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Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 3 February 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

Monday 3 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
 
* 1
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): Whether the UK received advance notice of the recent deployment of Russian naval ships to the north of Scotland.
    (902313)
* 2
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): What contribution the armed forces will make to commemorations of the start of the First World War.
    (902314)
* 3
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What support his Department has offered to the Burmese army; and what his Department's objectives are for such work.
    (902315)
* 4
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What steps he is taking to ensure that suppliers to his Department receive prompt payment.
    (902316)
* 5
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What his future plans are for the defence estate in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    (902317)
* 6
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What recent progress his Department has made on its study of the surrender of armed forces widows' pensions.
    (902318)
* 7
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): What assessment he has made of the proportion of women in senior military posts.
    (902319)
* 8
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What his priorities are in respect of the Armed Forces Covenant in 2014.
    (902320)
* 9
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces.
    (902321)
* 10
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What contribution the armed forces will make to commemorations of the start of the First World War.
    (902322)
* 11
Jonathan Lord (Woking): What progress he has made on improving the efficiency of the European Defence Agency.
    (902323)
* 12
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces.
    (902324)
* 13
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the mental health of armed forces veterans.
    (902325)
* 14
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What steps his Department is taking to support veterans of nuclear weapons tests.
    (902326)
* 15
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What his policy is on defence co-operation between the UK and EU and NATO member states; and if he will make a statement.
    (902327)
* 16
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): What contribution the armed forces will make to commemorations of the start of the First World War.
    (902328)
* 17
John Howell (Henley): What plans he has to upgrade the armed forces' helicopter capabilities.
    (902329)
* 18
Henry Smith (Crawley): What recent progress has been made on the return of British forces from Germany.
    (902330)
* 19
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What his policy is on the use of private contractors and agency workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (902331)
* 21
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What his policy is on the use of private contractors and agency workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (902333)
* 22
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What progress he made in improving the IT system used for recruitment to the armed forces.
    (902334)
* 23
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces.
    (902335)
* 24
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces.
    (902336)
* 25
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What his priorities are in respect of the Armed Forces Covenant in 2014.
    (902337)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
David Mowat (Warrington South): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902353)
* 2
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury):  
    (902354)
* 3
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):  
    (902355)
* 4
Mr David Hanson (Delyn):  
    (902356)
* 5
Duncan Hames (Chippenham):  
    (902357)
* 6
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green):  
    (902358)
* 7
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):  
    (902359)
* 8
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell):  
    (902360)
* 9
Laura Sandys (South Thanet):  
    (902361)
* 10
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South):  
    (902362)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 20 January

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue accrued to the Exchequer in 2013 from capital gains tax.
    (184128)

Notices given on Tuesday 21 January

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the average basic allowance paid to district councillors in England in 2012-13.
    (184253)
2
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on how much is raised by local authorities in England in 2012-13 from revenue other than council tax.
    (184254)
3
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the average basic allowance paid to county councillors in England in 2012-13.
    (184255)

Notices given on Thursday 23 January

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what total amount was raised by local authorities through council tax in 2013.
    (184785)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2013, Official Report, column 612W, on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, when he plans to update Parliament on the future of HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
    (184973)

Notices given on Monday 27 January

1
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to chart 2.H of his Department's publication Impact on households: distributional analysis to accompany Autumn Statement 2013, if he will publish the data on which that chart is based; and if he will make a statement.
    (185250)
2
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to chart 2.H of his Department's publication Impact on households: distributional analysis to accompany Autumn Statement 2013, what the 10 items are that make up the change in public service spending for the top quintile; and if he will make a statement.
    (185251)

Notices given on Tuesday 28 January

1
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish an evaluation of the Small Business Research Initiative.
    (185367)
2
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) home and (b) international students there are at West Midlands universities.
    (185368)
3
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the degree to which the Small Business Research Initiative has met its targets.
    (185369)
4
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's spending on science.
    (185416)
5
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department will make available for students from a disadvantaged background in higher education after 2015-16.
    (185533)
6
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) higher rate taxpayers and (b) individuals who earn over £1 million there are in Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
    (185536)
7
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to answer question number 183496 tabled on 15 January 2014.
    (185517)
8
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to answer question number 183499 tabled on 15 January 2014 for Named Day Answer on 20 January 2014.
    (185518)
9
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to answer question number 184121 tabled on 20 January 2014 for Named Day Answer on 23 January 2014.
    (185519)
10
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements there are for (a) frequency and (b) certification of fire inspections of residential and nursing care homes.
    (185354)
11
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements there are under building regulations for fire sprinklers in timber-framed residential and nursing care homes.
    (185356)
12
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been completed under the Get Britain Building scheme.
    (185480)
13
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many jobs the Get Britain Building scheme has created.
    (185481)
14
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been completed under the Get Britain Building scheme.
    (185482)
15
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the projected cost under each cost heading is of the commemoration of the First World War.
    (185363)
16
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what amount of funding her Department gave to each youth choir in each year since 2010.
    (185364)
17
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to sell the former Coastguard building in Greenock; and if he will make a statement.
    (185414)
18
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2014, Official Report, column 696W, when he or officials of his Department last discussed with Iranian officials or their legal representatives the Court of Arbitration's ruling in the case of International Military Services Ltd v Iran.
    (185362)
19
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2014, Official Report, column 695W, on Djibouti, how many UK personnel are based at Camp Lemonnier; what the purpose is of their deployment; and under whose line of command those personnel fall.
  [R] (185455)
20
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 63W, on school meals, what support his Department will give to primary schools in providing universal free school meals to all children up to the age of seven; and what additional support his Department will give those primary schools without kitchen facilities.
    (185453)
21
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the School Teachers' Review Body about extending the terms and conditions for teachers to allow them to buy cars through salary sacrifice schemes.
    (185515)
22
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to support maintained schools which do not have a Special Educational Needs co-ordinator.
    (185390)
23
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to discuss the draft Special Education Needs Code of Practice with disability charities and other stakeholders before publication of the final version.
    (185391)
24
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the definition of progress in Chapter six of the draft Special Education Needs Code of Practice no longer includes improvements in self help, social and personal skills.
    (185392)
25
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures are in place to ensure that all maintained schools receive the required level of support from a Special Educational Needs Coordinator.
    (185393)
26
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the amount of payments made by domestic customers to energy companies via their energy bills as at 31 December 2013 as a result of the introduction of the Energy Company Obligation.
    (185365)
27
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support he plans to provide to (a) families, (b) businesses and (c) individuals who are struggling to pay their heating bills this winter; and what financial support he is providing to each local authority in England and Wales for this purpose.
    (185487)
28
N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will reply substantively to the letter from the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire of 25 July 2013, acknowledged by his Department on 2 October 2013, about Hartlebury parish council and the proposed mass burn incinerator.
    (185358)
29
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent investment the Government has made into the UK energy infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.
    (185413)
30
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance the Government is giving to farmers whose land has been flooded.
    (185485)
31
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the situation of LGBT people in Uganda; and what recent representations he has made to his Ugandan counterpart on this issue.
    (185394)
32
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of measures in place to protect children on the Pitcairn Islands from convicted sex offenders.
    (185457)
33
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish its response to Next Steps for Nursery Milk consultation, which closed in October 2012.
    (185529)
34
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government plans to take to address risks to public health caused by a rise in the incidence of risky sexual behaviour related to drug use.
    (185530)
35
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the next review of the adult autism strategy to take place, after the publication of the revised strategy in March 2014.
    (185351)
36
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any medical data will be extracted by care.data from GP-held records of patients who have objected to the use of their confidential information by others than those providing them with care.
    (185516)
37
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) black, (b) red, (c) amber and (d) green alerts there has been at (i) central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust and (ii) University Hospitals South Manchester Trust in each month of the last five years.
    (185361)
38
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January, Official Report, column 178W, on Manor Hospital, Walsall, if the Department has now received notification arising from the report of the Mid Staffordshire Special Administrators and Monitor for additional investment at the Manor Hospital, Walsall, in view of the need for additional capacity to take in patients arising from external situations; and if he will make a statement.
    (185357)
39
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many known persons of interest have been processed by the Semaphore system in each of the last three years.
    (185456)
40
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the introduction of gender non-specific passports; and what discussions she has had with international counterparts on this matter.
    (185451)
41
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Geo Group UK Ltd, contractors for HM Prison Harmondsworth, will be allowed to bid in the re-tendering process following HM Inspectorate of Prisons' Report.
    (185458)
42
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to change the terms of the contract for HM Prison Harmondsworth in light of the HM Inspectorate of Prisons' Report.
    (185459)
43
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to scrutinise the performance of Geo Group UK Ltd following the HM Inspectorate of Prisons' Report.
    (185460)
44
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions she has used powers under the Royal Prerogative to prevent people suspected of terrorism from travelling abroad in the last five years.
    (185520)
45
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to provide additional funding to the police and security services to cover the cost of surveillance of individuals previously subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigative Measures Orders.
    (185526)
46
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 647, on psychoactive substances, if she will list the 250 new psychoactive substances banned since May 2010.
    (185528)
47
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 26W, on drugs: misuse, if she will list the members of the expert advisory panel on new psychoactive substances who have been appointed to date.
    (185531)
48
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 647, on psychoactive substances, what public awareness campaigns her Department has undertaken to alert young people to the dangers of new psychoactive substances.
    (185532)
49
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of retail crime on businesses in West Mercia.
    (185366)
50
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who were in the UK under discretionary leave had (i) applications heard, (ii) applications accepted and (iii) applications refused to extend their leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (185486)
51
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of running the Office of the Public Guardian Investigations Unit was in each of the last four years.
    (185488)
52
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how staff were recruited to the Office of the Public Guardian Investigations Unit in each of the last four years.
    (185489)
53
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether community rehabilitation companies will continue to be badged as the Probation Service.
    (185352)
54
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department on the enforcement of payment of fines in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (185415)
55
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff worked on the collection of confiscation orders in each year since 2010.
    (185452)
56
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount is of fines issued by the courts between 2010 and 2013 which remain uncollected.
    (185483)
57
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount is of fines (a) issued by the courts and (b) uncollected was in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (185484)
58
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department is undertaking on the potential (a) social and economic effects of Graduating Driver Licensing, (b) the effect of reforms to young driver training and testing on road safety and (c) road safety benefits of telematics.
    (185527)
59
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, column 362W on Re-employment, what the total cost was of those redundancy payments.
    (185360)
60
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce legislative proposals to reduce road congestion around primary schools.
    (185353)
61
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Northern Rail on passenger satisfaction in Cumbria.
    (185355)
62
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she expects conversion of civil partnerships to marriages under Section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 to begin; and what the reasons are for the delay in starting this process.
    (185534)
63
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of direct payments to sub-contractors of prime providers made by his Department under the Work Programme related to delivery of the Work Programme in Clackmannanshire.
    (185510)
64
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of direct payments to individual prime providers made by his Department under the Work Programme related to delivery of the Work Programme in Clackmannanshire.
    (185511)
65
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been submitted to prime providers of the Work Programme in Clackmannanshire.
    (185512)
66
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what oversight his Department has of contracts between prime and sub contractors delivering the Work Programme in Clackmannanshire.
    (185513)
67
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) working and (b) non-working single parents are in receipt of benefits in Birmingham to the smallest area for which figures are available.
    (185370)
68
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are living in poverty in Birmingham to the smallest area for which figures are available.
    (185371)
69
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials his Department have met (i) Axa, (ii) Aviva, (iii) Friends Life, (iv) Scottish Life, (v) Scottish Widows, (vi) Legal and General, (vii) Aegon and (vii) Standard Life in the last four months; and for what purpose.
    (185454)
70
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (PIP) claims (a) have been made, (b) received assessments and (c) been awarded to date; and what the (i) average and (ii) longest time it has taken for a claimant to receive a decision from when the claim was first made in (A) Wales and (B) Newport East constituency.
    (185535)
71
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of people claiming carers' allowance of a rise in the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement.
    (185514)
72
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of personal independence payment are not receiving their benefit payments.
    (185470)
73
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the causes of delays in the delivery of personal independence payments.
    (185471)
74
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payments are outstanding for each of the last three years.
    (185472)
75
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the effects on (a) Exchequer receipts and (b) individual incomes of eligibility for universal credit being established using gross rather than net income with disregards and the taper rate maintained at the levels currently proposes.
    (185521)
76
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of the under-occupancy penalty on the level of child poverty in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (185522)
77
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract.
    (185523)
78
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much income the Health and Safety Executive earned from commercial sources in each of the last 10 years.
    (185524)
79
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what future plans he has for reducing spending on working-age benefits.
    (185525)

Notices given on Wednesday 29 January

1
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Attorney General, how many bankers (a) formerly and (b) currently employed by the Royal Bank of Scotland are being investigated for (i) fraud and (ii) other criminal acts in respect of (A) the authorisation of the misselling of financial products and (B) Libor rate manipulation.
    (185836)
2
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many restraining orders were imposed following the (a) conviction and (b) acquittal of a defendant for domestic violence in each year from 2007-08 to 2012-13.
    (185796)
3
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of domestic violence cases handled by the Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors opposed bail in (a) each year from 2007-08 to 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
    (185797)
4
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there were for breach of a restraining order in each year from 2007-08 to 2012-13.
    (185798)
5
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many domestic violence prosecutions were unsuccessful because of victim issues in (a) 2013-14 to date and (b) each year from 2008-09 to 2012-13.
    (185799)
6
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many unsuccessful prosecutions for domestic violence there were in (a) each year from 2008-09 to 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date; and in how many such cases the prosecution was unsuccessful because the prosecution offered no evidence.
    (185800)
7
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many victims and witnessesd were referred to Crown Prosecution Service-run witness care units in (a) each year from 2008-09 to 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (185801)
8
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, in how many and what proportion of cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for a charging decision since 2010 the CPS took no further action.
    (185802)
9
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service from the police in each year from 2006-07 to 2012-13; and how many such cases were (a) requests for a decision to charge, (b) requesting approval of a decision to caution and (c) requesting approval of a decision to take no further action.
    (185803)
10
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has (a) decided to take no further action on a case referred to it for a pre-charge decision and (b) discontinued a case after initially deciding to charge since 2010.
    (185804)
11
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the progress made by the space sector against the Government's Space Innovation Growth Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
    (185641)
12
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of space and satellite industries to UK defence and security.
    (185642)
13
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when a registry of beneficial ownership will be introduced.
    (185853)
14
 
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new further education college for railway construction on (a) the Network Rail Apprenticeship Programme in Gosport and (b) other existing training programmes.
    (185622)
15
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what international and domestic protections currently exist to safeguard US investors in the UK from unjustified expropriation of their investment.
    (185577)
16
 
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which further education colleges in England has been reviewed by the FE Commissioner; how much time was spent in each college; and whether in each case the recommendations made by the FE Commissioner following his visit were carried out.
    (185772)
17
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications of growth of south-south trade for the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.
    (185831)
18
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on the provision of (a) adult literacy services and (b) adult numeracy services in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last three years.
    (185740)
19
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on publication of a National Space Policy; and if he will make a statement.
    (185585)
20
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what 25 top priority digital projects the Government Digital Service is currently helping Departments design.
    (185652)
21
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 160W, on British American Tobacco, what official meetings the Minister without Portfolio has had with representatives of British American Tobacco on issues other than policy.
    (185820)
22
 
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of Government spending was in (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of GDP in each year since 1990.
    (185648)
23
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual rent is for (a) 35 Great Smith Street and (b) Rosebery Court; and who the landlords are in each case.
    (185743)
24
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers are currently employed by the Government; and at what cost to the public purse such advisers are employed.
    (185833)
25
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged 24 and under have been unemployed for over a year in each of the last 20 years.
    (185738)
26
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many criminal prosecutions the Financial Conduct Authority has commenced since its creation.
    (185649)
27
N
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals subject to the additional rate of income tax pay tax through PAYE.
    (185821)
28
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the use of personal service companies as a means of tax avoidance.
    (185857)
29
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs have received about websites that charge a fee for submitting tax returns in the past 12 months.
    (185782)
30
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014, Official Report, columns 433-4W, on excise duties: fuel, what the evidential basis was for his statement that liquified petroleum gas is not as environmentally beneficial as natural gas; and on what dates the underlying data were compiled.
    (185573)
31
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the issuance of Government bonds with a fixed maturity where the bondholder receives no capital on maturity but in return receives a higher coupon.
    (185683)
32
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals paid the top rate of income tax in each of the last five years.
    (185862)
33
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records his Department holds on individuals earning over £1 million pounds per annum in each of the last five years.
    (185866)
34
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) higher rate taxpayers and (b) individuals who earn over £1 million there were in Newport East constituency in the last year for which figures are available.
    (185608)
35
 
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of (a) bitcoins and (b) other electronic currencies on the future of international currency markets.
    (185614)
36
N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect that the reduction in the additional rate of income tax has had on taxpayers in Wales.
    (185784)
37
N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Office for Budget Responsibility about publication of a Welsh taxes forecast.
    (185785)
38
N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has asked his officials, HM Revenue and Customs or the Office of Budget Responsibility to undertake a behavioural analysis of the effect of the Government's proposed changes to a future Welsh tax rate on (a) basic, (b) higher and (c) additional rate taxpayers in (i) Wales and (ii) the rest of the UK.
    (185786)
39
 
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cumulative change in real terms wages in Wales since 2010.
    (185791)
40
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the five-year housing land supply requirements in the National Planning Policy Framework, what definition his Department uses of the terms persistent and under-delivery.
    (185623)
41
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that planning authorities which demonstrate progress on their local plan and delivery of new homes can be exempted from the requirement to have a 20 per cent buffer in housing land supply.
    (185624)
42
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that planning authorities which have adopted a local plan since the introduction of the National Planning Policy Framework are allowed to count all the allocated housing sites identified in that plan towards the 20 per cent buffer requirement, not just the deliverable yield from those sites in the first five years.
    (185625)
43
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on local planning authorities making allowances in their five-year housing land supply calculations for an increase in housing supply arising from the introduction of new permitted development rights.
    (185626)
44
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on local planning authorities assuming in local plans that, where demand exists, sites of over 200 units will be developed by a number of developers concurrently, and therefore delivered at an annual build rate two or three times that for a single developer.
    (185627)
45
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of (a) changes made to affordable housing contribution rates, (b) reduction of infrastructure barriers and (c) other steps taken by local planning authorities to encourage development on the assumption that authorities can make in local plans about the annual build rate of developers.
    (185628)
46
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to prevent land-banking and speed up the delivery of new homes on sites where planning permission has been granted.
    (185629)
47
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the level of control that local planning authorities are able to exert in ensuring that developers deliver housing on sites identified as part of an authority's five-year supply.
    (185630)
48
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that where local planning authorities have up-to-date local plans, under-delivery calculations are capped at three years after the introduction of the National Planning Policy Framework.
    (185631)
49
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that potential housing sites on which extensive consultation and public engagement has already taken place can be included in calculations of five-year housing supply in local plans.
    (185632)
50
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for the adoption of a 20 per cent buffer for housing land allocation in local plans.
    (185633)
51
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on planning authorities' ability to identify a 20 per cent buffer allocation of land for housing of decisions by the Planning Inspectorate to adopt the Sedgefield approach to calculating land supply when determining appeals against such plans.
    (185634)
52
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of female firefighters who will stay until normal pension age after the changes to the new firefighters pension scheme and firefighters pension scheme.
    (185838)
53
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential economic benefits to consumers in the communications sector of proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals; and if she will make a statement.
    (185586)
54
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the timetable for a decision for the consultation on options for reform on the regulatory and competition appeals.
    (185713)
55
 
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether a decision has been made on the future of the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme and its funding after 2013-14.
    (185827)
56
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to publish the consultation decisions on spectrum annual licenses.
    (185845)
57
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on 4G roll-out of four-to-five fold increases in spectrum annual licence for mobile telephone radio spectrum.
    (185851)
58
 
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library all assessments of new policy and legislation undertaken by her Department since January 2013 which give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
    (185806)
59
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations in Liverpool have been in receipt of National Lottery grants in each of the last six years.
    (185861)
60
 
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to make available online information from Government sources for young people researching the First World War.
    (185640)
61
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of the space and satellite industries to UK defence and security.
    (185643)
62
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the purchase of parts for HMS Ark Royal to be used for repair and refitting; and what proportion of this total has been spent on parts specifically for use on HMS Illustrious.
    (185766)
63
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of the Royal Marines; and if he will make a statement.
    (185767)
64
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the progress of the F35 Lightning II programme.
    (185768)
65
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual maintenance costs of the F35.
    (185769)
66
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original projected cost, (b) cost to date and (c) anticipated final cost has been for the F35 programme.
    (185770)
67
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the computer software specification for the F35 programme is; and whether there have been any problems with this specification.
    (185774)
68
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 306W, on reserve forces: national insurance contributions, if he will make it his policy to pay the national insurance contributions for the two week period of a reservist's annual battle camp.
    (185734)
69
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Typhoon Availability Service Contract extension was open to competition.
    (185812)
70
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the mimumum number of Typhoon jets is that must be available for use by the RAF under the Typhoon Availability Service contract.
    (185813)
71
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the findings of the US Department of Defense's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation report into software development delays on the Joint Strike fighter and its effect on the in-service date for the RAF.
    (185814)
72
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Military Technical Co-operation Agreement with Russia to be signed.
    (185815)
73
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for procuring air launched suppression of enemy air defences weapons for the Typhoon and Joint Strike Fighter.
    (185816)
74
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which equipment programmes procurred using a single source currently have a cost overrun risk ratio of over 50 per cent.
    (185817)
75
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on publication of a National Space Security Policy; and if he will make a statement.
    (185584)
76
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 122W, on pupils: per capita costs, what funding was allocated to each local authority in each year since 2007-08.
    (185805)
77
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers currently practising in England have criminal convictions, by category of criminal offence.
    (185746)
78
 
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of grandparents' current rights of access to their grandchildren; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen such rights.
    (185659)
79
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract for 16 to 17 year olds.
    (185847)
80
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department did not provide further information to Action Fraud when that body reported on 5 September 2013 via email that they did not have enough information to progress the case further on Kings Science Academy.
    (185718)
81
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his officials have met (a) Action Fraud and (b) the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau to review and refine the processes for reporting fraud in the last year.
    (185719)
82
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to better highlight past abuse of children in independent boarding schools.
    (185578)
83
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any inspectors working for the Independent Schools Inspectorates (a) have been accused of child abuse and (b) have been in a position of responsibility in schools with a reported history of child abuse allegations in their careers.
    (185579)
84
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Office of Uncoventional Gas and Oil on the creation of a common liabilities fund to cover (a) accidents and (b) remediation of abandoned wells drilled to pump methane gas using the hydraulic fracturing process.
    (185761)
85
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Peel Group about the possibility of pollution from waste water used for fracking being dumped in the Manchester Ship Canal.
    (185754)
86
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that any proposals brought forward by the Government to change the law on trespassing to facilitate fracking will not affect local property rights.
    (185756)
87
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 217W, on carbon emissions, how carbon emissions from his Department's energy use and travel is calculated.
    (185825)
88
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the studies (a) Measurements of methane emissions at natural gas production sites in the US by the University of Texas at Austin and (b) Radium and barium removal through blending hydraulic fracturing fluids for acid mine drainage by Duke University; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent risks to public health from fracking.
    (185828)
89
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will establish a wealth fund for the community benefit funds generated by the shale gas industry.
    (185574)
90
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what resources his Department has allocated to the Office for Unconventional Oil and Gas; and what the basis was for calculating the resources needed by that office.
    (185635)
91
 
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of average energy bills in Wales in each year since 2010.
    (185790)
92
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of total palm oil production and importation arising directly or indirectly from the use of biofuels and bioliquids for energy in the UK.
    (185758)
93
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with Southampton City Council on its plans to clad solid wall homes under the Energy Companies Obligation.
    (185701)
94
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with Affinity Homes on its plans to clad solid wall homes under the Energy Companies Obligation.
    (185703)
95
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with Nottingham City Homes on its plans to clad solid wall homes under the Energy Companies Obligation.
    (185704)
96
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 157W, on Gangmasters Licensing Authority, how many criminal investigations as a result of GLA operations resulted in court orders for the offender to pay compensation to victims in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
    (185599)
97
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on negotiating with third countries to accept compartmentalisation as a concept to be included in their export health certificates to permit the continued sale and export of breeding stock from the UK in the event of an outbreak of notifiable disease specific to such stock in the UK.
    (185621)
98
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency became aware of the failure regarding the SAM IT system.
    (185664)
99
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department became aware of the AHVLA SAM IT failure.
    (185665)
100
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he was made aware of the AHVLA SAM IT failure.
    (185666)
101
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the contract for the AHVLA SAM IT programme was put out for public tender; how many organisations competed for this contract; who was awarded the contract; and for how long it was granted.
    (185667)
102
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the AHVLA SAM IT failure on the Bovine TB eradication strategy.
    (185668)
103
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cause of the AHVLA SAM IT failure was.
    (185669)
104
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many healthy herds have been miscategorised as infected with bovine TB due to the AHVLA SAM IT failure.
    (185670)
105
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) the AHVLA and (b) his Department was aware of failings with the SAM IT system (i) before the commencement of the Government's pilot badger culls and (ii) before these pilots were subsequently extended.
    (185671)
106
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many herds in each county are classified as infected with bovine TB; and how many such herds were wrongly classified.
    (185672)
107
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the previous data-collection system will still be closed on 1 April 2014 and transferred to the SAM system as scheduled.
    (185673)
108
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle were slaughtered in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last three years.
    (185674)
109
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timeframe was allocated to Operational and User Acceptance Testing for the AHVLA SAM IT system; and whether this timeframe was adhered to.
    (185675)
110
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the OAT and UAT phases for the AHVLA SAM IT system were replaced in favour of live testing methods.
    (185676)
111
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all the bovine TB figures transferred since the data migration from the Veterinary e-Business System (VeBus) to the AHVLA SAM IT system on 3 October 2011 will be reveiwed.
    (185677)
112
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there was a system integration problem between the VeBus and AHVLA SAM IT systems.
    (185678)
113
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the bTB new herd infection miscalculations have been caused by (a) human error due to manually inputting data into the system and (b) data duplicates due to the bTB cases being input manually into SAM and via VeBus.
    (185679)
114
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps (a) his Department and (b) the contractor are taking to rectify the error with the AHVLA SAM IT system.
    (185680)
115
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many TB vaccination trials for cattle his Department has cancelled in the last four years.
    (185681)
116
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what figures make up the £1 billion figure referred to on 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 281, regarding the cost of bovine TB to the UK over the next 10 years.
    (185682)
118
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grants were made under the English Woodland Grant Scheme.
    (185685)
119
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the English Woodland Grant Scheme was closed.
    (185686)
123
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made on the effect of the use of rat poisons on the barn owl population.
    (185653)
124
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Environment Agency on the import of concrete blocks containing partially treated leaded glass.
    (185702)
125
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Environment Agency on trans-frontier shipment approval for the export of leaded glass for treatment.
    (185830)
126
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on food poverty; and if he will make a statement.
    (185706)
127
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Russian authorities about (a) security against terrorism and (b) human rights at the Winter Olympics.
    (185775)
128
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with EU counterparts about the Government's action plan on business and human rights.
    (185776)
129
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many representations he has received since 2010 from (a) the BBC and (b) other broadcasters about the Chinese Government's blocking of BBC television and radio content.
    (185777)
130
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many representations have been made by (a) officials and (b) Ministers to foreign governments since 2010 about freedom of expression in the media.
    (185779)
131
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Pakistan on the decision of the Federal Shariat Court in Pakistan to order the government there to implement death as the only penalty for blasphemy.
    (185823)
132
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the Director of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), or other GCHQ staff acting on his behalf, has requested ministerial authorisation to approve GCHQ reading the content of e-mails gathered as part of general metadata collection since May 2010; and on how many occasions such requests were turned down.
    (185759)
133
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many international summits he attended in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; what the cost to the public purse was of his attendance at each such summit; and what his carbon footprint was in travelling to each such summit.
    (185752)
134
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Commonwealth counterparts on amending the Commonwealth Charter to include opposition to discrimination on the basis of sexuality.
    (185695)
135
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Ugandan counterpart following the approval of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill by the Ugandan Parliament; and what assessment he has made of the decision of President Museveni decision not to sign this Bill.
    (185696)
136
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Nigerian counterpart following the passage of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in that country; and with which international counterparts he has discussed the Act's compatibility with (a) the Commonwealth Charter and (b) international human rights laws.
    (185697)
137
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27 January, Official Report, column 426W, on British Nationals abroad, who will conduct this review; which organisations will be consulted as part of the review; and whether a public consultation will be part of the review.
    (185609)
138
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27 January, Official Report, column 426W, on British Nationals abroad, if he will consult the devolved administrations on the use of police and court services in regard to UK citizens killed or seriously harmed abroad.
    (185610)
139
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Minister for Trade and Investment on the resolution on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran passed by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (185794)
140
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many personnel of each grade are employed in his Department's Devolution Unit; and what the total cost of the unit to the public purse has been since its creation.
    (185818)
141
 
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the persecution of Christians in that country and the use of the death penalty on those who convert to Christianity in Saudi Arabia.
    (185662)
142
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when each strategic health authority was abolished as a legal entity; and when the chief executive officer of each strategic health authority ceased to be paid (a) a salary and (b) any other payment by NHS England or any other NHS body.
    (185654)
143
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which directorate of his Department is currently responsible for nursery milk; and on what grounds the responsible directorate has changed since May 2010.
    (185819)
144
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what clinical standards he has put in place for ambulances run by private providers.
    (185844)
145
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health trainers there were in the NHS in each year since May 2010.
    (185850)
146
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2013, Official Report, column 469W, on health: finance, when the figures for Q2 and Q3 will be available.
    (185855)
147
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) the National Health Service have received about websites that charge a fee to those applying for a European health insurance card in the past 12 months.
    (185781)
148
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to protect members of the public who go online to obtain a European Health Insurance Card and are misled into paying a non-government internet site for help in securing such a card despite it being available through the Government website free of charge.
    (185617)
149
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rates of referral are to specialist alcohol treatment services for people in each region and of each gender.
    (185714)
150
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Government provides for children with autism as they reach adulthood.
    (185839)
151
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a fund for local authorities to encourage the development of new models of provision for people with autism.
    (185840)
152
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government takes to raise awareness of how the public can support children and young people with autism.
    (185841)
153
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a community-based scheme to raise awareness of children and adults with autism.
    (185842)
154
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been detained under Mental Health legislation at a hospital in England in each year since 2010.
    (185762)
155
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people detained under Mental Health legislation have been transferred to hospitals in England in each year since 2010.
    (185773)
156
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance on the implementation of EN 13779:2007 and indoor air quality in hospitals.
    (185587)
157
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what he expects all NHS hospitals in England to meet the requirements of EN 13779:2007 on indoor air quality.
    (185600)
158
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospitals in England currently meet the requirements of EN 13779:2007 on indoor air quality.
    (185601)
159
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2013, Official Report, columns 348-9W, on health services: reciprocal arrangements, what steps his Department is taking to recoup balances outstanding from those European countries in relation to EHIC payments; and if he will make it his policy to withhold government EHIC payments from those countries which owe the UK money under those arrangements.
    (185854)
160
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by North West Ambulance Service on private ambulances in 2013; which providers were used and on how many occasions; and what amount was paid to each such provider.
    (185755)
161
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all waiting times in hospitals are correctly recorded.
    (185826)
162
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to include autism in future versions of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework.
    (185655)
163
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that autism is included in the revised mandate for Health Education England.
    (185660)
164
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that the Department addresses issues on employment and benefits raised during the listening exercise on the review of the adult autism strategy.
    (185661)
165
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will create a seamless national care pathway for patients recovering from a bone marrow transplant.
    (185744)
166
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to adopt national guidelines on care and its provision for people recovering from a bone marrow transplant.
    (185748)
167
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to help patients return to an active life after a bone marrow transplant; and if he will class this as a key health outcome.
    (185749)
168
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to provide support for (a) patients receiving a bone marrow transplant and (b) their families.
    (185750)
169
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, columns 276-7W, on mental health services, what the key performance indicators for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme were in each year since their introduction.
    (185863)
170
 
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was in each accident and emergency department in the East of England in each year since 2009-10.
    (185771)
171
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 234W, on human trafficking, how many (a) male and (b) female identified victims of human trafficking have received wider support from local authorities and other mainstream support providers once the period in funded support has ended to date.
    (185575)
172
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 234W, how many identified (a) male and (b) female victims of human trafficking have received wider support from local authorities and other mainstream support providers once the period in funded support had ended in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
    (185576)
173
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2014, Official Report, column 185W, on human trafficking, what data is collected in the Case Information Database; how such information is collated and reviewed; and if she will make a statement.
    (185598)
174
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of trafficking for purposes of (a) labour exploitation and (b) domestic servitude received compensation through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010.
    (185637)
175
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identified victims of human trafficking did not participate in criminal proceedings in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
    (185638)
176
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identified victims of human trafficking received funded support in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
    (185639)
177
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 233W, on human trafficking, who will undertake the review of the National Referral Mechanism; and if she will make a statement.
    (185644)
178
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 481W, on human trafficking: Victim Support Scheme, how many of the (a) 270 males and (b) 62 females referred to the Salvation Army since 1 July 2011 were provided shelter and assistance during a reflection and recovery period.
    (185645)
179
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 481W, on human trafficking: Victim Support Scheme, how many of the 270 males referred to the Salvation Army since 1 July 2011 were granted discretionary leave to remain on the grounds of personal circumstances.
    (185646)
180
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 314W, on human trafficking, how many victims of trafficking for the purpose of (a) labour exploitation and (b) domestic servitude received positive conclusive grounds decisions broken down by each first responder in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
    (185663)
181
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people she estimates have arrived in the UK seeking work from Romania and Bulgaria since 1 January 2014.
    (185858)
182
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the composition of trade delegations from countries which trade sanctions are in place.
    (185860)
183
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints (a) her Department and (b) the Passport and Identity Service have received about websites that charge an additional processing fee for making a passport application in the past 12 months.
    (185780)
184
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that detainees at immigration removal centres are treated well and are not subject to abuse.
    (185613)
185
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to protect members of the public who go online to apply for or renew a British passport and are misled into using a non-government internet website which charges a fee and takes no responsibility for the outcome of the application.
    (185618)
186
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been denied entry to the UK since the introduction of regulations which bar entry to those visa applicants who owe more than £1,000 to the NHS; and how many people have started to make payments under such regulations.
    (185725)
187
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warnings were listed on the Police National Computer in 2013, by offence type; and for which offences such warnings were listed.
    (185715)
188
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided for drug-intervention projects provided by police forces in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of levels of such spending since the introduction of police and crime commissioners.
    (185582)
189
 
Sir James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what approval process will be followed for the use of saliva drug testing kits for drugs other than cannabis; and if she will make a statement.
    (185795)
190
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cannabis farms were identified in each local authority area in Devon and Cornwall in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
    (185636)
191
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of IPCC investigations were categorised as conduct matters with special requirements in each year since 2005.
    (185837)
192
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons and under what process information relating to possible fraud at the Kings Science Academy in Bradford was classified as an information report rather than a crime report.
    (185726)
193
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for supply of each legal high subject to temporary banning orders have been brought in the last three years.
    (185739)
194
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of arson were recorded in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last five years.
    (185742)
195
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, columns 287-8W, on House of Commons staff, what the (a) level of job satisfaction, (b) proportion of people proud to work for the House Service, (c) average days lost to sickness per employee and (d) turnover rate was for each staff survey conducted in the last 10 years.
    (185865)
196
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the US about the Power Africa Off Grid Energy Challenge.
    (185793)
197
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases have been heard at (a) Teesside Magistrates' Court and (b) Teesside Crown Court in each year since 2007.
    (185647)
198
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of those (a) convicted and (b) on remand in English prisons was in each of the last five years.
    (185859)
199
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on written questions, whether the wide range of issues that special advisers advise Ministers on include the answers to Parliamentary Questions.
    (185603)
200
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on written questions, whether the additional advice and assistance provided to Ministers by special advisers is restricted to specific policy areas.
    (185693)
201
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on written questions, whether the additional advice and assistance provided to Ministers by special advisers is restricted to questions from specific, identified hon. Members.
    (185727)
202
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on issuing apologies to those historically prosecuted for their sexuality who have not yet been pardoned.
    (185612)
203
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of progress made by the Law Commission inquiry into the fiduciary duties of investment management intermediaries; and if he will make a statement.
    (185760)
204
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies wholly owned by more than one public authority are covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 since the scope of the Act was extended in 2013.
    (185864)
205
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications were made at magistrates' courts for legal aid in the last 12 months.
    (185747)
206
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunal Service spent on interpreters in 2011, 2012 and 2013; how much was spent on interpreting each language in those years; and how much was paid by defendants towards these costs.
    (185824)
207
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which three countries have the most foreign nationals in UK prisons; and what steps he is taking to return those offenders to secure detention in their own countries.
    (185849)
208
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library the terms of reference for the review by the hon. Member for Penrith and The Border of veterans in the criminal justice system.
    (185602)
209
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he has had with the Youth Justice Board; and what the average number of such meetings is per month.
    (185604)
210
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to amend the Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme to include greater use of restorative justice.
    (185732)
211
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what value of confiscation orders were (a) issued and (b) uncollected in each year since 2010.
    (185720)
212
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding confiscation orders were written off in each year since 2010.
    (185721)
213
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value of outstanding confiscation orders was on 31 December (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (185722)
214
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding confiscation orders there were on 31 December (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (185723)
215
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what value of outstanding confiscation orders were written off in each year since 2010.
    (185724)
216
 
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Christchurch of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 123W, on the European Convention on Human Rights, when he intends to bring the EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights before Parliament for its approval; and what recent meetings he has had on this matter.
    (185716)
217
 
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his contribution on 19 November 2013 on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, what meetings he has had with officials to determine a suitable test case; what time limit he has set for his Department to identify a suitable test case; and when he intends to report to Parliament on progress made.
    (185717)
218
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks by dissident republicans took place in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months; and how many such attacks involved (a) bombs and (b) shootings.
    (185699)
219
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were (a) detained, (b) prosecuted and (c) imprisoned following conviction in each of the last 12 months in relation to dissident republican attacks in Northern Ireland.
    (185700)
220
N
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on publications, whether relevant people includes individuals employed by the Conservative Party.
    (185856)
221
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set a deadline for publication of the findings of the inquiry into the UK's involvement in the 1984 massacre at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
    (185745)
222
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Prime Minister, whether release of the findings of the inquiry into the UK's involvement in the 1984 massacre at the Golden Temple in Amritsar will include publication of all relevant documents.
    (185751)
223
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials attended the 2014 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos; what the total cost of their attendance was; and what the (i) travel, (ii) accommodation and (iii) subsistence costs were.
    (185829)
224
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Prime Minister, how many international summits he attended in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; what the cost to the public purse was of his attendance at each such summit; and what his carbon footprint was in travelling to each such summit.
    (185753)
225
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many additional voters have been registered by the Electoral Commission in each of the Commission's key target demographics in each year since those targets were set.
    (185834)
226
N
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the criteria is for allocating funding to individual roads within strategic highway routes under his Route Based Strategy framework.
    (185852)
227
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) gross and (b) net revenue from each tolled crossing in the UK was in 2013.
    (185605)
228
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) gross and (b) net revenue from the Severn Bridge and the Second Severn Crossing was in 2013.
    (185606)
229
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles that used the (a) Severn Bridge and (b) Second Severn Crossing in 2013.
    (185607)
230
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the cost of the Highways Agency's recent switch to Microsoft Office 2010.
    (185843)
231
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency have received about websites that charge an additional processing fee for making an application for a new or replacement driver's licence in the past 12 months.
    (185783)
232
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet Google to discuss the profits that company makes from copycat websites which charge for the application for and renewal of driving licences.
    (185848)
233
 
Sir James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that all healthcare professionals understand the new drug driving offence; and if he will make a statement
    (185808)
234
 
Sir James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that all patients taking long-term medication understand the new drug driving offence; and if he will make a statement.
    (185809)
235
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the full greenhouse gas emissions balance of the renewable transport fuel obligations, including indirect land use change and indirectly-caused nitrous oxide emissions.
    (185792)
236
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of accidents on the national trunk road network that led to the death or serious injury of a cyclist involved a heavy goods vehicle in each of the last five years.
    (185741)
237
 
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about publication of a Welsh taxes forecast.
    (185787)
238
 
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what changes have been made to the Welsh block grant in each year of the current Parliament in (a) real and (b) absolute terms.
    (185788)
239
N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of young adults in Wales living with their parents.
    (185789)
240
 
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of the personal independence payment helpline; and if he will make a statement.
    (185763)
241
 
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the financial effect that charging a premium rate for the (a) personal independence payment helpline and (b) Capita helpline is having on the household income of claimants; and if he will make a statement.
    (185764)
242
 
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims have exceeded the three-month qualifying period; and what the (a) average and (b) longest time it has taken for a claimant to receive a decision from when the claim was first made in (i) the UK, (ii) Wales and (iii) Aberconwy constituency.
    (185765)
243
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on public relations and communications consultants in each year since 2010.
    (185707)
244
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on communications and media training for (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants in each year since 2010.
    (185708)
245
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget his Department has allocated to spend on advertising (a) the under-occupancy penalty and (b) universal credit in the current financial year.
    (185709)
246
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on advertising in each year since 2010.
    (185710)
247
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on advertising the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty.
    (185711)
248
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Recruitment and Employment Confederation on ways of ensuring that the recruitment process for temporary workers is as transparent and efficient as possible.
    (185616)
249
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of (a) the reassessment of people in receipt of the higher rate of disability living allowance and (b) the personal independent payment appeals process on people currently participating in the Motability Scheme.
    (185619)
250
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been received by (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) his Department over Universal Jobmatch; and what the reasons were for each complaint.
    (185694)
251
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions his Department has put in place to monitor the maintenance of Universal Jobmatch by Monster.
    (185705)
252
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants referred to Universal Jobmatch have entered employment for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months and (d) more than six months to date.
    (185733)
253
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers in Kingston-upon-Hull have applied for wage subsidies under the Youth Contract scheme to date.
    (185580)
254
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekerts in Kingston-upon-Hull have been supported by wage subsidies under the Youth Contract scheme to date.
    (185581)
255
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers (a) in the adult entertainment industry and (b) possessing a sexual entertainment venue licence have applied for wage subsidies under the Youth Contract scheme to date.
    (185583)
256
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington North constituency have been living in the same property since 1996 and in receipt of council tax benefit or a successor benefit during that time; and what estimate he has made of the number of such people who have (a) received transitional support, (b) erroneously had their benefit cancelled and (c) moved home following erroneous deductions from their benefit.
    (185736)
257
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 January 2014, what advance notice he will give pension providers of changes to auto enrolment provisions; and if he will make a statement.
    (185684)
258
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who receive pension credit in (a) Scottish parliamentary constituencies, (b) Fife region, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK; and what the cost to the public purse is of that provision for each category.
    (185867)
259
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing pension credit in each of the last five financial years.
    (185868)
260
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of providing pension credit in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) England and (d) Wales in the current financial year.
    (185869)
261
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of pension credit since it was introduced.
    (185870)
262
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned at any one time in the (a) last month, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) year; and if he will publish the unemployment figures for the (i) last month, (ii) three months, (iii) six months and (iv) year if people on sanctions were included in the figures.
    (185691)
263
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any provision has been made to transfer funds between the DEL and AME allocations for universal credit within his Department's overall allocation.
    (185611)
264
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the exclusion of universal credit claimants on the overall claimant count in (a) April, (b) May, (c) June, (d) July, (e) August, (f) September, (g) October, (h) November and (i) December 2013.
    (185690)
265
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total DEL budget allocated to the development, implementation and running of the Universal Credit programme was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16, (g) 2016-17, (h) 2017-18 and (i) total.
    (185692)
266
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claim (a) £20,000, (b) £30,000, (c) £40,000, (d) £50,000, (e) £60,000, (f) £70,000 and (g) £80,000 and above in housing benefit per annum.
    (185835)
267
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants appealing against the removal of employment and support allowance were not able to claim jobseeker's allowance during the period of appeal in the latest year for which data is available.
    (185615)
268
N
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to extend to industrial premises the exemption for Sikhs from requirements to wear safety helmets on construction sites.
    (185731)
269
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will uprate the income threshold for carers allowance in line with increases in the minimum wage.
    (185757)
270
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure there is sufficient capacity in Jobcentre Plus to process individuals returning after completion of the Work Programme.
    (185735)
271
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of regional variations in the cumulative impact of the Government's welfare reform programme; and if he will make a statement.
    (185737)
272
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many homeless people have been referred to the Work Programme since June 2011; and how many of those people have secured a job outcome.
    (185846)

Notices given on Thursday 30 January

1
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on ensuring that the disposal of the military estate results in maximum benefit to local communities.
[Question Unstarred]   (902332)
2
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the appointment of Sir Win Bischoff, Chair of Lloyds Bank, as Chair of the Financial Reporting Council on the ability of that body to process complaints against Lloyds; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (185651)
3
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Competition Commission on the effect that real time credit data sharing would have on competition in the payday loans industry.
[Transferred]   (185656)
4
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent to which lenders are able to obtain up to date information from credit reference agencies.
[Transferred]   (185657)
5
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost of introducing real time credit data sharing; and what his policy is on whether such costs could be met by industry.
[Transferred]   (185658)
6
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter to the President of the European Council of 15 November 2013, what steps he is taking to ensure the European Fourth Money Laundering Directive visibly leads global efforts to strengthen transparency of company beneficial ownership.
[Transferred]   (185807)
7
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 278W, on nuclear weapons, by what date the House will be informed of the Government's intention on attendance at the conference in Mexico on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.
[Transferred]   (185832)
8
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at how many meetings to discuss Schengen measures UK officials have been present since 2010.
[Transferred]   (185778)
9
 
Sir James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce saliva drug testing kits for drugs other than cannabis; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (185811)
10
 
Sir James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she plans to give to police officers on the enforcement of the new drug driving offence; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (185810)
11
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 452W, on Crown Prosecution Service, if he will place the preliminary CPS review of R v Renate Andrews in the Library.
    (185974)
12
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2013, Official Report, column 399W, on prosecutions, whether the National Scrutiny Panel has met.
    (185975)
13
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met the Chief Executive of Post Office Ltd to discuss initiatives and proven technologies to generate more footfall across the Post Office network; and if he will make a statement.
    (185940)
14
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on access to public funding for the Maritime Skills Alliance in designing apprenticeships in partnership with the maritime industry.
    (185962)
15
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the Scottish Government on maritime apprenticeships; and if he will ensure that further such discussions take place in the near future.
    (185963)
16
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) public and (b) private funding is provided to each sector skills council in the UK.
    (185964)
17
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which sector skills council is responsible for the maritime industry.
    (186050)
18
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186029)
19
 
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people are economically active in (a) Norwich North constituency, (b) the local authority area of Norwich and (c) Norfolk; and how many such people are paid (i) national minimum wage (NMW) and (ii) more than NMW but less that £7.65 per hour in each such area.
    (185952)
20
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to increase access for local brewers to the number of pubs owned by big pubcos.
    (185958)
21
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue is lost annually as a result of the exemption of transfer passengers from air passenger duty.
    (185976)
22
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue he expects air passenger duty to yield in the current and next year.
    (185977)
23
 
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will support real time data sharing for credit records.
    (185904)
24
 
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost to the public purse and (b) the benefits of real time credit data sharing.
    (185905)
25
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the provisions of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2012 on the amount of VAT collected from the metal recycling industry.
    (185960)
26
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the economic package announced for Northern Ireland in June 2013.
    (185951)
27
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reduction in tax liabilities for shipping companies in the tonnage tax scheme was in each (a) calendar and (b) financial year since the scheme was introduced up to the latest estimates for (i) 2013 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (185941)
28
 
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the minutes of each meeting of the Ministerial Recovery working group since 7 January 2014.
    (186098)
29
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186030)
30
 
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of development schemes in England of over 100 units in the private rented sector which are either (a) seeking or (b) have secured planning permission.
    (186087)
31
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the 10 local authorities were with (a) highest and (b) lowest levels of reductions in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (185896)
32
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small retail businesses in the (a) administrative county of Essex and (b) Colchester constituency which will benefit in financial year 2014-15 from the Government's policy of reducing business rates by £1,000.
    (185927)
33
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local planning authorities in (a) improving the viability of brownfield sites and (b) restarting stalled developments.
    (185957)
34
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect waterway assets, including listed buildings and conservation areas, from the effects of High Speed 2.
  [R] (185936)
35
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in what sports there has been an increase in (a) adult and (b) child participation since the 2012 Olympic Games.
    (185872)
36
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games on encouraging people to be physically active.
    (185989)
37
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations her Department has received from Lord Lingfield or his representatives on the future of HMS Victory.
    (186069)
38
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings Ministers and officials of her Department have had with representatives of Lord Lingfield regarding the future of HMS Victory.
    (186070)
39
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of her Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186031)
40
 
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made in securing the future of the National Media Museum in Bradford.
    (185873)
41
 
Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out a timetable for remedial action work to begin and be completed at Dalgety Bay.
    (186061)
42
 
Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will discuss with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation detailed options for cleaning up the radiation contamination at Dalgety Bay.
    (186062)
43
 
Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department was not represented at the Dalgety Bay Forum on 30 January 2014.
    (186064)
44
 
Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will instruct officials of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to meet representatives of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Dalgety Bay community within the next week.
    (186066)
45
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that any members of any of the armed forces medical and dental corps made redundant on 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 461, will be transitioned into the NHS.
    (185942)
46
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide details of the redundancy packages to be received by members of the armed forces who will be made redundant as a result of the programme announced on 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 461.
    (185943)
47
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of service personnel included in the part of the armed forces redundancy programme announced on 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 461 will be made redundant within one year of accruing their immediate pension point.
    (185944)
48
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of how many of the redundancies in the armed forces announced on 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 461, will be compulsory.
    (185946)
49
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of service leavers entered the Career Transition Partnership Programme in each year since 2010; and how many of those were successful in pursuing new careers.
    (186071)
50
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186032)
51
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the specialist qualifications and responsibilities are of the 70 dental and medical staff who are part of the recently announced redundancy package in the RAF; how many dental and medical staff within the RAF hold those same qualifications; what financial savings are expected from the redundancies; and if he will make a statement.
    (186080)
52
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether people who have signed non-disclosure orders relating to Military Aviation Authority reports can obtain legal and technical advice which would necessitate others having sight of the document.
    (186072)
53
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Honeywell Traffic Collision Avoidance System II was purchased for installation on the Tornado GR4.
    (186073)
54
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of likely cash spending levels for (a) Navy Command, (b) Land Forces, (c) Air Command, (d) Defence Infrastructure Organisation and (e) Defence Equipment and Support in each of the next four financial years.
    (186074)
55
 
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) defence contractors and (b) other companies have been hosted by the Government at events connected with the visit of HMS Richmond to Cartagena; and if he will make a statement.
    (186063)
56
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what comparative assessment he has made of the international comparisons relating to (a) levels of voter turnout and registration and (b) compulsory voting and compulsory registration.
    (185895)
57
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions whistleblowers have reported alleged financial impropriety to the Education Funding Agency in each year of its operation.
    (186078)
58
 
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which academies in each parliamentary constituency have received funding under the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund in 2013-14.
    (185973)
59
 
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) sponsored and (b) converter academies there were in each parliamentary constituency and local authority in England in (i) May 2010 and (ii) January 2014; and what the name of each such academy is.
    (186090)
60
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186033)
61
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recent public debate on immigration on the incidence of racist bullying of schoolchildren.
    (185886)
62
 
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of MWHr of electricity that will be generated by the Short Term Operating Reserve in each of the next five years.
    (186067)
63
 
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many MWHr of electricity was generated by the Short Term Operating Reserve in each of the last five years.
    (186068)
64
 
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of potential options for reducing the inefficiency of coal and gas plants when such plants are used as backup for other sources of energy production.
    (185950)
65
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2013, Official Report, column 607W, on energy: competition, on what date he expects that the Annual Competition Assessment will be published.
    (185972)
66
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2014, Official Report, columns 703-4W, on energy, what assessment his Department has made of the market share of suppliers in the non-domestic energy market in the last 10 years.
    (186085)
67
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how the community to be recipient of a single £100,000 down payment on the granting of permission to drill a well to frack for gas will be defined.
    (185885)
68
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 286W, on plutonium, and with reference to the Answer by the Paymaster-General of 24 June 1958, Official Report, columns 246-8, on atomic power stations (plutonium production), for what reasons the notifications made to the design of Hinkley Point and the next two stations did not result in withdrawals of plutonium of a type and quantity suitable for weapons use.
    (185949)
69
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with councils on fracking and business rates.
    (185883)
70
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons his policy is to allow councils to keep 100 per cent of business rates from fracking operations.
    (185897)
71
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of how many households have been removed from fuel poverty as a result of the supplier funded Energy Company Obligation in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) each of the devolved nations to date; and what projections his Department has made of the number of households that will be removed from fuel poverty as a result of that obligation in each of the next four years.
    (186047)
72
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186034)
73
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2014, Official Report, column 706W, on bovine tuberculosis, how many detailed laboratory post-mortems of culled badgers were carried out; and what use will be made of the results.
    (185945)
74
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186035)
75
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 125W, on flood control, what assessment he has made of the success of the opportunity maps scheme.
    (185880)
76
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions the EU Commission has set for Israel's participation in Horizon 2020.
    (186046)
77
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on Iran's ballistic missile programme; and whether the Joint Plan of Action requires Iran to suspend research and development and production.
    (185882)
78
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) HEO, (b) SEO, (c) 7 and (d) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (185947)
79
 
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 417W, on Burma, when representatives of his Department had discussions with Aung San Suu Kyi on visiting places in Burma where anti-Muslim violence has taken place; and who took part in those meetings.
    (185922)
80
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwifery students there were in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (186065)
81
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has (a) taken and (b) plans to take in the next six months to ensure that patients and patient groups are adequately equipped to respond to the forthcoming consultation on value-based assessment;and if he will make a statement.
    (186086)
82
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has (a) taken and (b) plans to take in the next six months to ensure that the patient voice is heard in (i) the consultation on value-based assessment and (ii) future decision-making on treatments; and if he will make a statement.
    (186088)
83
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many communities in England have (a) committed their intention to become dementia-friendly and (b) achieved dementia friendly status and carry the Alzheimer's Society symbol.
    (185871)
84
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to update the National Dementia Strategy when it expires at the end of 2014; if he will include provisions for greater diagnosis and management of pain in dementia patients in any such update; and if he will make a statement.
    (185983)
85
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) dementia patients and (b) cognitively intact adults in care home settings who are prescribed analgesics.
    (185984)
86
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to include provisions on identifying pain in those less able to communicate in the Vulnerable Older People's Strategy.
    (185985)
87
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the Care Quality Commission to assess the potential benefits of and include in their inspections questions on (a) training and (b) other provisions that care homes have put in place to assist in identifying pain in people less able to communicate in their assessments.
    (185986)
88
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) produce national guidelines and (b) introduce training programmes on identifying the causes of challenging behaviour in dementia patients following a reduction in the use of antipsychotic drugs.
    (185987)
89
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human/animal hybrid embryos have been created in the UK since 2008.
    (185903)
90
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human embroyos have been discarded in each year since 1990.
    (185931)
91
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many repeat abortions have been performed on women aged (a) under 20, (b) 20 to 24, (c) 25 to 29, (d) 30 to 34 and (e) 35 years and above in each year since 1984.
    (185933)
92
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to issue guidelines for the treatment of cardiomyopathy.
    (186089)
93
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186036)
94
 
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the child protection information sharing project; and if he will make a statement.
    (185932)
95
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change was in the number of people diagnosed with depression between (a) 2003-04 and 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 and 2012-13.
    (185879)
96
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many secondments of staff in his Department (a) to and (b) from the private sector have taken place in the last three months; and in each such case what the name of the organisation concerned and the duration of the secondment was.
    (185926)
97
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has evaluated on the contribution of incentives to the success of voluntary agreements with food companies on measures to improve public health; and if he will make a statement.
    (185902)
98
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the reply by the Acting Chief Executive of the Health Protection Agency to the letter sent to him on 21 December 2012 by the Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, in respect of Group B streptococcus in intrapartum women.
    (185929)
99
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has given to regional and local laboratories to raise awareness among microbiology and pathology staff to ensure that the enhanced medium is offered when testing is requested in respect of Group B streptococcus in intrapartum women; and if he will make a statement.
    (185930)
100
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that foreign citizens are able to access medical treatment and register with a GP while their passport is being held by her Department to process their visa application.
    (186048)
101
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with those working to support and resettle vulnerable and traumatised refugees on the psychological effects on (a) adult and (b) child refugees of being offered (i) temporary and (ii) permanent resettlement pursuant to her statement of 29 Janaury 2014, Official report, columns 863-77, on Syrian refugees, if she will make it her policy to offer Syrian refugees under that scheme the option of permanent residence in the UK: and if she will make a statement.
    (185988)
102
 
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion the Government has had with the government of the Irish Republic regarding the movement of Filipino seamen with the Irish UK travel area.
    (185884)
103
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the conclusions of the research commissioned by her Department on the impact on minimum pricing of alcohol has led to the development of legislative proposals by her Department.
    (185890)
104
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many secondments of staff in her Department (a) to and (b) from the private sector have taken place in the last three months; and in each such case what the name of the organisation concerned and the duration of the secondment was.
    (185928)
105
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of her Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186037)
106
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Integrated Offender Management model piloted in the London Borough of Islington on reoffending rates in that area.
    (186075)
107
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on rolling out Integrated Offender Management models to all parts of England and Wales.
    (186076)
108
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Integrated Offender Management model piloted in Surrey and Sussex on reoffending rates in those areas.
    (186077)
109
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to pilot payment by results schemes run under contracts won by the private sector.
    (186079)
110
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court cases were delayed as a result of a lack of an interpreter or translator in each month since the court interpreter contract started.
    (186116)
111
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any proposals under the Probation Change programme for partnership working will be piloted before a national roll-out.
    (186042)
112
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it will be a requirement in the tendering process for probation work that contractors must demonstrate how partnership working will exist under the new arrangements.
    (186043)
113
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the provisions for information sharing and data protection agreed with providers of offender management services.
    (186044)
114
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average saving to the public purse of each offender of those supervised under the integrated offender management model is.
    (186058)
115
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his risk assessment of the probation change proposals and its effect on partnership work and impact on service delivery.
    (186059)
116
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186038)
117
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186039)
118
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the registration drives organised by (a) Bite the Ballot, (b) Operation Black Vote and (c) other groups in civil society.
    (185881)
119
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence the Electoral Commission has had with Experian on voter under registration in each of the last six years.
    (185888)
120
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the EC has made of the effectiveness of the use of the non-partisan get out the vote message on Facebook for the 2010 US Congressional elections.
    (185889)
121
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission has spent on research into (a) voter registration and postal ballot fraud and (b) under registration in each of the last six years; and what future research is planned for each.
    (185891)
122
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the role of new technology in improving voter (a) registration and (b) turnout.
    (185892)
123
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what research the Electoral Commission on voter (a) turnout and (b) disengagement in the last six years.
    (185893)
124
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has had discussions with churches and religious denominations in the UK about the importance of electoral registration.
    (185898)
125
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will offer support and publicity to groups within civic society which help to increase electoral registration.
    (185899)
126
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the voter turnout was in (a) each 10 year cohort from 18 onwards, (b) each socio-economic group and (c) each ethnic group in the last national election.
    (185970)
127
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what action the Electoral Commission has taken against local authorities which have failed performance standard three for electoral registration officers (house-to-house enquiries).
    (185971)
128
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many successful convictions for postal ballot fraud there were in each region and constituent part of the UK in each year for which data is held.
    (186081)
129
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made on the effects of postal voting on voter engagement and participation.
    (186082)
130
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the voter turnout was for (a) postal and (b) non-postal voters in all elections for which the Electoral Commission holds data.
    (186083)
131
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will list the 50 wards with the greatest change in turnout between the 2005 and 2010 general elections.
    (186084)
132
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the changes to voter turnout as a result of their proposed changes to the handling of postal ballots.
    (186091)
133
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with hon. Members about their proposed changes to the handling of postal ballots.
    (186092)
134
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with the Electoral Registration Officer on measures to improve levels of electoral registration.
    (186093)
135
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the value for money of electoral registration drives carried out by (a) political parties, (b) civic society and (c) the Electoral Commission.
    (186094)
136
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of which areas will show the greatest variation in electoral registration as a result of the introduction of individual electoral registration.
    (186095)
137
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of changes in electoral registration levels in advance of the next boundary review.
    (186096)
138
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what contingency plans the Electoral Commission has to cope with a significant drop in voter registration as a result of individual electoral registration.
    (186099)
139
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the potential effect of the Deregulation Bill on the (a) standardisation and (b) design of apprenticeships in the (i) rail engineering, (ii) offshore oil and gas and (iii) maritime industries.
    (185961)
140
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of maritime apprenticeships; and when he last discussed maritime apprenticeships with his ministerial colleagues in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
    (186049)
141
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 10 UK airports service the most overseas destinations; and what proportion of transfer passengers is at each such airport.
    (185978)
142
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aircraft arrivals and departures have taken place at Heathrow between 6am and 7am in each year since 1993.
    (185979)
143
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the number of noise quota points used per winter and summer season in the night noise quota period in the last 20 years.
    (185980)
144
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the destinations of flights and number of passengers in each flight which arrive at Heathrow in the noise quota period are.
    (185981)
145
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of passengers on flights scheduled to arrive at Heathrow in the night noise quota period are transfer passengers.
    (185982)
146
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186040)
147
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent correspondence he has received on charges to access the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency phonelines.
    (186060)
148
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the income has been from calls to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency phonelines in each year for which data is available.
    (186097)
149
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to increase the number of UK seafarers by increasing the number of UK-owned vessels registered under the UK flag.
    (185934)
150
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the flags under which UK-owned ships over 500 gross tonnage are registered; how many ships are registered under each flag; and what proportion of the UK-owned fleet this represents in each case.
    (185935)
151
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the number of UK-owned ships over 500 tonnage that are registered under each of the (a) Marshall Islands, (b) Panamanian, (c) Liberian, (d) Hong Kong, (e) Singaporean, (f) Bahaman and (g) Maltese flags; and what proportion of the UK-owned fleet each represents.
    (185937)
152
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) number and (b) proportion of UK-owned ships is over gross 500 tonnage that are registered under (i) open and (ii) national flag registries.
    (185938)
153
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) number and (b) proportion is of UK-owned ships over 500 gross tonnage that are registered under the UK flag.
    (185939)
154
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time that an individual who requires a home visit waits between his Department receiving their form, How your condition affects you, and receiving an personal independence payment assessment.
    (185965)
155
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is an individual waits between his Department receiving their form, How your condition affects you, and receiving an personal independence payment assessment.
    (185966)
156
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken is between an individual making an initial personal independence payment claim and receiving a form, How your condition affects you.
    (185967)
157
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2014, Official Report, columns 44-5W, on housing benefit, if he will provide a full step-by-step guide to accessing the information requested via the Stat Xplore website.
    (185923)
158
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of developing the Stat Xplore website was.
    (185924)
159
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department were employed in the development of the Stat Xplore website.
    (185925)
160
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unique users have registered to use the Stat Xplore website since its launch.
    (185953)
161
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unregistered unique users have used the Stat Xplore website since its launch.
    (185954)
162
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any (a) usability surveys or (b) satisfaction surveys have been conducted among (i) officials in his Department and (ii) the public on the Stat Xplore website.
    (185955)
163
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what external contracts his Department has made for the development and maintenance of the Stat Xplore website; and what the value is of those contracts.
    (185956)
164
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department launched the Stat Xplore website.
    (185968)
165
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to officials in his Department on the use of the Stat Xplore website.
    (185969)
166
 
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the Olympic Airlines pension scheme are able to access the Pension Protection Fund.
    (185959)
167
 
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect changes in pension contributions have had on the take-home pay of officials of his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and LO2, (c) EO and LO1, (d) HEO, (e) SEO, (f) 7 and (g) SCS grades and equivalents since May 2010.
    (186041)
168
 
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 171W, on work programme, how many people on the work programme found work lasting longer than one year in each of the last three years.
    (186045)
169
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recent public debate on welfare benefits for the disabled on the incidence of hate crime towards the disabled.
    (185887)
170
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 43W, on housing benefit: social rented housing, which are the relevant authorities referred to in the Answer.
    (185894)
Tuesday 4 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
 
* 1
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): When he next plans to announce progress on his legal aid proposals.
    (902373)
* 2
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): What assessment he has made of the potential role of mediation in reducing the number of court cases.
    (902374)
* 3
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): What plans he has to ensure that young offenders leave custody better equipped to avoid a life of crime.
    (902375)
* 4
Philip Davies (Shipley): What recent discussions he has had with judges on the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on whole-life tariffs.
    (902376)
* 5
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What plans he has to ensure that young offenders leave custody better equipped to avoid a life of crime.
    (902377)
* 6
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What recent assessment he has made of the operation of prisoner transfer arrangements between England and Scotland.
    (902378)
* 7
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What steps he is planning to take to improve the performance of HMP Oakwood.
    (902379)
* 8
Steve Brine (Winchester): What plans he has to ensure that young offenders leave custody better equipped to avoid a life of crime.
    (902380)
* 9
Priti Patel (Witham): What recent steps he has taken to support victims of crime.
    (902381)
* 10
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): What assessment he has made of the potential role of mediation in reducing the number of court cases.
    (902382)
* 11
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What progress he has made on reducing the cost to the public purse of legal aid.
    (902383)
* 12
John Howell (Henley): What plans he has to ensure that young offenders leave custody better equipped to avoid a life of crime.
    (902384)
* 13
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What assessment he has made of options for reform of real property boundary disputes; and if he will make a statement.
    (902385)
* 14
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): What effect he expects the Victims Code to have on the experience of victims in the criminal justice system.
    (902386)
* 15
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What progress he has made on reducing the cost to the public purse of legal aid.
    (902387)
* 16
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What effect he expects the Victims Code to have on the experience of victims in the criminal justice system.
    (902388)
* 17
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What his policy is on the tendering of shared services; and if he will make a statement.
    (902389)
* 18
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What steps he is taking to ensure that separating couples receive legal advice before referral to mediation.
    (902390)
* 19
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What steps he is taking to remove obstacles to local media reporting on the justice system.
    (902391)
* 20
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What progress his Department has made on bailiff reform.
    (902392)
* 21
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What progress he has made on increasing maximum sentences for those convicted of causing death when driving while disqualified or uninsured.
    (902393)
* 22
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): What steps he is taking to reduce re-offending among young offenders.
    (902394)
* 23
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What progress he has made on ensuring that the judiciary provide the Department for Work and Pensions and appellants with reasons for their decisions on employment and support allowance appeals.
    (902395)
* 24
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What plans he has to ensure that young offenders leave custody better equipped to avoid a life of crime.
    (902396)
* 25
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): How many cells there are at HMP Chelmsford; and how many of those are safe cells.
    (902397)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902363)
* 2
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):  
    (902364)
* 3
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):  
    (902365)
* 4
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):  
    (902366)
* 5
Ian Swales (Redcar):  
    (902367)
* 6
Philip Davies (Shipley):  
    (902368)
* 7
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South):  
    (902369)
* 8
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis):  
    (902370)
* 9
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon):  
    (902371)
* 10
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (902372)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 21 January

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from stamp duty for properties worth (a) up to £250,000, (b) between £250,000 and £500,000 and (c) over £500,000 in 2012-13.
    (184221)
2
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from stamp duty on (a) commercial and (b) residential properties in 2013.
    (184222)
3
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much revenue was raised from commercial rates in 2013.
    (184223)

Notices given on Thursday 23 January

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made in establishing the Recognition Panel.
    (184868)

Notices given on Monday 27 January

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the funding streams his Department has to the Afghan government; what the purposes are for the funding in each case; what steps he is taking to ensure that such funds are used by the Afghans for the intended purposes; and if he will make a statement.
    (185296)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the successful bidder in the competition to purchase the lease for the site of his Department's Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood, in New Forest East, will be required to make a full planning application for any change of use; and if he will make a statement.
    (185299)
3
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the funding streams his Department has to the Afghan government; what the purposes are for the funding in each case; what steps he is taking to ensure that such funds are used by the Afghans for the intended purposes; and if he will make a statement.
    (185297)
4
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the funding streams her Department has to the Afghan government; what the purposes are for the funding in each case; what steps she is taking to ensure that such funds are used by the Afghans for the intended purposes; and if she will make a statement.
    (185298)

Notices given on Tuesday 28 January

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cats and dogs were used in experiments in the UK (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in the year ended January 2009; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the use of cats and dogs in experiments is phased out.
    (185490)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to release more information pertaining to the conducting of animal experiments in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (185572)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the continued availability of zero or low content biofuel at five per cent or below for use by owners of older motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
  [R] (185399)

Notices given on Wednesday 29 January

1
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to monitor whether the Serious Fraud Office complies with its obligation under the Human Rights Act 1998 when executing requests for mutual legal assistance.
    (185588)
2
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from Severn River Crossings plc to date as a result of (a) the phasing out of the industrial buildings allowance and (b) VAT payments since the introduction of VAT on tolls.
    (185730)
3
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what personnel and assets from his Department will take part in the Iceland Air Meet 2014.
    (185822)
4
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 tours of the Palace of Westminster were conducted by Blue Badge guides in each year since 2011; and how many such tours have been so allocated for 2014.
    (185589)
5
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions the Commission has had on the fact that Palace of Westminster guides conduct Royalty and Splendour, and Tactile tours but are excluded from other non-Member tours.
    (185590)
6
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much (a) Blue Badge guides and (b) Palace of Westminster guides are paid per tour of the Palace.
    (185591)
7
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of human trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in July 2013; in which (a) region, (b) country, (c) metropolitan district, (d) district council area, (e) city and (f) Parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to the scheme; and in which town the shelter to which they were placed for the statutory period was.
    (185712)
8
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current estimated end date is of the Severn River Crossings concession.
    (185728)
9
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the level of the outstanding debt following the end of the Severn River Crossings concession.
    (185729)

Notices given on Thursday 30 January

1
N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Attorney General, whether he was consulted about the choice of Mr Stephen Wooler to head the investigation into the RSPCA's prosecution policy.
    (186016)
2
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the policy is of the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office on whether to proceed with prosecutions of defendants who have not been able to find counsel to represent them under the new fee regime for very high-cost criminal cases.
    (185900)
3
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 30 January 2014, how much of the £19 million additional resources for the Serious Fraud Office has been ear-marked for specific investigations or prosecutions.
    (185994)
4
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his strategy is for devolving skills funding in Wales and Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (185917)
5
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the number of apprentices progressing to level 5 qualifications.
    (186132)
6
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the sustainability of the universal postal service of the extension of end-to-end delivery services by providers other than the universal postal service provider.
    (185874)
7
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the universal postal service of operators other than the universal postal service provider extending end-to-end services in (a) Manchester, (b) Liverpool, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Glasgow and (e) Birmingham.
    (185875)
8
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will request Ofcom to expedite its review of the effect of end-to-end competition in the postal services market in order to ensure that the universal service obligation is protected.
    (185876)
9
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the annual benefit to the public purse of reducing (a) the annual allowance for tax relief on pensions contributions to £30,000 and (b) the lifetime allowance to £1 million.
    (186010)
10
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency paid the top rate of tax in each of the last five years.
    (186051)
11
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will be on the panel of the review into local authorities' role in housing supply in addition to Natalie Elphicke and Councillor Keith House.
    (186000)
12
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the review into local authorities' role in housing supply.
    (186001)
13
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Natalie Elphicke and Councillor Keith House will be paid to lead the review of local authorities' role in housing supply.
    (186007)
14
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Ministerial Recovery Group has met since 7 January 2014; and who has attended each meeting.
    (186139)
15
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps to assist communities affected by the flooding and bad weather since the Christmas storm his Department has taken as a result of decisions of the Ministerial Recovery Working Group.
    (186140)
16
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statistics the Government keeps on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender homlessness.
    (185916)
17
N
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that state-funded publications and literature by local authorities are politically impartial when communicating the scale of government funding reductions and budgeting.
    (186053)
18
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which official within her Department is the (a) national lead and (b) strategic commissioner for under-14 community sport.
    (186012)
19
N
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency budget exists for the Recognition Panel established for the purpose of press regulation; and if she will make a statement.
    (186054)
20
N
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on creating the Recognition Panel for the purpose of press regulation.
    (186055)
21
N
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the salaries are for the members of the Recognition Panel established for the purpose of press regulation.
    (186056)
22
N
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the key performance indicators are of the Recognition Panel for the purpose of press regulation; and what steps she plans to take to monitor the work and expenditure of that body.
    (186057)
23
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Oral Answer by the Prime Minister of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 295, whether the review of Category B gaming machines due to report in the spring will include an assessment of effects of £100 stakes and £500 prizes of fixed odds betting terminals in betting shops on problem gambling; and if she will make a statement.
    (186021)
24
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much arts funding from her Department and the Arts Council per head of population was allocated to (a) the North West, (b) Cheshire and (c) Warrington in each of the last five years.
    (186052)
25
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official report, column 598W, on drones, what definition he uses of contingent purposes.
    (186125)
26
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official report, column 598W, on drones, what possible options he is considering for future basing options of Reaper drones.
    (186126)
27
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official report, column 598W, on drones, when a final decision will be reached as to the future basing options for Reaper drones.
    (186127)
28
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions were held between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and representatives of the Colombian government on the International Security Strategy and related matters; and if he will make a statement.
    (186123)
29
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome has been of the recent UK-Colombian discussions on proposed collaboration between the Royal Navy and the Colombian armed forces.
    (186131)
30
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role Arfan Chaundhry has in the bilateral discussions between his Department and the (a) Colombian government and (b) Colombian armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
    (186136)
31
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the draft memorandum of understanding between the Government and the government and armed forces of Colombia arising from their discussion held aboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena; and if he will make a statement.
    (186137)
32
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to support service families affected by domestic violence.
    (186005)
33
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions an Education Funding Agency (EFA) investigation into alleged financial impropriety has been undertaken in each year of the EFAs existence.
    (186117)
34
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes he has put in place to enable the Education Funding Agency to scrutinise the finances of academies and free schools.
    (186144)
35
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how many institutions the Education Funding Agency has exercised its responsibility for financial oversight in each year of its operation.
    (186145)
36
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes he has put in place to enable a whistleblower to generate an Education Funding Agency investigation into alleged financial impropriety.
    (186146)
37
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff at the Education Funding Agency (EFA) have been responsible for the oversight of finances of academies and free schools in each year since the EFA was established.
    (186147)
38
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) biology teachers there are in each local authority area.
    (185918)
39
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 18 year olds in further education are affected by reductions in funding; and what proportion of these students are pursuing vocational studies.
    (186138)
40
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had on proposals to reduce funding for the Student Opportunity Fund.
    (185993)
41
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools of 7 January 2014, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1473, on Report Stage of the Children and Families Bill, what funds have been allocated by his Department to assist training providers and award organisations to ensure that apprentices who have previously failed key skills due to a lack of support are able to sit a new functional skills test; and when such apprentices can expect to be able to site a new functional skills test.
    (186148)
42
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers will be affected by the reduction in funding of 18 year olds announced by the Education Funding Agency.
    (185948)
43
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures he is considering to mitigate the effects of the reduction in the funding of 18 year olds announced by the Education Funding Agency.
    (186004)
44
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber will be affected by the reduction in funding for 18 year olds announced by the Education Funding Agency.
    (186008)
45
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether information from the Autism Act 2009 statutory guidance will be included in the final Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.
    (186013)
46
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the final Special Educational Needs Code of Practice will refer to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on assessment and diagnosis of autism.
    (186014)
47
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the need to conduct a review into the feasibility of the single point of appeal for education, health and care plans.
    (186015)
48
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will work with (a) the National Autistic Society and (b) other disability charities to ensure that educational needs of children and young people with specific impairments are fully reflected in the description of special educational need in the final Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.
    (186022)
49
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued in the past to potential free school applicants on the freehold and leasehold of school sites.
    (186111)
50
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department considered purchasing the freehold for the Lidget Green site of the Kings Science Academy.
    (186112)
51
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) schools and (b) local authorities on the use of radio-frequency identification technology (RFID) with a Real Time Location System (RTLS) in schools for (i) tracking children and (ii) tagging equipment; if he will place in the Library a copy of such guidance; and if he will make a statement.
    (186124)
52
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence his Department has had with the Information Commissioner's office on the compatibility of radio-frequency identification technology with a Real Time Location System in schools and the Data Protection Act 1988 in the last three years.
    (186128)
53
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of ring fencing between energy supply and generation businesses.
    (185995)
54
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he intends to publish the post-adoption statement following the closure of the consultation period on the strategic environmental assessment on shale gas.
    (185996)
55
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of staff have been employed by his Department to work full-time on carbon capture and storage in each month since June 2010.
    (185997)
56
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis is for the assumption in the strategic environmental assessment on shale gas that production over the lifetime of a well is three billion cubic feet of gas per well.
    (185999)
57
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the benefit to local communities of receiving one per cent of revenue from each shale gas site.
    (186002)
58
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total value of payments made by customers to British Gas through domestic energy bills as a result of the introduction of the Energy Company Obligation at 31 December 2013.
    (186105)
59
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the final decision to be made on approval and implementation of Ofgem's reforms to Project TransmiT.
    (185909)
60
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of the year's delay in the implementation of Ofgem's reforms to the transmission charging regime, Project TransmiT, announced by Ofgem on 16 December 2013.
    (186020)
61
N
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent investigations his Department has undertaken into river bed changes and sedimentation rates on the upper River Thames and its tributaries, particularly in Oxfordshire.
    (185901)
62
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he received from public authorities in the Somerset Levels for assistance following the flooding in late 2013.
    (186003)
63
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date his Department received requests for assistance from Somerset County Council arising from flooding incidents.
    (186023)
64
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates his Department received requests for assistance from Sedgemoor District Council arising from flooding incidents.
    (186024)
65
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade (a) domestically and (b) internationally.
    (185991)
66
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on allocating funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit beyond March 2014.
    (185992)
67
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 428W, on Iran, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart about recent remarks that the P5+1 are misrepresenting Iran's commitments under the Joint Plan of Action.
    (185910)
68
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 428W, on Iran, what measures the Iranian authorities need to take to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear programme.
    (185919)
69
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on Iran's possession of advanced IR-1 centrifuges.
    (186114)
70
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether IAEA inspectors will be granted access to Iran's Parchin facility under the P5+1-Iran Joint Plan of Action.
    (186115)
71
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the seasonal influenza vaccination public awareness campaign for 2013-14, by category of expenditure.
    (186134)
72
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the introduction of a community-based awareness scheme for autism.
    (186151)
73
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the use of telehealth in the delivery of healthcare to tackle health issues for (a) the homeless, (b) those suffering from long-term physical and mental health conditions and (c) other health problems.
    (186149)
74
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to support women suffering from post-natal depression; and what steps he has taken to increase awareness of post-natal depression in maternity services and social support.
    (186150)
75
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on conversion therapy.
    (185912)
76
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce ambulance waiting times at Warrington Hospital; and when he last discussed those waiting times with (a) representatives of that hospital and (b) the North West Ambulance Trust.
    (185990)
77
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges in Eastleigh constituency have defibrillators installed.
    (185913)
78
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list (a) the occupations which the Migration Advisory Committee has recently added to the shortage occupation list and (b) the estimated shortages by category.
    (186133)
79
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial and practical support she will provide for Syrian refugees permitted to enter the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (186118)
80
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what method of transport will be used to move those Syrian refugees granted permission to enter the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (186119)
81
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be used to determine which Syrian refugees are of sufficiently high need to receive permission to enter the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (186120)
82
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Government will monitor the wellbeing of those Syrian refugees that enter the UK.
    (186121)
83
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has given directions under Section 94 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to the providers of telecommunications services for the acquisition of data in bulk relating to (a) thousands and (b) millions of people.
    (186135)
84
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions by the National Fraud and Intelligence Office involving fraudulent activity on eBay there have been since 2010.
    (185998)
85
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which NHS bodies have replaced primary care trusts as responsible authorities for the purpose of determining a premises license application; and when she plans to update the guidance given to local authorities and potential applicants on the .gov.uk website to reflect the fact that primary care trusts no longer exist.
    (185911)
86
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of existing regulations on money transfer networks for preventing money leaving the UK to fund on-demand online child abuse; and what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend these regulations in line with the particular threat associated with payments to certain countries.
    (186017)
87
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets she has established for timely payment of fees to junior barristers commissioned by her Department for representation at immigration and asylum tribunals; and if she will make a statement.
    (186011)
88
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spouse visa applications have been deferred on financial grounds whilst awaiting further evidence on the sponsors income in the last 12 months.
    (185877)
89
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spouse visa applications have been deferred on financial grounds whilst awaiting further evidence on the sponsors income to date.
    (185915)
90
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport about the 38 per cent rise in fatalities caused by dangerous driving in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking in response to that rise.
    (186006)
91
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued by courts and (b) collected in 2013-14 to date.
    (185878)
92
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department worked on collection of fines in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (186100)
93
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders (a) were issued and (b) went uncollected in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (186101)
94
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value was of fines remaining uncollected on 31 December (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (186102)
95
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what local targets each probation trust has.
    (186107)
96
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of undertaking recruitment to fill the recently advertised positions in the Public Defender Service (PDS); and what estimate he has made of the annual (a) running costs and (b) pay bill will be of the PDS.
    (186130)
97
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the minutes of any meetings between him and the Chief of Defence Staff which took place in his constituency between 11 May 2010 and 31 May 2011.
    (185914)
98
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget of the Vehicle and Operator Standards Agency was in each year from 2009 to date; and what his estimate is of the budget in 2015.
    (185908)
99
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Angus of 16 January 2014, Official Report, column 643W on driving: licensing, what proportion of driving licences surrendered voluntarily following a health-related incident were restored within the 90 day target in each of the last five years.
    (186009)
100
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the schedule and costs were of (a) the original advertising campaign for the consultation on the High Speed 2 Phase One Environmental Statement and (b) the advertising campaigns following the ruling of the Standing Orders Committee to extend the consultation period.
    (186143)
101
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the overall Network Grant was intended to be used for subsidising track access charges in each year from 2008-09 to 2012-13.
    (186110)
102
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff were employed at the Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in each of the last five years.
    (185906)
103
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre was staffed at below risk assessed levels in January 2014.
    (185907)
104
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff are currently employed at the Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.
    (186019)
105
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) appeals against ATOS assessments and (b) successful appeals in (i) Leeds and (ii) Leeds Central constituency there have been in each of the last three years.
    (186018)
106
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in the universal credit pilot areas have (a) been mandated out of the universal credit scheme or (b) found employment since the introduction of universal credit.
    (186113)
107
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in Warrington have been sanctioned in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
    (186122)
108
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington North constituency have (a) been placed in the work-related activity group for employment and support allowance, (b) appealed against a decision to place them in that group and (c) died before their appeal was against a decision to place them in that group was heard or in the last 12 months thereafter in each of the last three years.
    (186129)
109
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a breakdown by principal impairment of the number of people in receipt of employment and support allowance who have so far been referred to the Work Programme; and how many in each category have so far secured a job outcome.
    (186103)
110
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's contracts are covered by the EU's de minimis funding rules.
    (186104)
111
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of Jobcentre Plus support contracts; and if he will make a statement.
    (186106)
112
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) employment and support allowance placed in the support group and (c) income support have volunteered for the Work Programme in each month since June 2011.
    (186108)
113
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether jobseekers whose benefit has been sanctioned but who otherwise meet the conditions for entitlement to jobseeker's allowance are included in the claimant count; and if he will make a statement.
    (186109)
Wednesday 5 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
 
* 1
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): What steps his Department is taking to encourage Scottish business leaders to participate in the independence debate.
    (902338)
* 2
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): What recent discussions he has had with Scottish local authorities on changes to housing benefit.
    (902339)
* 3
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on increased National Insurance costs for public bodies in Scotland resulting from the introduction of the Single Tier Pension.
    (902340)
* 4
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What change there has been in average household energy bills in Scotland since May 2010.
    (902341)
* 5
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland currently employed on zero-hours contracts.
    (902342)
* 6
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): How many cases of non-payment of the minimum wage have been detected in Scotland since 2010; how many such cases have been prosecuted; and how many employers have been named and shamed for non-payment.
    (902343)
* 7
Mel Stride (Central Devon): What assessment his Department has made of recent developments in the job market in Scotland.
    (902344)
* 8
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What assessment he has made of the Scottish Government's white paper entitled Scotland's Future; and if he will make a statement.
    (902345)
* 9
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): What discussions he has had with ministers in the Scottish Government on the funding of pensions in Scotland after 2014.
    (902346)
* 10
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): How many businesses in Scotland have been prosecuted for non-payment of the minimum wage since 2010.
    (902347)
* 11
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the operation of prisoner transfers between England and Scotland.
    (902348)
* 12
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): How many businesses in Scotland have been prosecuted for non-payment of the minimum wage since 2010.
    (902349)
* 13
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What discussions he has had with the First Minister of Wales on the potential effect of a vote for Scottish independence.
    (902350)
* 14
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect on living standards in Scotland of an increase in the minimum wage.
    (902351)
* 15
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What steps his Department is taking to encourage Scottish business leaders to participate in the independence debate.
    (902352)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
* 1
Sir Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5 February.
    (902398)
* 2
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):  
    (902399)
* 3
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry):  
    (902400)
* 4
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness):  
    (902401)
* 5
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):  
    (902402)
* 6
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock):  
    (902403)
* 7
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire):  
    (902404)
* 8
Jessica Lee (Erewash):  
    (902405)
* 9
Henry Smith (Crawley):  
    (902406)
* 10
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):  
    (902407)
* 11
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (902408)
* 12
Mr John Spellar (Warley):  
    (902409)
* 13
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch):  
    (902410)
* 14
Pat Glass (North West Durham):  
    (902411)
* 15
Jim McGovern (Dundee West):  
    (902412)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 27 January

1
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will instigate an inquiry into the use of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee and Royal Bank of Scotland handling in relation to C. May Brickwork Ltd of Mold, Flintshire.
    (185252)

Notices given on Thursday 30 January

1
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many reports of child abuse in independent schools have been raised by hon. Members with his Department in the last 12 months.
    (185920)
2
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many reports of child abuse in independent schools have come to the attention of his Department in the last 12 months.
    (185921)
3
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Chief of the Defence Staff between 11 May 2010 and 31 May 2011.
    (186025)
4
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Dudley North, Official Report, columns 385-6, on driving: licensing, how many new drivers have had their licence revoked by the DVLA in each year since 1997.
    (186026)
5
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2013, Official Report, column 190W, on railway stations, in which region are the 30 railway stations with the highest footfall which do not have step free access via lifts or ramps to all platforms.
    (186027)
6
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Warley, Official Report, column 307W, on parking: fees and charges, in which region the 27 companies which were suspended from requesting vehicle keeper details from the DVLA in 2013 are based.
    (186028)
Thursday 6 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 23 January

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which institutions in each region have drawn from the Student Opportunity Fund since 2009-10.
    (184847)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding was allocated to the Student Opportunity Fund in each year for which figures are available.
    (184848)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free nursery places providing 15 hours a week of free childcare there were in each region in each of the last 20 years.
    (184846)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s plans for the National College of Policing's domestic violence training are; and if she will make a statement.
    (184849)

Notices given on Wednesday 29 January

1
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer in (a) Peterborough and (b) England.
    (185592)

Notices given on Thursday 30 January

1
N
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of progress on the (a) Build to Rent Fund, (b) Private Rented Sector Guarantee scheme and (c) Affordable Housing Guarantee scheme.
    (186141)
2
N
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many schemes under the Build to Rent Fund have (a) cleared due diligence and (b) started construction.
    (186142)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what minimum nutritional standards his Department sets for hospital meals.
    (186152)
4
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many types and number of cameras are in use on the M42 motorway; what information is collected or detected by them; and whether such cameras are used to detect breeches of both the national speed limit and the managed motorway limits.
    (186153)
Monday 10 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 29 January

1
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Chelmsford constituency are enrolled in adult skills sessions.
    (185597)
2
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts of what value have been awarded to companies or projects based in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex local authority area.
    (185594)
3
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2014, Official Report, column 88W, on mobile telephones, what steps she will take on what timeframe to provide a gaining-provider-led system for mobile contract switching.
    (185698)
4
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust have been occupied by patients affected by delays in discharge in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
    (185596)
5
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex have been fined for employing illegal foreign national workers in each of the last five years.
    (185593)
6
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in each of the last five years.
    (185595)

Prepared 31st January 2014