of No. 10 Downing Street's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177722)
121
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Prime Minister, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in No. 10 Downing Street since 2010.
    (177745)
122
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many people who accompanied him on his recent visit to India were of British-Indian origin.
    (177597)
123
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177723)
124
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177746)
125
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions have taken place between HS2 Ltd and the Coal Authority on mining subsidence and unreported bell pits along the proposed route of High Speed 2.
  [R] (177557)
126
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Liverpool, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in October 2013.
    (177554)
127
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornoway, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in October 2013.
    (177555)
128
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Belfast, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in October 2013.
    (177556)
129
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177724)
130
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177747)
131
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations of Age Cymru's Scams and Swindles campaign.
    (177592)
132
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177726)
133
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177749)
134
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many of the Government Equalities Office's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177716)
135
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in the Government Equalities Office since 2010.
    (177739)
136
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is given to Jobcentre Plus staff on dealing with people who are discharged from the armed forces on medical grounds.
    (177596)
137
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidance he has given to the Health and Safety Executive with regard to the monitoring of employers' compliance with their duty under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 to ensure that the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings shall be reasonable.
    (177662)
138
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost in welfare payments to young people who were unemployed in each region in each year between 2005 and 2010.
    (177599)
139
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the savings accrued to the Exchequer as a result of the fall in the number of people (a) in total and (b) aged 18 to 24 who claimed jobseeker's allowance in the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement.
    (177600)
140
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of separate claims processed by Jobcentre Plus centres using an 0845 number, by parliamentary constituency, in 2012-13.
    (177537)
141
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has referred a constituent of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead, Mr Thomas Balchin, to Akinika Debt Recovery.
    (177628)
142
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working households are also claiming means-tested benefits.
    (177751)
143
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of means-tested benefits paid to claimants in working households was in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (177752)
144
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount is of a disabled facilities grant award.
    (177524)
145
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households affected by the under-occupancy penalty have previously been in receipt of a disabled facilities grant.
    (177525)
146
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children with special educational needs live in households affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
    (177526)
147
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled children live in households affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
    (177527)
148
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households affected by the under-occupancy penalty include (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children and (d) four or more children.
    (177532)
149
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
    (177533)
150
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many houses whose occupants are affected by the under-occupancy penalty have previously had disability-related adaptations made to them.
    (177535)
151
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young carers live in households affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
    (177536)
152
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's civil servants have been seconded to (a) the private sector and (b) trades unions in each year since 2010.
    (177727)
153
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.
    (177750)
154
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to provide support and training for those who have been made redundant so that they can return to high skilled occupations.
    (177559)
155
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants' cases are currently being investigated by Jobcentre Plus (JCP) offices in Scotland for breaches of jobseeker agreements with regard to the application of retrospective sanctions, by (a) JCP office in Scotland and (b) month since May 2010.
    (177601)
Thursday 28 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
 
* 1
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): If he will set a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
    (901298)
* 2
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): What assessment he has made of the process involved when a Scottish and Southern Energy customer on its Total Heating with Total Control tariff tries to switch to another electricity supplier.
  [R] (901299)
* 3
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What representations he has received on the level of green levies; and if he will make a statement.
    (901300)
* 4
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): What recent assessment he has made of the contribution of energy efficiency to reducing energy costs.
    (901301)
* 5
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What steps he is taking to ensure the UK leads the way in energy efficiency.
  [R] (901302)
* 6
Wayne David (Caerphilly): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901303)
* 7
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What steps he is taking to help consumers reduce energy bills.
    (901304)
* 8
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent assessment he has made of the Government's progress on implementing green policies.
    (901305)
* 9
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901306)
* 10
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): If he will set a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
  [R] (901307)
* 11
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What steps he is taking to ensure that solar PV is appropriately sited.
    (901308)
* 12
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (901309)
* 13
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901310)
* 14
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What recent assessment he has made of the UK's energy security.
    (901311)
* 15
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (901312)
* 16
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (901313)
* 17
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): If he will set a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
    (901314)
* 18
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901315)
* 19
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (901316)
* 20
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901317)
* 21
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901318)
* 22
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): What steps he is taking to reduce energy usage.
    (901319)
* 23
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): Whether the Government overruled the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the decision to extend the contract with Nuclear Management Partners to run Sellafield; and if he will publish all the relevant documents.
    (901320)
* 24
Priti Patel (Witham): What recent estimate he has made of the amount of shale gas reserves in the UK; and what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits of shale gas.
    (901321)
* 25
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): What steps he is taking to reduce energy costs for residents in rural areas.
    (901322)
At 10.15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (901323)
* 2
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire):  
    (901324)
* 3
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (901325)
* 4
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester):  
    (901326)
* 5
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden):  
    (901327)
* 6
Mr David Amess (Southend West):  
    (901328)
* 7
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase):  
    (901329)
* 8
Mr Mike Weir (Angus):  
    (901330)
* 9
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):  
    (901331)
* 10
Lorely Burt (Solihull):  
    (901332)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 20 November

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on businesses in airports of recent changes by airlines to their policies which prevent passengers from bringing items they have purchased at the airport in addition to their carry-on baggage allowance.
    (177120)

Notices given on Thursday 21 November

1
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the training given to GPs on dealing with patients who have learning disabilities.
    (177188)

Notices given on Friday 22 November

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost of (a) special advisers to the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) officials providing support to those special advisers was in the last year for which data is available; and how much of that cost was (i) salaries, (ii) on-costs, (iii) accommodation costs, (iv) office costs and (v) other costs.
    (177502)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to discourage members of the public from using websites that charge for services that are currently provided free by the Government.
    (177471)
3
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many officials in his Department, and at what grades, are employed to provide direct support to his special advisers.
    (177503)
4
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many special advisers, and at what grades, are employed to provide support to him.
    (177504)

Notices given on Monday 25 November

1
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many outstanding mortgage-style student loans were held by the Student Loans Company in each month since January 1999.
    (177675)
2
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) number and (b) value was of mortgage-style student loans held by the Student Loans Company in each month since January 1999 that were (i) repaid in full, (ii) being repaid in accordance with their terms, (iii) below the repayment threshold, (iv) not being repaid in accordance with their terms and (v) were written off.
    (177676)
3
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the value-for-money of the recent sales of (a) the Royal Mail and (b) mortgage-style student loans.
    (177677)
4
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Novartis to encourage them to maintain respiratory research in the UK.
    (177575)
5
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 964W on Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, if he will publish the report on his Department's review of Acas's scenario planning work for the implementation of early conciliation.
    (177568)
6
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) guidance his Department issues and (b) targets his Department has set UK Trade and Investment on promoting women in trade delegations and exporting.
    (177700)
7
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2013, Official Report, column 79W, on business, how many entrepreneurs have made use of the 1,600 workstation spaces made available through the Space for Growth initiative.
    (177698)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2013, Official Report, column 79W, on business, what the definition of a workstation space is; and where such workstation spaces are located.
    (177699)
9
N
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what ministerial guidance is being prepared on enlarged ministerial offices (EMOs); what external academic bodies or think tanks have submitted drafts of such guidance or related draft guidance to his Department; and when any such guidance on EMOs will be published.
    (177573)
10
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths have been recorded where substance abuse was a contributing factor in (a) England, (b) North West England and (c) Cumbria in each of the last five years.
    (177693)
11
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the reports by Lawrence Tomlinson and Sir Andrew Large on RBS published on 25 November 2013, what assessment he has made of the practices of the Global Restructuring Group at RBS in Northern Ireland.
    (177593)
12
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the findings of the reports by Lawrence Tomlinson and Sir Andrew Large on the practices of the Global Restructuring Group at RBS published on 25 November 2013.
    (177594)
13
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Northern Ireland were customers of the Global Restructuring Group at RBS in the last five years; and what representations he has received from these businesses following the reports by Lawrence Tomlinson and Sir Andrew Large on RBS published on 25 November 2013.
    (177595)
14
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent administering the high-income child benefit tax charge to date.
    (177683)
15
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) the UK and (b) each region have been fined for failing to comply with the high-income child benefit tax charge since it was introduced.
    (177684)
16
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed by HM Revenue and Customs to administer the high-income child benefit tax charge.
    (177685)
17
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases were processed by the HM Revenue and Customs office in Newry in each of the last five years.
    (177634)
18
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation his Department carried out in the local area before the decision to close the HM Revenue and Customs office in Newry.
    (177641)
19
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many assessment visits (a) he and (b) senior officials in his Department have made to the HM Revenue and Customs office in Newry.
    (177642)
20
N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent meetings his Department has held on EU anti-money laundering directives; and if he will make a statement.
    (177607)
21
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to Answer question numbers 175145 and 175146 tabled by the hon. Member for Leeds Central on 7 November 2013.
    (177570)
22
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of families moving into properties vacated as a result of the abolition of the under-occupancy penalty since April 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (177679)
23
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to visit Londonderry before the end of that city's year as UK City of Culture.
    (177584)
24
N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on in running laying on a betting exchange by those benefiting from the time delay between live and transmitted events; and if she will make a statement.
    (177608)
25
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to comply with the Information Commissioner's decision notice of 18 November 2013 in relation to completed free school applications.
    (177646)
26
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what disciplinary sanctions he has considered using in relation to the leadership of the Kings Science Academy in response to the findings of his Department's investigation into the Academy's finances.
    (177768)
27
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of school children studying Latin or Ancient Greek on their aptitude for English or other European languages.
    (177635)
28
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage school children to learn foreign languages.
    (177636)
29
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with schools to encourage them to allow community organisaitons and clubs to use their sporting facilities when they are not otherwise in use.
    (177637)
30
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on potential benefits of schools in the UK being paired with schools in developing countries.
    (177639)
31
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school pupils in the UK who took part in a foreign exchange programme in each of the last five years.
    (177640)
32
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the Review of Financial Management and Governance report for Kings Science Academy, Bradford.
    (177585)
33
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2013, Official Report, column 1090W, on Kings Science Academy, by what method his Department supplied the evidence of possible fraud to Action Fraud.
    (177587)
34
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the current status of carbon trading in London and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
    (177696)
35
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 55W on food: Cow incomes, when he expects to publish the findings of its research project on the landscape of food aid provision and access in the UK.
    (177567)
36
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are any (a) reported and (b) confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis in the Lune Valley.
    (177701)
37
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how far the UK is from developing a safe oral vaccine for bovine tuberculosis in cattle.
    (177702)
38
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what remuneration is available to farmers who train to become lay badger vaccinators for each badger they vaccinate.
    (177703)
39
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether farmers can access his Department's start-up grants funding for people who want to train as a lay badger vaccinator.
    (177704)
40
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of fly grazing in the North East and the consequent effect on the environment and local residents.
    (177574)
41
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Venezuelan counterpart on peace and democracy in that country and the need for free and fair mayoral elections in December 2013.
    (177576)
42
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) total budget, (b) total number of staff and (c) budget for staff salaries is for those employed by NHS England but not for NHS England local area teams.
    (177610)
43
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (177611)
44
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Health Education England has spent on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (177612)
45
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Healthwatch England spent on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (177613)
46
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by specialist commisisoning hubs on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (177614)
47
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) communications, (b) press and (c) public relations officers are employed by NHS Property Services; and what the salary is of each officer.
    (177672)
48
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides on a clinical commissioning group's right to withhold from publication a register of the interests of its board members.
    (177673)
49
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a system to gather information on the cost to the NHS of missed appointments.
    (177633)
50
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of neuromuscular care advisors and the paediatric neuromuscular consultant provision in the West Midlands.
    (177569)
51
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bradford East of 20 November 2013, Official Report, column 913W, on Kings Science Academy, when Action Fraud discovered that it had reported the findings of the report on the Kings Science Academy, Bradford to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau as information rather than for investigation.
    (177766)
52
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date and by what means Action Fraud first informed her Department that the police were taking no further action in relation to Kings Science Academy in Bradford.
    (177767)
53
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions Action Fraud had with the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau on the case of the Kings Science Academy, Bradford prior to informing her Department that no police action would be taken.
    (177769)
54
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports are returned to HM Passport Office each year owing to errors in content.
    (177638)
55
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK work permits have been refused since May 2010 to (a) Bulgarian and (b) Romanian nationals.
    (177577)
56
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Interpol Red Notices have been issued and then revoked (a) by the UK and (b) against the UK and targeted at (i) UK citizens and (ii) third country nationals in the last 10 years.
    (177571)
57
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Interpol Red Notices have been issued (a) by the UK and (b) against the UK and targeted at (i) UK citizens and (ii) third country nationals in the last 10 years.
    (177572)
58
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is between the issue of an Interpol Red Notice and its revocation for (a) a UK citizen and (b) a third country national when issued (i) by and (ii) to the UK.
    (177582)
59
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints her Department received about travel documents lost by (a) the UK Border Agency and (b) the UK Identity and Passport Service in each year since 2007.
    (177603)
60
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) deportations and (c) investigations have been made as a result of the allegations made to the Allegations Management System since 1 June 2013.
    (177604)
61
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations the Allegations Management System has received since 1 June 2013.
    (177605)
62
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how large the current backlog of cases awaiting immigration tribunal is.
    (177606)
63
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many documents presumed missing by the (a) UK Border Agency and (b) the Identity and Passport Service were later found in each year since 2007.
    (177609)
64
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she or Ministers in her Department next expect to discuss the control of new psychoactive substances with (a) ministerial colleagues from other EU member states and (b) European Commissioners.
    (177757)
65
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of domestic violence there have been in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last five years; and how many of those reports have led to a conviction.
    (177758)
66
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of developing and launching her Department's Development Tracker platform.
    (177694)
67
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many unique visits were made to her Department's Development Tracker since its launch from (a) the UK and (b) overseas; and how many such visits there were to each of the domain's sub-pages.
    (177695)
68
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what timetable she has set for delivering pledges made by the UK at the recent High-Level Meeting on violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts; and what steps the Government plans to take to hold other governments accountable for their pledges.
    (177578)
69
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of future funding arrangements of the Green Climate Fund; and what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on their contributions.
    (177697)
70
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value of contracts awarded by her Department to Adam Smith International was in each of the last 10 years.
    (177647)
71
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which country programmes have an increase in project spending in excess of five per cent for the current financial year; and what these increases are in actual and percentage terms.
    (177648)
72
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce maternal mortality in (a) Liberia, (b) Sierra Leone, (c) Kenya and (d) Nigeria.
    (177583)
73
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to address the shortage of midwives in developing countries.
    (177586)
74
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of his Department's contract with Serco for the delivery of community payback in London has been since it began.
    (177643)
75
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse of his Department's contract with Serco for the delivery of community payback in London will be in (a) each year of the contract and (b) total.
    (177644)
76
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's contract with Serco for the delivery of community payback in London includes any break clauses.
    (177645)
77
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to what body the cost of the PricewaterhouseCoopers' inquiry into irregularities in performance of the electronic monitoring contracts held by Serco and G4S will be charged.
    (177649)
78
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the PricewaterhouseCoopers' inquiry into irregularities in performance of the electronic monitoring contracts held by Serco and G4S has been to date.
    (177650)
79
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with representatives of the Chinese government the UK and China's priorities for the Human Rights Council during his forthcoming visit to China.
    (177754)
80
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss climate change and global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with representatives of the Chinese government during his forthcoming visit to China.
    (177755)
81
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss (a) the abolition of the death penalty, (b) freedom of expression and (c) freedom of religion or belief with representatives of the Chinese government during his forthcoming visit to China.
    (177756)
82
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to share information from automatic information licence plates with police forces in respect of foreign registered vehicles which have been in the UK for more than six months.
    (177581)
83
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for car share schemes in each of the next five years.
    (177674)
84
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made on the review to consider legalising heterosexual civil partnerships.
    (177678)
85
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department take advantage of compressed hours arrangements as part of the Civil Service flexible working hours scheme (a) above and (b) below director level.
    (177580)
86
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons he does not plan to implement the EU's Youth Guarantee in the UK.
    (177680)
87
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding is available from the EU for implementing the Youth Guarantee in the UK.
    (177681)
88
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the EU's Youth Guarantee.
    (177682)
89
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus offices (a) are and (b) are not wheelchair accessible.
    (177759)
90
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to improve the personal independence payment (PIP) application system; and if he will compensate PIP claimants who have received unacceptable levels of service.
    (177579)
Friday 29 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 21 November

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new house builds in Worcestershire there have been in each of the last three years.
    (177281)
2
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent presidential elections in the Maldives.
    (177280)
3
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings he has had on health service reconfiguration in Worcestershire.
    (177282)
4
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will make additional funding available to cover the costs of enlarging the Independent Police and Crime Commission.
    (177355)
5
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the restorative justice programme implemented by the West Mercia and Warwickshire police force.
    (177283)

Notices given on Monday 25 November

1
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Help to Buy mortgage guarantee applications have been made in each region of the UK to date.
    (177588)
2
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Help to Buy mortgage guarantee applications have been made for properties worth (a) less than £150,000, (b) £150,001 to £300,000, (c) £300,001 to $£400,000, (d) £400,001 to £500,000 and (e) £500,001 to £600,000.
    (177589)
3
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral evidence of Dr Rodger Patrick to the Public Administration Select Committee on 19 November 2013, HC 760, Q 2-5, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of the alleged practices of cuffing, nodding, skewing and stitching by the police to reduce the levels of recorded crime; and if she will make a statement.
    (177651)
4
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many written parliamentary questions for a named day her Department has (a) received and (b) answered with a substantive reply by the named day in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
    (177652)
5
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of performance-related pay in the police on the accurate recording of crime; and if she will make a statement.
    (177653)
6
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of the prohibition on police officers reporting their own constabulary to the Independent Police Complaints Commission under section 29 of the Police Reform Act 2002; and if she will make a statement.
    (177654)
7
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral evidence of James Patrick to the Public Administration Select Committee, 19 November 2013, HC 760, Q7, what assessment she has made of the allegation that the Metropolitan Police had effectively been under-recording rape and serious sexual offences by between 22 per cent and 25 per cent; and if she will make a statement.
    (177655)
Monday 2 December  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 25 November

1
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions were held by his Department on the replacement of the Trident submarines at the recent High Level Meeting on nuclear disarmament at the UN.
    (177686)
2
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions were held by his Department on the replacement of the Trident submarines at the recent UN General Assembly First Committee.
    (177687)
3
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the statement on the humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons at the UN General Assembly First Committee.
    (177688)
4
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK will be represented at the second international meeting on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, to be convened on 13 to 14 February 2014 in Nayarit, Mexico.
    (177689)
5
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the work of the Open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament.
    (177690)
6
N
Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of moving Neath Port Talbot Magistrates' Court into the local county court (a) in total and (b) by category of expenditure.
    (177656)
7
N
Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the transition cost of merging Neath Port Talbot and Swansea magistrates' courts in (a) the first year and (b) subsequent years.
    (177657)
8
N
Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the operating costs of Neath Port Talbot Magistrates' Court are each year (a) in total, (b) for staffing, (c) for property, (d) for utilities and (e) for other categories.
    (177658)
9
N
Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of potential savings in annual operating costs from a merger of Neath Port Talbot and Swansea magistrates' courts (a) in total and (b) by category of expenditure.
    (177659)
10
N
Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the net present value is of the potential savings from the proposed merger of Neath Port Talbot and Swansea magistrates' courts (a) in total and (b) by category of expenditure.
    (177660)
11
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the name, number and amount of each grant given to local authorities by his Department for integrated transport schemes was in the last 12 months.
    (177760)
12
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Eric Pickles calls for more town centre parking spaces, published in August 2013, what safeguards he has put in place to prevent integrated transport schemes being used by some local authorities to introduce anti-car measures.
    (177761)

Prepared 26th November 2013