Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 10 February 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 11 February 2014
For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
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
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)
6
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)
7
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)
8
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 by his Department 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)
9
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)
10
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)
11
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)
12
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)
13
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)
14
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)
15
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)
16
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)
17
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)
18
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)
19
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)
20
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)
21
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)
22
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer from the Minister for Housing of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 212W, on families: disadvantaged, what criteria his Department uses to assess the success and value for money of its contribution to that programme.
(187100)
23
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)
24
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)
25
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)
26
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)
27
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)
28
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)
29
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)
30
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) small and medium size enterprises, (b) other private companies, (c) public sector bodies and (d) third-sector organisations.
(187357)
31
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)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
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)
38
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)
39
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)
40
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)
41
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)
42
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)
43
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)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
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)
48
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)
49
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)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
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)
54
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)
55
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)
56
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)
57
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)
58
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)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
64
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)
65
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)
66
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)
67
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)
68
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)
69
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)
70
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)
71
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)
Notices given on Friday 7 February
1
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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.
[Transferred]
(187202)
2
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to reduce the impact on small and medium-sized businesses of the requirement for CE marking of structural steel.
[Transferred]
(187203)
3
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when in the last 12 months he has met bodies from the steel industry to discuss the requirement for CE marking of structural steel.
[Transferred]
(187204)
4
N
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.
[Transferred]
(187105)
5
Natascha Engel
(North East Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Government's commitment to give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) when making new policy and legislation, if he will place in the Library all assessments of how new policy and legislation from his Department since January 2013 has given due consideration to the UNCRC.
(187399)
6
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to support start-up businesses in Barnsley.
(187429)
7
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect on the size of the electorate of the removal from the electoral register of electors who fail to fill in the household registration form for two successive years.
(187379)
8
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for access to which public services photo ID is required.
(187411)
9
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average annual benefit to households and individuals in each constituent part of the UK and each region in England of reducing the rate of value added tax on (a) books and periodicals, (b) food and (c) children's clothing to zero.
(187426)
10
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of levels of personal debt people resident in Scotland held in unsecured personal loans, secured personal loans, credit cards, store cards, hire purchase agreements and other unsecured personal borrowings in each of the last four financial years.
(187433)
11
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average annual cost to consumers in Scotland of servicing personal debt held in the form of unsecured personal loans, secured personal loans, credit card debt, store card debt, hire purchase agreements and other unsecured personal borrowing; and if he will estimate the effect on such costs of lenders increasing their rates by (a) one per cent, (b) two per cent and (c) three per cent above present levels.
(187434)
12
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote the Green Investment Bank loan available to finance local authorities to convert to low energy street lighting.
(187409)
13
Jim Dowd
(Lewisham West and Penge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he, Ministers or officials of his Department have had with the Mayor of London and officials or members of the Greater London Authority and the London Borough of Bromley on development of the upper site at Crystal Palace; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
(187428)
14
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency will be affected by the reduction in funding for 18-year-olds at further education colleges.
(187432)
15
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what initiatives his Department is undertaking to monitor and raise educational attainment among children of minority ethnic origin.
(187427)
16
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government about extending the Community Energy Scheme to local authorities in Scotland.
(187413)
17
Mike Crockart
(Edinburgh West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with which local authorities his Department has had discussions regarding taking part in the Community Energy Scheme announced in December 2013.
(187414)
18
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients have received proton beam therapy at (a) the facility in Villigen, Switzerland and (b) each of the two US facilities in each of the last five years.
(187374)
19
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of providing proton beam therapy to an NHS patient is at (a) the facility in Villigen, Switzerland and (b) the two facilities in the US.
(187375)
20
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to ensure that NHS patients who require proton beam therapy are able to access it within a clinically appropriate timeframe.
(187376)
21
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients have required proton beam therapy in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(187377)
22
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of selective dorsal rhizotomy; and if he will make a statement.
(187398)
23
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what process the post of Director of Immunisation will be filled when the incumbent Director's contract expires.
(187383)
24
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has the Department made of a link between levels of deprivation and incidence of meningitis.
(187391)
25
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the number of people who would benefit from mindfulness-based therapies approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); and how many people were being treated by mindfulness-based therapies approved by NICE in the latest period for which figures are available.
(187382)
26
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans that his NHS patient data sharing initiative will be applied to privately-provided primary care.
(187405)
27
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on GPs who decide to operate an opt-in rather than opt-out procedure for their patients in relation to his NHS patient data-sharing initiative.
(187406)
28
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how UKBA monitors contractual levels of staffing provided be GEO Group UK Ltd at Harmondsworth and Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centres.
(187415)
29
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the anticipated underspend for the financial year 2013-14 for each of the 35 probation trusts in England and Wales is.
(187387)
30
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of trainee probation officers that the National Probation Service will need to recruit for financial years 2014-15 and 2015-16.
(187388)
31
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that there will be sufficient experienced probation officers allocated to the 21 community rehabilitation companies to assess risk escalation of offenders who are supervised by those companies.
(187389)
32
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds he will make available to the National Probation Service after 1 June 2014 for the recruitment of trainee probation officers in England and Wales.
(187390)
33
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 14 January 2014, Official Report, columns 468-0W, on electorate, if he will publish in full the minutes in Annex B extracts from minutes of meetings held with hon. Members of the Electoral Commission's letter.
(187378)
34
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which council ward in Denbighshire had the biggest decrease in electorate from 1997 to 2013; and what the electorate in that ward was for each year for which data is available.
(187380)
35
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 minutes of the meeting of the Electoral Commission held at 9.00pm on 18 September 2013.
(187381)
36
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 potential effect the introduction of photo ID as a prerequisite for voting would have on turnout in each (a) socio-economic group, (b) ethnic group and (c) 10-year cohort from 18 years old.
(187412)
37
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of long-term trends in (a) training and (b) employment in the shipping industry to the decline in the total number of UK seafarers between 2012 and 2013.
(187384)
38
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of long-term trends in (a) training and (b) employment in the shipping industry to the decline in the total number of UK ratings between 2012 and 2013.
(187385)
39
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of long-term trends in (a) training and (b) employment in the shipping industry to the decline in the total number of UK certificated officers between 2006 and 2013.
(187386)
40
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of employment trends in the shipping industry.
(187404)
41
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure (a) refurbishment or (b) replacement of the rolling stock on (i) commuter and (ii) intercity services on the Greater Anglia franchise in the (A) short Greater Anglia franchise to October 2016 and (B) long Greater Anglia franchise after October 2016.
(187400)
42
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure any rolling stock refurbishment programmes in the short Greater Anglia franchise provide significant upgrades for customers.
(187401)
43
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will direct Network Rail to use National Journey Time Improvement Funding to ensure that infrastructure improvements to reduce journey times on the Great Eastern Main Line begin in Control Period 5 (2014-19).
(187402)
44
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the number of commuters who will use Greater Anglia services at peak time in each of the next 20 years; and what plans he has to increase capacity (a) between London and Colchester and (b) on other key sections.
(187403)
45
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the invitation to tender document for the new long Greater Anglia franchise expected to commence in October 2016; and when he expects to award that new franchise.
(187407)
46
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what service improvements he plans to incorporate into the new short Greater Anglia franchise from July 2014 to October 2016.
(187408)
47
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to bring forward the major upgrade of the Felixstowe to Nuneaton route including electrification into Control Period 5 for the purposes of supporting freight customers and passenger services in the East of England and on the Great Eastern Main Line.
(187431)
48
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much Wales will receive in Barnett consequentials following the Government's announcement of a programme of 55 new flood defence improvement projects for 2014-15.
(187392)
49
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will waive the 104 weeks residency requirement for disability living allowance claimants who (a) have refugee status, (b) made their claim before this requirement was brought in and (c) are under 18 years old.
(187416)
50
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual (a) staffing and (b) other costs are of conducting medical interviews for employment support allowance and disability living allowance applicants.
(187410)
51
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance who were sanctioned in 2013 subsequently found full-time employment within (a) one, (b) three, (c) six and (d) 12 months in each local authority in England.
(187430)
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 steps 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)
Notices given on Friday 7 February
1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of how much more value added tax a couple with two children and earning £20,000 a year have paid in (a) cash terms and (b) as a proportion of their household income as a result of the increase in the standard rate of value added tax to 20 per cent.
(187436)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the net effect in (a) cash terms and (b) as a proportion of the average annual income of the 2.5 per cent increase in the standard rate of value added tax on (i) pensioner couples, (ii) single pensioners, (iii) couples with children and (iv) single parents with children.
(187437)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms benefited from the regional employer national insurance contributions holiday, by region.
(187438)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken by his Department is to answer a freedom of information request.
(187439)
5
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the assessment by the Office of Tax Simplification of his proposals for a transferable tax allowance.
(187393)
6
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HM Revenue and Customs expects to dedicate to administering the transferable tax allowance (a) in its first year of operation and (b) each year thereafter.
(187394)
7
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to HM Revenue and Customs of administering the transferable tax allowance in (a) its first year of operation and (b) each year thereafter.
(187395)
8
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will become higher rate taxpayers between 2010-11 and 2014-15 as a result of changes to income tax rate thresholds.
(187396)
9
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of rape, sexual violence and murder of rape victims by members of the military in Burma; and what assessment he has made of whether such crimes amount to a crime against humanity.
(187397)
10
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings the HM Ambassador to Cambodia has had with family members of Cambodian political prisoners who remain in jail.
(187417)
11
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had with Cambodian political and civil society leaders since May 2010.
(187418)
12
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Cambodian counterpart on (a) land grabs, (b) human rights, (c) free and fair elections and (d) freedom of expression in that country.
(187419)
13
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Cambodia.
(187420)
14
N
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK took (a) unilaterally and (b) through the EU prior to elections in Cambodia in July 2013 to ensure they were free and fair.
(187421)
15
N
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will undertake a full review of the sentencing guidelines relating to dangerous driving offences.
(187435)
16
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals remained unprocessed by the Office of the Public Guardian on the first day of each month from 1 May 2010.
(187422)
17
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals were (a) received and (b) processed by the Office of the Public Guardian in each month since May 2010.
(187423)
18
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Office of the Public Guardian in each month since May 2010.
(187424)
19
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the publicised (a) opening and (b) closing date was of each recruitment campaign for a magistrate vacancy since May 2010; for which of those recruitment campaigns the application process was closed early; and on what date each such early closure took place.
(187425)
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 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)
Notices given on Friday 7 February
1
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.
[Transferred]
(186658)
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)
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)
Notices given on Friday 7 February
1
N
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential benefit to consumers in the communications sector of the Government's proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals.
(187440)
2
N
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her timetable is for reform of the regulatory and competition appeals processes in the communications sector.
(187441)