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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 25 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 24 February 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Tuesday 25 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.

Tuesday 25 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
 
* 1
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What progress he has made on improving out of hospital care for the frail and elderly.
    (902623)
* 2
Steve Brine (Winchester): What recent steps he has taken to improve maternity care.
    (902624)
* 3
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): What progress has been made on introducing a cap on care costs.
    (902625)
* 4
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What assessment he has made of the role of dispensing doctors in the NHS.
    (902626)
* 5
Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West): Whether patients are able to opt out of the General Practice Extraction Service by telephone or online.
    (902627)
* 6
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What progress has been made on introducing a cap on care costs.
    (902628)
* 7
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): What recent assessment he has made of the number of available mental health crisis beds for young people in England.
    (902629)
* 8
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What proportion of medicines prescribed in the NHS are alternative medicines; and what the annual cost is of dispensing such prescriptions.
    (902630)
* 9
Margot James (Stourbridge): What steps his Department is taking to tackle female genital mutilation.
    (902631)
* 10
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What steps his Department is taking to improve the health of veterans.
    (902632)
* 11
Andy Sawford (Corby): What assessment his Department has made of the availability of mental health services.
    (902633)
* 12
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): What reports he has received on the possible reclassification of ME/CFS by the World Health Organisation.
    (902634)
* 13
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What recent meetings he has had with representatives of the private healthcare sector.
    (902635)
* 14
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): What steps his Department is taking to improve the health of veterans.
    (902636)
* 15
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): What recent assessment he has made of the number of available mental health crisis beds for young people in England.
    (902637)
* 16
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): When he plans to publish his Department's new guidelines on sex-selective abortion.
    (902638)
* 17
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): What assessment he has made of trends in the number of attendances at type one Accident and Emergency departments since 2009-10.
    (902639)
* 18
Guy Opperman (Hexham): What steps his Department is taking to prevent excessive screening of pregnant women away from midwife-led maternity care.
    (902640)
* 19
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of cases of calciphylaxis.
    (902641)
* 20
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): What recent assessment he has made of the number of available mental health crisis beds for young people in England.
    (902642)
* 21
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): Whether patients are able to opt out of the General Practice Extraction Service by telephone or online.
    (902643)
* 22
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What steps he is taking to identify poorly-performing health services and improve patient care.
    (902644)
* 23
Simon Wright (Norwich South): What steps he is taking to support young adult carers.
    (902645)
* 24
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What guidance he has given the Independent Reconfiguration Panel on the length of time that body should take to make a decision once a referral has been made.
  [R] (902646)
* 25
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions in the NHS.
    (902647)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902658)
* 2
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North):  
    (902659)
* 3
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble):  
    (902660)
* 4
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South):  
    (902661)
* 5
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down):  
    (902662)
* 6
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire):  
    (902663)
* 7
Gavin Shuker (Luton South):  
    (902664)
* 8
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):  
    (902665)
* 9
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):  
    (902666)
* 10
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central):  
    (902667)

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)

Notices given on Friday 21 February

1
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding is allocated to (a) the Student Opportunity Fund and (b) the Access to Learning Fund in 2014-15.
    (188643)
2
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average Skills Funding Agency budget in each (a) constituent part of the UK, (b) region and (c) local authority area is per head of population.
    (188644)
3
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many colleges have satisfactorily submitted their student number returns as part of the Data Collections and Funding Transformation Programme.
    (188645)
4
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been paid to each contractor for the delivery of the Data Collections and Funding Transformation Programme to date.
    (188646)
5
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Data Collections and Funding Transformation Programme will be fully operational.
    (188647)
6
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for Advanced Learning loans have been (a) made and (b) issued to date.
    (188648)
7
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent employees were employed by the National Apprenticeship Service in April (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; and how many such staff will be employed in April (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015.
    (188649)
8
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average Skills Funding Agency budget is in each Core City per head of population.
    (188651)
9
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has provided to (a) research councils funding animal research and (b) development of non-animal experimentation methods in each of the last five years.
    (188641)
10
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will require the use of non-toxic alternatives to ehtylene glycol in anti-freeze products to reduce toxicity of ingestion by small children and pets.
    (188904)
11
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to require the addition of a bittering agent to ethylene glycol-based anti-freeze products to prevent ingestion by small children and pets.
    (188906)
12
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to increase exports in the construction sector.
    (188721)
13
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has had with UK construction industry executives in each of the last three years.
    (188723)
14
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase innovation in the construction sector.
    (188724)
15
 
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what reports his Department has received on the owners of ships working the Irish Sea routes paying their staff below minimum wage; and what guidance his Department has issued on the application of minimum wage legislation to the crews of ships operating between two UK ports.
    (188695)
16
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value of the UK construction industry was in each of the last three years.
    (188722)
17
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of non-reporting of trading figures for car insurance by motor insurance companies; and whether he has assessed if this is in breach of International Financial Reporting Standards 8, Operating Segments.
    (188620)
18
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the prevelance of non-reporting of trading figures for car insurance by motor insurance companies; and whether he has assessed if this is in breach of International Financial Reporting Standards 8, Operating Segments.
    (188736)
19
 
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the average person pays each year in (a) fuel duty and (b) alcohol excise duty; and if he will make a statement.
    (188652)
20
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188889)
21
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reach agreement with the Ministry of Defence on changes to civil service pay and conditions as part of the DE and S plus model for defence procurement; and if he will publish the details of such an arrangement.
    (188601)
22
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what work the Church Commissioners is undertaking to support flooded communities and farmers.
    (188650)
23
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes were made to the funding formula for fire and rescue services between 2011-12 and 2012-13.
    (188671)
24
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) whole time and (b) retained firefighters were (i) women and (ii) black or from an ethnic minority background in each year since 2010.
    (188672)
25
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many liability orders for council tax payment have been granted by the courts in the last six months.
    (188617)
26
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Plymouth who receive welfare and disability benefits are liable to pay council tax.
    (188618)
27
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 418W, on fracking, what estimate he has made of how many local authorities would be willing to host a shale gas site if permitted to retain (a) 100 and (b) 50 per cent of business rates from shale gas production.
    (188865)
28
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect library services.
    (188738)
29
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures her Department has in place to ensure that the Arts Council is making appropriate and effective use of Government funds and that is accountable for the expenditure it makes.
    (188705)
30
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to decide which people will be asked to repay money received under the Financial Retention Incentive scheme.
    (188681)
31
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people asked to repay money received through the Financial Retention Incentive schemes have previously served in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq.
    (188682)
32
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has reclaimed following requests to armed forces personnel to repay money received under the Financial Retention Incentive scheme to date.
    (188683)
33
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been asked to repay money received as part of the Financial Retention Incentive scheme since 2010; and in which branch each such people they have served.
    (188684)
34
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been asked to repay in part or in full any money received under the Financial Retention Scheme in each year since 2010.
    (188687)
35
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 November 2014, Official Report, column 56WS, on Police and Guarding Agency, what the future arrangements for the MoD guards service are; and if he will make a statement.
    (188735)
36
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for the (a) closure and (b) any associated decontamination work of Craigiehall army base prior to its sale.
    (188718)
37
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in identifying potential buyers for Craigiehall army base, Edinburgh.
    (188737)
38
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 6, on the Burmese army, what discussions he has had with the Burmese army on (a) investigations into alleged human rights abuses by the army and (b) the need to secure accountability.
    (188730)
39
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188877)
40
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time service personnel, (b) reservists and (c) recruits from each of the three armed services have been deployed since 1 February 2014 to support rescue and prevention work following the recent flooding and storms.
    (188614)
41
 
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the revision to the statutory guidance for schools on fulfilling their duty to secure access to independent careers guidance for their students will be published.
    (188693)
42
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was transferred from the Education Funding Agency (a) to each local authority and (b) in total to assist the education of young people with learning difficulties and disabilities aged between 16 and 25 in the current financial year.
    (188638)
43
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much each local authority spent on educating young people with learning difficulties and disabilities aged between 16 and 25 in the current financial year.
    (188639)
44
 
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether state-funded schools use pupils' postcodes to determine individual pupils' target grades.
    (188621)
45
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has he made of the quality of the early years education support available for children diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
    (188663)
46
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage early intervention measures for children diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
    (188664)
47
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had on a training programme for education professionals working with children diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
    (188665)
48
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the training materials available to assist education professionals supporting children and young people diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
    (188666)
49
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provisions his Department has in place to support the parents of children and young people diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
    (188667)
50
 
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the 2013 Teacher Workload survey.
    (188731)
51
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what investigation reports have been carried out by his Department or its agencies into irregularities at academies or free schools; to which schools they relate; and whether and on what date each report was published.
    (188859)
52
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Task and Finish Group for Childminder Agencies last met; and how often that group has met since the introduction of the Children and Families Bill.
    (188861)
53
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the two year olds within the 20 per cent most disadvantaged group are accessing a free early education place in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area.
    (188897)
54
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the independent evaluation of the childminder agency pilots will report to his Department; and when the results will be published.
    (188900)
55
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what level of inspection fees for (a) individual childminders and (b) childminder agencies Ofsted are considering; and how much it costs Ofsted to carry out inspections of each type of childcare provision.
    (188901)
56
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188878)
57
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to require exam boards to take account of (a) representations from the child's school and (b) previous schoolwork when assessing the special circumstances tariff they can apply in each particular situation.
    (188675)
58
 
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the British Chambers of Commerce, Skills and Employment Manifesto published in January 2014.
    (188728)
59
 
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish an action plan to address the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (188727)
60
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of properties that have disconnected from the gas grid in each of the last 10 years.
    (188633)
61
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 239, on energy company charges, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money suppliers have in credit as a result of direct debit overpayments.
    (188830)
62
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 239, on energy company charges, what estimate his Department has made of the number of customers who are in credit to their supplier.
    (188831)
63
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 239, on energy company charges, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of suppliers' policies on refunding credit on consumer accounts in surplus.
    (188832)
64
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 239, on energy company charges, if he will make it his policy to require suppliers to refund credit on customer accounts.
    (188833)
65
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2013, Official Report, column 754W, on the Green Deal scheme, how much of the £200 million allocated to the Green Deal in November 2011 was budgeted for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16.
    (188834)
66
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2013, Official Report, column 754W, on the Green Deal scheme, how much of the £200 million allocated to the Green Deal in November 2011 was spent in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 to date.
    (188835)
67
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the annual energy statement, Official Report, column 1095, 31 October 2013, what recent discussions he has had with suppliers about 24-hour switching.
    (188836)
68
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the annual energy statement, Official Report, column 1095, 31 October 2013, when he expects 24 hour switching to be in place for all suplliers.
    (188837)
69
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 575W, on energy: prices, what estimate his Department has made of the average yearly difference in prices between fixed price and standard variable tariffs for domestic consumers.
    (188843)
70
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 575W, on energy: prices, what estimate his Department has made of the number of non-domestic customers on non-tariff contracts with their energy supplier.
    (188844)
71
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 575W, on energy: prices, what estimate his Department has made of the number non-domestic customers on fixed-price deals.
    (188845)
72
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 575W, on energy: prices, what estimate his Department has made of the number domestic customers on fixed-price deals.
    (188846)
73
 
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on extending the winter fuel payment to people (a) on the higher rate of disability living allowance for care or mobility and (b) the enhanced rate of personal independence payment; and if he will make a statement.
    (188674)
74
 
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new Fuel Poverty Target addresses the specific needs of people affected by muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular conditions.
    (188676)
75
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Business Case for the Government's financial support to the Sustainable Forest Landscapes facility of the World Bank's Biocarbon Fund.
    (188611)
76
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultations he undertook before the announcement in December 2013 of the contribution by HMG of £75 million to the new Sustainable Forest Landscapes initiative of the World Bank's Biocarbon Fund; and what the outcome of those consultations was.
    (188838)
77
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188879)
78
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when phase two of the Renewable Heat Incentive Grant will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement.
    (188662)
79
 
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of animals (a) slaughtered in the UK and (b) exported abroad for slaughter in each of the last 10 years.
    (188661)
80
 
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce derogations from the current licensing regime for dredging (a) main and (b) non-main rivers.
    (188619)
81
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what depth his Department uses when defining the term deep sea to determine which areas require special conservation measures; and what steps the Government is taking to (a) protect deep-sea species and habitats and (b) end the most destructive fishing gears at those depths.
    (188868)
82
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what work teams job losses in the Environment Agency have taken place in each year since 2009-10.
    (188609)
83
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many job losses there have been in the Environment Agency in each year since 2009-10.
    (188610)
84
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188880)
85
 
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whose responsibility it is to maintain balancing tanks and sustainable urban development systems; and if he will make a statement.
    (188903)
86
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has made to the EU Commission on the UK applying for and drawing down monies from the European Solidarity Fund following the recent flooding and storm damage; and what the deadline is for making any such bid.
    (188600)
87
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 August 2013, Official Report, column 114W, on meat: slaughter, whether he has received the report of the EU Commission study on the methods of slaughter labelling; and what steps he plans to take following that study.
    (188867)
88
 
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has received on the relative precedence of the provisions (a) enacted in the Government of Wales Act 2006 and (b) proposed in the Water Bill in respect of the right of the Secretary of State for Wales to intervene on issues of water supply to England; and if he will make a statement.
    (188673)
89
 
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on Israel meeting its obligations under the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access.
    (188692)
90
 
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the consequences of Israel's blockade on Gaza.
    (188840)
91
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential logistical difficulties facing refugees from the Syrian conflict applying for asylum in the UK.
    (188592)
92
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the position of Syrian men of military age who are trapped in Homs and are seeking to escape; and what reports he has received on the presence of a route out from the conflict zone.
    (188593)
93
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what categories of people are allowed to leave Homs under the terms of the recent cease-fire agreement.
    (188626)
94
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any UK Government Ministers or officials made any representations to the World Health Organisation or Iraqi Ministry of Health on their report into birth defects in Iraq prior to that report's publication.
    (188847)
95
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any UK Government Ministers or officials had discussions with their US counterparts on the joint World Health Organisation and Iraqi Ministry of Health report into birth defects in Iraq prior to its publication.
    (188848)
96
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the methodology of the joint World Health Organisation and Iraqi Ministry of Health report into birth defects in Iraq.
    (188849)
97
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalance of religious persecution in Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.
    (188634)
98
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188881)
99
 
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 Israel on the treatment of Palestinian children; and if he will make a statement.
    (188905)
100
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms will be in place in primary care to measure and treat high cholesterol in patients at high risk of premature death from heart disease after April 2014.
    (188657)
101
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a NHS Atlas of Variation for Cardiovascular Disease will be published in 2014.
    (188658)
102
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that NHS England installs universal systems to measure differences in the management of cholesterol in primary care in different clinical commissioning groups in England in April 2014.
    (188659)
103
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a GP appointment in Leeds.
    (188699)
104
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason hospital trusts use a pain score of 1 to 5 for hysteroscopy procedure rather than 1 to 10.
    (188697)
105
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the circumstances whereby a Do Not Resuscitate notice may be placed in a patient's file; and if he will make a statement.
    (188591)
106
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards exist to protect patients from having Do Not Resuscitate notices placed in their file without their meaningful consent.
    (188623)
107
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the management of autism spectrum disorders within joint strategic needs assessments.
    (188660)
108
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the introduction of summary care records for the sharing of patients' records with community pharmacies.
    (188707)
109
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential for improved levels of patient safety by allowing pharmacists access to the electronic patient record.
    (188713)
110
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with EU institutions on maintaining free consumer access to electronic cigarettes without a prescription.
    (188862)
111
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on diagnosis and treatment of patients found to have cancer of unknown primary foundation.
    (188670)
112
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what target he has set of the level of public awareness of care.data before GPs can proceed with the upload of patient data.
    (188586)
113
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether funding for care.data is in place for 2014-15 and future financial years.
    (188587)
114
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patient data extracted as part of the care.data programme will be made available to countries outside the UK.
    (188605)
115
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the compatability of the care.data programme with current human rights legislation.
    (188606)
116
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether hospital records will be made available as part of care.data.
    (188607)
117
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under which circumstances (a) the police and (b) the security services will be able to access patient data extracted as part of care.data.
    (188654)
118
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many disclosures of NHS Secondary Uses Service data to non-NHS bodies have taken place in the last five years.
    (188655)
119
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many audits of the use of NHS Secondary Uses Service data have been carried out in the last five years.
    (188656)
120
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to consult patients and doctors during the six-month delay to the start of care.data.
    (188685)
121
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take over the next six months to improve public awareness of care.data.
    (188688)
122
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conditions of public awareness and consent must be met before the care.data extraction of patient data begins.
    (188729)
123
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 464W, on medical records: databases, whether care.data will be used in improving the care given to individual patients or in improving the overall provision of care.
    (188866)
124
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will collect statistics on the number of care visits nationally which are shorter than 15 minutes.
    (188907)
125
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides on the length of time of care visits.
    (188908)
126
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent written communication he has received from clinicians and healthcare professionals on the introduction of a meningitis B vaccine.
    (188612)
127
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he received advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the introduction of a meningitis B vaccination programme on the NHS following the JCVI meeting of 11 February 2014.
    (188613)
128
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on 11 February 2014 and the report from the Chief Medical Officer Our Children Deserve Better, if he will ensure that all children in England have access to a meningitis B vaccine.
    (188824)
129
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with its international counterparts on the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
    (188706)
130
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with UK and European food producers and importers on the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
    (188708)
131
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reach a decision on the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
    (188709)
132
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential health costs and benefits of the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
    (188710)
133
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
    (188711)
134
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has provided to (a) research councils funding animal research and (b) development of non-animal experimentation methods in each of the last five years.
    (188642)
135
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NICE on developing new guidelines for diagnosing B12 deficiency including (a) an active B12 test, (b) Methylmalonic Acid tests and (c) assessment of the clinical picture; and if he will make a statement.
    (188588)
136
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188882)
137
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to count the number of flying care visits.
    (188608)
138
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process NHS England uses to identify the funds required to treat hepatitis C as set out in the manual for prescribed specialised services in 2013-14.
    (188689)
139
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Public Health England will publish the modelling work it has undertaken on the effect of increased treatment on averting the future burden of hepatitis C-related end-stage liver disease.
    (188690)
140
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement a national screening programme for HIV.
    (188627)
141
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for differences in the rate of (a) diagnosed HIV and (b) proportion of late diagnosed HIV in Leeds compared to the national average; and what steps he is taking to address such differences.
    (188629)
142
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to make shingles vaccination available to people between the ages of 70 and 79; and what his planned timetable is for achieving that end.
    (188698)
143
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has given to clinical commissioning groups on the number of pain management sessions which should be (a) funded and (b) funded for patients with painful progressive conditions.
    (188622)
144
 
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has funded on male fertility and sperm counts in the last 10 years; and if he will publish the findings of such research.
    (188628)
145
 
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times she has met representatives from the Police Federation in each year since 2010.
    (188680)
146
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many black and ethnic minority officers are currently employed in the police service in England, Wales and Scotland.
    (188825)
147
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many black and ethnic minority officers are currently employed in the police service in England, Wales and Scotland at chief police officer level; in which forces they are located; and what is the total number of chief police officer posts in the service.
    (188826)
148
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many black and ethnic minority officers are employed at chief superintendent level in the police service in England, Wales and Scotland; and what is the total number of chief superintendent posts in the service.
    (188827)
149
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many black and ethnic minority officers are employed at superintendent level in the police service in England, Wales and Scotland; and what is the total number of superintendent posts in the service.
    (188828)
150
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many black and ethnic minority officers are employed at chief inspector level in the police service in England, Wales and Scotland; and what is the total number of chief inspector posts in the service.
    (188829)
151
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on whether the Syrian conflict is an exceptional situation in relation to asylum and refugee applications.
    (188625)
152
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) research councils funding animal research and (b) development of non-animal experimentation methods in each of the last five years.
    (188640)
153
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many publications her Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188883)
154
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the proposals submitted by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection during the preparation of Working to Reduce the Use of Animals in Scientific Research.
    (188732)
155
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of animals used in scientific research as a result of the measures published in Working to Reduce the Use of Animals in Scientific Research.
    (188733)
156
 
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what provisions are in place to prevent water contamination and provide access to drinking water in Gaza.
    (188691)
157
 
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the availability of fresh drinking water for Palestinians in Gaza.
    (188694)
158
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, columns 467-8W, on developing countries: abortion, whether the humanitarian principles observed by UK-funded organisations permit the procurement of abortions which are unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the aid is being given; and whether UN Security Council Resolution 2122(2013)imposes additional obligations in any other relevant respect.
    (188734)
159
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure UK aid to Palestinian social assistance programmes is not used to compensate convicted terrorists.
    (188635)
160
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of UK aid to Palestine in encouraging a climate conducive to achieving a peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
    (188636)
161
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government gives annually in aid directly to the Palestinian authority; and how her Department audits how such money is spent.
    (188637)
162
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many publications her Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188884)
163
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of initial award decisions by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority are (a) appealed and (b) successfully appealed.
    (188589)
164
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time between application to initial award has been for awards issued by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each of the last five years.
    (188590)
165
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken is to determine an appeal of an initial award made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
    (188602)
166
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of initial award decisions by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority where the claimant has legal representation are (a) appealed and (b) successfully appealed.
    (188603)
167
 
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help families bereaved through homicide after the Homicide Service has finished its work in their case.
    (188615)
168
 
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what homicide services are being funded by his Department to help families bereaved through homicide committed before April 2010.
    (188616)
169
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on preliminary work associated with the building of a new prison in Wrexham to date.
    (188769)
170
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget was for each judges' lodging in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
    (188839)
171
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of using ethylene glycol-based anti-freeze products deliberately with the intention to poison in each of the last five years.
    (188902)
172
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess how psychiatric input would improve the Assessment Care in Custody Teamwork process.
    (188714)
173
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 603W, on prisoners: self-harm, how many and what proportion of (a) self-harm incidents and (b) suicides occur when an Assessment Care in Custody Teamwork document is open; and if he will make a statement.
    (188842)
174
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188885)
175
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings he of Ministers in his Department have had with (a) solicitors and (b) other parties representing claimants in personal injury cases since January 2013.
    (188594)
176
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress the independent medical panels in whiplash cases has made; and what steps he is taking to ensure that interested parties not invited to participate in the Working Group can input into its work and be kept informed of its progress.
    (188595)
177
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the purpose and composition of any sub-group of the Working Group on Independent Medical Panels on whiplash cases will be.
    (188596)
178
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the remit and objectives of the Working Group on Independent Medical Panels in whiplash cases.
    (188597)
179
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who he has appointed to the Working Group on Independent Medical Panels in whiplash cases.
    (188598)
180
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he the minutes of any meetings Ministers in his Department have had to discuss independent medical panels in whiplash cases.
    (188599)
181
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many publications her Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188886)
182
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188887)
183
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend railcard discounts to reservists.
    (188686)
184
 
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is to ensure that rail companies and station operators are improving access for disabled passengers.
    (188604)
185
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the risk assessments submitted from the (a) Highways Agency and (b) Metropolitan Police on the proposal for a hard shoulder running on the M25 between junctions 23 and 27.
    (188668)
186
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment was carried out on the proposal for a motorway hard shoulder running on the M25 between junctions 23 and 27; and if he will make a statement.
    (188669)
187
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost is to the Highways Agency for the removal of graffiti from its property.
    (188716)
188
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost to Network Rail is for the removal of graffiti from its property.
    (188717)
189
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total cost of rolling stock for double-decker carriages on the (a) West Coast Main Line and (b) High Speed 2.
    (188700)
190
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) lower the tracks to accommodate double-decker carriages on the West Coast Main Line and (b) heighten tunnels, bridges and catenary where appropriate.
    (188701)
191
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many extra seats would be created (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of current passenger capacity if double-decker carriages were installed on the West Coast Main Line.
    (188703)
192
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons he approved the High Speed 2 route via Crewe rather than via Stoke-on-Trent; and if he will publish the quantitative and comparison data on both options.
    (188725)
193
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his speech to the National Rail conference on 29 October 2013, entitled Why HS2 will spread prosperity; what alternative options his Department considered to free up rail capacity; and for what reasons it has been decided that High Speed 2 will be the most cost-effective and economically beneficial way to free up capacity as opposed to (a) double-decker carriages and (b) other capacity increasing options.
    (188841)
194
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188888)
195
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent motorcyclists from riding across (a) public areas, (b) community parks and (c) areas of outstanding natural beauty.
    (188704)
196
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188890)
197
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of new claims for personal independence payment involve a face-to-face consultation assessment.
    (188702)
198
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 59W, on personal independence payment, how long the claimant journey was expected to take under the Lot 1 Contract with Atos; and if he will make a statement.
    (188823)
199
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help women adversely affected by the increase in retirement age to 66 by 2020.
    (188624)
200
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition of disabled is used for the purposes of jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance sanctions statistics.
    (188631)
201
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people in England to whom the under-occupancy penalty was incorrectly charged; and what his policy is on the payment of compensation to such people.
    (188653)
202
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, column 96W, on employment and support allowance, if he will place in the Library a copy of the operational guidance on the termination of employment and support allowance.
    (188863)
203
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 95-6W, on employment and support allowance, if he will publish the contractual quality targets applied to Atos.
    (188864)
204
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on changes to guidance for the Access to Work scheme on the employment of support workers for disabled people where they are needed on a full-time basis.
    (188696)
205
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the situation of those women born between 1951 and 1953 who will receive a smaller weekly state pension income than a man with the same date of birth from 2016; if he will make it his policy to guarantee that no women born betwene 1951 and 1953 with an equivalent number of qualifying years receive a smaller state pension income on a weekly basis than as a man with the same date of birth commencing in 2016; and if he will make a statement.
    (188898)
206
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the incidence of poverty among (a) single women pensioners and (b) other pensioners.
    (188899)
207
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a person who has successfully appealed a decision to refuse them employment and support allowance (ESA) can only receive their ESA once the jobcentre has received the Statement of Reasons from the Tribunal Service.
    (188677)
208
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to tribunals on the period of time between a tribunal's decision and the forwarding of their Statement of Reasons to the jobcentre.
    (188678)
209
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people wait more than (a) three and (b) six months to receive employment and support allowance following a successful tribunal appeal as a result of late receipt by a jobcentre of the Statement of Reasons from the tribunal.
    (188679)
210
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's announcement on 27 January 2014, that it will introduce alternative 0345 telephone numbers for its major call lines from March 2014, will include such a number for the (a) Child Support Agency and b) Child Maintenance Service from that date.
    (188632)
211
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of each of the telephone lines run by the Child Support Agency in 2012-13, what the total call minutes (a) connected, (b) speaking to an adviser and (c) on hold awaiting an adviser for each telephone line run by the Child Support Agency was in 2012-13.
    (188712)
212
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per minute is to telephone the Child Support Agency or Child Maintenance Service from a (a) landline and (b) mobile telephone.
    (188715)
213
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to introduce an 080 Freephone number for callers to the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service from (a) landlines and (b) mobile telephones.
    (188719)
214
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total call minutes connected to the Child Maintenance Service has been since December 2012; and what the average time (a) speaking to an adviser and (b) waiting before speaking to an adviser has been in that time.
    (188720)
215
 
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188891)
216
 
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to section 96 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, what information he used to determine estimated average earnings when setting the rates for the Household Benefit Cap for 2014-15.
    (188860)
217
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number and proportion of people over the age 55 who are unemployed in Hartlepool constituency; what change there has been in such figures in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to reduce such figures.
    (188630)
Wednesday 26 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
* 1
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What steps she is taking to engage with local political leaders on reaching agreement to enable the National Crime Agency to operate in Northern Ireland.
    (902698)
* 2
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What assessment she has made of the effects of the reduction in public sector jobs in Northern Ireland.
    (902699)
* 3
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What steps she is taking to ensure a positive outcome from the Haass talks; and if she will make a statement.
    (902700)
* 4
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What steps she is taking to engage with local political leaders on reaching agreement to enable the National Crime Agency to operate in Northern Ireland.
    (902701)
* 5
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What recent discussions she has had with the family and representatives of Pat Finucane.
    (902702)
* 6
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's economic policies on youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (902703)
* 7
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What recent assessment she has made of the Government's economic policies on youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (902704)
* 8
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): What recent progress has been made on the Haass talks.
    (902705)
* 9
Naomi Long (Belfast East): What assessment she has made of the current threat level from paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.
    (902706)
* 10
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What steps she is taking to ensure a positive outcome from the Haass talks; and if she will make a statement.
    (902707)
* 11
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): What progress she had made on reinstating the Northern Ireland Aggregates Levy Credit Scheme.
    (902708)
* 12
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What progress the Government is making on rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy and reducing its reliance on public sector employment.
    (902709)
* 13
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What recent assessment she has made of the Northern Ireland economy.
    (902710)
* 14
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's economic policies on youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (902711)
* 15
David Mowat (Warrington South): What assessment she has made of the role of the voluntary sector in dealing with the legacy of the past.
    (902712)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
* 1
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 February.
    (902668)
* 2
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):  
    (902669)
* 3
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):  
    (902670)
* 4
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble):  
    (902671)
* 5
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington):  
    (902672)
* 6
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West):  
    (902673)
* 7
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):  
    (902674)
* 8
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down):  
    (902675)
* 9
Jim Shannon (Strangford):  
    (902676)
* 10
Helen Jones (Warrington North):  
    (902677)
* 11
Jessica Lee (Erewash):  
    (902678)
* 12
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester):  
    (902679)
* 13
Mark Pawsey (Rugby):  
    (902680)
* 14
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (902681)
* 15
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree):  
    (902682)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 12 February

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what capacity his Department has to monitor the transfer of funds from individuals in the UK to recipients in other countries; and if he will make a statement.
    (188249)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has made to the food and drink industry on reducing the levels of (a) sugar and (b) salt in processed foods.
    (188362)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has made to the food and drink industry on reducing the levels of (a) sugar and (b) salt in processed foods.
    (188363)
4
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of patients failing to turn up for NHS appointments.
    (188388)
5
N
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of job vacancies in each sector in London.
    (188360)
6
N
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of job vacancies in London in the (a) hospitality, (b) care and (c) cleaning sectors in (i) 2003, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2013.
    (188361)

Notices given on Thursday 13 February

1
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Question 187339 of 11 February 2014, where each vacancy is located; and what the role of each position is.
    (188564)
2
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with (a) Type 1 and (b) Type 2 diabetes in Peterborough constituency in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
    (188499)
3
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of brain tumours in children; and if he will make a statement.
    (188500)

Notices given on Friday 21 February

1
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Attorney General, how many publications the Law Officers' Departments has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188893)
2
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he will take to ensure that the Land Registry's impartiality is protected following any privatisation.
    (188798)
3
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what share of the £100 million Enterprise Capital Fund was allocated to Merseyside.
    (188810)
4
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2013, Official Report, columns 869-70W, on arms trade: trade fairs, what the specific roles and responsibilities are of (a) his Department, (b) other government departments, (c) Clarion Events and (d) other parties for ensuring compliance with and enforcing the Export Control Order 2008 in respect of (i) the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair and (ii) an alleged breach of arms control legislation at that arms fair in 2013; and if he will place a copy of the memorandum of understanding between his Department's Export Control Organisation ad Clarion Events in the Library.
    (188909)
5
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188892)
6
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the proportion of retail products in the UK which are compliant with EU energy efficiency standards.
    (188791)
7
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with the European Commission the backdating of compensation to energy-intensive industries for the costs associated with the Carbon Floor Price.
    (188753)
8
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of when the EU state aid decision will be made on compensating energy-intensive industries for the costs associated with the Carbon Floor Price.
    (188754)
9
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what long-term support his Department will provide for energy-intensive industries.
    (188755)
10
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the privatisation of student loans.
    (188804)
11
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of privatising the Student Loans Company on the cost of debts to debtors.
    (188805)
12
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with which companies the Government has a contract to provide pagers; and what the annual value is of each such contract.
    (188749)
13
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government-owned pagers are provided to members of the Civil Service.
    (188750)
14
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government departments provide pagers for staff.
    (188751)
15
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188894)
16
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that online companies declare the full value of imported goods on their customs declarations.
    (188822)
17
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings (a) he, (b) other Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have had with outside organisations on tax free childcare since the closure of his Department's consultation on that issue; and which organisations were involved.
    (188874)
18
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on extending the compensation package for energy-intensive industries to include the Renewables Obligation.
    (188780)
19
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 443W, on local government: cooperation, how his Department is implementing the commitment, on page 184 of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Revocation of the West Midlands Regional Strategy: Post Adoption Statement, to monitor the environmental impacts of the duty to co-operate in the West Midlands and implement measures to address or mitigate any negative effects.
    (188762)
20
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish his Department's revision to planning practice guidance.
    (188775)
21
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in (a) Leicester West constituency and (b) the UK are on district council electricity schemes; and how many such properties have gas meters that can no longer be used.
    (188808)
22
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many publications his Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188895)
23
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) only closed cell insulation is used in buildings and flood risk areas and (b) BBA Agrément certificates specify that other types of cavity wall insulation are not certified for use in such areas.
    (188765)
24
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is tkaing to support the tourism industries affected by the recent floods; and if she will make a statement.
    (188816)
25
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with tourism bodies to discuss the floods.
    (188817)
26
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 303W, on sports: scholarships, when she expects a decision to be made on the funding of the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme after September 2014.
    (188852)
27
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how UK Sport's commitment to equality of opportunity, as set out in its Equality and Diversity Strategy is implemented in its funding decisions.
    (188853)
28
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Football Association's rule on football credits in insolvency cases.
    (188875)
29
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many publications her Department has produced for the purposes of monitoring or promoting staff equality and diversity in each of the last five years; and what the cost of producing such publications was in each such year.
    (188896)
30
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who set the eligibility criteria for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal; and whether consideration was given to making it available to veterans.
    (188876)
31
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help small and medium-sized enterprises enter the competitive tendering process for contracts with his Department.
    (188773)
32
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 360W, on teachers: surveys, when his Department will complete its analysis of the 2013 Teacher Workforce survey.
    (188763)
33
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will use the findings of the March 2013 Teacher Workload survey to inform (a) current cross union talks, (b) departmental decision-making processes and (c) any further review of existing policies; and if he will make a statement.
    (188764)
34
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 179832 tabled on 10 December 2013 for answer on 16 December 2013.
    (188869)
35
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much match funding the Government's £8 million investment in the expansion of early years places in London has generated in each local authority area.
    (188870)
36
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Gateshead of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 699W, on education: finance, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the annual funding for early education for (a) two and (b) three and four year olds which reaches providers.
    (188871)
37
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government's £8 million fund to increase supply of early education places in London has been distributed to local authorities; and how much each local authority has received.
    (188910)
38
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the performance of converter academies with schools which are eligible to convert but which have chosen to retain their maintained status.
    (188757)
39
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the recent changes in the performance of sponsored academies and low-performing schools which choose to keep maintained status.
    (188758)
40
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the community primaries that have had their academy status applications declined by his Department are rated (a) outstanding and (b) good by Ofsted.
    (188759)
41
N
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy that school transport for pupils aged 16 and over should become a statutory function for local authorities following the raising of the school leaving age.
    (188756)
42
N
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will hold the consultation on new guidelines for home to school transport announced by the Minister for Schools in October 2013.
    (188850)
43
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what comparative assessment he has made of the costs of transitting energy to the Grid from combined cycle gas turbine plants in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK; and what discussions he has had on reducing Government subsidy to such plants in Scotland.
    (188748)
44
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the risk of flooding at the site for the new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point.
    (188803)
45
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the recommendation of the European Council President that binding targets of 40 per cent for energy efficiency and 30 per cent for renewable energy should be set.
    (188858)
46
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Boiler Replacement Scheme covers houses which use bottled LPG; and if he will make a statement.
    (188787)
47
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of smart meters installed by each energy company in each of the last three years.
    (188774)
48
N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of the Flood Awareness Service and Flood Shops proposed by UK Flood Barriers Ltd and their partners in assisting householders to improve individual property protection against flooding.
    (188872)
49
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of fracking techniques on the likelihood of flooding.
    (188818)
50
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the environmental effect of continuous flooding techniques and the use of underground aquifers associated with the fracking process.
    (188820)
51
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on only declaring land to be of flood risk if it is prone to river as opposed to surface water flooding; and if he will make a statement.
    (188786)
52
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial assistance his Department makes available to enable people to protect homes from flooding; and if he will make a statement.
    (188806)
53
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will place limits on the amount of excess charges insurance companies can apply to their policies under the Flood Re scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (188807)
54
N
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of when the Thames Barrier will need to be (a) upgraded, (b) supplemented and (c) replaced.
    (188746)
55
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide funding for the Derby City, Our River Our City, flood defence project.
    (188785)
56
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the kidnap and alleged execution of the Jesuit Priest Father Paolo Dall'Oglio; and if he will make a statement.
    (188812)
57
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the group Open Doors on the current situation of Christians in Syria.
    (188814)
58
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Christians who have fled Syria.
    (188815)
59
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Energy Industries Council on the UK Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.
    (188770)
60
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place alleged crimes against humanity in North Korea on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council.
    (188794)
61
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with his Chinese counterpart.
    (188795)
62
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to use the upcoming session of the Human Rights Council to extend the mandate for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea.
    (188796)
63
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will use the upcoming session of the Human Rights Council to extend the country-specific human rights monitoring and reporting mechanisms on North Korea and the periodic reports of the Secretary General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
    (188797)
64
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many term intrapartum deaths occurred each year in the UK since 2008.
    (188776)
65
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the mortality rate of women aged over 75 in the last five years.
    (188777)
66
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of overall all-age mortality in each of the last five years.
    (188778)
67
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many perinatal deaths occurred within the first week of birth; how many Apgar scores were recorded in respect of such cases; and in how many of these cases neonatal cooling treatment was undertaken in each year since 2008.
    (188779)
68
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of scarlet fever were treated by the NHS in each region in each of the last five years.
    (188802)
69
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the validity and procedural process of elections to clinical commissioning groups in England from the constituent parts making up these bodies; and if he will make a statement.
    (188811)
70
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2014, Official Report, column 549W, on surgical dressings, whether wound dressings were provided free of charge for patients in post-operative care before clinical commission groups were established.
    (188857)
71
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential need and benefits of routinely testing babies at birth for congenital heart disease; and if he will make a statement.
    (188771)
72
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of routinely testing babies at birth for congenital heart disease; and if he will make a statement.
    (188772)
73
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of an emergency ambulance call-out is.
    (188760)
74
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the care.data database requires patients to opt out rather than opt in.
    (188739)
75
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of procedures to allow patients to opt out of the care.data database.
    (188740)
76
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress he has made on providing mobility and flexibility in middle grade contracts for doctors.
    (188819)
77
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to raise awareness of oesophageal cancer.
    (188784)
78
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of oesophageal cancer in (a) Hampshire and (b) England.
    (188788)
79
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on research into (a) oesophageal cancer and (b) other cancers in each of the last five years; and how much his Department will spend on such research in 2014.
    (188789)
80
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to offer asylum to Christians looking to flee the fighting in Syria; and if she will make a statement.
    (188813)
81
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in prison in the latest period for which data is available served a time longer than their full sentence.
    (188792)
82
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of an emergency police call out is.
    (188741)
83
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department gives the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) on handling complaints about an investigation conducted by the IPCC.
    (188747)
84
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers of the Department for Education regarding children subject to sexual exploitation.
    (188854)
85
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will represent the UK at the Interpol General Assembly in November 2014.
    (188799)
86
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013 to the hon. Member for Lichfield, Official Report, column 4W, on wi-fi; what progress the Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology service has made in looking at ways of securely improving the wi-fi service to a wider range of devices.
    (188809)
87
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the partnership agreements between her Department and major UK food and clothes retailers, announced to the London Stock Exchange Group on 27 January 2014.
    (188851)
88
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the capacity is of each women's prison in England and Wales.
    (188761)
89
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates applied for a place in a mother and baby unit in the custodial estate in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
    (188781)
90
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are currently held in each women's prison in England and Wales.
    (188782)
91
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a place in a mother and baby unit in the custodial estate in England and Wales were (a) accepted and (b) refused in each year between 2010 and 2013.
    (188783)
92
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places are available in mother and baby units in the custodial estate in England and Wales.
    (188790)
93
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Delyn, of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 325W, on freedom of information, if he will (a) compile, (b) publish and (c) maintain in the public domain a comprehensive list of companies wholly owned by more than one public authority which are covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (188855)
94
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Delyn, of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 325W, on freedom of information, how members of the public can find out whether a company is wholly owned by more than one public authority and covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (188856)
95
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions for fraud in (a) England and (b) Cornwall have been for cases involving trade on the website eBay in each of the last five years.
    (188913)
96
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which members of staff holding the positions of (a) Director, (b) Deputy Director, (c) Activities Manager, (d) Head of Reducing Re-offending, (e) Head of Safer Custody, (f) Head of Security, (g) Head of Community Engagement and (h) Head of Performance at the time of HM Prison Oakwood taking its first inmates had previous experience of (i) working, (ii) less than one year service, (iii) between one and five years service and (iv) over five years working in the prison system.
    (188742)
97
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which members of staff holding the positions of (a) Director, (b) Deputy Director, (c) Activities Manager, (d) Head of Reducing Re-offending, (e) Head of Safer Custody, (f) Head of Security, (g) Head of Community Engagement and (h) Head of Performance at the time of HM Prison Oakwood taking its first inmates had previous experience of working in a new prison when it took its first inmates.
    (188743)
98
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget for judges' lodgings was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and how much is so budgeted for 2014-15.
    (188744)
99
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on preliminary work associated with plans for a new prison at Feltham to date.
    (188745)
100
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many occasions judges' lodgings were used in each month since January 2010.
    (188767)
101
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on judicial pensions in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and what estimate he has made of such spending in each of the next five financial years.
    (188768)
102
N
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the implementation of the so-called Eve's Law.
    (188752)
103
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it the Government's policy to press for the adoption of an international goal that no baby should be born without a midwife in order to reduce deaths among newborns; and if he will make a statement.
    (188911)
104
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Highways Agency was consulted on the decision to allow the sale and consumption of alcohol in motorway service areas.
    (188821)
105
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Highways Agency's budget has been spent on (a) each scheme aimed at improving weather resilience and (b) each scheme responding to additional pressures on roads as a result of climate change in each of the last five years.
    (188800)
106
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) net franchise payment and (b) revenue support sums are for the extension of First Capital Connect's Thameslink franchise from 31 March to 14 September 2014.
    (188801)
107
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet Google to discuss copycat websites which charge for driving licence renewals.
    (188873)
108
N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reliability and punctuality of passenger services on the North Cotswold Line; and if he will instruct First Great Western to commence publishing this information separately in its Passenger Charter figures.
    (188793)
109
N
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the structural vacancy rate in London.
    (188766)
110
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have had their benefits reduced as a result of the household benefit cap in (a) the London Borough of Brent and (b) Brent Central constituency.
    (188912)
Thursday 27 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 12 February

1
N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of prosecutions investigated by the Health and Safety Executive for breaches of the ban on smoking in commercial and working vehicles since the introduction of that ban.
    (188086)
Tuesday 4 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 21 February

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will fix the carbon floor price for the next period.
    (188726)

Prepared 21st February 2014