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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 10 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 10 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
 
* 1
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): What his policy is on the length of the school day; and if he will make a statement.
    (902468)
* 2
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): If he will take steps to ensure that schools stay open in adverse winter weather conditions.
    (902469)
* 3
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What assessment he has made of the potential of mindfulness to improve education outcomes.
    (902470)
* 4
Ian Swales (Redcar): What comparative assessment he has made of funding for sixth form colleges and school sixth forms.
    (902471)
* 5
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of pupils in academies and free schools.
    (902472)
* 6
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment he has made of the effects of changes to work experience on employability.
    (902473)
* 7
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What progress he has made on improving the quality of vocational education.
    (902474)
* 8
John Howell (Henley): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of pupils in academies and free schools.
    (902475)
* 9
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What steps he is taking to improve standards of attainment in English and mathematics.
    (902476)
* 10
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What progress he has made on improving the quality of vocational education.
    (902477)
* 12
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of safeguarding policies in independent schools; and if he will make a statement.
    (902479)
* 13
Peter Aldous (Waveney): What progress he has made on improving the quality of vocational education.
    (902480)
* 14
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What steps his Department is taking to raise the status, professionalism and morale of the teaching profession.
    (902481)
* 15
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): What steps he is taking to improve support for young carers.
    (902482)
* 16
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): How many applications for academy status from community primary schools have been declined by his Department.
    (902483)
* 17
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What plans he has to extend the school day.
    (902484)
* 18
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What steps he is taking to ensure that academies and free schools are accountable for their leadership and corporate governance.
    (902485)
* 19
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What assessment he has made of the potential role of schools in building character and resilience in young people.
    (902486)
* 20
Derek Twigg (Halton): What recent discussions he has had with the head of Ofsted on leadership in schools.
    (902487)
* 21
Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): What steps he is taking to increase the quality and availability of apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds.
    (902488)
* 22
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): What steps his Department is taking to raise the status, professionalism and morale of the teaching profession.
    (902489)
* 24
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): What assessment he has made of the effects of changes to work experience on employability.
    (902491)
* 25
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What steps he is taking to increase the quality and availability of apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year-olds.
    (902492)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902493)
* 2
Gavin Shuker (Luton South):  
    (902494)
* 4
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):  
    (902496)
* 5
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon):  
    (902497)
* 6
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley):  
    (902498)
* 7
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):  
    (902499)
* 8
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh):  
    (902500)
* 9
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):  
    (902501)
* 10
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble):  
    (902502)

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)

Notices given on Monday 3 February

1
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were attributable to legal highs in the last year for which data is available.
    (186259)
2
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence his Department holds on the use of radio-frequency identification technology with a real-time location system in schools produced in the last three years.
    (186344)
3
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on establishing a national pricing scale for charges by local police authorities for policing of commercial public events; and if she will make a statement.
  [R] (186260)
4
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the charges levied by local police authorities for policing of commercial public events; and if she will make a statement.
  [R] (186261)
5
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the different level of charges levied by local police authorities for policing of commercial public events; and if she will make a statement.
  [R] (186262)
6
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) public and (b) private bodies to which the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea is authorised to release the (i) identities and (ii) home addresses of car registration numbers.
    (186416)
7
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the propriety of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea releasing personal data of car registration number owners to private companies; and if he will make a statement.
    (186417)
8
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea carries out on the (a) bona fides and (b) operating standards of private parking companies before releasing personal data to such companies about the owners of car registration numbers.
    (186418)
9
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance under which the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea has been providing personal data of car registration number owners to private parking companies.
    (186419)
10
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea shall not in future supply private car parking companies with the personal data of car registration number owners; and if he will make a statement.
    (186420)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 February

1
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to increase the participation of older people in further education.
    (902478)
2
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many women's business centres are still operational; and how such centres can be contacted.
    (186511)
3
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedure and checks his Department and the Student Loans Company (SLC) use to monitor the advice given to students by alternative providers as to which of their courses have been designated for SLC funding.
    (186680)
4
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedures and checks (a) his Department and (b) the Student Loans Company (SLC) use to monitor the applications from the students of alternative providers for SLC funding for designated courses.
    (186687)
5
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedures and checks (a) his Department and (b) the Student Loans Company (SLC) use to monitor the claims of alternative providers for SLC funding for designated courses.
    (186688)
6
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what investigations relating to student support claims and Student Loans Company funding have taken place or are currently underway in respect of alternative providers.
    (186689)
7
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that regions of the UK other than Greater London benefit from economic recovery and new business growth.
    (186645)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies operating in the UK are (a) fully and (b) partly owned by Chinese companies.
    (186727)
9
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of how much funding employers provided to fund non-statutory training of their staff in each of the last five years.
    (186685)
10
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much finding (a) his Department and (b) the Skills Funding Agency has provided to (i) McDonalds, (ii) Morrisons, (iii) Tesco and (iv) Sainsbury's to provide training or apprenticeships for their staff in each of the last five years.
    (186686)
11
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to support the participation by UK construction companies in World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
    (186559)
12
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade & Investment is giving to UK companies seeking to participate in World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
    (186560)
13
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will offer the UK's support to the government of the UAE in its preparations for World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
    (186561)
14
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will form a cross-departmental working group to co-ordinate the UK's participation in World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
    (186562)
15
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade & Investment will give to companies based in Shrewsbury which wish to bid for contracts relating to World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
    (186563)
16
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were started in the Barrow and Furness constituency in each industrial sector in each of the last five years.
    (186677)
17
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeships were started in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will publish such figures with reference to apprentices' (a) age and (b) gender.
    (186678)
18
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of working age adults are currently registered as disabled in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
    (186493)
19
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consult the Association of British Insurers on whether the insurers' code of conduct is working effectively for people about to retire.
    (186643)
20
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount that will be received in penalties paid by people who failed to complete their self assessment by 31 January 2014.
    (186644)
21
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in the level of (a) national insurance contributions and (b) VAT for a family with two people earning £10,000 per annum since May 2010.
    (186488)
22
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2013, Official Report, columns 258-9W, on mortgages: government assistance, if he will place an analysis of the people to whom such mortgages have been granted.
    (186566)
23
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce the cost of living for those on low incomes; and if he will make a statement.
    (186694)
24
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) economic and (b) fiscal effect of reducing the the take of bingo duty to 15 per cent.
    (186518)
25
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Government's policy on tax-free childcare on low income households.
    (902490)
26
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department as paid the living wage or above.
    (186697)
27
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of (a) people in work, (b) carers, (c) disabled people, (d) war widows and (e) veterans who have seen an increase in their council tax bill following changes to the payment of council tax benefit.
    (186484)
28
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data he (a) is currently collecting and (b) plans to collect on the number of (i) households and (ii) people paying council tax for the first time or seeing an increase in their council tax bill as a result of the changes in council tax benefit who have received a visit from a bailiff over non-payment of council tax.
    (186485)
29
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the effect of (a) changes to and (b) localisation of council tax benefit over the next 12 months.
    (186486)
30
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has asked any local authority for (a) an assessment of and (b) data on the effect of the changes in and the localisation of council tax benefit; and if he will place in the Library copies of any information so provided.
    (186508)
31
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data his Department (a) collects and (b) plans to collect on the number of households and inviduals (i) that are paying council tax for the first time or whose council tax bill has increased as a result of recent changes to council tax benefit and (iii) who have been summonsed to court for non-payment of council tax since those changes took effect.
    (186509)
32
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to recover costs against the Lymington River Association in the event that their application for an oral hearing in respect of the operation of Wightlink Ferries is successful, but the hearing rules against them.
    (186653)
33
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets his Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
    (186635)
34
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the potential benefits of establishing more grammar schools in England.
    (186646)
35
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has provided to Ofsted in each year since 2010; and how much such funding he plans to provide in each year to 2015-16; and what proportion of such funding is used for inspection of (a) early years and childcare, (b) children and family services, (c) schools and (d) further education and skills.
    (186684)
36
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role Ofsted plays in relation to permanent exclusions of statemented SEN children.
    (186654)
37
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many power outages that were in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) Wolverhampton North East constituency in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013.
    (186554)
38
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's electricity was supplied by each source, for each of the past 12 months.
    (186679)
39
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 21W, on bovine tuberculosis and with reference to the response to request number RFI 2218 made by Natural England on 15 November 2013, if he will review his policy on parliamentary information to written parliamentary questions to ensure that the standards of openness applied under parliamentary proceedings are no less favourable than those applied under statutory requirements.
    (186517)
40
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals live in other EU member states (a) in total and (b) by member state.
    (186728)
41
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals live in (a) China, (b) South Korea, (c) Japan and (d) Singapore.
    (186729)
42
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department are paid the living wage or above.
    (186682)
43
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited for more than a year for treatment in each of the last three years.
    (186490)
44
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of current models of care and treatment for people with autism in the NHS.
    (186482)
45
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on better addressing issues in the criminal justice system raised during the recent listening exercise on the review of the adult autism strategy.
    (186556)
46
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Education on better ensuring that it addresses issues on transition raised during the recent listening exercise on the review of the adult autism strategy.
    (186557)
47
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on better addressing issues in the criminal justice system raised during the recent listening exercise on the review of the adult autism strategy.
    (186558)
48
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether someone who is sanctioned while a mother in receipt of jobseeker's allowance remains eligible for healthy start vouchers.
    (186692)
49
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department are paid the living wage or above.
    (186690)
50
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes to Criminal Records Bureau checks on taxi drivers.
    (186491)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police cars are equipped with defibrillators.
    (186492)
52
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas have been issued to Chinese nationals in each of the last five years.
    (186730)
53
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list all the people who have been deprived of British citizenship since 2010.
    (186564)
54
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from the Association of Chief Police Officers on the cost of licensing firearms.
    (186478)
55
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects on incidence of (a) antisocial behaviour and (b) domestic violence of extensions to pub opening hours.
    (186480)
56
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) administering firearms licenses and (b) income from firearms licenses was in each police force in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
    (186652)
57
N
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new matter starts there have been in (a) welfare benefits, (b) family and mediation, (c) debt, (d) employment and (e) housing since April 2013.
    (186512)
58
N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects that his proposed round-table meeting with groups representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse will take place; and when he expects that invitations to participate in that meeting will be issued.
    (186553)
59
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have gone through his Department's benchmarking process to date; and which prisons are due to be benchmarked under that process during 2014 and 2015.
    (186639)
60
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how each prison that has gone through his Department's benchmarking process scored against each of the criteria in that process.
    (186640)
61
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been received on Community Payback since Serco was awarded the contract for that scheme in London; and on what date that contract commenced.
    (186641)
62
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the comparator benchmarking scores used in his Department's benchmarking scheme are; and how those scores are calculated.
    (186642)
63
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under payment of results schemes for the provision of offenders services, what proportion of the contract will be subjected to this scheme.
    (186655)
64
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Magistrates' Association has raised any concerns in respect of the probation change programme.
    (186656)
65
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assets his Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
    (186636)
66
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assets her Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
    (186637)
67
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with the (a) Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) Minister for Crime Prevention before stating on social media on 3 February 2014 that the Government would consult with the pub trade, police and councils on having extended pub opening hours on 14 June 2014.
    (186479)
68
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the level of private sector job creation in Scotland.
    (186555)
69
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the level of child poverty in Scotland.
    (186695)
70
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people prosecuted under the Road Traffic Act 1988 were prosecuted for an offence while they were participating in authorised off-road motor events in each of the last 10 years.
    (186510)
71
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Livingston of 16 January 2014, Official Report, column 646W, on East Coast Railway Line, if he will publish the minutes and any papers from his Department's meetings monitoring train operator performance.
    (186565)
72
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a redacted version of the Major Projects Report excluding any content detrimental to the developer of the High Speed 2 project.
    (186739)
73
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, into which budgets the £16 million removed from the accounting category Transport Security in his Department's 2013-14 budget was moved; and what guarantees are in place to ensure the same provision of security is maintained under the new budget allocation.
    (186647)
74
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the sources of revenue within the sales of assets accounting category for the Marine and Coastguard Agency in the financial years 2012-13 and 2013-14.
    (186648)
75
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the £70 million liability attached to the International Maritime Organisation building.
    (186649)
76
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will give the reasons for the growth in the cost of central administration in his Department between the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years.
    (186650)
77
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the components of income via interest and dividends in the accounting category K: Aviation, Maritime, Security and Safety in the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
    (186651)
78
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Coventry have undergone a work capability assessment in each of the last three years.
    (186489)
79
N
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on fraud rates among (i) EEA and (ii) EU migrants claiming UK benefits; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of such fraud.
    (186481)
80
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assets his Department has sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such sale was.
    (186638)
81
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty with at least one working parent; and what recent estimate he has made of such figures in each year to 2020.
    (186487)
82
N
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken following the conviction of A4E employees for fraud; and what steps he has taken to prevent similar abuse in other companies which are contracted to provide services by his Department.
    (186725)
83
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits are available to people appealing an Employment and Support Allowance decision; and if he will make a statement.
    (186683)
84
N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the change in the number of jobs in Wales and in other regions in the UK since 2010.
    (186726)
85
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State for Employment in European Committee B on 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 5, in relation to Youth Contract wage incentives, that more than 20,000 have been paid out so far, whether this refers to youth contract wage incentive job starts, or to wage incentives paid out; and to what date the figure refers.
    (186676)
86
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of Work Programme drug and alcohol pilots.
    (186691)
87
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Work Programme providers are using an IPS intervention to assist clients with mental health problems into work.
    (186693)
88
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus is funding employment support through Community Drug and Alcohol services; and if he will make a statement.
    (186696)
89
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department are paid the living wage or above.
    (186681)

Notices given on Wednesday 5 February

1
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, what consideration he has given to the observations of His Honour Judge Peter Murphy about the financial implications of prosecution disclosure in the case of R v Renata Andrews and Others.
    (186749)
2
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by the Law Officers' Departments is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186858)
3
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for (a) rape, (b) other violent crimes and (c) burglary there were in Northamptonshire in 2013; and what proportion of such prosecutions were successful.
    (186915)
4
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities he has for regulation of residential and property management agents in Wales.
    (186843)
5
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186857)
6
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons those universities not based in the eight core city local enterprise partnerships areas are ineligible to apply for a university enterprise zone.
    (186957)
7
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to allow all universities to apply for a university enterprise zone.
    (186958)
8
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2013, Official Report, columns 1067-8W, on industrial disputes: independent review, what decisions have been taken on the review chaired by Bruce Carr QC in respect of (a) its terms of reference, (b) its membership, (c) when its work will start and finish and (d) whether a final report of its findings will be produced.
    (186905)
9
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside who are unable to (i) read and (ii) write.
    (186850)
10
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186859)
11
 
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of fundraising by charities in streets and other public places.
    (186746)
12
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that local resilience forums have effective and linked websites providing public information before, during and after an emergency.
    (186938)
13
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the average price of a bottle of (a) spirits and (b) wine is comprised of tax; and if he will make a statement.
    (186816)
14
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the conclusions he has given to Ernst and Young's economic impact assessment of the wine and spirit industry in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (186817)
15
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect that removing the alcohol duty escalator would have on levels of alcohol fraud in 2014; and if he will make a statement.
    (186818)
16
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that would be created as a result of the alcohol duty escalator in 2014; and if he will make a statement.
    (186819)
17
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people earning less than the annual equivalent of the primary threshold had a class 1 National Insurance contribution liability in each of the last seven years.
    (186823)
18
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who would pay no income tax or national insurance contributions if the threshold at which such payments began were raised to £12,000 a year in 2014-15.
    (186743)
19
 
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on business rate discounts for (a) cinemas and (b) DVD rental shops.
    (186883)
20
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186874)
21
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget of HM Revenue and Customs for landfill tax fraud investigation is.
  [R] (186948)
22
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from landfill tax receipt in the last financial year.
  [R] (186951)
23
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what monitoring is undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs to ensure operators are paying the correct landfill charge.
  [R] (186952)
24
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions for landfill tax fraud have been brought in the last three years.
  [R] (186969)
25
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many transactions have taken place under the Help to Buy scheme for home purchase valuations (a) under £100,000, (b) between £100,000 and £200,000, (c) between £200,000 and £300,000, (d) between £300,000 and £400,000, (e) between £400,000 and £500,000 and (f) between £500,000 and £600,000; and what the value of the guarantee provided was in each such transaction.
    (186796)
26
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of ISA financial products held by people living in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.
    (186828)
27
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of ISA products issued by UK companies registered in (a) Scotland and (b) other parts of the UK in each of the last 10 years.
    (186844)
28
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of deposits held by financial institutions registered in Scotland which are covered by the current Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
    (186845)
29
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of deposits held by UK residents which are covered financially by the current Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
    (186846)
30
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of small business start-ups in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.
    (186829)
31
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to support women who want to set up businesses in Scotland.
    (186830)
32
 
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the financial effect of the introduction of universal credit on couples in receipt of the transferable tax allowance.
    (186745)
33
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a taper for the removal of the transferable tax allowance in the event of a change in (a) personal and (b) financial circumstances.
    (186758)
34
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will happen to the transferable tax allowance of individuals when (a) their spouse or civil partner dies, (b) they divorce and (c) they separate; and after what period of time the change would take place.
    (186759)
35
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) married couples and civil partnerships and (b) families with children he expects to be eligible for the transferable tax allowance in 2015-16.
    (186760)
36
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued about the freehold and leasehold of school sites for potential free schools.
    (186765)
37
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when Sir Bob Kerslake approved the process by which Hatfield would be considered as a Town Team; and if he will place a copy of the approval in the Library.
    (186766)
38
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the timelines for closing ministerial e-mail accounts once a Minister has left the Department.
    (186767)
39
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account his Department's policy on the retention of ministerial e-emails that are relevant to the subject of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 takes of section 12.3c of the Lord Chancellor's Code of Practice on the management of records issued under section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (186768)
40
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the e-mail accounts of each Minister who has left his Department since May 2010 (a) have been deleted, (b) remain available to the Department and (c) have been archived.
    (186770)
41
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the approval process is for the archiving or deletion of ministerial e-mail accounts.
    (186771)
42
 
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has given to (a) the Homes and Communities Agency and (b) other Government departments on consideration of demand for retirement housing when disposing of public land assets.
    (186750)
43
 
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units of retirement housing of all tenures were completed in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
    (186751)
44
 
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has given to (a) local authorities and (b) the Planning Inspectorate on building more retirement housing.
    (186752)
45
 
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage the delivery of retirement housing for home-owners.
    (186753)
46
 
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the current planning system on the supply of retirement housing; and what recent discussions he has had with that sector to encourage the provision of such funding.
    (186754)
47
 
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will develop a national strategy for the delivery of retirement housing.
    (186755)
48
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirement the Homes and Communities Agency imposes in respect of the proportion of one-bedroom properties to be provided in social housing developments funded through a social housing grant.
    (186769)
49
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's announcement in January 2014 of a review of how more social homes can be built, what selection process was used leading to the appointment of Natalie Elphicke and Keith House to lead the review; who was consulted before the decision to commission the review was taken; who was consulted about the appointment of the leaders of the review; where the appointment process was advertised; who made the appointments; what remuneration is being paid to the review leaders; and what resources of his Department are being committed to the review.
    (186912)
50
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote the sharing of services between fire brigades and (a) police forces and (b) other local authorities.
    (186804)
51
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of 18 December 2013, Official Report, column 759, on local government finance, what support to meet future equal pay commitments his Department will provide to local authorities that have followed his advice to use reserves for front-line services.
    (186774)
52
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186860)
53
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the net cost to local authorities of implementing an alcohol licensing regime.
    (186834)
54
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times he has exercised his power of recovering a planning appeal to (a) overturn and (b) uphold a local authority's decision to (i) allow and (ii) refuse a planning application for (A) housing and (B) commercial development on a flood plain or in an area of flood risk in each of the last four years.
    (186800)
55
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times he has exercised his power of calling in a planning application to (a) approve and (b) reject a planning application for (i) housing and (ii) commercial development on a flood plain or in an area of flood risk.
    (186805)
56
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits for tenants and practitioners of consolidating current legislation relating to leasehold and commonhold interests in land.
    (186790)
57
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authority (a) chief executives and (b) leaders in providing public reassurance and advice through local media during a flooding emergency.
    (186940)
58
 
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has made to (a) Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the inclusion of (i) cinemas, (ii) art galleries, (iii) local cultural centres and (iv) other arts-related premises within the scope of business rates discount.
    (186884)
59
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186861)
60
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how Lord Lingfield's name was spelt on all documentation regarding his application to her Department regarding the future of HMS Victory 1744.
    (186932)
61
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what due diligence her Department conducted regarding the genealogy of Lord Lingfield and his request to raise HMS Victory 1744.
    (186933)
62
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, under what conditions and criteria her Department transfers ownership of discovered British shipwrecks to private individuals.
    (186934)
63
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish details of the location and contents of all the protected wreck sites designated by her Department under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
    (186937)
64
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to implement section 93 of the European Commission's guidance on Public Sector Broadcasters (PSBs); and what steps she is taking to ensure that an arm’s length principle is applied to all subsidiaries of PSBs.
    (186974)
65
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the Northern Ireland Executive on promoting Northern Ireland as a tourist destination.
    (186782)
66
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review current armed forces redundancy legislation covering service personnel made compulsorily redundant close to pension point.
    (186789)
67
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186862)
68
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Parachute Regiment recruit training courses are at full capacity.
    (186961)
69
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of infantry recruit training courses are at full capacity.
    (186962)
70
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the location and contents of all the controlled sites and protected place sites designated and administered by his Department under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
    (186935)
71
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department undertook an analysis of its human resources needs before taking the recent decision to make redundancies among medical and dental staff from the RAF.
    (186925)
72
 
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what due diligence and accurate detailed correlation exists between civilian clinical practitioners' notes and his Department's individual service records when conducting treatment or diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans.
    (186879)
73
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicle urgent operational requirements of each type have been (a) ordered and (b) delivered to Headquarters Land Forces since 2006.
    (186886)
74
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report entitled The medical implications of vehicle-mounted water cannon with special reference to the Ziegler Wasserwerfer 9000 (WaWe 9) system, published by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in 2013.
    (186847)
75
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which representatives of (a) human rights organisations, (b) civic society and (c) trades unions he met on his recent visit to Colombia.
    (186792)
76
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the outcomes were of his recent official visit to Colombia.
    (186781)
77
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff working in his Department have a teaching qualification.
    (186955)
78
 
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 access to salary sacrifice car schemes.
    (186808)
79
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186863)
80
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that infant schools still receive the level of pupil premium they are entitled to once free school meals for all have been introduced.
    (186786)
81
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding for new school building has been allocated to Warrington Borough in each year since 2010.
    (186791)
82
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for South West Wiltshire of 11 November 2013, Official Report, column 412W, if he will have meetings with the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the re-basing of troops to the local authorities in which (a) Dalton Barracks, Abingdon, (b) Kendrews Barracks, Cottesmore and (c) Imjin Barracks, Gloucester are situated.
    (186927)
83
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish details of any meetings involving officials or special advisers in his Department since May 2010 that included discussion of Edapt UK Ltd; and whether any of the ministerial meetings listed in his Department's Ministers' Quarterly Returns for 2012 or 2013 relating to gifts, hospitality and meetings included discussion of Edapt UK Ltd.
    (186882)
84
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings he has had with individuals and representatives from organisations on online safety for children since 1 January 2013.
    (186788)
85
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library the minutes of the meeting between the Minister of State for Children and Families and Apple Corporation representatives on 12 February 2013.
    (186908)
86
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children with dyslexia or other language difficulties will be allowed additional time for GCSE examinations to take into account the assessment of grammar and language for all GCSE subjects.
    (186909)
87
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make special arrangements for children with dyslexia and other language difficulties in regard to the new marking system which includes spelling and grammar assessments for all GCSE subjects.
    (186910)
88
 
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to schools on how to identify and address the root causes of poor behaviour and absenteeism.
    (186926)
89
 
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on child protection issues.
    (186931)
90
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on multi-agency safeguarding hubs.
    (186959)
91
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside are currently in receipt of free school meals.
    (186837)
92
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans he has to safeguard the investment of public money in the buildings on the site of Kings Science Academy in the event of the freeholder not renewing the lease of the site.
    (186756)
93
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 187W, on Kings Science Academy, for what reason his Department decided to (a) purchase the leasehold and (b) not purchase the freehold of the Lidget Green site of the Kings Science Academy.
    (186904)
94
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of schools in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency and (b) Cumbria that will require additional staffing expenditure to allow the introduction of universal free school meals.
    (186785)
95
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of schools in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency and (b) Cumbria which will require capital investment to allow introduction of universal free school meals.
    (186787)
96
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to the possibility of creating a sovereign wealth fund from the revenue proceeding from fracking.
    (186917)
97
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the experience of Norway in creating a sovereign wealth fund from the revenue accrued from the country's natural resources and the potential use of a spending cap.
    (186918)
98
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will ensure that any benefits that come from fracking will be experienced by the whole country and economy.
    (186919)
99
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of revenues from fracking he expects will accrue to (a) the Exchequer, (b) local communities and (c) private companies.
    (186920)
100
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contribution he expects fracking to make to the UK economy.
    (186924)
101
N
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made in instituting safeguards to prevent the selling and operation of turbines which have been de-rated to allow them to benefit from higher tariffs; and what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of de-rated turbines.
    (186916)
102
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186864)
103
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish a national review of flood defence mechanisms.
    (186744)
104
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186865)
105
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fires there have been at waste transfer stations in the last three years.
  [R] (186949)
106
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on flood protection in Brighton, Pavilion constituency in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11, (e) 2011-12 and (f) 2012-13; and how much has been allocated by his Department for flood protection in that constituency for (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
    (186793)
107
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent floods on the small business sector; what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses affected by those floods; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of an increase in serious flooding events on the small business sector.
    (186806)
108
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the statements (a) in the Biodiversity Offsetting Green Paper that offsetting guarantees there is no net loss from development and supports our ambition to achieve net gain for nature and (b) in his Answer of 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 440, that in Australia there has been a 80 per cent. shift of planning application away from fragile environments; and if he will publish (i) that evidence and (ii) the record of discussions on this issue during the trip to Australia referred to in his evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee on 23 October 2013.
    (186971)
109
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new Flood Re scheme will cover the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement.
    (186907)
110
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in providing local resilience forums with inundation maps for both large and small reservoirs for the purpose of (a) assessing risks, (b) contingency planning, (c) warning and evacuation and (d) making outline maps available to the public online since 2008.
    (186887)
111
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken since 2008 to raise awareness among vulnerable residents in flood risk areas.
    (186889)
112
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of local authority flood control centres during and after major flooding.
    (186939)
113
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Met Office and (b) the Environment Agency on the (i) costs, (ii) benefits and (iii) feasibility of a sliding scale of options for greater personalisation of public warning information.
    (186941)
114
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help local resilience forums (a) improve door knocking in times of flood threat, (b) enhance flood warnings, (c) provide information and (d) assess welfare needs of those who have been affected by flooding.
    (186942)
115
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to introduce a public information campaign for use by the media and local authorities to give a definitive set of flood prevention and mitigation advice for householders and businesses; and when such advice was last updated.
    (186944)
116
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Association of British Insurers and other relevant organisations about exploring and developing technological and process improvements to speed up the drying out and stabilising process after a household or business has been flooded.
    (186945)
117
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health on developing a single set of flood-related health advice for householders and businesses to be used by local and national organisations dealing with flooding.
    (186946)
118
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with telecommunications companies on facilitating the roll-out of opt out telephone flood warning schemes to all homes and businesses liable to flooding, including those with ex-directory numbers; and what proportion of households in flood risk areas are now covered by telephone flood warning schemes.
    (186947)
119
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to implement the legislative changes proposed by the Environment Agency in its 2008 Annual Report, post-incident reporting for UK dams.
    (186975)
120
 
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the export of waste from the UK; and what assessment he has made of the effects of the recent increase in exports of refuse-derived fuel on gate fees in the UK.
  [R] (186825)
121
 
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish a call for evidence on the refuse-derived fuel market; and what timetable he has set for publication of recommendations arising from that consultation.
  [R] (186826)
122
 
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on flood defences in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
    (186929)
123
 
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value of private sector investment has been in flood defences in the UK in each of the last five years.
    (186930)
124
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of UK nationals on death rows internationally; and what legal support his Department has provided to each such national.
    (186801)
125
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the treatment in Democratic Republic of Congo of failed asylum seekers returned by the Government.
    (186803)
126
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the abortions referred to in the Written Answer to Lord Lester of 21 January 2014, House of Lords, Official Report, column 93WA, would be performed on the request of the mother at any stage of gestation; what other criteria would be applied, if any; and if he will make a statement.
    (186831)
127
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to consult Parliament about the policies he has announced regarding the use of development aid for abortion services which are unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the UK is procuring them.
    (186922)
128
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what obligations on the UK in relation to the provision of abortions arise from UN Security Council Resolution 2122; and pursuant to the Answer to Lord Lester of 21 January 2014, Official Report, House of Lords, column 93WA, on abortion, which activities are required as a matter of international law.
    (186923)
129
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate numbers of international observers will be available at future elections in Democratic Republic of Congo.
    (186740)
130
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet his Bangladeshi counterpart to discuss the reduction of violence in that country and to promote trade links with the UK.
    (186741)
131
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186866)
132
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the requirements are for special mission immunity to be given.
    (186970)
133
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which programmes and funds are currently provided by his Department to promote women's political and public participation; and if he will make a statement.
    (186911)
134
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 63W, on Pitcairn Islands, if he will place in the Library a copy of the third Pitcairn Child Safety Review.
    (186976)
135
 
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Ukraine on political unrest in that country.
    (186798)
136
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 69W, on health education: sex, how many cases of shigella there have been in (a) total and (b) each parliamentary constituency since 2010.
    (186956)
137
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has given to (a) local authorities in England and (b) health and wellbeing boards on the Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme.
    (186960)
138
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, column 349W, on self-harm, how many people attended accident and emergency due to self-harm in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
    (186964)
139
 
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people presented at accident and emergency departments in England in each of the last five years.
    (186877)
140
 
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who presented at accident and emergency departments in England were diagnosed as having (a) scurvy and (b) rickets in each of the last five years.
    (186885)
141
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes from each governance meeting between his Department and Action on Smoking and Health in the last year.
    (186928)
142
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 96W, on gender recognition, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of cases referred to gender identity clinics that have had funding applications refused.
    (186747)
143
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of planned elective operations was cancelled in each week since 4 November 2013.
    (186757)
144
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186867)
145
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Home Office on the implementation of the adult autism strategy in the criminal justice system.
    (186954)
146
 
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure e-liquids used in e-cigarettes are diacetyl free.
    (186972)
147
 
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require that all batches of e-liquid for consumption in the UK are analysed by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer.
    (186973)
148
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency consultation on a proposed early access to medicines scheme which closed in October 2012.
    (186848)
149
 
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England plans to update its commissioning fact sheet on fertility services.
    (186802)
150
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of sugar consumption on heart disease.
    (186772)
151
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which medical conditions and diseases are adversely affected by an above-average consumption of sugar.
    (186784)
152
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of how much the NHS spent on mindfulness-based treatments in each of the last five years.
    (186807)
153
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at which English hospitals long-term follow-up care of bone marrow transplant recipients normally resident in Wales has taken place; and how many such bone marrow transplant recipients were treated at each such hospital in the last five years.
    (186812)
154
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests have been (a) made and (b) granted allowing a bone marrow transplant recipient normally resident in Wales to receive long-term follow-up care in an English hospital once they reach 100 days after their transplant; and what the total amount of such requests (i) made and (ii) granted was in the last five years.
    (186813)
155
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people normally resident in Wales have undergone a bone marrow transplant at an English hospital.
    (186814)
156
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the five-year survival rate of people who have received a bone marrow transplant.
    (186815)
157
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the health and wellbeing of people whose households have been flooded.
    (186943)
158
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on UK-wide strategies for diabetes, obesity, heart and rare diseases.
    (186783)
159
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds operated or owned by North West London Hospitals NHS Trust there were at (a) Central Middlesex Hospital, (b) Northwick Park Hospital and (c) other hospitals in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
    (186890)
160
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) in total and (b) in each hospital in London who were admitted to accident and emergency departments were not seen by a doctor within four hours in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (186891)
161
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical and (b) non-medical staff were employed in each NHS trust within London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (186892)
162
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were carried out at Northwick Park hospital in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (186893)
163
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited more than (a) two and (b) four hours to be seen by accident and emergency staff in each London NHS trust in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (186894)
164
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts provide specialist employment support; and if he will make a statement.
    (186906)
165
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to each (a) police force and (b) other agency in respect of (i) non conviction-based confiscation orders, (b) conviction-based confiscation orders and (c) cash forfeiture in each year for which figures are available.
    (186897)
166
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confiscation orders have been recorded by each force on (a) the Joint-Asset Recovery Database and (b) other databases for (i) below £100, (ii) between £100 and £50,000 and (iii) above £50,000 in each year for which figures are available.
    (186898)
167
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many financial investigators are currently accredited; and which such investigators are accredited for (a) confiscation orders, (b) civil recovery, (c) cash seizure litigation and (d) intelligence.
    (186899)
168
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restraint orders have been made by each police force in each year for which figures are available.
    (186900)
169
 
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 483W, on social networking, what steps the Government is taking to raise procedures for timely compliance of Twitter with requests from enforcement agencies.
    (186936)
170
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Chapter 4 in Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, what steps she has taken to (a) implement provisions to enable individuals to apply to have relevant offences disregarded and (b) raise awareness of the new provisions on erasing historic convictions for consensual homosexual sex contained in that Act.
    (186878)
171
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186868)
172
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence her Department collected before the announcement of a consultation on extended pub opening hours on 14 June 2014.
    (186963)
173
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 151W, on licensed premises, what steps she has taken to consult on the implementation of full-cost recovery for alcohol licences; and whether she intends to implement this in July 2014.
    (186832)
174
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have introduced (a) a late night levy and (b) an early morning restriction order; and how much she estimates those powers (i) raised in their first year of operation and (ii) will raise in their second year of operation.
    (186833)
175
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) staff, (b) senior staff and (c) staff in ministerial private offices in her Department are female.
    (186835)
176
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the inter-ministerial group on drugs has met since May 2010; and how many times (a) prevention, (b) education, (c) legal highs and (d) treatments have been on the agenda of those meetings.
    (186836)
177
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what position the UK Government will be taking on drugs policy at the G8 Summit hosted by Russia on 4 and 5 June 2014; and if she will make a statement.
    (186773)
178
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the specification for the contract awarded to Migrant Help to provide advice services for asylum seekers from April 2014.
    (186795)
179
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of how representative each police service is of its community.
    (186775)
180
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what bursaries and financial assistance her Department makes available to those from lower socio-economic backgrounds to attain the Certificate in Knowledge of Policing.
    (186776)
181
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what obligation exists on police and crime commissioners to adhere to the framework of national standards and authorised professional practice.
    (186778)
182
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that police and crime commissioners engage with the College of Policing.
    (186880)
183
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of current governance arrangements between local authorities and police forces for addressing anti-social behaviour.
    (186881)
184
 
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in each region in the UK in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; for what offences such notices were given; and if she will make a statement.
    (186953)
185
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the extent of the UK's involvement in abortion provision overseas in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2122.
    (186921)
186
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what part the UK will play in international scrutiny of the anti-corruption pact in Democratic Republic of Congo.
    (186742)
187
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186869)
188
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided for children's health and education in Syria since the beginning of unrest in that country.
    (186779)
189
 
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will summarise the research and evidence sources that underpinned his decision to open the supply of probation services to a wider range of potential suppliers.
    (186748)
190
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186870)
191
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of Welsh language services in the justice system.
    (186821)
192
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates in (a) Wales and (b) each Welsh county are Welsh speaking.
    (186822)
193
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to regionalise victims services currently run by Probation Trusts in England and Wales.
    (186842)
194
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the shortlist of contractors for the construction of the prison at Wrexham.
    (186762)
195
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the name, opening date and operator of each prison in England and Wales are.
    (186763)
196
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the specifications for the design of the proposed prison at Wrexham.
    (186764)
197
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the number of mother and baby units at HM Prison Holloway and HM Prison Askham Grange on (a) the ability of women in prison to maintain family contact and (b) the distance women are held from their families.
    (186840)
198
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of self-harm among women in prison.
    (186794)
199
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of women with mental health problems in the prison system.
    (186799)
200
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 to date; and how many such prosecutions have resulted in a conviction.
    (186966)
201
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, where being under the influence of legal highs was a contributing factor in each of the last five years.
    (186967)
202
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186871)
203
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186872)
204
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 13-14W, on tolls, what the (a) gross and (b) net revenue from the (i) Severn Bridge and (ii) Second Severn Crossing was in 2012.
    (186913)
205
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of local authority revenue generated from parking charges and fines deriving from the use of fixed and mobile closed circuit television cameras in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (186914)
206
 
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Statement 2013 on changes to rules on vehicle tax discs, what guidance his Department plans to issue to car dealers and repair workshops on (a) determining whether a car is taxed, (b) determining whether to use trade plates when road-testing a car and (c) informing customers of the tax status of loaned cars.
    (186820)
207
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for the rail freight line between Southampton and the West Midlands.
  [R] (186852)
208
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the result of the compensation consultation on High Speed 2 will be published.
    (186839)
209
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186873)
210
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the tender for the next West Coast Main Line franchise.
    (186761)
211
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of roads capital spending by his Department was spent on facilities primarily aimed at (a) motor vehicles, (b) pedestrians and (c) cyclists in the last year.
    (186965)
212
N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current powers of harbour authorities for preventing accidents involving jet skis.
    (186841)
213
 
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of additional airport capacity in the South East of England on the economies of other regions of the UK.
    (186827)
214
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on incorporating legal highs in the remit of drug-driving offences.
    (186968)
215
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186875)
216
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what organisations have applied to conduct an evidence review into tackling homophobic bullying in schools.
    (186810)
217
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of women aged between 50 and 64 leaving employment.
    (186811)
218
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such unused office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (186876)
219
 
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of introducing a mandatory living wage on levels of child poverty.
    (186824)
220
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to draw on customer experience of the Work Programme to inform the planning of its replacement after 2016; and if he will make a statement.
    (186895)
221
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether, if a Work Programme customer rearranges an appointment with their provider, the provider is required to report to his Department the customer's non-attendance for the originally planned appointment.
    (186896)
222
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received crisis loans in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) 2013.
    (186902)
223
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the current definition of Payment Group 6 in the Work Programme differs from the definition in the Work Programme invitation to tender, which limited participants in Payment Group 6 to customers expected to be fit for work in three months.
    (186903)

Notices given on Thursday 6 February

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Chinese nationals are currently residing and working in the UK.
[Transferred]   (186731)
2
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children living in households where one or both parents are (a) working part-time because they are unable to find full-time work and (b) employed on a zero hours contract.
[Transferred]   (186513)
3
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside who have jobs which primarily require working (i) during the day and (ii) at night.
[Transferred]   (186849)
4
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs investigations into landfill tax fraud are currently underway.
[Transferred] [R] (186950)
5
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make flood risk part of the mandatory search requirements for property purchase.
[Transferred]   (186888)
6
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the Government to assist first-time home buyers.
[Transferred]   (186780)
7
 
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 79W, on electoral register, when applicants for the Rock Enrol initiative in schools who submitted proposals by the deadline of August 2013 will be told whether they have been awarded funding.
[Transferred]   (186809)
8
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for each category of conviction used by the Crown Court relating to financial gain in each (a) county and (b) other area for which figures are available in the last year.
[Transferred]   (186901)
9
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times, and to which prisons, the police were called out in each month since May 2010.
[Transferred]   (186838)
10
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of repeat offenders with undiagnosed mental health issues.
[Transferred]   (186777)
11
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Attorney General, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187238)
12
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of staff of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187260)
13
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) the Law Officers' Departments and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187279)
14
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Attorney General, which paid public appointment contracts the Law Officers' Departments has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187010)
15
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Attorney General, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187071)
16
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187237)
17
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187259)
18
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187278)
19
 
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the majority of Government services are still available throughout the sub-post office network.
    (187042)
20
 
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent meetings he has had with representatives from Post Office Limited to discuss investment in the sub-post office network to allow sub-postmasters to grow their businesses.
    (187043)
21
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which colleges have incorrectly advertised eligibility and access to Student Loans Company services in the last year.
    (187134)
22
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men applied for the 24+ advanced learning loan in the 20013-14 academic year.
    (187046)
23
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men aged 24 years old and above applied for Government financial assistance for further education in each of the academic years between 2008 and 2013.
    (187048)
24
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of businesses with an annual rental value of £50,000 or less a year are owned by (a) women and (b) men.
    (187174)
25
 
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Local Enterprise Partnerships shared a first draft of their Strategic Economic Plans with his Department by the end of December 2013; whether his Department provided feedback on each of these plans by the end of January 2014; and which such plans included specific proposals relating to (a) funding for skills provisions and (b) capital funding for further education colleges.
    (187172)
26
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer on state aid to Lord Stoddart of Swindon, Lords Official Report, 23 January 2014, WA column 166, what the subject is of each of the UK state aid cases currently before the European Commission for approval.
    (187055)
27
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187009)
28
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187070)
29
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187239)
30
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which central government office estate buildings are currently (a) unoccupied and (b) under-occupied.
    (187257)
31
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on relocating civil servants from expensive city centre locations since the publication of the Government's Estate Strategy in June 2013.
    (187258)
32
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187261)
33
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187280)
34
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many regulations made since May 2010 contain a sunset clause.
    (187103)
35
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of chairs of public bodies appointed since 5 May 2010 are (a) men and (b) women.
    (187047)
36
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many chairs of public bodies were (a) men and (b) women in each of the last five years.
    (187049)
37
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187011)
38
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187072)
39
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the public appointments made by Government in each department between 1 April and 30 September 2013 were to remunerated posts; and in what pay band each such appointment was.
    (187121)
40
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will commission research on the effect of (a) media coverage of electoral registration fraud, (b) politicians' comments on electoral registration fraud and (c) the Electoral Commission's coverage of electoral registration fraud on the public's perception of electoral fraud.
    (187129)
41
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the differences in registration rates between (a) the Black and Asian communities and (b) the White community.
    (187133)
42
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2013, Official Report, columns 803-4W, on electoral register, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of attainers registered to vote between 2009 and 2012; what steps he has taken to address that reduction; and how successful they have been.
    (187348)
43
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187253)
44
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187275)
45
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187294)
46
 
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of UK labour productivity; and if he will make a statement.
    (187305)
47
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received on whether the Colombia mining industry, including companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, is contracting army units for private security purposes in Colombia.
    (187141)
48
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the rural fuel rebate scheme.
    (186985)
49
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with members of the European Parliament representing (a) English, (b) Scottish, (c) Welsh, (d) Northern Ireland constituencies and (e) the European Committee of the Regions on the rural fuel rebate scheme.
    (186986)
50
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187029)
51
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187089)
52
 
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional revenue secured since 2010 as a result of changes to the IR35 tax regulations affecting the self-employed.
    (187119)
53
 
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of enforcement of the IR35 rules since 2010.
    (187120)
54
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, when he last met the Rural Affairs Group of the Church of England.
    (187221)
55
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties were sold under the Right to Buy scheme in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and what the average discount given to house buyers was under that scheme in those years, by local authority area.
    (187163)
56
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of preserved right-to-buy sales on affordable housing policy.
    (187164)
57
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of preserved right-to-buy sales on rental incomes for housing associations which were part of large-scale voluntary transfer schemes.
    (187165)
58
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many replacement homes (a) are under construction or (b) have completed as a result of preserved right-to- buy sales subsequent to the enhanced discount introduced on 2 April 2012, by local authority.
    (187166)
59
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many replacement homes (a) are under construction or (b) have completed as a result of all right-to-buy sales subsequent to the enhanced discount introduced on 2 April 2012, by local authority.
    (187167)
60
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount of discount is that has been applied as part of the preserved right-to-buy sales in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (187169)
61
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to replace housing stock as a result of preserved right-to-buy sales.
    (187170)
62
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount of discount is that has been applied as part of all right-to-buy sales in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (187171)
63
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties have been sold under the preserved Right-to-Buy scheme in each of the last five years; what the average discount given to house buyers was under the scheme in those years; and if he will list this information by local authority area.
    (187334)
64
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187240)
65
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187262)
66
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187281)
67
 
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in local government procurement from small, local businesses.
    (187306)
68
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will consider introducing an exemption for extending permitted development rights in national parks.
    (187057)
69
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been collected in business rates in (a) Hyndburn constituency and (b) Rossendale in each of the last 10 years.
    (187352)
70
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend the deadline for applications to the Bellwin Fund beyond the end of March 2014 in respect of damage caused by and recovery measures relating to the recent winter floods.
    (187300)
71
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for consideration of applications to the Bellwin Fund of the fact that the winter floods are still ongoing, making the extent of damage difficult to assess.
    (187301)
72
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187012)
73
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187073)
74
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the full actuarial cost of fire deaths was in each of the last 10 years.
    (187224)
75
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire deaths there were in each of the last 10 years.
    (187225)
76
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 47 of the National Planning Policy Framework, whether local authorities are required to include greenbelt land in their five-year supply of deliverable housing sites if no other sites are available.
    (187222)
77
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to gain a more accurate representation of gypsy and traveller numbers in South Staffordshire constituency; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the duty of pitch provision is more evenly spread across all nearby local authority areas.
    (187181)
78
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
    (187241)
79
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187263)
80
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) her Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
    (187282)
81
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187013)
82
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187074)
83
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department issued to the Arts Council on its distribution of funds across urban and rural communities.
    (187179)
84
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187242)
85
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187264)
86
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187283)
87
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost at outturn prices of the Trident replacement programme.
    (187135)
88
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost at outturn prices of the D5 missile extension programme.
    (187136)
89
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of developing and procuring a replacement missile for the Trident D5 missile for the remainder of the replacement submarine service life after 2042.
    (187137)
90
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual expenditure on the Trident nuclear weapons system, including all capital expenditure at HMNB Clyde, AWE Aldermaston and AWE Burghfield has been since 2000.
    (187138)
91
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) expenditure and percentage share of his Department's procurement budget that the design and construction of the Trident replacement submarines will represent and (b) what the running costs and percentage share of his Department's overall spending of the existing Trident nuclear weapons system will be in each of the next 10 years.
    (187142)
92
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated annual expenditure and percentage share of his Department's procurement budget the design and construction of the Astute-class submarines will represent in each of the next 10 years.
    (187143)
93
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of nuclear liabilities associated with berthing and decommissioning submarines, decontamination of associated sites and storage of related nuclear materials, including disaggregation by (a) out-of service submarines, (b) in-service submarines and (c) Trident replacement submarines.
    (187144)
94
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence on 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 14, what types of expenditure by the Agency fall into (a) its operational budget and (b) its functional budget; what the purpose is of the Agency's functional expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
    (187223)
95
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187014)
96
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187075)
97
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the Ministry of Defence Police adhere to the College of Policy standards.
    (187329)
98
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent redundancies on the level of suitably-experienced and qualified personnel.
    (187232)
99
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence establishments are subject to Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations; and which establishment received a (i) stage 1 risk assessment and (ii) stage 2 risk assessment in the most recent period for which data are available.
    (187233)
100
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Movement and Transport Safety Regulator has identified instances of dangerous goods being transported from Afghanistan in each of the last five years; what the nature and risk was in each incident; and when each incident occurred.
    (187234)
101
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 37 of his Department's Safety and Environmental Protection Assurance Report 2012-13, what the life-limiting features that cannot be mitigated through life extension programmes are for existing nuclear-powered submarines.
    (187336)
102
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether plans to establish a Navy Safety Centre have been approved; and where this centre will be located.
    (187337)
103
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to install a buoyancy aid for embarked Apache attack helicopters.
    (187338)
104
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many safety critical posts exist in Defence Equipment and Support; and how many such posts are currently vacant.
    (187339)
105
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve cyber security at Ministry of Defence sites.
    (187307)
106
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many attempted cyber attacks on his Department were recorded in the last 12 months.
    (187308)
107
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel have been killed in live fire exercises in each of the last five years.
    (187309)
108
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the safety of personnel during live fire exercises.
    (187310)
109
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on armed forces' recruitment post-2014.
    (187311)
110
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications of Scottish independence on recruitment to the armed forces.
    (187312)
111
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many citizens of the Republic of Ireland are currently serving in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Navy.
    (187313)
112
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army officers are recruited from (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
    (187314)
113
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy officers are recruited from (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
    (187315)
114
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Army is recruited from (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
    (187316)
115
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement UK armed forces currently have in Libya.
    (187321)
116
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the outsourcing of Defence Munitions Plymouth.
    (187092)
117
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which paid public appointment contracts his Office has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187015)
118
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Office since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187076)
119
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, columns 386-87W on Electoral Register, how his Department encourages local authorities to use their own council tax records to find eligible electors.
    (187227)
120
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, columns 386-7W, on Electoral Register, how many local authorities inspect their own council tax records to find eligible electors.
    (187228)
121
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, columns 181-2W, on Electoral Register, if he will make it his policy to collect data intended to improve efficiency in registration of electors.
    (187229)
122
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on electoral register, if he will give the dates the student forum established by his Department for the purpose of promoting registration have met in each region; and what the main collective outcomes of these meetings were.
    (187350)
123
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on electoral register, if he will place a copy of the best practice to increase voter registration turnout in the Library.
    (187351)
124
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 387W, on electoral register, if he will relay this information to hon. Members and local councillors on a regular basis.
    (187371)
125
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187243)
126
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187265)
127
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187284)
128
 
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in England in 2012-13 failed to get a GCSE grade A*-C in both English and mathematics.
    (187302)
129
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that free schools demonstrate compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty by publishing their equality information and objectives.
    (187140)
130
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the reduction in funding for full-time education places for 18-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds.
    (187347)
131
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on increasing the number of children adopted in England.
    (187220)
132
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187016)
133
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187077)
134
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools were built (a) with and (b) without fire sprinklers in each of the last 10 years.
    (187226)
135
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the per pupil place value for money of free schools; and what effect the acquisition of sites (a) in London and (b) outside London has on that value for money.
    (187184)
136
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupil vacancies there are in free schools in (a) London and (b) England; and what proportion of free schools opened in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013 have vacancies.
    (187185)
137
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any consented free school application have been withdrawn to date by (a) the proposers in the community or (b) the proposed provider.
    (187186)
138
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the capital and revenue costs of free schools that (a) have been provided to date, (b) are to be provided in 2013-14 and (c) are projected to be provided in 2014-15.
    (187187)
139
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional school places have been created by the free schools that (a) have been provided to date and (b) are projected to be provided in 2014-15.
    (187188)
140
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department's estimate of December 2012 that the 79 open free schools would create at least 34,000 additional school places was accurate.
    (187189)
141
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size is in free schools open to date.
    (187190)
142
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of existing multiple academy trusts to take on the remaining community schools in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire.
    (187191)
143
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children with a statement of special educational needs being educated in free schools.
    (187192)
144
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children with (a) dyslexia and (b) dyspraxia being educated in free schools.
    (187193)
145
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of free schools which participate in the local authority's admissions process to enable pupil place planning.
    (187194)
146
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children being educated in free schools who qualify for free school meals.
    (187195)
147
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of schools about the performance of free schools.
    (187196)
148
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from local authorities about overprovision of school places in areas where a free school or schools are (a) established or (b) proposed.
    (187197)
149
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from any local authorities with a projected school place shortage that will not be met by free school provision.
    (187198)
150
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration his Department has given to allowing local authorities to open a new school to meet school place demand; and what representations he has received on this issue.
    (187199)
151
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187244)
152
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187266)
153
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187285)
154
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish government on storage of waste from Hunterston nuclear power station.
    (187343)
155
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of contracts connected to decontamination work at Sellafield have been awarded to parent companies of Nuclear Management Partners; and what the value of those contracts is.
    (187344)
156
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess whether there was a benefit to the local supply chain in West Cumbria from the work of Nuclear Management Partners at Sellafield.
    (187345)
157
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the UK-France Declaration on Nuclear Energy of 31 January 2014, what the dates and themes have been of those joint meetings held between respective national ministries, regulators, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Gendarmerie to date; what decisions were taken and what actions arose; and what the cost has been of such co-operation since May 2010.
    (186979)
158
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons his Department supported the five-year contract award to Nuclear Management Partners to manage the Sellafield site.
    (186996)
159
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department submitted its application to the European Commission for approval of providing state support for the financed radioactive waste and decommissioning plans for new build nuclear power plants; when he expects the decision on this application to be made; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the application for approval.
    (186997)
160
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187017)
161
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187078)
162
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the Atomic Energy Authority Police adhere to the College of Policy standards.
    (187330)
163
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187245)
164
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187267)
165
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187286)
166
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of fuel price rises on households using liquefied petroleum gas.
    (187113)
167
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring off-grid energy within the remit of the energy regulator.
    (187114)
168
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support people who move from a liquid petroleum gas boiler to a conventional boiler.
    (187115)
169
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward winter fuel payments in order to protect pensioners from the price rise associated with off-grid energy at the onset of winter.
    (187116)
170
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what investigation his Department has carried out on the effects of neonicotinoids on waterways; and what monitoring the Government undertakes on the effects of the neonicotinoids moratorium on the aquatic environment.
    (187007)
171
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the UK has taken towards achieving an international agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea including a globally accepted mechanism, for designation of high seas marine protected areas before the end of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly this year.
    (187008)
172
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187018)
173
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187079)
174
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what on-the-ground inspections have been planned by the Environment Agency for the two new proposed shale gas drilling sites in Fylde.
    (187304)
175
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187246)
176
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187268)
177
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187287)
178
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the implementation of his Department's commitment work with Colombia on the design of a business and human rights strategy; and how his Department is designing this strategy in consultation with a wide variety of civil society organisations.
    (187139)
179
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission a review of the operation of the Schengen Agreement and the UK's non-participation in the Schengen area arrangements.
    (187106)
180
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the regional effect of the Government's approach to trade with Israel.
    (187173)
181
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate reasons for the gender pay gap at senior management structures 2, 3 and 4 of his Department.
    (186982)
182
 
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to protect Christians in Syria.
    (187123)
183
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187019)
184
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187080)
185
 
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of North Korea on the treatment of Christians in that country.
    (187054)
186
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library all assessments of new policy and legislation from his Department since January 2013 which give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
    (187317)
187
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what current financial aid commitments the UK has in Libya.
    (187319)
188
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what talks his Department has had with the current Egyptian government on restoring democratic elections in Egypt.
    (187320)
189
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which vessels purchased commercial fishery licences for the waters off Ascension Island in 2013.
    (187322)
190
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many fish of each species were caught in Ascension Island's commercial fishery in 2013.
    (187323)
191
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place a copy of the accounts of the Ascension Island government for financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 in the Library.
    (187324)
192
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187247)
193
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187269)
194
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187288)
195
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, column 648W, on National Clinical Excellence Awards, what consideration he has given to offering awards to those performing clinical roles other than that of consultant in medical teams.
    (187353)
196
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, column 648W, on National Clinical Excellence Awards, what proportion of NHS consultants are women; and what proportion of recipients of the awards are women.
    (187354)
197
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people detained under the Mental Health Act were transferred from Northern Ireland to hospitals in England in 2012-13.
    (186984)
198
 
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from ambulance trusts on the provision of stab vests for ambulance personnel.
    (187058)
199
 
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to ambulance trusts on the provision of stab vests for ambulance personnel.
    (187059)
200
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many errors in handling patient data resulting in breaches of confidentiality took place in the NHS in each of the last five years for which data are available.
    (186990)
201
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether information on the treatment and the diagnosis of sensitive health conditions will be excluded from the care.data extraction of patient data.
    (186991)
202
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures his Department has to audit the usage and security of patient data disclosed to third parties by the Health and Social Care Information Centre; whether any audits have been carried out on such usage; and whether any confidentiality breaches have taken place in the last two years.
    (186992)
203
 
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times he has paid an official visit to a hospital in Yorkshire and Humber.
    (187327)
204
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 147WH, what progress the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made in developing guidance relating to trauma.
    (186980)
205
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 148WH, what assessment he has made of how the work of clinical commissioning groups complies with NHS England guidelines.
    (186981)
206
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187021)
207
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187082)
208
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the health budget in Crawley constituency was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (186994)
209
 
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled on or after the day of admission in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (187050)
210
 
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many out-patient appointments were cancelled in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (187051)
211
 
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health staff were employed by the NHS in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (187052)
212
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
    (187248)
213
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187270)
214
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) her Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to her.
    (187289)
215
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the proposed ban on khat will come into force.
    (187094)
216
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of a link between the consumption of highly alcoholic beverages and anti-social and criminal behaviour; and if she will make a statement.
    (187178)
217
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187022)
218
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187083)
219
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that speed limits are adhered to in rural constituencies.
    (187180)
220
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) her Department and (b) the public body accountable to her.
    (187249)
221
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) the public body accountable to her work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187271)
222
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) her Department and (B) the public body accountable to her.
    (187290)
223
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187023)
224
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187084)
225
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187250)
226
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187272)
227
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187291)
228
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure women released from prison into a different contract package area under the Transforming Rehabilitation proposals will receive high quality and holistic rehabilitation services and support.
    (186998)
229
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent those women's centres which do not end up in Transforming Rehabilitation supply chains closing from a lack of funds.
    (187032)
230
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to award Transforming Rehabilitation contracts in respect of women's services.
    (187033)
231
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the female prison population over the next five years.
    (187034)
232
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187024)
233
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187085)
234
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Sentencing Council keeps under review the offence of causing death by disqualified or uninsured drivers.
    (187107)
235
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are in place to support the resettlement of young offenders back into the community.
    (187108)
236
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of youth custody in Young Offender Institutions.
    (187109)
237
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to equip young offenders with the skills, qualifications and self-discipline they need to lead law-abiding lives in the community.
    (187110)
238
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to expand the number of rape support centres across the country.
    (187111)
239
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for employment and support allowance appeals.
    (187112)
240
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to make the justice system more accessible and easier to understand for those without legal knowledge.
    (187124)
241
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of family mediation services for those are seeking to resolve issues surrounding child contact.
    (187125)
242
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the average hours a week of contracted education provided for 15 to 17 year olds in custody.
    (187126)
243
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Queen's Counsel were employed by the Public Defender Service in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014.
    (187168)
244
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the most recent assessment she has made of the outcome of the 2013 Investment Conference.
    (186987)
245
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with UK Trade & Investment since the 2013 Investment Conference on following-up opportunities for investment and trade into Northern Ireland.
    (186988)
246
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with banks in Northern Ireland on the level of business lending.
    (186989)
247
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the effect of the 2013 Autumn Statement on the prospect for economic growth in the Northern Ireland economy.
    (186993)
248
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of the level of VAT on the tourism and hospitality sectors.
    (187041)
249
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187025)
250
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187086)
251
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to parliamentary question 183431, what discussions she has had with the Deputy Prime Minister and Electoral Commission on transferring the best practice in Northern Ireland on registration of attainers to the UK.
    (187297)
252
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to parliamentary question 183431, what assessment she has made of registration levels for attainers in the year prior to the introduction of individual electoral registration, the years after the introduction of individual electoral registration and the most recent date for which data is available.
    (187298)
253
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Prime Minister, which paid public appointment contracts No. 10 Downing Street has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187026)
254
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects ratifications by the UK of the Council of Europe's Convention on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence to take place.
    (187096)
255
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in his Department.
    (187251)
256
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of staff of his Department work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187273)
257
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by his Department.
    (187292)
258
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had about public access to Royal Residences in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (187162)
259
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on Common Agricultural Policy implications for Scotland post-2014; and if he will make a statement.
    (187219)
260
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187027)
261
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187087)
262
 
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 likely effect on the (a) numbers of postal ballots forms issued after the updating of its Code of Conduct in May 2014 and (b) the effect of such a change on voter turnout.
    (187127)
263
 
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 Citizens Advice on making registration and postal ballot forms available for all Citizens Advice clients and paying the Citizens Advice for this service.
    (187128)
264
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what input and output measures are used to assess specific aspects of the success or otherwise of electoral registration campaigns.
    (187130)
265
 
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 place in the Library a copy of the 2011 research into the accuracy of the electoral registers.
    (187131)
266
 
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 repeat its 2008 request to the Office of National Statistics to match census data against electoral registration data.
    (187132)
267
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 208-9W, on Electoral Register, what the average cost per download is of electoral registration forms in each of the three campaigns listed in the answer.
    (187231)
268
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to parliamentary question 179542, how effective the Electoral Commission's interventions against each ERO who repeatedly failed to implement performance standard 3 were.
    (187299)
269
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 621W, whether the Electoral Commission proactively seeks partnership working with groups in civic society for the specific purpose of increasing voter registration.
    (187325)
270
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 621W, whether civic society groups, beside Bite the Ballot, have requested Electoral Commission help to register voters; and which such organisations were (a) given and (b) not given help, by the Electoral Commission.
    (187326)
271
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer given to the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) of 27 January 2014, on electoral register, if he will discuss with the Department for Work and Pensions making electoral registration forms available at all Jobcentre Plus offices and ATOS test centres.
    (187331)
272
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 209-10W, on Electoral Register, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of (a) which were the most cost-effective campaigns and (b) what the reasons were for that cost effectiveness.
    (187332)
273
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 209-10W, on Electoral Register, whether the Electoral Commission has made a comparative assessment of cost effectiveness of Electoral Commission electoral registration companies and those organised by groups in civic society; and whether the Electoral Commission has considered outsourcing such campaigns on the grounds of efficiency.
    (187333)
274
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on electoral register, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of how well its advice and guidance to electoral registration officers (EROs) on increasing registration of attainers is being implemented; and which EROs are the best performing in this respect.
    (187340)
275
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on electoral register, how the Electoral Commission gathered examples of best practice on increased registration of attainers; and if the Commission will disseminate that best practice information to hon. Members.
    (187341)
276
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on electoral register: fraud, what monitoring of public perception of electoral registration fraud the Electoral Commission undertook prior to 2010.
    (187342)
277
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, columns 619-20W, on electoral register, what funding the Electoral Commission has spent on making the public aware of the transition to individual electoral registration; and what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of that awareness campaign.
    (187346)
278
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2013, Official Report, column 457W, on electoral register, if he will place a copy of the letter sent to hon. Members concerning non-compliance with Electoral Commission regulations and performance indicators on electoral registration in the Library.
    (187349)
279
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 510W, on electoral register, whether the Electoral Commission has itself initiated voter registration days, weeks or months; how much was spent on this; and how effective these campaigns were.
    (187372)
280
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187252)
281
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187274)
282
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187293)
283
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187028)
284
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187088)
285
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the British Transport Police adhere to the College of Policy standards.
    (187328)
286
 
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring in legislative proposals containing provisions similar to those in the Responsible Parking Bill (Scotland) and applying to the rest of the UK.
    (187215)
287
 
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of the recent survey by the charity, Guide Dogs, on the number of blind and partially-sighted people who report that cars parked on pavements frequently cause problems for them.
    (187230)
288
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in his Department.
    (187254)
289
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of staff of his Department work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187276)
290
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by his Department.
    (187295)
291
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187030)
292
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187090)
293
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she is making on removing barriers for women in the workplace; and how many companies have now engaged in the Think, Act, Report programme.
    (187218)
294
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which paid public appointment contracts the Government Equalities Office has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187020)
295
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by the Government Equalities Office since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187081)
296
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187255)
297
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him work outside of London; and in which local authorities such staff are located.
    (187277)
298
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
    (187296)
299
 
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what exceptions are in place for those who claim statutory sick pay for a miscarriage at between 20 and 24 weeks who subsequently lose their job before completing the qualifying criterion of two full tax years for claiming jobseeker's allowance.
    (186983)
300
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of social housing tenants affected by the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty are (a) men and (b) women.
    (187175)
301
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of social housing tenants who have moved to smaller social housing since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty are (a) women and (b) men.
    (187176)
302
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of social housing tenants affected by the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty who have been given exempt status are (a) men and (b) women.
    (187177)
303
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of people who have had their welfare benefits halted as result of review and appeal of their work capability assessment; and what emergency provisions are available to such individuals.
    (186995)
304
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has given to disability employment advisers on referring disabled individuals for training at specialist residential training colleges.
    (186977)
305
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to respond to the July 2013 report of the Independent Advisory Panel which reported to Ministers on the future provision of residential training for disabled individuals in July 2013.
    (186978)
306
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people were referred by disability employment advisers for training at specialist residential training colleges in each year since 2008.
    (187044)
307
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reducing support for training disabled people at specialist residential training colleges.
    (187045)
308
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people referred by disability employment advisers for training at specialist residential training colleges in each year for which data are available were in (a) the ESA WRAG and (b) the ESA support group.
    (187053)
309
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department notifies claimants of attendance allowance at the start of the application process that they must state in their applications whether they are self-funded or receiving public funds to cover care costs.
    (187095)
310
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which paid public appointment contracts he has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men.
    (187031)
311
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by his Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women.
    (187091)
312
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent evidence his Department has about the future career choices of people whose first job is in ancilliary roles in sex establishments such as pole dancing clubs and massage parlours.
    (187117)
313
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the decision to offer job subsidies for the employment of teenagers as auxiliary workers in lap and pole dancing clubs, strip clubs and in saunas and massage parlours; and if he will make a statement.
    (187118)
314
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the future career choices of people whose first job is in ancilliary roles in adult entertainment establishments.
    (187182)
315
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy not to offer job subsidies for employing teenagers as auxiliary workers in adult entertainment establishments; and if he will make a statement.
    (187183)
316
 
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to make a decision to award personal independence payments to claimants with terminal cancer is.
    (187056)
317
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support those facing the most complex barriers to securing workplace training and employment.
    (187093)
318
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in exploring options for residential training for disabled people; and if he will make a statement.
    (187101)
319
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of residential training colleges in providing access to employment to those with complex disabilities.
    (187102)
320
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what on-the-ground inspections have been planned by the Health and Safety Executive for the two new proposed shale gas drilling sites in Fylde.
    (187303)
321
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the proportion of households in the UK receiving more in cash benefits than paying in total tax is reduced from 37.8 per cent.
    (187318)
322
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned in each (a) jobcentre region and (b) parliamentary constituency in each month in each of the last four years.
    (187122)
Tuesday 11 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
 
* 1
Richard Fuller (Bedford): What steps the Government is taking with local enterprise partnerships to promote entrepreneurship in towns and communities across the UK.
    (902503)
* 2
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): What assessment he has made of how City Deals are working.
    (902504)
* 3
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What discussions he had with human rights organisations, trades unions and opposition movements during his recent visit to Colombia; and if he will make a statement.
    (902505)
* 4
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What support the Government is giving to business growth opportunities in Cheshire East through the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership.
    (902506)
* 5
Clive Efford (Eltham): What steps the Government plans to take to improve the accuracy and completeness of the electoral register.
    (902507)
* 7
Ben Gummer (Ipswich): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the role of decentralisation in the implementation of the Heseltine Review.
    (902509)
* 8
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): What progress he has made on the implementation of the second wave of City Deals.
    (902510)
* 9
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What progress he has made on the implementation of the second wave of City Deals.
    (902511)
* 10
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What his policy is on votes for 16 year olds.
    (902512)
* 11
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on devolution and decentralisation.
    (902513)
* 12
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What steps he is taking to increase the number of young people registering to vote when individual electoral registration is introduced.
    (902514)
* 13
Mel Stride (Central Devon): What support the Government is giving to business growth opportunities in Central Devon through the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership.
    (902515)
* 14
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): When he plans to respond to the recommendations of the Commission on the Consequences of Devolution for the House of Commons.
    (902516)
* 15
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What role he plays in making public appointments across Government; and if he will make a statement.
    (902517)
At 11.50am
Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902518)
* 2
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):  
    (902519)
* 3
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):  
    (902520)
* 4
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire):  
    (902521)
* 5
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):  
    (902522)
* 6
Karen Lumley (Redditch):  
    (902523)
* 7
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow):  
    (902524)
* 8
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale):  
    (902525)
* 9
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (902526)
* 10
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):  
    (902527)
* 11
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West):  
    (902528)
* 12
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):  
    (902529)
* 13
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire):  
    (902530)
* 14
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):  
    (902531)
* 15
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock):  
    (902532)
At 12.10pm
Oral Questions to the Attorney General
 
* 1
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): How many local authorities have signed up to the information-sharing protocol for cases of child abuse launched in November 2013 by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
    (902533)
* 2
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): What recent discussions he has had with the Treasury Solicitor on the development of a shared legal service.
  [R] (902534)
* 3
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps the Government is taking to ensure the repatriation of stolen assets to emerging democracies in the Middle East and North Africa.
    (902535)
* 4
Priti Patel (Witham): What recent discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on the use of diminished responsibility defences in domestic homicide cases.
    (902536)
* 5
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): How many local authorities have signed up to the information-sharing protocol for cases of child abuse launched in November 2013 by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
    (902537)
* 6
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): How many local authorities have signed up to the information-sharing protocol for cases of child abuse launched in November 2013 by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
    (902538)
* 7
David Wright (Telford): What recent steps he has taken to promote awareness among prosecutors of the tools available to secure the removal from the UK of low-level foreign offenders.
    (902539)
* 8
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): What assessment he has made of the effects of increased digital working by the Crown Prosecution Service; and what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse as a result of that increase.
    (902540)
* 9
Clive Efford (Eltham): In what ways the Serious Fraud Office co-operates with prosecutors overseas; and if he will make a statement.
    (902541)
* 10
James Wharton (Stockton South): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on reform of the law of contempt.
    (902542)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 4 February

1
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the EU port services regulation on UK ports; and if he will make a statement.
    (186732)
2
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the UK's Representation to the EU's negotiating mandate is regarding the proposed EU port services regulation.
    (186733)
3
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the European Council will next discuss the proposed EU port services regulation.
    (186734)

Notices given on Thursday 6 February

1
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many non-UK EU students studying at private universities used the Student Loan Company in the last year for which data is available.
    (187157)
2
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in each private university (a) have access to the student loan system, (b) are studying HNCs and HNDs and (c) are non-UK EU students using the Student Loan Company.
    (187158)
3
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the regulatory tests are for (a) public and (b) private institutions seeking to acquire degree awarding powers.
    (187200)
4
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the RAB charge on loans made to students at alternative providers.
    (187207)
5
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the financial effect on small and medium-sized businesses of the requirement for CE marking of structural steel; and if he will make a statement.
    (187202)
6
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what action he has taken to reduce the impact on small and medium-sized businesses of the requirement for CE marking of structural steel.
    (187203)
7
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when in the last 12 months he has met bodies from the steel industry to discuss the requirement for CE marking of structural steel.
    (187204)
8
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 216W, on Re-employment, what the total cost was of those redundancies.
    (187208)
9
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequentials arise from the Government's proposals for High Speed Rail 2.
    (187205)
10
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 601W, on council tax, which local authorities have increased council tax and by what percentage amount in 2013-14.
    (187210)
11
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library details of all transactions recorded under the Catering and Hospitality expenses types in the calendar year 2013 including (a) copies of invoices and (b) proof of payment, including date of payment.
    (187235)
12
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 17, what assessment he has made of the number of properties offered under the help-to-buy scheme which are in areas insurance companies deem to be at high risk of flooding; and what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on including such properties in the Flood Re insurance scheme.
    (187155)
13
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the proportion of private landlords renting to tenants in receipt of housing benefit; and what steps he is taking to ensure people in receipt of benefits are not excluded from the private rented sector.
    (187145)
14
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the position of local television stations in Wales and Scotland on the electronic programme guide.
    (187004)
15
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 413W, on redundancy, what the cost to the public purse was of redundancies for officials who have subsequently been rehired by his Department.
    (187005)
16
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been allocated by his Department to (i) Coventry City Council and (ii) each local authority in the West Midlands in each year since 2009-10.
    (187038)
17
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his response of 29 January 2014 to the hon. member for Cardiff West, Official Report, column 934, if he will release the qualifications of the teachers at the Al Madinah Free School in Derby at the beginning of the September 2013 school term.
    (187153)
18
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's withdrawal of bursaries for trainee religious education teachers on the level of recruitment of religious education teachers; and if he will make a statement.
    (187097)
19
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds were provided for bursaries for trainee religious education teachers in each of the last five years.
    (187098)
20
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will consider reversing the reductions in funding for full-time education places for 18 year olds announced by his Department in January 2014.
    (187366)
21
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff will be employed on the Year of Code Campaign; how many such staff were appointments from outside his Department; and where such jobs were advertised.
    (187156)
22
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the head of the Year of Code Campaign was appointed; where this vacancy was advertised prior to appointment; how the successful candidate was chosen; and what their salary is.
    (187160)
23
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers he expects to receive training under the Year of Code campaign.
    (187206)
24
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 213W, on foster care, what activities local authorities are undertaking to support recruitment and retention of foster carers.
    (187067)
25
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 212W, on families: disadvantaged, Troubled Families Programme, what criteria his Department uses to assess the success and value for money of its contribution to that programme.
    (187100)
26
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the (a) number of switches and (b) number of switches according to different indicators of vulnerability in each collective switching scheme supported by the Cheaper Energy Together fund.
    (187037)
27
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the average level of savings made by customers in each socio-economic group from each collective switching scheme supported by the Cheaper Energy Together fund.
    (187039)
28
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision exists for the recycling of plastic bags (a) nationally and (b) in Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement.
    (187211)
29
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Ministerial colleagues the potential effect of the Government's response to the report on UK housing by the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing on the UK's relations with the Human Rights Council.
    (187068)
30
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had on human rights during his recent visit to the Philippines; and what representations he made to his interlocutors in support of the UN Convention Against Torture and the rule of law in that country.
    (187146)
31
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Home Department on youth violence.
    (187212)
32
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Minister in his Department is a member of the inter-ministerial group on gang culture; and on what dates that Minister has attended meetings of the group.
    (187335)
33
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what visits Dame Carol Black has made since her appointment to promote the Public Health Responsibility Deal partners to (a) SMEs, (b) other private companies, (c) public sector bodies and (d) third-sector organisations.
    (187357)
34
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason was for his Department's decision not to introduce Enriched Culture Medium testing for Group B Strep on 1 January 2014. despite Ministers' previous commitment to do this; and who took that decision.
    (187359)
35
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to (a) midwives and (b) GPs on reduced fetal movements during the third trimester of pregnancy to ensure that (i) appropriate measures are taken by healthcare professions, (ii) expectant mothers receive the best advice on precautions and (iii) best practice is shared throughout the health service.
    (186999)
36
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps heis taking to improve education on pregnancy and maternity for the prevention or avoidance of (a) stillbirths, (b) children born with fetal alcohol syndrome and (c) infant deaths due to pregnant women (i) smoking, (ii) having a high body mass index, (iii) drinking six or more units of alcohol at one time and (iii) bad nutrition; and if he will make a statement.
    (187000)
37
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of introducing a universal 30 week pregnancy scan on identifying placenta complications leading to stillbirths; and if he will make a statement.
    (187001)
38
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the mandatory introduction of a bereavement policy on all businesses available to a parent whose child had died.
    (187002)
39
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the five point pregnancy plan developed by Tommy's; what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of a national campaign on pregnancy health to reduce rates of perinatal mortality; and if he will make a statement.
    (187201)
40
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of calls made on (a) higher rate and (b) 0845 telephone numbers to GP surgeries in England in each year since 2007.
    (187362)
41
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 160W, on Re-employment, what the total cost was of that redundancy.
    (187209)
42
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospitals have been recorded as having general and acute bed occupancy in excess of 95 per cent on any one day in each of the last 12 months.
    (187355)
43
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS is of patients who require emergency dental treatment presenting at accident and emergency departments.
    (187154)
44
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people are not registered with either an NHS dentist or a private dentist in each region.
    (187358)
45
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients presented at (a) GP surgeries and (b) accident and emergency departments with dental problems in each of the last three years.
    (187361)
46
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) community psychiatric nurses, (d) community matrons and (e) community learning disabilities nurses were employed by the NHS in each Clinical Commissioning Group area in London in (i) the latest period for which figures are available and (ii) the period 12 months prior to this; and if he will make a statement.
    (187061)
47
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admissions episodes there were in the last five years for which figures are available in each NHS trust in London; what the (a) mean and (b) median time waited was in days for (i) hip replacement, (ii) hysterectomy and (iii) cataract removal procedures in each such area; and if he will make a statement.
    (187062)
48
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admissions episodes there were at (a) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) all other London hospitals in the last five years for which figures are available; what the (i) mean and (ii) median time waited was in days for cholecystectomy procedures in each such area; and if he will make a statement.
    (187063)
49
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses there were in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (187064)
50
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare assistants there were in each NHS trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (187065)
51
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to enable individuals to offer accommodation to refugees from Syria under the Government's recently announced scheme; and if she will make a statement.
    (187099)
52
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were referred to each of her Department's sobriety pilot scheme areas; how many people completed the scheme in each area; and when she intends to release the full project evaluation.
    (187236)
53
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 223W, on aviation, how many convictions have been made under Article 222 of the Air Navigation Order 2009 since that order came into force.
    (187159)
54
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 293W, on prisoners: foreign nationals, which three countries have the next largest number of foreign nationals in UK prisons; and what steps he is taking to return those offenders to secure detention in their own countries.
    (187003)
55
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suicide attempts have been reported involving children held in custody.
    (187360)
56
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in custody have involved an individual diagnosed with ADHD, in each year since 2010.
    (187367)
57
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse will be of the delays in splitting the Probation Service into the National Probation Service and community rehabilitation companies until 1 June 2014.
    (187035)
58
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable is for the remainder of the Transforming Rehabilitation plans including the (a) invitation to tender deadline, (b) awarding of contracts and (c) new providers starting delivery.
    (187036)
59
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees of his Department or any of its agencies received bonus payments in each year between 2010 and 2013.
    (187040)
60
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recruitment campaigns his Department has run for magistrates vacancies since May 2010; in which region such campaigns were run; and how many vacancies were (a) advertised and (b) filled.
    (187060)
61
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in bonuses to employees of his Department and its agencies in each year between 2010 and 2013.
    (187066)
62
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase fathers' access to their children following a divorce; and if he will make a statement.
    (187356)
63
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of repairing the damage to the railway line at Dawlish.
    (187147)
64
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of repairing the damage to the railway line at Dawlish was after the 2012 floods.
    (187148)
65
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 746W, on cycle safety, if he will publish a breakdown of spending on cycling in each of the last five years.
    (187149)
66
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations are participating in the group of stakeholders created on 22 August 2013 to discuss the business case for electrification of the Wrexham to Bidston line; what the names are of the individuals representing those organisations; and on what date that group has been asked to report back with its recommendations.
    (187105)
67
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his oral Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 577, what the evidential basis was for his estimate of between 3,000 and 5,000 people that may have been affected by the under-occupancy penalty since April 2013.
    (187104)
68
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 16 examples of ineligible service charges, outlined in Universal Credit service charges - guidance for landlords in April 2013, are currently eligible service charges under housing benefit.
    (187368)
69
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 207W, on financial services, on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department met (i) the CBI, (ii) the TUC, (iii) Which?, (iv) the NAPF and (v) Age UK in the last four months; and what the purpose of each such meeting was.
    (187363)
70
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance were issued with a sanction in each of the last five years; and how many of these subsequently did not keep their claim alive.
    (187150)
71
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) all participants and (b) lone parents have secured a sustained job outcome following their participation in the Work Programme in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (187151)
72
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid to Work Programme providers as (a) attachment payments, (b) job outcome payments and (c) sustainment payments for (i) all Work Programme participants and (ii) jobseeker's allowance customers since June 2011.
    (187152)
73
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received more than one crisis loan in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) 2013.
    (187364)
74
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for crisis loans in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) 2013.
    (187365)
75
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households on the Isle of Wight have benefited from the warm homes discount scheme.
    (187006)
Wednesday 12 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
 
* 1
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What assessment he has made of the level of business investment by banks in Wales.
    (902453)
* 2
John Howell (Henley): What recent assessment he has made of employment trends in Wales.
    (902454)
* 3
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): How many fitness to practise cases regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in Wales are waiting to be resolved.
    (902455)
* 4
Jessica Morden (Newport East): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the Ministry of Justice's shared services centre in Newport.
    (902456)
* 5
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will discuss with the First Minister the standards of education in Wales and of Welsh jobseekers in England; and if he will make a statement.
    (902457)
* 6
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on waiting times for mental health support for combat veterans in Wales compared to those in England.
    (902458)
* 7
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): What assessment he has made of the effects on Wales of the Government's policy on superfast broadband rollout.
    (902459)
* 8
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): What plans the Governent has for the future of the Land Registry and jobs in its office in Wales.
    (902460)
* 9
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and others on further deregulation in Wales.
    (902461)
* 10
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the effects of VAT on the tourism and hospitality industry in Wales.
    (902462)
* 11
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent assessment he has made of employment trends in Wales.
    (902463)
* 12
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): How many people in Wales benefited from the recent reduction in the additional rate of income tax.
    (902464)
* 13
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and others on electrification of the north Wales main railway line.
    (902465)
* 14
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What assessment he has made of changes in real wages in Wales since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (902466)
* 15
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What assessment he has made of the effects on Wales of the Government's policy on superfast broadband rollout.
    (902467)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
* 1
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12 February.
    (902543)
* 2
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):  
    (902544)
* 3
Andy Sawford (Corby): If he will review the Government's policy not to disclose the identity of companies that are made to pay penalties in respect of non-payment of the minimum wage.
  [R] (902545)
* 4
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):  
    (902546)
* 5
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):  
    (902547)
* 6
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View):  
    (902548)
* 7
Neil Carmichael (Stroud):  
    (902549)
* 8
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):  
    (902550)
* 9
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth):  
    (902551)
* 10
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow):  
    (902552)
* 11
Stephen Timms (East Ham):  
    (902553)
* 12
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):  
    (902554)
* 13
Graeme Morrice (Livingston):  
    (902555)
* 14
Mr David Amess (Southend West):  
    (902556)
* 15
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):  
    (902557)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 6 February

1
N
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has (a) taken and (b) plans to take in the next 12 months against IVF clinics which have destroyed embryos in error without patient consent; how many incidences of such destruction of embryos have occurred in each of the last five years; what action was taken under section 17(1)(c) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and if he will make a statement.
    (187161)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reason the entrance and exit gates at Carriage Gates were closed to traffic, including hon. Members, on 13 January 2014; what steps he is taking to prevent such closures taking place again during periods when the House of Commons is sitting; and if he will make a statement.
    (187256)
Thursday 13 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 3 February

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in median gross weekly pay for (a) men and (b) women in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency in each year since 2010.
    (186264)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing companies investing in the exploitation of onshore oil and gas and including shale gas an allowance equal to 75 per cent of their capital spend on such projects.
    (186263)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the recently announced tax allowance for the exploitation of onshore oil and gas and shale gas will cost the public purse in tax year (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18; and how such figures have been calculated.
    (186265)
4
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the ongoing technology appraisal of ipilimumab for the treatment of advanced melanoma.
    (186281)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 February

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 237W, on fracking, what his policy is on the use of non-public research in his Department's publications.
    (186659)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 237W, on fracking, if he will publish a summary of the evidential basis for the statement that independent analysis shows that this allowance makes the UK tax regime for shale gas the most competitive in Europe.
    (186660)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 236W, on fracking, whether his Department commissioned the report from Wood McKenzie; and whether it commissioned any other reports on this matter.
    (186735)
4
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have received financial penalties from HM Revenue and Customs for non-payment of the minimum wage in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2014 to date and what the total amount was of penalties issued in each such year.
    (186657)
5
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which individuals and companies that have received financial penalties from HM Revenue and Customs for non-payment of the minimum wage.
    (186698)
6
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 274W, on social security benefits, when his Department started making arrangements to carry out a review; how many staff are assigned to the review; and what the cost of the review has been to date.
    (186658)
7
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the outcomes of sentences for convictions of domestic violence offences in 2009 by local criminal justice boards.
    (186661)

Notices given on Wednesday 5 February

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 237, on fracking, what other independent analysis concludes that this allowance makes the UK tax regime for shale gas the most competitive in Europe.
    (186853)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2013, Official Report, columns 706-7W, on conflict resolution: females, what recent progress his Department has made on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 135.
    (186854)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 540W, on further education: finance, if he will report to the House the options his Department is considering by the end of the 2013-14 session of Parliament.
    (186851)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines (a) his Department and (b) NHS England issue to medical staff on treating victims of domestic and sexual violence; and when those guidelines were last updated.
    (186855)
5
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victimless prosecutions for domestic violence-related offences there have been in each year since 2009 for which figures are available.
    (186856)

Notices given on Thursday 6 February

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 60W, on schools: construction, which schools (a) have started construction and (b) will start construction before May 2015 under the current timetable.
    (187069)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of the initial advertisement which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the priority schools building programme.
    (187373)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with professional practitioner groups about screening ovarian cancer patients for the BRCA1 gene.
    (187213)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with professional practitioner groups about guidelines for ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment.
    (187214)
Monday 24 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 4 February

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the use and regulation of Bitcoins.
    (186699)
Tuesday 25 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 5 February

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will change the eligibility criteria for pensions credit for people who have come to the UK from abroad and reached the qualifying age but did not make national insurance contributions during their working life.
    (186797)

Notices given on Thursday 6 February

1
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the parental complaints he has received connected with the termination of inspectors working for the Independent Schools Inspectorate relate to concerns over the treatment of children within the schools inspected.
    (187216)
2
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many inspectors working for the Independent Schools Inspectorate have ceased to be deployed for reasons connected with statutory notices being served on schools to date.
    (187217)
3
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 52W, on private education: offences against children, on what date the inspector subject to direct allegations was suspended.
    (187369)
4
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 189W, on private education: offences against children, how many allegations of cases of child abuse at independent schools he is aware of.
    (187370)

Prepared 7th February 2014