Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 18 December 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 17 December 2013
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 18 December 2013
For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
*
1
Mrs Anne McGuire
(Stirling):
What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the employment interests of workers in the whisky industry in Scotland.
(901633)
*
2
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
What steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Scotland.
(901634)
*
3
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
What estimate he has made of the number of illegal immigrants in Scotland.
(901635)
*
4
Pete Wishart
(Perth and North Perthshire):
What plans the Government has to review the Barnett formula.
(901636)
*
5
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on fisheries policy.
(901637)
*
6
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
What assessment he has made of the effect of energy prices on consumers in rural areas of Scotland.
(901638)
*
7
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
What assessment he has made of the interim report by Sir Ian Wood on the future regulation of oil and gas extraction in the North Sea.
(901639)
*
8
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of Scottish independence on the economy of the North East of England.
(901640)
*
9
Mr Michael McCann
(East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow):
Whether he has had discussions with the Cabinet Secretary on the impartiality of the civil service in Scotland in relation to its involvement in preparing the Scottish Government document, Scotland's Future.
(901641)
*
10
Michael Connarty
(Linlithgow and East Falkirk):
When he last met representatives of the Post Office to discuss the Network Transformation programme and its potential effect on post offices in Scotland.
(901642)
*
11
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on HM Treasury's Scotland analysis papers.
(901643)
*
12
Mr Frank Roy
(Motherwell and Wishaw):
What steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Scotland.
(901644)
*
13
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's infrastructure programme on Scotland.
(901645)
*
14
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
What recent discussions he has had with the UK Civil Aviation Authority on helicopter safety.
(901646)
*
15
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Scottish Government document Scotland's Future; and if he will make a statement.
(901647)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
*
1
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 18 December.
(901683)
*
2
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
(901684)
*
3
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
(901685)
*
4
Dr Thérèse Coffey
(Suffolk Coastal):
(901686)
*
5
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
(901687)
*
6
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
(901688)
*
7
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
(901689)
*
8
Derek Twigg
(Halton):
(901690)
*
9
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
(901691)
*
10
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
(901692)
*
11
Stephen Pound
(Ealing North):
(901693)
*
12
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
(901694)
*
13
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
(901695)
*
14
Mr Robin Walker
(Worcester):
(901696)
*
15
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
(901697)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 11 December
1
N
John Glen
(Salisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are consulting with people with autism, their families and community-based charities as they develop local plans to implement the Adult Autism Strategy.
(180400)
Notices given on Thursday 12 December
1
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of children being cared for by a single parent in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
(180564)
2
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of young people who speak a second language.
(180566)
3
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to promote education about energy and climate change among adults and children in the UK.
(180567)
4
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding the Government plans to contribute to the African Elephant Action Plan; whether UK involvement in that plan will be led by Ministers or officials; what outcomes the Government is seeking from that work; and if he will make a statement.
(180464)
5
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote campaigns to tackle breast cancer.
(180565)
Notices given on Friday 13 December
1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the EU's proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement.
(180696)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership for national sovereignty and the ability of governments to act in the public interest.
(180697)
3
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade & Investment has provided to Ministers in the Scottish Government (a) during overseas trips and (b) in relations with foreign governments since May 2010.
(180663)
4
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of local authority social housing lets in (a) London and (b) Birmingham that have been recorded in the Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales data for that year; and what proportion of such records included information on the nationality of the tenant.
(180638)
5
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to question 177099 tabled on 20 November 2013 for answer on 25 November 2013, when he plans to answer that question.
(180698)
6
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to publish details of Contract for Difference arrangements for carbon capture and storage projects.
(180639)
7
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent reports of the use of excessive force and violence against peaceful protestors in Ukraine.
(180693)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support human and civil rights in Ukraine.
(180694)
9
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will support further discussions on the Ukraine's Association Agreement with the EU.
(180695)
10
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UK delegations to EU Council of Ministers meetings since May 2010 have included a representative of the Scottish Government; who each such representative was; what was discussed at each such meeting; and what decisions were taken at each such meeting.
(180661)
11
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support (a) the his Department and (b) UK embassies or consulates have provided to Ministers in the Scottish Government (i) during overseas trips and (ii) to facilitate contact with (A) overseas governments and (B) the European Union since May 2010.
(180662)
12
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has (a) made representations to the Sri Lankan government regarding the closure of Jaffna University and (b) had discussions with that government regarding the reasons for the recent university closures in that country.
(180656)
13
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Sri Lankan government regarding land grabs; and what assessment he has made of President Rajapaksa's commitment to ending land grabs in the north east of Sri Lanka and ensuring restitution to people affected.
(180665)
14
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister discussed the (i) education of Tamil children and (ii) role of the military during their visit to Sri Lanka in November 2013; what representations he has made regarding the military's involvement in schools in the north east of Sri Lanka; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for such involvement.
(180666)
15
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Public Health England's campaign plans are in relation to (a) alcohol, (b) tobacco, (c) obesity and (d) physical activity.
(180664)
16
N
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason musculoskeletal conditions were not included in the first planned wave of primary care data into the care.data programme.
(180658)
17
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department makes available for the emotional health of women during pregnancy.
(180636)
18
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to families who have had premature births.
(180637)
19
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual cost is of premature births to the NHS.
(180640)
20
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is given to the families of premature babies to help them form a secure bond with their babies.
(180679)
21
N
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to women to help them maintain a healthy pregnancy.
(180699)
22
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) agreed and (b) actual staffing levels have been at HM Prison Oakwood in each month since that prison opened.
(180654)
23
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff at HM Prison Oakwood have less than one year's service.
(180659)
24
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer equivalent staff work on the wings at HM Prison Oakwood; and how many such staff are accredited and fully trained.
(180660)
25
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff at HM Prison Oakwood had no previous service in the prisons system when they went to work at HM Prison Oakwood.
(180670)
26
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions prisoners have been (a) denied access to visits or (b) locked in their cells because of staffing shortages at HM Prison Oakwood since that prison opened.
(180671)
27
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents of violence or abuse carried out against staff in jobcentres in each month since June 2010.
(180655)
28
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Programme participants who are in the jobseeker's allowance early access claimant group because they are homeless have (a) been sanctioned while participating in the Work Programme and (b) secured a job outcome.
(180657)
29
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households affected by the under-occupancy penalty have a member from an ethnic minority.
(180667)
30
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provided the Office of Budget Responsibility with the universal credit caseload projections published in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook, December 2013.
(180668)
31
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Programme participants are in the jobseeker's allowance early access claimant group; and how many such participants are in the group because they are homeless.
(180669)
Notices given on Monday 16 December
1
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Medway local authority area started exporting to a new market for the first time as a direct result of the work of UK Trade and Investment South East in the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years.
(180820)
2
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to establish an independent inquiry to look at practices of other financial institutions in response to the Tomlinson report on the lending practices of banks.
(180864)
3
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he expects compensation for UK energy intensive industries affected by the carbon floor price to be considered by the European Commission under the current state aid guidelines for the forthcoming revised state aid guidelines; and what assessment he has made of how the new guidelines would affect the prospect of state aid approval being granted.
(180707)
4
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what obstacles remain to securing state aid approval from the European Commission for compensation for UK energy-intensive industries affected by the carbon floor price; and what assessment he has made of the probability of state aid approval being refused.
(180709)
5
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contingency plans he has to protect UK energy-intensive industries in the event of the European Commission refusing to grant state aid approval for compensation for the carbon floor price.
(180710)
6
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 1084, for what reason he considers investor-to-state dispute settlements in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership to be an example of a tricky negotiating issue; and what other issues in that partnership also fall into that category.
(180738)
7
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the science budget will continue to be ring-fenced after 2015.
(180797)
8
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information companies will have to submit to the new registry of beneficial company ownership.
(180706)
9
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2013, Official Report, column 245W, on the post office, whether any Crown post offices not proposed for closure or sale have a cost generator ratio greater than £1.61.
(180858)
10
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate based on the annual survey of hours and earnings published on 12 December 2013 of the number and proportion of (a) people, (b) men and (c) women in (i) work, (ii) full-time work and (iii) part-time work in each (A) local authority area and (B) Parliamentary constituency earning less than the UK living wage in 2013 to date.
(180794)
11
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2013, Official Report, columns 364-5W, on Travellers, if the Government will take steps to work with the research project at Salford University on continuing to update statistical data in relation to the number of Roma in England, Scotland and Wales, in order to inform its ongoing strategy in relation to Roma.
(180754)
12
Mr Andrew Mitchell
(Sutton Coldfield):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the working time of officials in his Department has been dedicated to the Iraq Inquiry since 1 January 2013.
(180755)
13
Mr Andrew Mitchell
(Sutton Coldfield):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the next progress report from the Chilcot Inquiry on Iraq to be published.
(180756)
14
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how young people in Hendon constituency can participate in the Step up to Serve programme.
(180796)
15
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how young people in Hendon constituency can access the Youth Social Action Fund.
(180798)
16
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential benefits for the social investment market of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012; and if he will make an assessment of the potential for local charities to deliver local authority services under the provisions of that Act.
(180799)
17
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of mortality in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) Bolton, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) England have been due to (i) acute and (ii) chronic kidney disease in the last five years.
(180702)
18
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to promote greater public awareness of acute and chronic kidney disease.
(180703)
19
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote transplant organ donation in black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
(180704)
20
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the pro rata financial contribution of Scotland to the EU; and if he will estimate the contribution to the EU that Scotland would make if it did not receive the rebate in each year from 2012-13 to 2019-20.
(180843)
21
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost incurred by the UK Exchequer is for national security; and what the difference is between a pro rata allocation of those costs to Scotland and the estimates by the Scottish Government of the costs in 2016-17.
(180844)
22
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission analysis on the relationship between an independent Scotland and England on a currency union similar to the five tests applied to the relationship between the UK and the euro zone under the previous administration.
(180846)
23
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Institute for Fiscal Studies paper, The fiscal implications of an independent Scotland, if he will estimate the change in (a) taxation and (b) the public spending per household and per person if Scotland became an independent country.
(180847)
24
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Institute for Fiscal Studies paper, The fiscal implications of an independent Scotland, if he will estimate the growth rate Scotland would need to achieve to bridge the fiscal gap identified in that paper.
(180848)
25
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the pro rata population adjusted cost of defence provision in Scotland in 2016-17; and what the Scottish Government estimates those costs will be for 2016-17 in an independent Scotland.
(180865)
26
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost to the public purse is of (a) diplomatic missions around the world and (b) the UK's membership of the UN and international bodies; if he will estimate the pro-rata allocation of those costs for Scotland in 2016-17; what the Scottish Government estimates those costs will be in 2016-17; and if he will estimate the potential cost to Scotland of setting up and staffing new diplomatic missions.
(180866)
27
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, that estimate he has made of the cost of the fishery protection fleet in each year to 2016-17; and what share of that cost will be incurred in Scotland.
(180867)
28
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of renewable subsidies for projects in Scotland in each year to 2016-17.
(180868)
29
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will remove the carbon floor price as part of its review of green energy policies in the UK.
(180708)
30
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 1.182 of the Autumn Statement, what the definition is of a local community.
(180807)
31
Miss Chloe Smith
(Norwich North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of HM Revenue and Customs have (a) received performance-related pay and (b) been dismissed for underperformance in the last five years.
(180758)
32
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to visit Bournemouth.
(180803)
33
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with UNESCO on the effect of a new offshore windfarm near Bournemouth.
(180808)
34
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Answer of 27 November 2013, Official Report, column 334W, on homelessness: foreign nationals, how many and what proportion of households receiving assistance from local authorities in London under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1996 in 2012-13 were foreign nationals; and what the reasons by nationality for their eligibility for such assistance were.
(180737)
35
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provisions have been made for homeless rough sleepers over the Christmas period; and what estimate he has made of the change in the numbers of rough sleepers since Christmas 2012.
(180806)
36
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people applied for hardship funding in Birmingham in the most recent year for which figures are available; what proportion of those people received such funding; and what the average amount was of such funding.
(180724)
37
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice has been given to local authorities to accept service families who have received a notice to vacate from the defence infrastructure organisation; and whether information for divorcing families is included in any such advice.
(180862)
38
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the total level of National Lottery grants awarded through the Big Lottery Fund and other disbursement streams in each Parliamentary constituency to local groups in the year to 1 October 2013.
(180869)
39
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support he has provided to armed forces veterans since 2010.
(180792)
40
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel stationed at (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Leuchaurs have stated Moray or Fife in their first and second joint personnel administration preferences.
(180856)
41
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 4 December 2013 to the hon. Member for Moray, Official Report, column 674W, and of 25 November 2013 to the hon. Member for Poole, Official Report, columns 36-7W, on defence: procurement, how much defence procurement expenditure was placed with small and medium-sized enterprises with a billing address in each of the English regions and in the other constituent parts of the UK in the last three financial years.
(180821)
42
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) projected and (b) actual costs of establishing the Discovery New School, Crawley, West Sussex were.
(180733)
43
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many current headteachers or principals of free schools do not have a professional teaching qualification.
(180743)
44
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many headteachers or principals of free schools did not have a professional teaching qualification when the free school was established.
(180744)
45
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how public sector spending cuts affect his Department's plans for foster care services.
(180833)
46
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department gives to schools to ensure children use school computers to access the internet safely.
(180834)
47
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what continuing liabilities his Department has in respect of the property occupied by the Discovery New School, Crawley after the school closes; and what plans it has for future use of the premises.
(180826)
48
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review the decision to withdraw funding from Discovery New School in Crawley constituency following the appointment of a new headteacher and management team.
(180863)
49
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about delays to planning permission for onshore and offshore wind farms.
(180734)
50
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health about the impact of cold homes on (a) individual health and (b) the NHS.
(180735)
51
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education about the effect of living in cold homes on the educational attainment of young people.
(180736)
52
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average length of time from the original application for onshore and offshore wind farms to come online in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012 was.
(180739)
53
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the minimum number of solid wall installations to be delivered under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Obligation element of the Energy Companies Obligation refers to a minimum number of solid wall insulations to be installed or a hypothetical carbon reduction equivalent.
(180825)
54
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the criteria used in the shortlisting and selection of candidates for the chairmanship of Natural England were; and if he will make a statement.
(180804)
55
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency staff were employed to help maintain waterways to reduce flooding risk in each of the last three years.
(180928)
56
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency staff were employed in flood alleviation works in each of the last three years.
(180929)
57
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the capital budget for flood defences was in each year since 2010-11; and what the projected budget for each of the next three years is.
(180934)
58
Mr George Galloway
(Bradford West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department made to the Bangladesh authorities about the death sentence passed on Abdul Quader Mollah (a) before and (b) after his execution.
(180742)
59
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has considered plans to protect schools inside Syria by calling for zones of peace to shield children from danger.
(180857)
60
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will create a country-specific plan for supporting human rights defenders in Afghanistan including a gender analysis and with particular reference to the challenges faced by women human rights defenders.
(180750)
61
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative is implemented in Afghanistan.
(180751)
62
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the per capita spend on mental health services was by primary care trusts in (a) Medway and (b) Kent in each of the last five years; and how those figures compare to the national average in that period.
(180824)
63
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS trust has spent on buying artwork since May 2010; and what the average annual salary for art co-ordinators employed by NHS trusts to obtain art work is.
(180805)
64
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of suspected adverse psychiatric reactions, including suicide, have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's Yellow Card scheme in relation to the Roaccutane form of isotretinoin in the last 10 years.
(180818)
65
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from (a) Somerset, (b) Devon, (c) Cornwall and (d) Dorset were referred to (i) Sheffield and (ii) London for stereotactic radiosurgery in each of the last three years.
(180760)
66
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons NHS England has not maintained the number of patients being offered gamma knife treatment in its review into the provision of stereotactic radiosurgery in England.
(180822)
67
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what structures his Department has put in place to ensure appropriate communication between clinical commissioning groups and NHS England regarding the provision of perinatal mental health services by primary and secondary care providers.
(180728)
68
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time is that women who have been referred to a specialist perinatal mental health practitioner have to wait to see that practitioner (a) across the UK and (b) by NHS trust of foundation trust.
(180729)
69
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve the prevention and detection of perinatal mental health problems; and what assessment he has made of progress in achieving this.
(180753)
70
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on research into (a) chronic kidney disease, (b) acute kidney injury, (c) kidney cancer, (d) dialysis, (e) end-of-life care for kidney patients and (f) other kidney disease in each of the last three years; and how much it plans to spend on such research in 2014.
(180745)
71
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what health education programmes his Department has initiated in the last 12 months to raise the level of public awareness of chronic kidney disease; and what further such programmes he plans to start in the next 12 months.
(180746)
72
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of late diagnosis of chronic renal failure.
(180747)
73
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in Greater Manchester hospitals in each of the last five years.
(180748)
74
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) Bolton, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
(180749)
75
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria is for clinical excellence awards; what the range of enhancements to salary is; and how many such awards have been made across England to date.
(180860)
76
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected budget underspend or overspend is for NHS England for 2013-14.
(180861)
77
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the consequences of his Department's proposal to revise the formula for funding allocations to clinical commission groups (CCGs) for the (a) funding of the Greater Huddersfield CCG and (b) health of the people it serves.
(180859)
78
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that her Department’s review of police stop and search powers will enable Essex Police to continue to take the same action to deter anyone from carrying a knife in Clacton.
(180757)
79
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used for appointing members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; and whether any veterinary surgeons were considered as candidates for that council.
(180759)
80
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her Department's policy to return identity documents to applicants once they have been received and verified, instead of retaining those documents for the duration of an application process.
(180823)
81
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation was paid to victims of unlawful detention by police forces in England and Wales in 2012-13.
(180752)
82
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget her Department has allocated to increasing rates of asset recovery in cases of grand corruption.
(180701)
83
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the effect of restrictions on access into and out of Gaza is on the international response to the floods in Gaza.
(180827)
84
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, at the meeting between co-ordination of Government Activities in the territories and international donors and diplomats on 14 December 2013 to discuss measures to address the current crisis in the Gaza Strip, what contribution the government of Israel (a) offered and (b) requested from the international community.
(180828)
85
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to address the deficiencies identified by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the international response to the serious flooding in Gaza last week.
(180829)
86
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress her Department has made in sending further humanitarian aid to Syria.
(180791)
87
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of national parliaments and legislators in preparing and implementing REDD+ strategies in developing countries.
(180870)
88
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of forest governance and national legislation in the preparation and implementation of REDD+ strategies in developing countries.
(180871)
89
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has provided to (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral funds that have subsequently been used to support capacity building and strengthened governance in national parliaments and the development of national legislation as part of the preparation and implementation of REDD+ strategies in developing countries.
(180872)
90
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in other donor countries on allocating a proportion of all multilateral REDD+ funds to support strengthened governance in national parliaments and the development of national legislation as part of the preparation and implementation of REDD+ strategies in developing countries.
(180873)
91
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to support capacity building in national parliaments and the development of national legislation as part of the preparation and implementation of REDD+ strategies in developing countries in each of the last five years.
(180874)
92
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much he intends to spend on services relating to the electronic monitoring of offenders in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(180921)
93
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with police and crime commissioners about the timing of the roll-out of GPS tagging technology; and if he will make a statement.
(180922)
94
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in respect of electronic monitoring of offenders in order to reflect the announcement on preferred suppliers; and if he will make a statement.
(180923)
95
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure the competency of companies who hold Government contracts to provide probation services.
(180700)
96
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the Independent Review of the Waterhouse Tribunal; and when he expects this review to be published.
(180761)
97
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London on what protections will be put in place to ensure that passengers do not pay more for tickets as a result of not receiving correct travel advice following ticket office closures.
(180711)
98
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to devolve further rail services to Transport for London; and if he will make a statement.
(180712)
99
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London about the range of tickets available to passengers following London Underground ticket office closures.
(180713)
100
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London about the effect on (a) women, (b) disabled people and (c) older people of London Underground ticket office closures.
(180714)
101
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Transport for London about the effect of London Underground ticket office closures on the provision of tickets for and travel advice about mainline railways.
(180715)
102
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he and his officials has had with the Mayor of London and his officials about cuts in the Transport for London subsidy.
(180716)
103
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Mayor of London and his officials about cuts in the Transport for London subsidy.
(180717)
104
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London on availability of advice to passengers following London Underground ticket office closures.
(180718)
105
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total premium payments from the current operators of the (a) West Coast, (b) Great Western, (c) Southern, (d) Thameslink, (e) South Eastern, (f) South West, (g) Northern, (h) East Coast, (i) Transpennine, (j) Greater Anglia, (k) East Midlands, (i) London Midland, (m) Cross Country, (n) Essex Thameside and (o) Chiltern rail passenger franchise are to date.
(180719)
106
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total annual investment in passenger rail services by the current operators of the (a) West Coast, (b) Great Western, (c) Southern, (d) Thameslink, (e) South Eastern, (f) South West, (g) Northern, (h) East Coast, (i) Transpennine, (j) Greater Anglia, (k) East Midlands, (l) London Midland, (m) Cross Country, (n) Essex Thameside and (o) Chiltern rail passenger franchise is to date.
(180720)
107
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assurances he has received from the Mayor of London and Transport for London about staffing at London Underground stations following the proposed ticket office closures.
(180721)
108
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London about the length of time stations may be unstaffed as a result of reductions in station staff.
(180722)
109
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London on the effect on the security of passengers and staff of London Underground ticket office closures.
(180723)
110
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total track access charges paid to Network Rail by each train operating company in each year between 2001-02 and 2012-13 were.
(180730)
111
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) Network Grant and (b) revenue support payments received by each train operating company in each year between 2001-02 and 2012-13 were.
(180731)
112
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total (a) Network Grant and (b) revenue support received by the current operator of the (i) West Coast, (ii) Great Western, (iii) Southern, (iv) Thameslink, (v) South Eastern, (vi) South West, (vii) Northern, (viii) East Coast, (ix) Transpennine, (x) Greater Anglia, (xi) East Midlands, (xii) London Midland, (xiii) Cross Country, (xiv) Essex Thameside and (xv) Chiltern rail passenger franchise are to date.
(180732)
113
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were weighed by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.
(180830)
114
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle maintenance investigations the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency carried out in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date; and what proportion were unsatisfactory in each year.
(180831)
115
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the outcome of the Government's competition to develop a demonstration plant to produce advanced transport fuels.
(180832)
116
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many convictions were referred to the Traffic Commissioners by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.
(180838)
117
Mr Adam Holloway
(Gravesham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what time on what dates and for how long the toll barriers at the Dartford Crossing have been lifted in the last 24 months.
(180795)
118
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve disabled access on the UK bus network.
(180789)
119
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on mandatory fuel charging.
(180790)
120
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review departmental guidance on (a) pedestrian crossings and (b) the time allowed for a pedestrian to cross.
(180705)
121
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Medway local authority area have entered the workforce for the first time since May 2010; and how many were (a) aged 16 to 24, (b) women and (c) from an ethnic minority.
(180819)
122
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 517W, on Jobcentre Plus, what estimate he has made of the number of separate claims that did not relate to new claims processed by Jobcentre Plus centres using the 0845 number in the year to September 2013 by Service Line.
(180740)
123
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people requested benefits advances in the most recent year for which figures are available; what proportion of those people received an advance; and what amount was received per person on average.
(180725)
124
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that people who are entitled to claim advances of benefits are made aware that they may do so.
(180726)
125
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is eligible to claim advances in benefits; and under what circumstances such advances may be claimed.
(180727)
126
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research on the number of benefits claimants sanctioned and the use of food banks; and what assessment he has made of trends in the number of benefits claimants sanctioned over the last three years.
(180927)
127
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that companies who have fewer than 50 workers in the UK but a larger workforce abroad are not classed as a small business for the purposes of the automatic pension enrolment programme.
(180741)
128
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition his Department uses for (a) poverty and (b) relative low income.
(180802)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
*
1
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
What assessment he has made of the recent performance of East Coast Mainline Company Limited.
(901718)
*
2
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
What recent discussions he has had with Arriva about bus services on Teesside and in East Cleveland.
(901719)
*
3
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
What steps he is taking to invest in local railway branch lines.
(901720)
*
4
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
What assessment he has made of the most recent estimate of the costs to the public purse of High Speed 2.
(901721)
*
5
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
What plans he has to extend railway electrification.
(901722)
*
6
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
What plans he has to increase the UK's airport capacity.
(901723)
*
7
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
What recent assessment he has made of the potential wider economic effects of High Speed 2.
(901724)
*
8
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
What recent assessment he has made of Network Rail's performance in maintaining and upgrading station infrastructure.
(901725)
*
9
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
What recent assessment he has made of Network Rail's performance in maintaining and upgrading railway infrastructure.
(901726)
*
10
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels at maritime rescue co-ordination centres.
(901727)
*
11
Priti Patel
(Witham):
What plans he has to invest in transport infrastructure in Essex.
(901728)
*
12
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
What recent progress he has made on railway electrification.
(901729)
*
13
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
What recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of Birmingham Airport expanding to become a hub airport.
(901730)
*
14
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
What his Department's service specification priorities are for the new Thameslink franchise.
(901731)
*
15
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current Public Service Obligation funding arrangements.
(901732)
*
16
Meg Hillier
(Hackney South and Shoreditch):
What steps he is taking to improve cycle safety.
(901733)
*
17
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
What progress he has made on reviewing the fares structure for railway passengers.
(901734)
*
18
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
What plans he has to improve safety for pedestrians.
(901735)
*
19
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
What recent assessment he has made of Network Rail's performance in maintaining and upgrading railway infrastructure.
(901736)
*
20
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
What steps he is taking to improve cycle safety.
(901737)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*
1
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(901698)
*
2
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
(901699)
*
3
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
(901700)
*
4
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
(901701)
*
5
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
(901702)
*
6
John Pugh
(Southport):
(901703)
*
7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
(901704)
*
8
Christopher Pincher
(Tamworth):
(901705)
*
9
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
(901706)
*
10
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
(901707)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
*
1
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Leader of the House, for what reasons he proposed a recess in November 2014.
(901708)
*
2
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will undertake a feasibility study for a permanent war memorial in New Palace Yard.
(901709)
*
3
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made on reducing the House's running costs.
(901710)
*
4
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent consideration he has given to making Factiva News Services available to hon. Members and their staff.
(901711)
*
5
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress has been made on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill; and if he will make a statement.
(901712)
*
6
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Leader of the House, what recent guidance he has given to his ministerial colleagues on making oral statements in the House on changes to government policy.
(901713)
*
7
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Leader of the House, what recent assessment he has made of government departments' performance in answering written parliamentary questions.
(901714)
*
8
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress has been made on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill; and if he will make a statement.
(901715)
*
9
Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission had prior to the establishment of the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy on how that body would engage with other interested organisations and committees of this House.
(901716)
*
10
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps he is taking to improve the professional competence of the members of the House of Commons Commission.
(901717)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 10 December
1
N
Sir Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of pelican crossings, puffin crossings and countdown crossings in operation on national and on local authority roads.
(180051)
2
N
Sir Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the circumstances in which a pelican crossing can have a superior safety record to that of a puffin crossing.
(180052)
3
N
Sir Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the puffin pedestrian crossing accident study published by TRL in March 2011, for what reasons his Department permits local authorities to install new pelican crossings.
(180053)
4
N
Sir Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department needs to commission further research before mandating that local highway authorities discontinue installation or renewal of pelican crossings.
(180054)
5
N
Sir Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance to local highway authorities on the dangers of pelican crossings on roads with multi-lane approaches.
(180055)
Notices given on Wednesday 11 December
1
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of progress of redress arrangements for businesses subject to interest rate swap mis-selling.
(180424)
Notices given on Friday 13 December
1
N
Graham Stringer
(Blackley and Broughton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Fourth Carbon Budget Review by the Committee on Climate Change, published in December 2013, if he will reduce the renewable heat incentive scheme payments for air source heat pumps in the light of evidence presented on the performance and durability of heat pumps on page 43 of that report.
(180672)
2
N
Graham Stringer
(Blackley and Broughton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to implement sustainability criteria for solid biomass.
(180678)
Notices given on Monday 16 December
1
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will amend his measurement of performance by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from percentage of cases taken up by the CPS achieving a successful conviction to the percentage of crimes solved; and if he will make a statement.
(180916)
2
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on the Crown Prosecution Service, what type of offences were concerned in each of the 15 instances where a Crown Prosecution Service review overturned the prosecutor's original decision; and whether it was possible for the suspect in those cases to be re-charged.
(180894)
3
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), what type of offences were concerned in each of the 57 instances where a CPS review overturned the prosecutor's original decision; and in how many of those instances the suspect was charged.
(180895)
4
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total number of trading standards officers in each year since 2010.
(180910)
5
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many first year undergraduates have paid annual tuition fees of (a) less than £2,000, (b) between £2,000 and £3,000, (c) between £3,000 and £4,000, (d) between £4,000 and £5,000, (e) between £5,000 and £6,000, (f) between £6,000 and £7,000, (g) between £7,000 and £8,000 and (h) between £8,000 and £9,000 in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
(180892)
6
N
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Office of Budget Responsibility's latest forecast of average earnings of growth on his Department's estimate of the Resource Accounting and Budgeting charge.
(180893)
7
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the design sector of each month before the commencement of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
(180801)
8
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with Andrew Lyman, head of Public Affairs at William Hill plc, in the last three years; on what date any such meetings were held; and what the purpose of those meetings was in each instance.
(180849)
9
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Counter Fraud Checking Service will come into operation.
(180930)
10
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the extra £210 million announced by his Department on 12 December 2013 was assigned to the cyber security budget; and from where it has been allocated.
(180931)
11
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget is for cyber security for each future year for each department.
(180932)
12
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of future funding need of the cyber security programme; and if he will publish it.
(180933)
13
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
(180851)
14
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will investigate allegations that the Co-operative Bank provided exceptionally low interest rate loans and overdraft facilities to Celtic Football Club.
(180784)
15
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the UK's loan to the Irish Republic will be repaid in full.
(180785)
16
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of alternatives to pension annuities.
(180902)
17
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the take-up of (a) flexible drawdown pensions and (b) capped drawdown pensions.
(180903)
18
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received about the Northern Rock Asset Management Group; and if he will make a statement.
(180770)
19
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on small businesses of the imposition of VAT surcharges for periods during which those businesses were given time to pay; and if he will make a statement.
(180775)
20
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the additional tax yield has been in each year since 2010-11 as a result of alcohol duty enforcement activities by HM Revenue and Customs.
(180887)
21
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff have been employed in its alcohol duty enforcement team in each of the last five years; and how many staff he expects to be employed in this area on 31 March in each year between 2014 and 2016.
(180888)
22
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on alcohol duty enforcement in each year since 2010-11; and how much it expects to spend on alcohol duty enforcement in each year between 2013-14 and 2015-16.
(180889)
23
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Questions 179068, 179045, 179031 and 179030, tabled by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on 9 December 2013.
(180837)
24
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households who were involved in buying mortgage-backed securities in the UK between 2001 and 2008; and how much compensation those households have received for being sold bad loans to date.
(180918)
25
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
(180854)
26
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings were demolished by each of the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders in each year since that scheme has been in operation.
(180788)
27
N
Mr Andrew Mitchell
(Sutton Coldfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to ensure that alternatives to building on the Sutton Coldfield Green belt have been fully explored by the Birmingham City Council Development Plan when submitted in 2014.
(180781)
28
N
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to make an announcement on the local government finance settlement.
(180890)
29
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a list of all paper and electronic correspondence between (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in her Department and Andrew Lyman, head of Public Affairs at William Hill plc in the last three years.
(180850)
30
N
Mr John Whittingdale
(Maldon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will end the statutory requirement for the British Board of Film Classification to clear cinema advertisements.
(180926)
31
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when it was agreed to allow the stationing of nuclear weapons from the US at RAF Machrihanish; who approved the deployment; and how many weapons and what type were involved.
(180878)
32
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long nuclear weapons from the US were stationed at RAF Machrihanish; what the methods of transportation were to and from the base; what arrangements were in place for storage; and whether RAF aircraft were authorised to deliver the weapons in a nuclear strike.
(180879)
33
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what US air force aircraft used RAF Machrihanish in the last five years before the base closed.
(180880)
34
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision has been made to claw back funding when free schools fail to recruit projected pupil numbers.
(180764)
35
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the case of each free school which has been required to return funding owing to low pupil numbers, what the amount of that funding was.
(180776)
36
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Ministers in his Department each last updated their declaration of interests relating to (a) free schools, (b) academies, (c) initial teacher training provision and (d) other education services.
(180813)
37
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2013, Official Report, column 226W, on education: young people, what progress his Department has made on examining how data collection would be improved to provide an estimate of that group.
(180800)
38
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all local authorities provide funding to students aged 16 to 25 with high needs who are in the second year or later of their course.
(180809)
39
N
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the comparative funding rates for (a) pre-school provision, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) education and training for 16 to 18 year-olds in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(180897)
40
N
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 18 year-olds were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time education funded by his Department in academic years (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and how many of those were studying in (A) school sixth forms, (B) sixth form colleges and (C) further education colleges.
(180898)
41
N
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement by his Department of 10 December 2013, whether an equality impact assessment has been conducted on the changes to funding for academic year 2014-15 for students aged 16 to 19; and if he will make a statement.
(180899)
42
N
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason some 18 year-olds are required to take a third year of post-16 education funded by his Department.
(180900)
43
N
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement by his Department of 10 December 2013, whether the effects of changes to funding for academic year 2014-15 for students aged 16 to 19 were modelled on specific further education and sixth form colleges.
(180901)
44
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the coal industry in the last 12 months.
(180812)
45
N
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of surplus funds held by energy providers in respect of bills overpaid by consumers who have switched to an alternative energy provider.
(180905)
46
N
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made on expediting repayments of funds in respect of overpaid bills held by energy companies on the accounts of consumers who have switched to an alternative energy provider.
(180906)
47
N
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Statement of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 1095, on annual energy statement, when he will report to the House the outcome of his talks with E.ON, SSE and Scottish Power, Good Energy, Ovo and Co-operative Energy on expediting consumers' switching of energy supplier.
(180907)
48
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what specialist training or experience representatives of his Department working (a) on the ground in or near the Central African Republic and (b) in the UK to help tackle the current problems in that country have in conflict resolution in respect of sectarian and religious differences.
(180882)
49
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will review the effectiveness of its strategy on tackling abuse of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (a) in jurisdictions where there is persecution of Christians and (b) in all other jurisdictions where such abuse is taking place.
(180884)
50
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the extent to which UN representatives dealing with the conflict in the Central Africa Republic have (a) specialist training and (b) experience in conflict resolution in respect of sectarian and religious differences.
(180885)
51
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli government regarding the blockade of Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
[R]
(180769)
52
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the stage of peace talks in the Great Lakes region.
(180875)
53
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the Great Lakes region peace talks in the last six months.
(180876)
54
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on that country signing the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework Agreement.
(180877)
55
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the government of Guatemala and (b) his EU counterparts on the provisions on human rights and the rule of law in the EU trade deal with Guatemala; and what his strategy is for supporting human rights and the rule of law in Guatemala.
(180763)
56
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Guatemalan government in support of a free, fair and transparent process for the upcoming elections for the senior judiciary in that country; and what discussions he has had on international observers for those elections.
(180778)
57
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Guatemalan government on the trial of General Rios Montt and international standards on amnesties; and what discussions he has made with his counterparts in the EU regarding due process in that trial.
(180779)
58
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement at CHOGM in Colombo in November 2013 that, if the government of Sri Lanka does not complete investigations into alleged war crimes in that country by March 2014, he plans to call for an independent international inquiry, what estimate he has made of how quickly after March such an inquiry would (a) commence and (b) conclude.
(180810)
59
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the House of Lords debate of 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 279, on Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill - Committee, 6th Day, how much was spent on the television-led marketing campaign; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the campaign; whether he has any plans to repeat the campaign; which agency was engaged to make the advertisements; and at what cost.
(180886)
60
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of chlamydia were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years, by region.
(180908)
61
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza inoculations were given by the NHS to people aged over (a) 65, (b) 75 and (c) 85 years in each of the last 10 years.
(180909)
62
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of alcohol-related liver disease were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years, by region.
(180911)
63
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve one and five year cancer survival rates of older people.
(180767)
64
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to close the gap between cancer survival rates in the UK and other European countries.
(180768)
65
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 38W, on cancer, what measures the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set for 2014-15 will include to drive improvements on five year cancer survival rates.
(180777)
66
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Skills Academy for Social Care graduate scheme; and what plans he has to continue that scheme.
(180762)
67
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of dealing with domestic violence; what assessment he has made of the effect of domestic violence on physical and mental health; and if he will make a statement.
(180780)
68
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have an independent domestic violence advocacy service based in their accident and emergency or maternity unit.
(180783)
69
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of Best and Safest Care by Liam Donaldson, published by his Department in 2007.
(180896)
70
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
(180852)
71
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to support dementia research following the G8 Dementia Summit.
(180771)
72
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been subject to removal directions in each of the last three years.
(180786)
73
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received an immigration decision and reached appeal rights exhausted stage in each of the last three years.
(180787)
74
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were in the UK illegally have (a) been subject to enforced departure from the UK and (b) left the UK voluntarily in each of the last three years.
(180835)
75
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 177453 from the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham, tabled on 22 November 2013 for answer on 27 November 2013.
(180811)
76
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people taken into police detention were tested for the presence of Class A drugs under section 63B of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, as amended by section 7 of the Drugs Act 2005 in the last two years for which figures are available; how many such people were referred to a drug treatment programme; and if she will make a statement.
(180913)
77
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people aged 21 and over and suspected of burglary on non-residential premises received police bail in the last two years by (a) police force and (b) region; and if she will make a statement.
(180914)
78
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people aged under 21 years who were suspected of street robbery received police bail in the latest two years for which figures are available (a) by region, (b) by police force and (c) in total; and if she will make a statement.
(180915)
79
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2013, Official Report, column 313W, on offences against children, who authorised the destruction of 114 potentially relevant files; on what date they were destroyed; and if she will list the title of each file identified by the review that was passed on to the police in the period 1979 to 1999.
(180891)
80
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what specialist training or experience representatives of her Department working (a) on the ground in or near the Central African Republic and (b) in the UK to help tackle the current problems in that country have in conflict resolution in respect of sectarian and religious differences.
(180881)
81
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will review the effectiveness of its strategy on tackling abuse of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (a) in jurisdictions where there is persecution of Christians and (b) in all other jurisdictions where such abuse is taking place.
(180883)
82
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and if she will make a statement.
(180765)
83
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to ensure that assistance is given to the people of Gaza who have been evacuated from their homes owing to flooding.
[R]
(180766)
84
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to repeal Section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848.
[R]
(180782)
85
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much severance pay has been paid to prison officers who have been re-employed by the National Offender Management Service in each month since May 2010.
(180836)
86
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have received severance pay and been re-employed by the National Offender Management Service in each month since May 2010.
(180839)
87
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the targets for the evening lock-up time have been achieved in each month since HM Prison Oakwood opened.
(180840)
88
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times prison officer equivalent staff have worked shifts of (a) more than 12 hours, (b) more than 15 hours, (c) more than 18 hours and (d) more than 24 hours in each month since HM Prison Oakwood opened.
(180841)
89
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in severance pay to prison officers in each month since May 2010.
(180842)
90
N
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to provide safeguards against a person appointed as a deputy by the Court of Protection failing to use compensation awarded for the purposes for which it was intended; and if he will make a statement.
(180917)
91
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases referred by either the police or the Crown Prosecution Service to either Crown Court or a magistrates' court in London were adjourned (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four or more times in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
(180912)
92
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Prime Minister, how many dedicated staff at GCHQ will be appointed to tackle the problem of child abuse material being shared on peer-to-peer networks; what the budget will be of the new taskforce; how it will be organised; which Minister he has appointed to lead on the project; and if he will make a statement.
(180845)
93
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
(180853)
94
N
Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) York Central constituency, (b) York local authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber (i) had their jobseeker's allowance (JSA) withdrawn as a result of their alleged failure to comply with conditions laid down by his Department, (ii) appealed against that decision and (iii) had their JSA reinstated in October 2012 and each month since then.
(180919)
95
N
Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on employment and support allowance in (a) York Central constituency, (b) York local authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber were (i) moved from the support group to the work-related group, (ii) appealed this decision and (iii) were subsequently moved back to the support group in October 2012 and each month since then.
(180920)
96
N
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the guidance given to Jobcentre Plus staff on the provision of information on local food banks to claimants of benefits.
(180924)
97
N
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the latest available statistics and update the figures published to June 2013 on the proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants who have been sanctioned (a) in total and (b) for each of the welfare to work programmes that his Department is currently operating; and if he will publish the figures on a (i) regional, (ii) local authority and (iii) constituency basis.
(180925)
98
N
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps (a) the Pensions Advisory Service and (b) his Department have taken to promote awareness of the alternatives to pension annuities.
(180904)
99
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Written Statement of 5 December 2013, Official Report, columns 65-6WS, on universal credit, what budget he has allocated to the new digital service for universal credit.
(180772)
100
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the existing universal credit pathfinder sites.
(180773)
101
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the freezing of universal credit work allowances will save.
(180774)
102
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
(180855)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 16 December
1
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people made claims for employment and support allowance in each London borough in each of the last 12 months; and what the average waiting time was for work capability assessments to be undertaken in each borough.
(180814)
2
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of successful appeals to decisions on eligibility for employment and support allowance are subsequently recalled for interview; and what the average time is between the appeal and recall for interview.
(180815)
3
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for his Department's response to an initial application for personal independence payment; what the overall success rate of those applications is; and how many such applications are subsequently taken to appeal.
(180816)
4
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payment (PIP) have been made in each month since the introduction of PIP in each region; what the average response time is in each region; and what the average time taken for claimants to be called for a personal assessment is.
(180817)