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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 16 January 2014

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 Wednesday 15 January 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 16 January 2014

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.

Thursday 16 January  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
 
* 1
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901993)
* 3
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What steps his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty.
    (901995)
* 5
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What recent discussions he has had with power companies on their preparedness to deal with bad weather events.
    (901997)
* 6
Chris Williamson (Derby North): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (901998)
* 7
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What steps he is taking to promote the exploration of UK shale gas resources.
    (901999)
* 9
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (902001)
* 13
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (902005)
* 14
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (902006)
* 15
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): What estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in the renewables industry as a result of the provisions of the Energy Act 2013.
    (902007)
* 17
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent investment in the UK's energy infrastructure.
    (902009)
* 18
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps he is taking to protect the fuel poor whilst seeking to reduce energy bills.
    (902010)
* 19
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): What progress he has made in developing Renewable Obligation grace periods for renewable energy developers able to demonstrate financial closure of projects prior to March 2017 but commencing operations after that date.
    (902011)
* 20
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What steps he is taking to increase levels of competition in the wholesale energy market.
    (902012)
* 22
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): For how many years he estimates it will be necessary to subsidise renewable energy technologies.
    (902014)
* 23
Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West): What recent discussions he has had with power companies on their preparedness to deal with bad weather events.
    (902015)
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
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (901983)
* 3
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (901985)
* 4
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):  
    (901986)
* 5
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields):  
    (901987)
* 6
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):  
    (901988)
* 7
Andrew George (St Ives):  
    (901989)
* 9
Jessica Morden (Newport East):  
    (901991)
* 10
Paul Flynn (Newport West):  
    (901992)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 13 January

2
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure apprentices employed by (a) the Leadership Development Centre and (b) Vision Lifestyle are paid all outstanding monies owed to them.
    (182845)
3
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department can take when apprentices are not paid on time by their employer.
    (182967)
4
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what due diligence process his Department required (a) the Leadership Development Centre and (b) Vision Lifestyle to undertake prior to their acceptance as sub-contractors for Stockton Riverside College to employ apprentices.
    (182968)
5
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the cross-Government working party on statistics for zero-hours contracts has met to date; and when any final report from that body will be published.
    (182933)
6
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken which training courses; and who provided each course at what cost since May 2010.
    (182932)
7
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many cases he has (a) modified and (b) cancelled a local authority Article 4 direction since May 2010.
    (182939)
8
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many cases where local authorities have issued Article 4 directions have they been required to pay compensation to those who permitted development rights have been withdrawn or curtailed as a result of the direction since May 2010.
    (182940)
9
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 directions relating to betting shops issued by each local authority his Department has been notified of in each of the last two years.
    (182999)
10
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 directions relating to payday lending shops issued by each local authority his Department has been notified of in each of the last two years.
    (183000)
11
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 directions relating to fast food shops issued by each local authority his Department has been notified of in each of the last two years.
    (183001)
12
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding will be put in place to support local discretionary welfare provision after 2015.
    (182969)
13
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which sites in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire are being considered for the development of large communities or garden cities.
    (182966)
14
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what value of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools in each of the last three financial years.
    (182935)
15
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, columns 87-8W, on telephone services, which organisations receive grant funding from or have contracts with his Department; how many telephone lines each organisation operates with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843; how many calls each line has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at the BT local rate are available in each case.
    (182930)
16
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to bring forward regulations under the Mobile Homes Act 2013 regarding fees payable to a local authority.
    (183004)
17
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the privatisation of the Defence Support Group; and if he will make a statement.
    (182965)
18
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision was made in the valuation of the property leased to Kings Science Academy Bradford of its (a) vacancy and letting history and (b) state of repair.
    (182868)
19
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the valuation of the site of the Kings Science Academy, Bradford included the value of the buildings on the site.
    (182873)
20
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the provision has been to recover the capital investment made by his Department and the Education Funding Agency in the new premises at Kings Science Academy, Bradford at the end of the lease period.
    (182874)
21
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Alan Lewis was present at any discussions of the site of Kings Science Academy, Bradford at meetings of the school's trustees.
    (182875)
22
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish an impact assessment in respect of his Department's decision to cut funding for 18 year olds.
    (182928)
23
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 18 year olds are studying in further education institutions in Warrington; and what proportion of 16 to 18 year olds in further education that figure represents.
    (182846)
24
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 18 year olds in further education in Warrington are studying for (a) level 3 qualifications and (b) level 2 courses.
    (182847)
25
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 18 year olds in further education in Warrington come from areas of social deprivation.
    (182848)
26
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of the Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
    (182976)
27
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made by Kings Science Academy in the implementation of its improvement plan.
    (182850)
28
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Alan Lewis had any responsibility for finance and governance at the Kings Science Academy in Bradford.
    (182871)
29
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Alan Lewis about financial management at the Kings Science Academy in Bradford.
    (182872)
30
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that solar PV is appropriately sited.
    (902017)
31
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to improve competition in the wholesale energy market.
    (902013)
32
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much and what value of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools in each of the last three financial years.
    (182936)
33
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable customers do not pay disproportionately high unit costs for gas and electricity.
    (902008)
34
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of reported radiation levels on the boundary of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan; and if he will make a statement.
    (182843)
35
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the review of the performance of Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Plant produced by KPMG Chartered Accountants Group for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; and if he will make a statement.
    (182870)
36
N
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help consumers reduce their energy bills.
    (902000)
37
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of proposed levels of investment in electricity generation.
    (901996)
38
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with power companies on their preparedness to deal with bad weather events.
    (901994)
39
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to receive the report by the Independent Expert Panel assessing the badger cull pilots.
    (182970)
40
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department has collected on air quality in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) each region of the UK.
    (182971)
41
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what value of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools in each of the last three financial years.
    (182941)
42
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to include Saudi Arabia in forthcoming P5+1 negotiations with Iran.
    (182964)
43
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK will be represented at the conference on the humanitarian effects of nuclear weapons hosted by the Mexican government at Nayarit on 13 and 14 February 2014.
    (182993)
44
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in establishing the independent international enquiry into events at the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka since the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (182835)
45
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to opposition forces in Syria to develop governmental structures.
    (183002)
46
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £2.3 million of funding set aside for strategic clinical networks to improve awareness of symptoms has been allocated to assist early diagnosis of cancer.
    (182995)
47
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recent publication of Eurocare 5 statistics on cancer survival rates, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis to ensure that cancer is identified early in patients.
    (182996)
48
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the 2014-15 NHS England Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (CCG OIS) will be published; and when the consultation on the next iteration of the CCG OIS will open.
    (182998)
49
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of type 2 diabetes there have been (a) in total, (b) in each region and (c) in each parliamentary constituency in each year since 2010.
    (182989)
50
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) improve the health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce and its supply chain.
    (182990)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) adults and (b) children with tooth decay in each year since 2010.
    (182991)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount spent by food and drink companies on advertising high fat, salt and sugar products in each year since 2010.
    (182992)
53
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to update the recommended guideline daily amounts of (a) sugar, (b) fat, (c) salt and (d) calorie intake.
    (182994)
54
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate whether junior doctors are in compliance with working time regulations.
    (182972)
55
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received raising concerns that junior doctors are put under pressure to work longer than permitted under working time regulations but not to declare it.
    (182973)
56
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate whether junior doctors are working hours and shifts which could lead to fatigue.
    (182974)
57
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of the Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
    (182975)
58
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inguinal hernia repair procedures were carried out in England (a) in total and (b) on people aged 65 and over in each of the last 10 years.
    (182844)
59
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many named illegal migrants are currently listed on the (a) National Operations Database, (b) Case Information Database, (c) National Allegations Database, (d) Migration Refusal Pool, (e) Warnings Index and (f) Watch Lists.
    (182841)
60
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many named illegal migrants are currently listed on the e-Borders database.
    (182842)
61
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 11W, on Palestinians, for what reasons the reports she received concluded that emergency response systems were working adequately.
    (183013)
62
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Report by the Parliamentary Ombudsman to the hon. member for Brighton, Pavilion of an investigation into a complaint made by Mr Oloko and her Department's response.
    (182838)
63
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what value of her Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools in each of the last three financial years.
    (182937)
64
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what staff turnover was in each probation trust in England and Wales in each month since 2010.
    (182864)
65
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions HM Prison Oakwood has provided tornado-trained staff to other prisons to deal with disturbances since it first opened.
    (182865)
66
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions tornado-trained staff have been used to deal with disturbances in each prison since 2010.
    (182866)
67
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of the Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
    (182931)
68
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the introduction of further measures to tackle fuel laundering.
    (183005)
69
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Republic of Ireland on fuel laundering; and what the outcome was of such discussions.
    (183006)
70
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department made ahead of the rollout of European Rail Track Management System (ERTMS) signaling across the rail network; what assessment he has made of the cost of introducing ERTMS signalling; and what assessment he has made of the timescale for the rollout of ERTMS signalling.
    (182840)
71
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 123W, on High Speed 2, which individuals engaged by HS2 Ltd are still engaged via personal service companies.
    (182867)
72
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public relations, media or communications organisations, companies or individuals not directly employed by HS2 Ltd or his Department have been contracted to work on High Speed 2; and how much has been paid to them to date.
    (182869)
73
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 7.10 of the non-technical summary of the London-West Midlands Environmental Statement published in November 2013, how many people are available along the route who could take advantage of preferment for employment.
    (182963)
74
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what value of his Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools in each of the last three financial years.
    (182938)
75
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of take-up rate of free pensioner bus passes in each local authority area.
    (182985)
76
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of a single, standard class open rail ticket from Barrow-in-Furness to (a) London and (b) Manchester has been in each of the last five years.
    (183003)
77
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people living in the City of York receiving employment and support allowance were moved from the support group to the work-related group; of those how many sought a review of that decision; and of those seeking a review how many were (a) moved back to the support group as a consequence of the review, (b) not moved back to the support group as a consequence of the review and (c) still awaiting the decision on their request for review in October 2012 and each month since then.
    (183027)
78
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people living in the City of York receiving employment and support allowance were moved from the support group to the work-related group; of those how many sought a review of that decision; and of those seeking a review how many were (a) moved back to the support group as a consequence of the review, (b) not moved back to the support group as a consequence of the review and (c) still awaiting the decision on their request for review in October 2012 and each month since then.
    (183028)
79
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people receiving jobseeker's allowance (JSA) in the City of York had their JSA withdrawn as a result of their alleged failure to comply with conditions laid down by his Department in October 2012 and each month since then.
    (183029)
80
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people receiving employment and support allowance in the City of York were moved (a) from the support group to the work-related group and (b) from the work-related group to the support group in each month since October 2012.
    (183030)
81
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people living in the City of York were receiving (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance support group and (c) employment and support allowance work-related group in (i) October 2012 and (ii) each month since then.
    (183031)
82
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to conduct a review of local discretionary welfare provision in May 2014.
    (182934)
83
N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list each item valued at more than £500 of assets impaired as a result of his decision to discontinue the Enquiry Service facilities as set out in his Department's recent annual report and accounts.
    (182927)
84
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, (b) Birkenhead constituency and (c) the UK which have held their tenancy continuously since 1996 have been affected by the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty in social housing; and if he will make a statement.
    (182929)
85
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for each of the last three financial years how much and what proportion of the Department's procurement was conducted using e-procurement tools; and what the value of such contracts was.
    (182977)
86
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many private sector developers are being paid a salary rate of more than (a) £50,000 per year and (b) £100,000 per year for their work on developing the IT system for universal credit.
    (182986)
87
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid to private sector companies to develop the universal credit system; and what his projection is for IT spending on the project in each of the next five years.
    (182987)
88
N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall have taken up auto-enrolment into a workplace pension to date.
    (182988)
89
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) the London Borough of Brent and (b) Brent Central constituency are in receipt of local housing allowance for (i) shared accommodation, (ii) one bedroom properties, (iii) two bedroom properties, (iv) three bedroom properties and (v) four bedroom properties.
    (183007)
90
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have won appeals against loss of housing benefit under the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy on the grounds that their eligible rent should have been determined in accordance with regulations 12 and 13 as set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 to date.
    (182836)
91
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department intends to fill its current vacancies for software developers in its digital service and to build universal credit endstate system and other software projects.
    (182837)
92
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department are working on software for each of the universal credit IT systems currently planned.
    (182839)
93
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to disregard income provided to former service personnel in respect of injuries they received while serving in the armed forces when making social security benefit assessments.
    (182849)

Notices given on Tuesday 14 January

1
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Attorney General, which Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183215)
2
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Attorney General, with what bank the Law Officers' Departments' bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183238)
3
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints were made against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in (a) 2013 and (b) each of the previous five years; and for each year how many related to (i) CPS legal decision-making, (ii) non-legal decision-making and (iii) both legal and non-legal decision-making.
    (183285)
4
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints about the Crown Prosecution Service were referred to the Parliamentary Ombudsman in (a) 2013 and (b) each of the previous five years.
    (183286)
5
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions the Serious Fraud Office has had with its US counterparts about co-ordinating their investigations into Libor manipulation.
    (183287)
6
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints about (a) Crown Prosecution Service legal decision-making, (b) non-legal decision-making and (c) legal and non-legal decision-making were upheld either wholly or in part in 2013 and each of the previous five years.
    (183288)
7
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many sexual offences cases were resolved by the Early Guilty Plea scheme in 2013; and on how many occasions during that year charges of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault by penetration were left to lie on the file.
    (183290)
8
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of people charged with fraud and forgery offences were resolved by the Early Guilty Plea scheme in 2013; and on how many occasions during that year charges of fraud were left to lie on the file.
    (183291)
9
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many violence against the person cases were of resolved by the Early Guilty Plea scheme in 2013; and on how many occasions during that year charges of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) malicious wounding were left to lie on the file.
    (183292)
10
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of people charged with burglary were resolved by the Early Guilty Plea scheme in 2013; and on how many occasions during that year charges of (a) aggravated burglary and (b) burglary were left to lie on the file.
    (183293)
11
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183202)
12
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183214)
13
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183237)
14
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of recent trends in non-compliance with the national minimum wage.
    (183144)
15
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve compliance in paying the (a) Apprentice Rate, (b) Youth Development Rate and (c) 16 to 17 Rate of the national minimum wage.
    (183145)
16
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights Helpline has received in each month of the last two years for which figures are available.
    (183148)
17
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made of best steps to be taken to reduce non-compliance with national minimum wage rates in the hairdressing sector.
    (183151)
18
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on the provision of adult literacy services in Swindon in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
    (183141)
19
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2011, Official Report, column 454W, on defence: procurement, whether he now plans to lift the temporary exemption from publication for Ministry of Defence contracts associated with war like stores; what steps he has taken to keep the European Commission informed of progress towards lifting that exemption; and what arrangements he has made to make Ministry of Defence contract information more transparent.
    (183295)
20
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long he expects the investigation into alleged UK involvement in the attack on the Golden Temple, Amritsar in 1984 will take; and whether all the proceedings and findings of the investigation will be published.
    (183276)
21
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in the last three years on establishing 200 all-postal primaries.
    (183304)
22
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183216)
23
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183239)
24
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of those on the current electoral register in each parliamentary constituency who are at risk of not being transferred to the new electoral register after 2015.
    (183158)
25
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the decision to give the Plymouth Brethren charity status will be made.
    (183155)
26
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 759W, on sovereignty: Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on (a) individuals servicing the costs of (i) unsecured personal loans, (ii) overdrafts, (iii) lending on store or credit cards, (iv) mortgages, (v) other secured personal loans held by persons with financial institutions based in Scotland and (b) businesses operating in Scotland servicing the costs of (i) loans and (ii) overdrafts with financial institutions based in Scotland if Scotland were to become an independent country and the Bank of England was not its lender of last resort.
    (183178)
27
 
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage overseas visitors to shop in UK stores.
    (183097)
28
 
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the role the VAT Retail Export scheme plays in attracting tourists to the UK.
    (183098)
29
 
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made at airports since the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 to improve the customer experience around reclaiming VAT on goods exported by passengers leaving the UK.
    (183099)
30
 
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of the council tax grant in each financial year from 2011-12 to date; and what the estimated cost will be in each such year to 2015-16.
    (183105)
31
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what taxation options he is considering in relation to e-cigarettes and the forthcoming budget; and what assessment he has made of the revenue implications of those options.
    (183308)
32
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183258)
33
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency are paid below the national minimum wage rates for those 21 years old and under.
    (183146)
34
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has conducted on the level of productivity in the UK economy relative to pre-recession trends.
    (183296)
35
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of the profits generated in the UK and remitted overseas by foreign-owned companies, banks and utilities trading in the UK in each of the last five years.
    (183320)
36
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the proportion of shares by value owned by individuals in other (a) EU member states and (b) G20 countries.
    (183086)
37
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities refuse access to housing to care leavers on the grounds that they are not originally from that local authority area.
    (183048)
38
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of statutory homelessness in (a) the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, (b) Birkenhead constituency and (c) the United Kingdom since April 2013; and what assessment he has made of the causes of those trends.
    (183046)
39
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183203)
40
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Preston constituency under the age of 25 years old are recipients of housing benefit?
    (183302)
41
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities currently share revenue and benefit services.
    (183309)
42
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has given on how housing site allocation numbers are to be expressed in local plans.
    (183079)
43
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183217)
44
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183240)
45
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fires were caused by (a) dishwashers, (b) irons, (c) cookers, (d) washing machines, (e) tumble dryers, (f) refrigerators and (g) televisions in each year for which data is available.
    (183268)
46
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people received more than (a) £60,000, (b) £70,000, (c) £80,000, (d) £90,000 and (e) £100,000 in housing benefit in each of the last six years.
    (183271)
47
 
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Band D council tax level set by Milton Keynes Council has been in each year since 1997.
    (183057)
48
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when her Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183204)
49
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Package Travel Regulations on the size of the packages market for inbound tourism.
    (183078)
50
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ministers in her Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183218)
51
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with what bank her Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183241)
52
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2013, Official Report, column 719W, on HMS Tireless, what the cost of repairs was to HMS Tireless following that submarine's return to HM Naval Base Devonport in February 2013 with a leak in the reactor cooling circuit.
    (183297)
53
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183205)
54
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Afghan Government on possible measures to prevent the infiltration of the Afghan army by members of the Taliban.
    (183300)
55
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials are employed in the project management team for the Recruitment Partnering Project for army recruitment; and at what Civil Service pay bands such officials are employed.
    (183108)
56
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the project management team for the Recruitment Partnering Project for army recruitment first informed (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department of (i) delays and (ii) cost overruns in that programme.
    (183111)
57
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the new IT system for army recruitment will be operational; and what contingency plans his Department has in place in the event that the project is delayed beyond that date.
    (183113)
58
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department gave authority for the decision for the Recruitment Partnering Project for army recruitment in 2011.
    (183325)
59
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the additional £1 million per month costs incurred by his Department as a result of changes announced to the Recruiting Partnering Project are likely to rise before the problems with that project are resolved.
    (183373)
60
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Army did not implement a contingency plan when it had become clear that there were delays and cost overruns in the Recruiting Partnering Project.
    (183374)
61
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army and reserve applications he estimates have been lost as a result of faults in the Recruiting Partnering Project.
    (183375)
62
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to take a decision on whether to pay Capita to build its own IT platform as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project.
    (183376)
63
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a detailed rationale and criteria for his Department's 2011 decision to accept the Capita bid to run the Recruiting Partnering Project.
    (183377)
64
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have held with the project team for the Recruiting Partnering Project; and what was discussed at each such meeting.
    (183378)
65
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date the Recruiting Partnering Project was originally expected to be fully operational.
    (183379)
66
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plan his Department put in place in the event of delays and problems with its Recruiting Partnering Project.
    (183380)
67
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183219)
68
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183242)
69
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for his planned renewal in 2014 of the 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement; and what steps have been taken to facilitate renewal of that agreement to date.
    (183311)
70
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the next Stocktake meeting between the Government and the US Administration under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement is scheduled to take place; and where that meeting will be held.
    (183312)
71
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when decommissioning of the A1 facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston is scheduled to (a) commence and (b) finish; and what the anticipated cost is of decommissioning that facility.
    (183313)
72
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the A91 facility at Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston; what the currently calculated write-off costs for that facility are; what lessons learned review was conducted by his Department following the decision not to bring A91 into service; and if he will place a copy of any such review in the Library.
    (183314)
73
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment has been sold by Afghan Disposals to date; what the original cost of that equipment was; and how much it was sold for.
    (183161)
74
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 13W, on defence: procurement, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish on his Department's website the breakdown by UK region of his Department's expenditure with small and medium-sized enterprises.
    (183162)
75
 
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes that could be made available for sale if any of the regimental headquarters in Aldershot were sold.
    (183054)
76
 
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential economic effect of a relocation of the Aldershot base to the North West.
    (183055)
77
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Ministers in his Office have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183220)
78
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with what bank his Office's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183243)
79
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities undertake assessments of all looked-after children and their parents sufficiently to identify their needs before they return home.
    (183102)
80
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that the rights and benefits proposed for voluntarily accommodated children in the consultation, Looked-after children: improving permanence, are properly applied to those children under interim or full care orders.
    (183159)
81
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all looked-after children receive the support when returning home needed to increase the likelihood of a successful return.
    (183160)
82
 
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial arrangements have been made by his Department with any former private schools that have converted to academy status since May 2010.
    (183147)
83
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183206)
84
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183221)
85
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183244)
86
 
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of (a) the Mantle of the Expert method and (b) other alternative approaches to teaching and learning in schools.
    (183045)
87
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been paid to each secondary and primary school in North East Lincolnshire in compensation for the loss of services from that local education authority since May 2010.
    (183185)
88
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies have supplied tablets to their students; whether such academies are required to impose filters on such tablets; and if he will make a statement.
    (183317)
89
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to require the auditors of free schools and academies to report on which (a) services have been bought from, (b) fees have been paid to and (c) payments have been made to friends, relatives and business associates of school heads and governors.
    (183319)
90
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified school nurses there were in (a) North Swindon constituency and (b) Swindon Borough in each of the last three years.
    (183139)
91
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of waste household electrical products that is repairable.
    (183043)
92
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on promoting longer life and recycled consumer electrical products as a means of reducing national energy consumption.
    (183044)
93
 
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in the UK supply chain for the energy industry as a result of the provisions of the Energy Act 2013.
    (183326)
94
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Environment Agency will be able to apply cost recovery to companies wishing to operate wells for hydraulic fracturing of shale gas.
    (183100)
95
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what liability regime will cover operators of hydraulic fracturing wells to extract shale gas.
    (183103)
96
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the research conducted by the University of Missouri School of Medicine into the release of endocrine-disrupting chemicals from fracking drilling in the US and its relevance for the regulation of the hydraulic fracturing of shale gas reserves in the UK.
    (183104)
97
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183207)
98
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the carbon emissions for his Department were in relation to (a) energy use, (b) departmental travel and (c) other matters in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (183305)
99
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much he estimates local authorities will gain from fracking revenues; and which local authorities will benefit.
    (183310)
100
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183222)
101
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183245)
102
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with (a) mobile network operators and (b) broadband companies on (i) coverage of mobile signal and broadband and (ii) communication requirements of smart meters in rural areas in Scotland.
    (183052)
103
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Common Agricultural Payment compulsory standard for the single farm payment on flood risks.
    (183110)
104
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183208)
105
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183223)
106
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183246)
107
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Wildlife and Countryside Link report entitled Nature Check 2013, an analysis of Government's natural environment commitments, published on 19 November 2013; and if he will make it his policy to accept the recommendations on (a) providing strong leadership and a clarity of purpose that will reverse the decline in wildlife and reconnect people with nature, (b) enabling the statutory nature conservation bodies to fulfill their critical role as champions of nature by (i) allowing them a voice in developing public policy consistent with their expertise, (ii) properly funding their functions and (iii) not imposing a growth duty and (c) enforcing the rules and regulations that protect our environmental public goods, whether domestic or European in origin; and if he will make a statement.
    (183315)
108
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has funded into the use of contour afforestation in water catchment areas of areas prone to flooding.
    (183264)
109
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes were built on a floodplain in each year since 2009.
    (183265)
110
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contour afforestation programmes to alleviate flooding his Department has funded in each of the last three years.
    (183267)
111
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the use of the use of contour afforestation to alleviate flooding.
    (183269)
112
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial incentives are in place to encourage farmers to plant trees to alleviate flooding in water catchment areas of areas prone to flooding.
    (183270)
113
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department spent on flood defences in (a) North Swindon constituency and (b) Swindon Borough in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10, (iv) 2010-11, (v) 2011-12 and (vi) 2012-13; and how much funding his Department has allocated for flood defences in (1) North Swindon constituency and (2) Swindon Borough in (A) 2013-14, (B) 2014-15 and (C) 2015-16.
    (183142)
114
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress on the implementation of each recommendation in the Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry.
    (183076)
115
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he intends to meet the delegation from Al Wefaq and other National Democratic Opposition parties of Bahrain during its January 2014 visit to the UK.
    (183077)
116
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on the alleged involvement of the then UK Government in the attack on the Golden Temple, Amritsar in 1984; and if he will make a statement.
    (183274)
117
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will order the release of any further government documents relating to the attack on the Golden Temple, Amritsar in 1984.
    (183275)
118
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183209)
119
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what specific provisions the UK Government is putting towards the international effort to decommission Syria's chemical weapons.
    (183306)
120
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183224)
121
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183247)
122
 
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current operational status of the Better Services, Better Value review in South West London and Surrey is; and if he will make a statement.
    (183107)
123
 
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to use health visitors in active support of the care of elderly patients to complement his aim of having a named GP responsible for the care of vulnerable patients over the age of 75.
    (183047)
124
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the total number of cases of cervical, vaginal, vulval, penile, anal, head and neck cancers that would be prevented in each year in both (a) females and (b) males if the HPV vaccination programme was extended to boys.
    (183280)
125
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total number of cases of genital warts prevented each year in (a) females and (b) males under the HPV vaccination programme.
    (183281)
126
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total number of cases of cervical, vaginal, vulval, penile, anal, head and neck cancers prevented each year in (a) females and (b) males by the current HPV vaccination programme.
    (183282)
127
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the total number of cases of genital warts that would be prevented each year in (a) females and (b) males if the HPV vaccination programme was extended to boys.
    (183289)
128
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which ambulance trusts have Hazardous Area Response Team paramedics trained to deal with radiation contaminated casualties; and how many paramedics are identified under Regulation 14(1) of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 for each ambulance trust.
    (183294)
129
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183210)
130
 
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS treatment provision for patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
    (183042)
131
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183226)
132
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183249)
133
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NHS England has agreed a tariff for stereotactic radiosurgery with contracted providers of gamma knife; what that tariff is set at; and whether the tariff is universal for all providers.
    (183182)
134
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what process (a) patients and (b) healthcare suppliers can make complaints about the decisions of NHS commissioners.
    (183183)
135
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what new clinical evidence his Department has gathered since the publication of the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group Report on Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in 2011 on treating cancers of the prostate, head and neck, liver. spine and pancreas with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
    (183184)
136
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason none of the recommendations of the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group report on clinical trials for stereotactic ablative radiotherapy published in 2011 have been implemented.
    (183272)
137
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2013, Official Report, column 1010W, on secondments, which private companies supply NHS England with seconded staff.
    (183316)
138
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that care is better co-ordinated for elderly people discharged from accident and emergency departments to prevent re-admissions.
    (183322)
139
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve approaches to diagnosing latent tuberculosis in hard-to-reach-groups.
    (183323)
140
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to GP services for vulnerable older people.
    (183324)
141
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2014, Official Report, column 410W, on depressive illnesses, what the 37 studies into depression, to which his Department's National Institute for Health Research is currently recruiting patients, are.
    (183299)
142
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce sugar in foodstuffs with the aim of reducing obesity levels and diagnosis of diabetes.
    (183085)
143
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have been diagnosed with (a) breast and (b) lung cancer in each of the last three years.
    (183088)
144
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his taking to reduce the incidence of lung cancer in women.
    (183089)
145
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policy of recent research into genetic indicators of increased risk of heart attacks.
    (183090)
146
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policy of recent research published by the University of Adelaide indicating that children born after IVF treatment have a greater risk of complications.
    (183091)
147
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to promote the drinking of tomato juice to reduce the incidence of breast cancer.
    (183092)
148
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made in introducing plain packaging for tobacco products.
    (183095)
149
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under 18 years are registered with (a) chlamydia, (b) herpes, (c) gonorrhoea and (d) genital warts.
    (183156)
150
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the length of time that people use antibiotics; and if he will commission research into the effects on patients of overuse of antibiotics.
    (183176)
151
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England has taken to ensure that (a) dentists and (b) other members of the primary care workforce actively promote its public health agenda.
    (183261)
152
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage health and wellbeing boards to involve dental health professionals.
    (183262)
153
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that oral health is high on the public health agenda.
    (183263)
154
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people in Swindon have received the human papillomavirus vaccine since its introduction.
    (183140)
155
 
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many qualified personnel in each police force area in England are employed to undertake forensic audits of economic crimes.
    (183112)
156
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private international flights which arrived at the airports of (a) Luton, (b) Stansted, (c) Biggin Hill, (d) Farnborough, (e) Northolt, (f) Humberside, (g) Southampton, (h) Cardiff, (i) Bristol, (j) Norwich, (k) Cambridge, (l) Blackpool, (m) Durham Tees Valley, (n) Exeter, (o) Bournemouth, (p) Robin Hood, Doncaster, (q) Lydd, (r) Newcastle, (s) East Midlands and (t) Manston in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13 were (A) checked and (B) not checked by immigration officials.
    (183058)
157
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were intercepted at the ports of (a) Ayr, (b) Barrow in Furness, (c) Barry, (d) Belfast, (e) Birkenhead, (f) Bristol, (g) Burntisland, (h) Cardiff, (i) Clydeport, (j) Dundee, (k) Felixstowe, (l) Fleetwood, (m) Garston, (n) Goole, (o) Grangemouth, (p) Grimsby, (q) Hartlepool, (r) Harwich, (s) Heysham, (t) Hull, (u) Immingham, (v) Ipswich, (w) King's Lynn, (x) Leith, (y) Liverpool, (z) London, (aa) London Gateway, (bb) Lowestoft, (cc) Medway Ports, (dd) Methill, (ee) Newport, (ff) Plymouth, (gg) Port Talbot, (hh) Rosyth, (ii) Silloth, (jj) Southampton, (kk) Swansea, (ll) Tees, (mm) Teignmouth, (nn) Tilbury and (oo) Troon in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
    (183080)
158
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasion freight checks were suspended in the ports of (a) Ayr, (b) Barrow in Furness, (c) Barry, (d) Belfast, (e) Birkenhead, (f) Bristol, (g) Burntisland, (h) Cardiff, (i) Clydeport, (j) Dundee, (k) Felixstowe, (l) Fleetwood, (m) Garston, (n) Goole, (o) Grangemouth, (p) Grimsby, (q) Hartlepool, (r) Harwich, (s) Heysham, (t) Hull, (u) Immingham, (v) Ipswich, (w) King's Lynn, (x) Leith, (y) Liverpool, (z) London, (aa) London Gateway, (bb) Lowestoft, (cc) Medway Ports, (dd) Methill, (ee) Newport, (ff) Plymouth, (gg) Port Talbot, (hh) Rosyth, (ii) Silloth, (jj) Southampton, (kk) Swansea, (ll) Tees, (mm) Teignmouth, (nn) Tilbury and (oo) Troon for (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
    (183081)
159
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force staff were employed in the ports of (a) Ayr, (b) Barrow in Furness, (c) Barry, (d) Belfast, (e) Birkenhead, (f) Bristol, (g) Burntisland, (h) Cardiff, (i) Clydeport, (j) Dundee, (k) Felixstowe, (l) Fleetwood, (m) Garston, (n) Goole, (o) Grangemouth, (p) Grimsby, (q) Hartlepool, (r) Harwich, (s) Heysham, (t) Hull, (u) Immingham, (v) Ipswich, (w) King's Lynn, (x) Leith, (y) Liverpool, (z) London, (aa) London Gateway, (bb) Lowestoft, (cc) Medway Ports, (dd) Methill, (ee) Newport, (ff) Plymouth, (gg) Port Talbot, (hh) Rosyth, (ii) Silloth, (jj) Southampton, (kk) Swansea, (ll) Tees, (mm) Teignmouth, (nn) Tilbury and (oo) Troon in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 to date.
    (183082)
160
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated value was of goods seized by the Border Force at the ports of (a) Ayr, (b) Barrow in Furness, (c) Barry, (d) Belfast, (e) Birkenhead, (f) Bristol, (g) Burntisland, (h) Cardiff, (i) Clydeport, (j) Dundee, (k) Felixstowe, (l) Fleetwood, (m) Garston, (n) Goole, (o) Grangemouth, (p) Grimsby, (q) Hartlepool, (r) Harwich, (s) Heysham, (t) Hull, (u) Immingham, (v) Ipswich, (w) King's Lynn, (x) Leith, (y) Liverpool, (z) London, (aa) London Gateway, (bb) Lowestoft, (cc) Medway Ports, (dd) Methill, (ee) Newport, (ff) Plymouth, (gg) Port Talbot, (hh) Rosyth, (ii) Silloth, (jj) Southampton, (kk) Swansea, (ll) Tees, (mm) Teignmouth, (nn) Tilbury and (oo) Troon in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
    (183083)
161
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private internaitonal flights which arrived at public airports in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) Wales in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13 were (A) checked and (B) not checked by immigration officials.
    (183084)
162
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which airlines active in the UK had (a) signed up and (b) not signed up for pre-departure screening checks as part of the e-borders programme in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (183277)
163
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passengers entering the UK had data collected under the E-borders programme in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013.
    (183278)
164
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the E-borders programme in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013.
    (183279)
165
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when her Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183211)
166
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review her Department's guidelines on when it is appropriate for the police to conduct strip searches.
    (183109)
167
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the ethnicity of detainees strip searched by (a) the Metropolitan Police Service and (b) other police forces was in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013.
    (183168)
168
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Ministers in her Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183227)
169
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with what bank her Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183250)
170
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deployment of water cannon in London to tackle street disorder.
    (183093)
171
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the drinks industry about alcohol pricing policy.
    (183094)
172
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid was sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and what estimate she has made of the amount of such aid sent in 2013.
    (183303)
173
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which Ministers in her Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183228)
174
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with what bank her Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183251)
175
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of her Department's aids programmes in Bangladesh are being reviewed for a reduction in funding; and what the end date of each such project is.
    (183179)
176
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements her Department has put in place to ensure that funds given directly to the government of Bangladesh are properly accounted for.
    (183180)
177
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will reduce the funding her Department gives directly to the government of Bangladesh.
    (183181)
178
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance her Department gives to developing countries on contour afforestation as a means to prevent flooding.
    (183266)
179
 
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was allocated exclusively to her Department's budget in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (183106)
180
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183212)
181
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to legal aid on the sentencing of those convicted of sexual offences.
    (183301)
182
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were convicted in Preston of (a) sexual assualt, (b) rape, (c) sexual activity with a child under 16, (d) sexual activity with a child under 13 and (e) sexual assault of a female in 2012 received a custodial sentence of less than (i) six months and (ii) four years.
    (183307)
183
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff on each grade have (a) been recruited to work in HM Prison Oakwood and (b) left in each year since that prison opened.
    (183149)
184
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff on each grade have (a) been recruited to work in HM Prison Thameside and (b) left in each year since that prison opened.
    (183150)
185
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183229)
186
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183252)
187
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the relationship between trends in (a) the prison population and (b) crime levels in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
    (183318)
188
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 399W, on magistrates' courts: Prestatyn, if any planned improvement works to Prestatyn magistrates' courts have been cancelled in the last four years.
    (183298)
189
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims were made to the Employment Tribunal Service between 29 July 2012 and 14 January 2013.
    (183283)
190
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims were made to the Employment Tribunal Service between 29 July 2013 and 14 January 2014.
    (183284)
191
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Leader of the House, which Ministers in his Office have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183230)
192
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Leader of the House, with what bank his Office's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183253)
193
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Ministers in her Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183231)
194
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with what bank her Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183254)
195
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his Statement of 13 January 2014, on the ability of councils to keep business rates they collect from shale gas sites to provide an enhanced community benefit, what definition of community he was applying.
    (183101)
196
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what the evidential basis is of his Statement on 13 January 2014 that the UK has the strongest environmental controls over the hydraulic fracturing of shale gas.
    (183143)
197
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will agree to meet leaders of the Sikh community when the investigation into the UK's alleged role in the planning of the attack on the Golden Temple, Amritsar is published.
    (183273)
198
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers in No. 10 Downing Street have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183232)
199
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Prime Minister, with what bank No. 10 Downing Street's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183255)
200
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183233)
201
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183256)
202
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the roll out of broadband in rural areas.
    (183053)
203
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve bus accessibility for blind and partially sighted people.
    (183321)
204
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has decided a way forward for audio visual technology on buses in accordance with Task 2 of Headline 2 of the Accessibility Action Plan.
    (183328)
205
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183234)
206
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183257)
207
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 310W, on rolling stock, what the basis was of the conflicts of interest declared by Interfleet and Burges Salmon.
    (183059)
208
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers he has to (a) monitor and (b) control the prices of flights to London from Belfast City Airport and and Belfast International Airport.
    (183096)
209
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the UK contribution to the EU Galileo project.
    (183087)
210
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183235)
211
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183259)
212
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which Ministers in the Government Equalities Office have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183225)
213
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with what bank the Government Equalities Office's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183248)
214
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that young disabled people continue to receive support in the period between termination of disability living allowance for children and carer's allowance and successful application for personal independence payments.
    (183049)
215
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young disabled people were without support between termination of disability living allowance for children and carer's allowance and successful application for personal independence payments in the latest period for which data are available; and what the average length of time is that such support was not available.
    (183050)
216
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time for personal independence payments applications was in the last year.
    (183051)
217
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) individuals and (b) groups on personal independence payments.
    (183056)
218
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of personal independence payment applications that took more than (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months and (f) six months to process to completion in the last year.
    (183114)
219
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any benefit claimants have been subject to benefit sanctions while on a training course authorised by his Department.
    (183177)
220
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, columns 566-7W, on benefit cap, what research he (a) is carrying out and (b) proposes to carry out on the consequences of the benefit cap; and who has been or will be commissioned to conduct this research.
    (183157)
221
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Cabinet Office Guidance for Customer Service Helplines, published on 26 December 2013, when his Department expects to comply with the instruction set out in that guidance that non-geographic 084 numbers should by default use the 03 prefix.
    (183213)
222
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Ministers in his Department have undertaken training courses; and in the case of each such course what the (a) name of the course provider was, (b) purpose of the course was and (c) cost of each session in the course was.
    (183236)
223
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with what bank his Department's bank overdraft is held; and what fees and charges were payable on the core Department's bank overdraft in the last financial year.
    (183260)
Friday 17 January  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 8 January

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on reform of the regulatory appeals system relating to mobile contract switching to reduce the length and cost of the process.
    (182303)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the case for introducing a gaining-provider-led system for mobile contract switching.
    (182304)

Notices given on Monday 13 January

1
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which representatives of the UK Government will attend the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2014.
[Transferred]   (182629)
2
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government plans to give to Argentina during the current Parliament.
    (182942)
3
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK has given to Argentina since May 2010.
    (182943)

Notices given on Tuesday 14 January

1
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Attorney General, when the Government plans to enforce the ruling by the International Court of Arbitration in the case of International Military Services Ltd v Iran.
    (183188)
2
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings representatives of the Food and Drink Federation have attended with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in each year since 2010.
    (183195)
3
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards his Department has put in place to ensure that apprentices employed under his Department's programmes are paid monies owed by their employer; and if he will make it his policy that his Department will pay those apprentices owed outstanding monies by (a) the Leadership Development Centre and (b) Vision Lifestyle.
    (183152)
4
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, under which of his Department's programmes (a) the Leadership Development Centre and (b) Vision Lifestyle were given a contract to employ apprentices; what due diligence his Department undertook as part of the contracting process; if he will undertake an investigation of the contracting process for that programme; and if he will make a statement.
    (183153)
5
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the fracking industry in (a) Lancashire and (b) the UK in the next 10 years.
    (183170)
6
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the Export Control (Libya) Order 2011 (SI 2011/825).
    (183200)
7
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials at each grade in his Department have the authority to execute a purchase; what proportion of those officials have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used in his Department to assess procurement officer's performance are.
    (183365)
8
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the Economic and Social Research Council budget was committed to research on health and safety matters in each of the last five years.
    (183346)
9
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding the Economic and Social Research Council plans to commit to research on (a) health and safety, (b) risk management and (c) occupational health in the next financial year.
    (183347)
10
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings representatives of the Food and Drink Federation attended with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in each year since 2010.
    (183074)
11
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital and (b) revenue costs of the proposed Garden Bridge in London; and if he will provide a breakdown of those costs.
    (183357)
12
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public funding has been allocated to the proposed Garden Bridge project in London; and how much private funding has been secured for that purpose.
    (183358)
13
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he met the the Chief of Defence Staff between 11 May 2010 and 31 May 2011.
    (183118)
14
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of copycat websites for tax returns; and what steps he is taking to inform the public about such websites.
    (183166)
15
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of the total public spending in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since 1990.
    (183343)
16
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of the total tax receipts from (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland excluding any revenue from the North Sea in each year since 1990.
    (183344)
17
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of North Sea revenues in each year since 1990 from (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland according to (i) population split and (ii) a geographical split of that revenue.
    (183353)
18
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) value of tax exempt heritage assets in Scotland.
    (183349)
19
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Cheltenham Tax Enquiry Office is being closed; and if he will make a statement.
    (183127)
20
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies registered in Barrow and Furness constituency are classified as (a) small and (b) medium-sized, as defined by the Companies Act 1985.
    (183329)
21
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses have been unoccupied for over (a) five and (b) 10 years in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK.
    (183169)
22
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what percentage Band D council tax increased in (a) England and (b) Northamptonshire in (i) 1997-2010 and (ii) 2010 to date.
    (183172)
23
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what weight he will place on (a) sustainability and (b) cycling promotion when assessing bids under the Local Growth Fund.
    (183115)
24
N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 66 of Cleveland Fire Brigade's Community Integrated Risk Management Plan draft for consultation, what his Department's policy is on consideration of options to mutualise Cleveland Fire Brigade; and if he will make a statement.
    (183130)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings representatives of the Food and Drink Federation have attended with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department in each year since 2010.
    (183193)
26
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her oral statement on fixed odds betting terminals on 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 378, if, in the event that betting shop operators fail to develop a plan by the end of January 2014 to link players with play in a way that allows a better understanding of player behaviour she will introduce precautionary player protection; and if she will make a statement.
    (183381)
27
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her oral statement on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBT) on 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 378, at what level she plans to introduce a cap on voluntary limits for stakes on FOBT machines; and if she will make a statement.
    (183382)
28
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her oral statement on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBT) on 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 378, how she plans to assess whether precautionary player protection proposals are likely to reduce harm from gambling on FOBT in betting shops; and if she will make a statement.
    (183383)
29
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her oral statement on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBT) on 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 378, what steps she is taking to ensure that the review of B category gaming machines by the Responsibility in Gambling Trust has the data required to make recommendations on stakes and prizes; and if she will make a statement.
    (183384)
30
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 429W, on art works: export controls, how many of the objects culturally-deferred were from Scottish sellers.
    (183350)
31
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to visit Yorkshire to discuss the planning for the 2014 Tour de France.
    (183354)
32
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Government funding has been allocated to ensure that the 2014 Tour de France provides maximum benefit to the Yorkshire economy.
    (183355)
33
N
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department is doing to integrate NATO work on (a) UNSCR 1325 and (b) the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives into armed forces doctrine, training and practice.
    (183129)
34
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on items stolen from his Department since May 2005; and if he will make a statement.
    (183124)
35
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of items stolen from his Department since May 2005; and if he will make a statement.
    (183360)
36
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings representatives of the Food and Drink Federation have attended with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in each year since 2010.
    (183192)
37
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sixth form colleges have had their financial health graded as inadequate by the Education Funding Agency in each of the last five years.
    (183368)
38
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to inform registered activity providers in the children's sector of their statutory obligations; and what additional steps he has taken to ensure those providers understand the changes in such rules brought about by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
    (183359)
39
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on campaigns aimed at promoting awareness amongst registered activity providers of their responsibility to report suspicious behaviour to the Disclosure and Barring Service or its predecessor in each of the last five years.
    (183367)
40
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials at each grade in his Department have the authority to execute a purchase; what proportion of those officials have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used in his Department to assess procurement officer's performance are.
    (183363)
41
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of automatic external defibrillators in schools.
    (183338)
42
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish all communications between his Department and Alan Lewis regarding financial management at the Kings Science Academy in Bradford.
    (183191)
43
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the option appraisal report which was conducted in order to find a site for the Kings Science Academy in Bradford.
    (183196)
44
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department had any direct communication with Alan Lewis regarding the 2011-12 and 2012-13 budgets at the Kings Science Academy in Bradford.
    (183197)
45
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps are being taken to make the UK's electricity distribution network more resilient to winter storms.
    (183171)
46
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which English counties are being considered for shale gas exploration under the draft licensing plan issued in December 2013.
    (183189)
47
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken against the threat to cast iron gas mains from the recent severe weather.
    (183125)
48
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Floodline Warnings Direct.
    (183351)
49
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce food wastage; and if he will make a statement.
    (183154)
50
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 345W, on flood control, what share of the capital spending set out in each year was for flood defence schemes for which funding had been committed prior to May 2010.
    (183385)
51
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the political stability of Iraq.
    (183332)
52
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the work of the Iraqi army.
    (183333)
53
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the effect of conflict on civilians in Iraq.
    (183334)
54
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the effect of conflict on civilians in Afghanistan.
    (183335)
55
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of civilians killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
    (183336)
56
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to seek the repeal of UNSCR 1970 on arms exports to Libya.
    (183198)
57
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek the lifting of the EU embargo on arms exports to Libya as set out in CD 2011/137/CFSP.
    (183199)
58
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effect of arms embargos on Libya on the security and human rights situations in that country.
    (183201)
59
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 176W, on Afghanistan, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 20 January 2014 on co-ordinated EU action to protect Afghan women human rights defenders.
    (183123)
60
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he intends to nominate a UK bank for transactions linked to the UK's obligations under the Geneva Joint Plan of Action with Iran.
    (183186)
61
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings representatives of the Food and Drink Federation attended with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in each year since 2010.
    (183194)
62
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made in each year since 2009-10 of (a) the number and proportion of NHS hospitals in England that charge patients and visitors for using their car parks, (b) the total number of patients and visitors charged for using car parks at NHS hospitals in England, (c) the total revenue generated from charging patients and visitors for using car parks at NHS hospitals in England and (d) how much and what proportion of the total revenue generated was received by private sector organisations.
    (183167)
63
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 147W, on NHS: crime prevention, how many investigations NHS Protect undertook in 2010; how many such investigations led to (a) criminal prosecutions and (b) internal disciplinary procedures; and what the cost of each such investigation was.
    (183060)
64
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 147W, on NHS: crime prevention, where information about investigations by NHS Protect is held.
    (183061)
65
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 146W, on NHS Trust Development Authority, for what reasons the two contracts valued at over £100,000 with Gareth Cruddace Limited were not put out to competitive tender.
    (183075)
66
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 146W, on NHS Trust Development Authority, for what purpose Carnall Farrar LLP was engaged; who made the decision to engage that firm; and for what reasons the contract for the engagement was not subject to competitive tender.
    (183120)
67
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 138W, on Deloitte, whether any third parties possess a copy of the correspondence from Peter Coates to Mike Turley dated 19 January 2010.
    (183352)
68
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials at each grade in his Department have the authority to execute a purchase; what proportion of those officials have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used in his Department to assess procurement officer's performance are.
    (183362)
69
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on requiring GP practices that hold automatic external defibrillators to make them publicly available.
    (183331)
70
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require care homes to provide automatic external defibrillators.
    (183339)
71
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of copycat websites for passport applications and renewals; what estimate she has made of the costs to consumers of using such websites; and what steps she is taking to inform the public about such websites.
    (183165)
72
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the use of strip searching of detainees.
    (183116)
73
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons three Iranian officials holding UK visas were detained for a number of days at Heathrow airport in 2011 or 2012.
    (183187)
74
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the written statement from the Minister for Crime Prevention of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 22WS, on drug policy, whether she has received indications from other EU member states that they intend to opt out of the Commission's proposed directive on new psychoactive substances.
    (183387)
75
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members' sponsored tours of the Palace of Westminster took place during non-sitting Fridays during (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; and how many are booked for 2014.
    (183163)
76
N
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has committed to each of her Department's strategic priorities for Afghanistan.
    (183131)
77
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many named day parliamentary questions sent to his Department were answered after the day named without a holding letter being sent in each session of Parliament since 2010.
    (183119)
78
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department gives to companies who manage people on release from prison on steps to be taken to monitor the deaths of those under supervision.
    (183067)
79
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that female prisoners have sufficient clothing.
    (183068)
80
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to make sure that the restrictions imposed on parcels being sent to prisons do not prevent (a) male and (b) female prisoners from having sufficient clothing.
    (183069)
81
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which body has statutory responsibility for the independent reviewing of complaint handling in relation to employment judges sitting in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (183121)
82
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Lord President of the Court Session on responsibility for the independent review of complaints handling in relation to employment judges sitting in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (183122)
83
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the responsibility for independent review of the handling of complaints in relation to employment judges sitting in Scotland.
    (183126)
84
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to reply to Question 181504, tabled by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North on 6 January 2014 for answer on 9 January 2014; and what the reasons are for the time taken to answer.
    (183366)
85
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions ambulances have been called out to HM Prison Oakwood by (a) month and (b) nature of incident since the opening of that prison.
    (183062)
86
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions ambulances were called out to prisons, by establishment, in each month of 2012.
    (183063)
87
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used by his Department in the prison benchmarking process.
    (183064)
88
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the length is of the contract agreed with Serco for HM Prison Thameside on 20 December 2013; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the contract to the public purse over the lifetime of the contract.
    (183065)
89
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last published details of expenditure of over £500 using government procurement cards.
    (183066)
90
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials at each grade in his Department have the authority to execute a purchase; what proportion of those officials have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used in his Department to assess procurement officer's performance are.
    (183361)
91
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on a plan for the implementation, legislation and provision of funding for measures dealing with the legacy of the past that arise from the Haass negotiations.
    (183386)
92
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the dates of all meetings between him and the Chief of Defence Staff between 11 May 2010 and 31 May 2011.
    (183117)
93
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of legal advice on the legal challenge by Pearson Driving Assessments to the award of the theory test contract.
    (183327)
94
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of copycat websites for the application for and renewal of driving licences; and what steps he is taking to inform the public about such websites.
    (183164)
95
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage registration with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of foreign-registered vehicles which are in the UK beyond a six-month period.
    (183330)
96
N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the findings of KPMG on its report on the regional economic impacts of High Speed 2, what steps he is taking to ameliorate any negative impact of investment in High Speed 2 on the South West region.
    (183190)
97
N
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to publish the draft scope for the A303 feasibility study for consultation with key stakeholders.
    (183132)
98
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 390W, on M6, what the location was and details were of each of the road traffic collisions in 2013; and what the location was and duration of the ensuing road closure was in each case.
    (183388)
99
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people receiving jobseeker's allowance (JSA) in York Central constituency had JSA withdrawn as a result of their failure to comply with conditions laid down by his Department in each month since October 2012.
    (183340)
100
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people receiving employment and support allowance in York Central constituency were moved (a) from the support group to the work-related group and (b) from the work-related group to the support group in each month since October 2012.
    (183341)
101
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756W, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people living in York Central constituency were receiving (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance - support group and (c) employment and support allowance - work-related group in each month since October 2012.
    (183342)
102
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 758W, on jobseeker's allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber and 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 756, on employment and support allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber, how many people living in York Central constituency receiving employment and support allowance were moved from the support group to the work-related group; how many of those people sought a review of that decision; and how many of those seeking a review were (a) moved back to the support group as a consequence of the review, (b) not moved back to the support group as a consequence of the review and (c) still awaiting the decision on their request for review in each month since October 2013.
    (183389)
103
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 455W, on universal credit, when he expects that the 50 required IT specialists will be (a) recruited and (b) in post.
    (183369)
104
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 455W, on universal credit, how many of the recruited IT specialists will be (a) on the Civil Service pay grade system and (b) contracted separately; and what estimate he has made of the cost of salaries of specialists in the latter category.
    (183370)
105
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials at each grade in his Department have the authority to execute a purchase; what proportion of those officials have professional procurement qualifications; and what the key indicators used in his Department to assess procurement officer's performance are.
    (183364)
106
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department intended to uprate work allowances before adoption of the new policy plans referred to on page 135, box 4.5, of the Economic and Fiscal Outlook published by the Office for Budget Responsibility on 5 December 2013.
    (183070)
107
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will be subject to improved incentives to work as a result of universal credit following the adoption of the new policy plans referred to on page 135, box 4.5, of the Economic and Fiscal Outlook published by the Office for Budget Responsibility on 5 December 2013.
    (183071)
108
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will be subject to improved incentives to increase the number of hours they work as a result of universal credit following the adoption of the new policy plans referred to on page 135, box 4.5, of the Economic and Fiscal Outlook published by the Office for Budget Responsibility on 5 December 2013.
    (183072)
109
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will be financially better off as a result of universal credit following the adoption of the new policy plans referred to on page 135, box 4.5, of the Economic and Fiscal Outlook published by the Office for Budget Responsibility on 5 December 2013.
    (183073)
110
N
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to close the gap in benefits created by the suspension of employment and support allowance to clients subject to an adverse mandatory reconsideration, pending resolution of their tribunal hearing; and if he will make a statement.
    (183128)
111
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants affected by the under-occupancy penalty who have taken in a lodger.
    (183133)
112
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Health and Safety Executive has had with Government departments about the health and safety implications of fracking; and if he will make a statement.
    (183345)
113
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Health and Safety Executive has applied a Fee For Intervention in each month since October 2012; and what the total of such fees in each such month was.
    (183348)
114
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets he has set for moving applications for jobseeker's allowance online; and whether these targets are variable by region.
    (183337)
Monday 20 January  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
 
* 1
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): What assessment he has made of the incidence of damp in social housing.
    (902028)
* 2
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): What assessment he has made of the incidence of damp in social housing.
    (902029)
* 3
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What representations he has received on the cumulative visual impact of proposed wind turbines in Lincolnshire.
    (902030)
* 4
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of his Department's proposed change to permitted development rights on the number of (a) betting shops and (b) fixed odds betting terminals on high streets.
    (902031)
* 5
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): What requirement is placed on local authorities to ensure that legal agreements within the planning consent for major developments include provision of funding for new schools.
    (902032)
* 6
Richard Harrington (Watford): What recent steps his Department has taken to support the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and to enable Holocaust survivors to share their testimony in communities throughout the UK.
    (902033)
* 7
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of private rents.
    (902034)
* 8
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): What assessment he has made of the incidence of damp in social housing.
    (902035)
* 9
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next expects to meet local authorities in East Anglia to discuss the problems caused by the tidal surges of 5-6 December 2013.
    (902036)
* 10
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement on the most vulnerable communities.
    (902037)
* 11
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): What recent progress his Department has made on negotiations regarding firefighters' pensions.
    (902038)
* 12
David Mowat (Warrington South): What guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the duty of co-operation arising from the Localism Act 2011 in respect of waste disposal.
    (902039)
* 13
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): What steps he is taking to ensure that claimants of housing benefit are able to access accommodation in the private rented sector.
    (902040)
* 14
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Troubled Families Unit since its creation.
    (902041)
* 15
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): If he will take steps to address unfair parking charges and aggressive parking enforcement.
    (902042)
* 16
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What assessment he has made of changes in demand for larger social homes since April 2013.
    (902043)
* 17
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What guidance he has issued to local authorities on prioritising (a) members of the armed forces and (b) local residents for social housing.
    (902044)
* 18
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): What assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement on the most vulnerable communities.
    (902045)
* 19
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What estimate he has made of the number of families with children who were placed in bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than the statutory maximum six-week period since 2010.
    (902046)
* 20
Tessa Munt (Wells): If he will bring forward legislative proposals to include planning enforcement in the statutory functions of planning authorities.
    (902047)
* 21
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): What steps his Department is taking to support communities in controlling the number of high street betting shops.
    (902048)
* 22
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): What steps the Government has taken to protect park home residents from excessive charges by site owners.
    (902049)
* 23
Lorely Burt (Solihull): What assessment he has made of recent changes in burial fees charged by local authorities.
    (902050)
* 24
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): What assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of private rents.
    (902051)
* 25
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): When he plans to announce full details of the Council Tax Freeze Grant 2014-15.
    (902052)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902018)
* 2
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough):  
    (902019)
* 3
Nick de Bois (Enfield North):  
    (902020)
* 4
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South):  
    (902021)
* 5
Graeme Morrice (Livingston):  
    (902022)
* 6
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton):  
    (902023)
* 7
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):  
    (902024)
* 8
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage):  
    (902025)
* 9
Steve Brine (Winchester):  
    (902026)
* 10
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North):  
    (902027)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 8 January

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when mobile spectrum fees were last increased; and what her policy is on future such increases.
    (182305)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of increased mobile spectrum fees on the ability of providers to meet coverage targets and continue investment in (a) remote and (b) other areas.
    (182306)

Notices given on Monday 13 January

1
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time is that an individual who has been defined as an age dispute case has been held in an immigration removal centre pending release to local authority care in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (183008)
2
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time is that an individual who has been held in an immigration removal centre pending an age assessment in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (183009)
3
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been detained in immigration removal centres for the purpose of age assessment in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many of those individuals were found to be (a) adults and (b) children.
    (183010)

Notices given on Tuesday 14 January

1
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the regular Army transferred to the Territorial Army during (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
    (183134)
2
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to appoint a permanent chair of Monitor.
    (183356)
Tuesday 21 January  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 14 January

1
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 821W, on higher education: private sector, how many students who had their loans halted in the academic year 2013-14 to date were from (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria.
    (183173)
2
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 821W, on higher education: private sector, how many students who had their loans halted in the academic year 2013-14 to date were from (a) the UK, (b) other EU countries and (c) countries outside the EU.
    (183174)
3
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 821W, on higher education: private sector, who the providers were of the courses for students who had their loans halted in the academic year 2013-14.
    (183175)
4
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the extent and adequacy of provision of in-vitro fertilisation in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
    (183371)
Wednesday 22 January  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 14 January

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document referred to in footnote 76 of page 49 of the Autumn Statement 2013, entitled, Upstream Insight: UK advances shale gas fiscal incentives, Wood Mackenzie.
    (183372)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will review the statutory provisions of local authorities to include local welfare schemes.
    (183136)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on seasonal influenza vaccination public awareness campaigns in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (183137)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many seasonal influenza vaccinations were delivered in (a) the North East and (b) Sunderland in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (183138)
5
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses to assess the viability of local authority Social Fund schemes.
    (183135)

Prepared 15th January 2014