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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Friday 28 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Thursday 27 February 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Friday 28 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.

Friday 28 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 25 February

1
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the start-up loans scheme in Essex are based in Chelmsford constituency; and if he will make a statement.
    (189509)
2
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the consequence for Liverpool's EU funding allocation of the decision in Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and Others v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
    (189350)
3
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average change in the level of household (a) borrowing and (b) debt in Chelmsford constituency between 2008 and 2013.
    (189437)
4
N
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what response HM Revenue and Customs plans to make to the European Court of Justice judgment made in the case of the Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club on 19 December 2013 in relation to VAT refunds on green fees charged to non-members.
    (189449)
5
N
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect on competition between proprietary and private members' golf clubs of being charged different rates of VAT as a result of the European Court of Justice judgment made in the case of the Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club on 19 December 2013 relating to VAT refunds on green fees charged to non-members.
    (189450)
6
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Financial Conduct Authority to publish rules relating to peer-to-peer lending.
    (189388)
7
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish proposals for consultation on bail-in orders in relation to building societies.
    (189389)
8
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will propose changes to the taxation regime for individuals who wish to invest in peer-to-peer and crowdfunding schemes; and if he will make a statement.
    (189390)
9
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 441W, on working tax credit, what estimate he has made of the number of children who were living with couples who worked 16 to 24 hours per week who were eligible for child tax credit but were not eligible for working tax credit on 2 December 2013.
    (189353)
10
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what resources HM Revenue and Customs has allocated to the Employee Shareholder Scheme since it was announced.
    (189347)
11
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has any sources other than PAYE RTI data for its estimates of employers' liability to income tax and national insurance.
    (189432)
12
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications were made across (a) West Yorkshire and (b) Leeds North West constituency to list (i) facilities and (ii) buildings as Assets of Community Value; and how many such applications were approved.
    (189366)
13
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to assign a proportion of all building permissions granted for developments of over 30 houses for self builds.
    (189445)
14
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessments she has made of the proportion of food brands sold in the UK that have adver-gaming as part of their digital platforms.
    (189363)
15
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much arts funding (a) in total and (b) per head of population was allocated in (i) Essex and (ii) Chelmsford constituency in each year since 2010.
    (189436)
16
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she attends Cobra meetings on flooding in connection with her tourism responsibilities.
    (189379)
17
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she requires UK Sport to provide equality assessments of its funding decisions.
    (189349)
18
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made on the number of birds illegally killed on the British sovereign base area of Dhekelia in 2013.
    (189451)
19
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what area of invasive acacia tree was removed from his Department's land at Cape Pyla in the Cyprus sovereign base area of Dhekelia in each of the last three years.
    (189452)
20
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the street value of the birds illegally killed on the British sovereign base area of Dhekelia in 2013.
    (189453)
21
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect deployment of armed forces personnel to tackle flooding has had on current operational readiness; and if he will make a statement.
    (189337)
22
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational contingency plans he has made for future capability requirements in the event of further flooding.
    (189339)
23
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will arrange for the hon. Member for North Durham to receive a reply to his letter of 18 December 2013 to the Permanent Secretary of his Department.
    (189301)
24
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK's F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will be equipped to carry the B-61 nuclear bomb.
    (189369)
25
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests NATO has received from the US government in relation to Alliance funding for the integration of the B-61 nuclear bomb onto the F-35.
    (189370)
26
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of UK second home owners who will register to vote online at an address at which they are not primarily resident under individual electoral registration proposals.
    (189342)
27
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what basis he concluded that all the critical information regarding Kings Science Academy Bradford had been passed on to Action Fraud.
    (189348)
28
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will rank each primary school in each local authority area according to the percentage of children on free school meals; and what category each such school is.
    (189372)
29
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps parents can take to require action to tackle failing performance in (a) local authority schools, (b) academies and (c) free schools.
    (189428)
30
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he uses to decide whether to intervene in academies that are failing.
    (189429)
31
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which academy chains have been restricted (a) in full and (b) in part from sponsoring new academies or free schools; and if he will make a statement.
    (189443)
32
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the performance of schools sponsored by (a) AET and (b) Oasis; and if he will make a statement.
    (189444)
33
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of additional early years education places in London resulting from the £8 million funding announced by his Department on 18 December 2013.
    (189343)
34
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool are eligible for but do not claim free school meals.
    (189298)
35
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when officials in his Department have met counterparts in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss the Barnfield Federation since May 2010; and what the purpose was of each such meeting.
    (189455)
36
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who was responsible for the regulation of the Barnfield Federation.
    (189456)
37
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many responses to the consultation on the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 were made (a) nationally and (b) by private individuals; and how many such responses were (i) in favour of and (ii) opposed to the draft regulations.
    (189447)
38
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who have been removed from fuel poverty as a result of the Energy Companies Obligation in (a) Essex and (b) Chelmsford constituency.
    (189435)
39
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) energy company obligation, (b) affordable warmth and (c) green deal grants have been accessed in (i) TR and (ii) PL postcode areas in each year since 2012.
    (189391)
40
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned into squirrel pox; and if he will make a statement.
    (189446)
41
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the arrest and detention of Pakistani anti-drones campaigner Mr Kareem Khan.
    (189439)
42
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate reports of the arrest and detention of Pakistani anti-drones campaigner Mr Kareem Khan.
    (189440)
43
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the Pakistan government reports of the arrest and detention of Pakistani anti-drones campaigner Mr Kareem Khan.
    (189441)
44
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides for UK citizens extradited to the US who have no means to support themselves.
    (189299)
45
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk to LGBT people resident in or visiting Uganda following the introduction of legislation to criminalise homosexuality in that country.
    (189344)
46
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Uganda about the effect on the human rights of LGBT people of the new legislation to criminalise homosexuality.
    (189345)
47
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Uganda authorities about the safety of LGBT citizens and visitors to Uganda following the publication of a list naming 200 people as homosexual by Red Pepper.
    (189346)
48
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the Burmese government's preparations for the census to ensure it is a complete, credible and peaceful process; what discussions he has had on the potential effect of the census on ethnic tensions in Burma; and what recent representations he has made to his Burmese counterpart on official recognition of the Royhingya under the census.
    (189340)
49
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the Strategy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty; and what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for global abolition of the death penalty.
    (189341)
50
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) homicides and (b) suspicious deaths of British nationals took place abroad in each country in each year since 2009.
    (189438)
51
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance his Department offers to relatives of British nationals killed abroad who are required to travel to foreign countries for criminal trials but are in financial hardship.
    (189334)
52
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP referrals have included a referral to a swimming pool or gym in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (189514)
53
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department is of legal expenses arising from arbitration between the Home Office and Raytheon relating to the e-Borders programmes to date.
    (189351)
54
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the process of arbitration between her Department and Raytheon relating to the e-Borders programme to be completed.
    (189352)
55
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warrants to undertake surveillance on British nationals were issued by her Department between 1989 and 1992.
    (189333)
56
N
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost was of replacing chairs in the Portcullis House atrium in the last 12 months.
    (189365)
57
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reasons the City of London Remembrancer is allowed access to the floor of the House; if the Commission will remove this right of access; and when the right of access for the Remembrancer was last reviewed.
    (189513)
58
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with civil society groups in Uganda on new laws on homosexuality in that country.
    (189364)
59
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms her Department has in place to assess and demonstrate the impact of the ENABLE programme on poverty reduction.
    (189367)
60
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Ugandan government on new laws on homosexuality in that country.
    (189368)
61
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what review he intends to carry out on the use of (a) open prisons and (b) the system of release on temporary licence and escorted absences from prisons.
    (189510)
62
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the written Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 287W, on Domestic Violence, what the cost to his Department is of the Building Better Relationships programme.
    (189335)
63
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library the impact assessment for the policy of housing of young girls in secure colleges.
    (189338)
64
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budget his Department allocated to (a) the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council, (b) the Assessor for Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice, (c) the Civil Justice Council, (d) the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, (e) the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (f) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, (g) the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, (h) the Crown Court Rules Committee, (i) the Family Justice Council, (j) HM Inspectorate of Prisons, (k) HM Inspectorate of Probation, (l) the Insolvency Rules Committee, (m) the Judicial Appointments Commission, (n) the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman, (o) the Judicial Office, (p) the Law Commission, (q) the Legal Services Board, (r) the Legal Services Commission, (s) the National Offender Management Service, (t) the Probation Service, (u) the Court Funds Office, (v) the Office of the Information Commissioner, (w) the Office for Judicial Complaints, (x) the Legal Ombudsman, (y) the Office of the Public Guardian, (z) the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee, (aa) the Parole Board, (bb) the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, (cc) the Sentencing Council, (dd) the Tribunal Procedure Committee, (ee) the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses and (ee) the Youth Justice Board in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
    (189454)
65
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals of each nationality were held in custody in each prison in England and Wales on 1 February (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (189512)
66
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a difference in treatment of prisoners who maintain their innocence and those who admit their guilt; and if he will make a statement.
    (189336)
67
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost incurred by his Department was in appeals against benefit sanctions imposed by the Department for Work and Pensions on claimants of employment and support allowance in each year since 2010.
    (189431)
68
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost incurred by his Department is over an appeal against a decision in the Department for Work and Pensions to sanction a claimant's jobseeker's allowance; and what the total cost of dealing with all such appeals has been in each year since 2010.
    (189433)
69
N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has under the new Thameslink Great Northern Franchise to ensure that refunds are processed automatically for any rail tickets purchased by credit or debit card.
    (189515)
70
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) referrals, (b) starts and (b) job outcomes have been made for Work Choice programme participants serviced by Remploy through grant-in-aid funded services in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
    (189373)
71
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of the cap on Work Choice referrals for each of the 28 contract package areas was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
    (189374)
72
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Jobcentre Plus offices had a dedicated Disability Employment Adviser in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (189375)
73
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help older people in Chelmsford constituency claim the benefits to which they are entitled.
    (189434)
74
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that people on the Work Programme who miss appointments to attend job interviews are not penalised.
    (189392)
75
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons people on the Work Programme are recorded as having missed appointment when the reason for missing the appointment is to attend a job interview.
    (189393)
76
N
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean average time taken to process an application for a personal independence payment from receipt of application to determination is; and what the longest time taken to determine any such application is.
    (189387)
77
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to undertake an impact assessment on the effects on levels of child poverty of a rise in the national minimum wage to (a) £7.35, (b) £7.85, (c) £8.35 and (d) £8.85 an hour.
    (189332)
78
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost incurred by his Department was in appeals against benefit sanctions imposed on claimants of employment and support allowance in each year since 2010.
    (189430)
79
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is incurred by his Department over an appeal against a decision to sanction a claimant's jobseeker's allowance; and what the total cost to deal with all such appeals has been in each year since 2010.
    (189442)

Notices given on Wednesday 26 February

1
N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the length of time families with children should stay in annexe accommodation provided under Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004.
[Transferred]   (189371)
2
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will arrange for the hon. Member for North Durham to receive a reply to his letter of 4 February 2014 to the Cabinet Secretary.
[Transferred]   (189300)
3
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Attorney General, how many men have been charged under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted by section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 since 1 April 2010; how many successful prosecutions resulted; and what penalty was imposed in each case.
    (189537)
4
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices the space industry supported in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
    (189695)
5
 
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings there have been between (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department and representatives of JD Wetherspoon plc in the last two years.
    (189778)
6
 
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his future plans are for the (a) National Apprenticeship Service and (b) Skills Funding Agency office in Princes Parade, Liverpool.
    (189535)
7
 
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the work of the (a) National Apprenticeship Service and (b) Skills Funding Agency office in Princess Parade, Liverpool.
    (189536)
8
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 168W, on telephone services, when his Department expects to implement the new Package Travel Directive Extending basic rate telephone provision.
    (189562)
9
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will contact Google management to ask them to remove from Google all unofficial websites asking for money for services provided by the Land Registry.
    (189560)
10
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department provides for innovation in British food procurement.
    (189652)
11
 
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Government's response to the Whistleblowing framework: Call for Evidence will be published.
    (189651)
12
 
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices have been located in (a) Livingston constituency and (b) West Lothian in each of the last five years.
    (189524)
13
 
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Post Office branches have closed in (a) Livingston constituency and (b) West Lothian in each of the last five years.
    (189525)
14
 
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Post Office branches in (a) Livingston constituency and (b) West Lothian have reduced their opening hours in each of the last five years.
    (189526)
15
 
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Post Office branches in (a) Livingston constituency and (b) West Lothian have reduced the number of services on offer in each of the last five years.
    (189527)
16
 
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were employed by the Post Office in (a) Livingston constituency and (b) West Lothian in each of the last five years.
    (189528)
17
 
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department has conducted into the social benefit of Post Office branches to local communities.
    (189529)
18
 
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department has given to Post Office branches to diversify their services since May 2010.
    (189530)
19
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the proportion of manufacturing jobs held by women in (a) each English region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
    (189625)
20
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the standardised mortality rate from prostate cancer was in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) Government office region and (b) parliamentary constituency.
    (189609)
21
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from prostate cancer there were in each (a) Government Office region and (b) age group in each year since 1997.
    (189613)
22
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will contact Google management to ask them to remove from Google all unofficial websites asking for money for services provided by DVLA.
    (189559)
23
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times (a) the Cabinet Committee on improving the country ability to deal with flooding and (b) the National Resilience Forum has met in the last 12 months; and when each body will next meet.
    (189807)
24
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much in public duty costs allowance has been paid to each former Prime Minister in each year since 2010; what the limit is of the public duty costs allowance for former Prime Ministers; when that limit was last reviewed; whether the public duty costs allowance is payable in addition to their parliamentary allowences to former Prime Ministers who remain Members of Parliament; what audit is undertaken of claims made under the public duty costs allowance by former Prime Ministers; what checks are made to ensure that claims against the allowance meet the criteria for funding from the allowance; what guidance is provided to former Prime Ministers on claiming from the public duty costs allowance; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that guidance.
    (189655)
25
 
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings there have been between (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department and representatives of JD Wetherspoon plc in the last two years.
    (189777)
26
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what capital receipts have accrued to the Exchequer from the sale of UK housing in each year since 1984.
    (189551)
27
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to review the position of sixth form colleges in relation to VAT paid on purchases.
    (189573)
28
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice his Department gave to local authorities on charging for sandbags.
    (189684)
29
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made by local authorities in discharging their responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to (a) promote business continuity, (b) encourage the take-up of property flood resistance and (c) increase resilience by businesses.
    (189801)
30
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made by local authorities in extending eligibility for home improvement grants and loans to include flood resistance and resilience products for properties in high flood-risk areas.
    (189802)
31
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister about allowing British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to lay individual wreaths at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
    (189657)
32
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to provide support to the families of problem and addicted gamblers.
    (189709)
33
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving members of the armed forces were issued with hearing aids from 2000 to 2013.
    (189677)
34
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Queen's Regulations are not published online for the Army; and what plans he has to publish those regulations.
    (189764)
35
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information and guidance is issued to service personnel in advance of a summary hearing relating to the implications of punishments issued under the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulation 2000.
    (189806)
36
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates a Type 45 destroyer has lost power resulting in the ship having to return to port for repairs; and were the repairs took place.
    (189654)
37
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of ability of the Met Office to improve its forecasting and predicting methods to a level which meets the needs of emergency responders.
    (189788)
38
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects NATO's Computer Incident Response Capacity to reach full operating capacity.
    (189682)
39
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the NATO Secretary-General and (b) his NATO counterparts on bringing cyber-attacks against a member state under the Article 5 framework; and if he will make a statement.
    (189683)
40
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy on the use of cloud computing by NATO is; and if he will make a statement.
    (189687)
41
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NATO cyber exercises took place in each year from 2010; and how many such exercises are planned for 2014.
    (189696)
42
 
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on improving NATO's cyber defence governance; and if he will make a statement.
    (189823)
43
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to make hon. Members aware of the £4.2 million fund for increasing voter registration.
    (189637)
44
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2013, Official Report, column 444W, on constituencies, what assessment he has made of the (a) fairness, (b) accuracy and (c) completeness of using the (i) census and midterm census and (ii) electoral register to determine the size of constituencies when drawing boundaries.
    (189639)
45
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2013, Official Report, column 971W, on Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, if he will give the ranking according to data matching rates of the authorities that took part in the data matching pilots for individual electoral registration.
    (189649)
46
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking in schools to tackle female genital mutilation.
    (189707)
47
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received in the last three years on the effect of budget reductions on sixth form colleges.
    (189574)
48
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are for the future budget for sixth form college education beyond that already published.
    (189575)
49
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reductions in funding for sixth form colleges on (a) careers guidance, (b) special educational needs support and (c) support for students with disabilities.
    (189576)
50
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reductions in funding for sixth form colleges on (a) sports provision, (b) music and drama provision and (c) English language support.
    (189577)
51
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reductions in funding for sixth form colleges on the availability of STEM courses in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire.
    (189578)
52
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reductions in funding for sixth form colleges on the availability of modern language courses in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire.
    (189579)
53
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration his Department has given to closing sixth form college provision in schools Ofsted Grade 3 or below to enable headteachers to focus on (a) core activity and (b) provision of GCSE-level education.
    (189580)
54
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration his Department has given to Ofsted assessing and grading secondary and post-16 elements of joint provision separately in order to provide greater clarity for parents and young people choosing schools.
    (189581)
55
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparison his Department has made of value for money of free school sixth form places and existing sixth form places.
    (189582)
56
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparison his Department has made of the definition of a full-time 16-19 year old student in the UK with (a) other countries and (b) other European countries.
    (189583)
57
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of hours additional support and extracurricular activities that young people aged 16-19 in the state sixth form college sector (a) received in each of the last six years and (b) will receive in each of the next four years.
    (189584)
58
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from the sixth form college sector on the effect of changes to its budget (a) on young people with special needs, (b) on young people who previously received free school meals and (c) generally.
    (189585)
59
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of expected increases in class sizes in sixth form colleges in each of the next four years.
    (189586)
60
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) lowest and (b) highest number of children educated in a single free school class were in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013.
    (189587)
61
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the average class size in free schools open to date.
    (189588)
62
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the statistics published by his Department that demonstrate that a lower percentage than the average of children eligible for free school meals attend free schools compared with state primary schools.
    (189589)
63
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review his Department's guidance on school uniform in religion-specific schools to exclude items of clothing of religious significance so that they remain the right of the child to wear or not to wear.
    (189590)
64
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will hold a consultation with (a) individuals and (b) groups on the biomass conversion project at Eggborough power station.
    (189519)
65
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average consumption of energy for hot water and heating of a (a) two bedroom terrace house, (b) three bedroom semi-detached house and (c) four bedroom detached house.
    (189653)
66
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of years it will take for (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind to be economically competitive without subsidies; and pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 June 2013, Official Report, columns 115-8WS, on onshore wind, what the evidential basis is for the statement that support levels represent good value for money to the taxpayer and that they reflect the true costs of deploying the technologies.
    (189623)
67
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will next review Renewables Obligation scheme banding levels under the Energy Act 2008; and when the outcome of this review will be published.
    (189624)
68
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much in total Government funding in subsidies for (a) onshore wind and (b) offshore wind was given in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (189686)
69
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much carbon dioxide was emitted from backup technologies for wind turbines in the last year for which data is available.
    (189688)
70
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will announce his plans for the introduction of competitive auctions for renewable subsidies.
    (189689)
71
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of overall savings in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 as a result of (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbines; and what level of emissions will be emitted from the gas plants required for intermittent backup to such turbines in that period.
    (189690)
72
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the net emissions reductions from (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind has been in the last three years; and what such figure is including in the carbon footprint of (i) construction, (ii) backup technologies and (iii) connection to the grid of such turbines.
    (189691)
73
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether there will be a reduction for further subsidies for onshore wind.
    (189814)
74
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department's calculation that 6.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide were avoided in the UK in 2011 by onshore wind alone includes emissions from construction of turbines and backup technologies.
    (189817)
75
 
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Scottish Power and (b) Npower on the refunding of direct debit payments.
    (189706)
76
 
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of customers in (a) Glasgow North West, (b) Glasgow City, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK who will receive the refunds of direct debits announced by his Department on 18 February 2014.
    (189773)
77
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to give priority to both adaptation and mitigation in its flood prevention programmes to help society cope with climate change.
    (189791)
78
 
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what sanctions his Department applies to energy companies which fail to comply with their targets for spending on energy conservation schemes.
    (189822)
79
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of expansion of Heathrow Airport on flood reservoir capacity in (a) Berkshire, (b) Surrey and (c) the surrounding areas.
    (189708)
80
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reptiles were imported into the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU each year between 2001 and 2013.
    (189641)
81
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reptiles were seized by HM Customs under CITES in each year from 2001 to 2013; and how many such seizures there were.
    (189656)
82
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department received from the European Commission for projects relating to bees in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (189699)
83
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much ancient woodland in England consists of areas of trees (a) larger and (b) smaller than two hectares; how many hectares of ancient woodland have been damaged or destroyed in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
    (189818)
84
 
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment on (a) the risk of flooding in Scotland and (b) the sharing of best practice in flood prevention.
    (189702)
85
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will next report on progress on implementing the Pitt review on flooding.
    (189674)
86
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the one in (a) 100, (b) 75 and (c) 30 years chance predictors of flooding.
    (189676)
87
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times he has been briefed by the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor on the effects of climate change since coming to office.
    (189678)
88
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response his Department made to the recommendation of the Association of Drainage Authorities in July 2013 on dredging key rivers in Somerset.
    (189685)
89
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account the Flood Re scheme takes of increased risk of flooding as a result of climate change.
    (189772)
90
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made by the Environment Agency and the Met Office to improve their technical capability to forecast, model and warn against all sources of flooding.
    (189781)
91
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when preparation for and management of risk from flood ceased to be a key priority of his Department.
    (189782)
92
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding for flood control measures has come from central government in each of the last six years; and what such central government funding will be in real terms in each of the next five years.
    (189783)
93
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of gross domestic product was spent on flood defences in each year since 2009.
    (189784)
94
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of cuts in local government funding on local authorities' ability to deal effectively with flooding.
    (189785)
95
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes have been in danger of flood risk in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the number that will be in danger of flood risk in each of the next five years.
    (189786)
96
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made by the Environment Agency in developing its tools and techniques for predicting and modelling river flooding, taking account of extreme and multiple events and depths and velocity of water.
    (189787)
97
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency's annual regional revenue budget was in each year for which data is available; and what estimate he has made of such budgets in each of the next three years.
    (189789)
98
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress by the Environment Agency in becoming a national overview of all flood risk, including surface water and groundwater flood risk.
    (189790)
99
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward building regulations to require that all new or refurbished buildings in high flood-risk areas are flood resistant or resilient.
    (189792)
100
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on making property owners unable to lay impermeable surfaces as of right on (a) front gardens, (b) back gardens and (c) business premises.
    (189793)
101
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on removing the automatic right to connect surface water drainage of new developments to the sewerage system.
    (189794)
102
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made between his Department, Ofwat and the water industry on appropriate risk-based standards for public sewerage systems.
    (189795)
103
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the operation and effectiveness of Planning Policy Statement 25 and the Environment Agency's consequent powers to challenge development.
    (189796)
104
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations are responsible for the ownership and maintenance of sustainable drainage systems.
    (189797)
105
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on ensuring that local authorities assess and enhance their technical capabilities to deliver a wide range of responsibilities in relation to local flood risk management.
    (189798)
106
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on ensuring all relevant organisations have a duty to share information and cooperate with local authorities and the Environment Agency to facilitate the management of flood risk.
    (189799)
107
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made on ensuring local authorities collate and map the main flood risk management and drainage assets including a record of their ownership and condition.
    (189800)
108
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made with the Environment Agency and Natural England to establish a programme through catchment flood management plans and shoreline management plans to achieve greater working with natural processes.
    (189803)
109
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has issued to local authorities and the public on the use and usefulness of sandbags and other alternatives in the event of flooding.
    (189804)
110
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to develop a scheme which allows and encourages local communities to invest in flood risk management measures.
    (189805)
111
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households were uninsurable against flooding in each of the last 10 years.
    (189808)
112
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to develop a strategic long-term approach to investment in flood risk management.
    (189809)
113
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of future flooding to the UK economy in each of the next five years.
    (189810)
114
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what projections his Department has made of the number of staff that will be employed by the Environment Agency in each of the next three years.
    (189840)
115
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his German counterpart on compensation from Grunethal for UK born victims of thalidomide poisoning.
    (189522)
116
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Secretary of State will clarify whether the Alcaidesa marina in La Linea has been partly constructed in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.
    (189650)
117
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Secretary of State will confirm what representations his Department has made to the Spanish government about the Alcaidesa marina in La Linea; (a) on what date and (b) by whom those representations were made; and what further action he intends to take on this issue.
    (189658)
118
 
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings there have been between (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department and representatives of JD Wetherspoon plc in the last two years.
    (189819)
119
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure people with prostate cancer are advised of their eligibility to participate in current clinical trials.
    (189591)
120
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical trials on prostate cancer treatments on which the National Institute for Health Research has made information available through its UK Clinical Trials Gateway there were in each month since the Gateway was established.
    (189592)
121
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with prostate cancer recruited into clinical trials for prostate cancer treatments in each of the last five years.
    (189593)
122
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many centres have conducted clinical trials for prostate cancer treatments in each of the last 10 years.
    (189594)
123
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure people diagnosed with prostate cancer and living in isolated areas are supported to travel to a centre participating in a prostate cancer clinical trial.
    (189595)
124
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) clinical and (b)urological clinical nurse specialists working in the NHS in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (189596)
125
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of multidisciplinary teams caring for a patient with prostate cancer had prostate cancer nurse specialist provision at the time of (a) the most recent round of peer review and (b) previous rounds of peer review; and if he will make a statement.
    (189597)
126
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications to the Cancer Drugs Fund for a treatment indicated for the treatment of prostate cancer were (a) approved and (b) rejected in each month since the Cancer Drugs Fund was established.
    (189598)
127
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates technology appraisals relating to a treatment for prostate cancer conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) were concluded in the last 10 years; in each case, whether the technology appraisal (a) recommended in full, (b) recommended in part and (c) rejected the routine use of the treatment on the NHS; what the eligible annual patient population estimated by NICE was in each case; and if he will make a statement.
    (189599)
128
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates all technology appraisals relating to a treatment for cancer conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) were concluded in the last 10 years; in each case, whether the technology appraisal (a) recommended in full, (b) recommended in part and (c) rejected the routine use of the treatment on the NHS; what the eligible annual patient population estimated by NICE was in each case; and if he will make a statement.
    (189600)
129
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the level of access people with prostate cancer have to clinical trials for treatmeants for their condition in the last two years; what the content of those representations was; and if he will make a statement.
    (189601)
130
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the provision of clinical nurse specialists in the NHS in the last year; what the content of those representations was; and if he will make a statement.
    (189602)
131
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Care Quality Commission is taking to ensure that adequate provision of clinical nurse specialists is covered in its inspections of NHS services; and if he will make a statement.
    (189603)
132
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Care Quality Commission has taken to date to ensure services for the treatment of prostate cancer are of a high standard; what steps the Care Quality Commission intends to take in the future; and if he will make a statement.
    (189604)
133
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prostate cancer patients had prostate cancer diagnosed at (a) clinical stage I or II, (b) clinical stage III and (c) clinical stage IV in the latest period for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of trends in these proportions.
    (189605)
134
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the proportion of prostate cancer patients who are cared for by a multidisciplinary team in (a) the most recent round of peer review and (b) all previous rounds of peer review.
    (189606)
135
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cases of early prostate cancer were treated with (a) surgery, (b) radiotherapy, (c) hormone therapy and (d) other treatments in each of the last 10 years.
    (189607)
136
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the trend in prostate cancer (a) one-year, (b) two-year and (c) five-year survival rates over the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
    (189608)
137
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to conduct an audit of the number of (a) clinical and (b) urological clinical nurse specialists working in the NHS.
    (189610)
138
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of waiting times for people diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the last five years.
    (189611)
139
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he collects on waiting times for people diagnosed with prostate cancer; if he will place information on waiting times for people with prostate cancer in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
    (189612)
140
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to his German counterpart on compensation from Grunethal to UK victims of thalidomide poisoning.
    (189523)
141
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of stratospheric aerosol geoengineering and aerial aerosol spraying on public health.
    (189534)
142
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was charged for the sale of NHS patient records to the Staple Inn Actuarial Society; what this money was used for; and what the cost to the NHS was of providing this information.
    (189521)
143
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the Commissioning through Evaluation programme.
    (189811)
144
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on NHS England's Commissioning through Evaluation programme.
    (189812)
145
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England will start the Commissioning through Evaluation programme in April 2014.
    (189813)
146
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts are taking part in the Commissioning through Evaluation scheme for each identified technology and service.
    (189821)
147
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve detection rates of ovarian cancer.
    (189711)
148
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of any potential financial savings to the NHS of an increased take up of mindfulness-based therapy for the treatment of repeat depression.
    (189622)
149
 
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to expand the definition of stalking specifically to include the internet as a medium for stalking.
    (189516)
150
 
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to educate law enforcement agencies about the expanded definition of stalking contained in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
    (189517)
151
 
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the new definition of stalking contained in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 is enforced and observed by law enforcement agencies.
    (189518)
152
 
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her future plans are for funding the national stalking hotline.
    (189552)
153
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog was for cases supervised by the (a) permanent migration office, Liverpool, (b) temporary migration office, Sheffield and (c) older live cases unit, Liverpool in each year since 2010.
    (189531)
154
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) permanent staff and (b) staff employed by a contractor are employed by her Department at the (i) permanent migration office, Liverpool, (ii) temporary migration office, Sheffield and (iii) older live cases unit, Liverpool in each year since 2010.
    (189532)
155
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the overtime costs paid to permanent staff in the (a) permanent migration office, Liverpool, (b) temporary migration office, Sheffield and (c) older live cases unit, Liverpool in the last year.
    (189533)
156
 
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to work with EU counterparts to promote an integrated approach to tackling female genital mutilation.
    (189768)
157
 
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of progress by (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania against EU post-accession benchmarks.
    (189769)
158
 
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers Chief Constables have to prevent police officers under investigation from leaving their force before the conclusion of those investigations.
    (189643)
159
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK Official Development Assistance was provided by (a) each government department and (b) other sources in 2013.
    (189640)
160
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking with developing countries on reducing water pollution and increasing the quality and quantity of clean, safe water.
    (189712)
161
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to address disproportionate use of water resources for industry and energy production.
    (189713)
162
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons prosecuted following cases brought by British Transport Police for begging (a) were convicted and (b) appealed their conviction in the last three years.
    (189553)
163
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following cases brought by the British Transport Police for the offence of begging in each of the last three years.
    (189555)
164
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following arrests by the British Transport Police under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in each of the last 10 years for which information is available.
    (189556)
165
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons found guilty of begging appealed their conviction in each of the last three years; and how many attempted prosecutions resulted in acquittals in each of the last three years.
    (189557)
166
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions the British Transport Police brought for the offence of begging in each month since January 2012.
    (189558)
167
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the UK have a criminal record for offences relating to non-payment of the television licence.
    (189697)
168
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the independent review into the self-inflicted deaths of 18 to 24 year olds in custody will take into account the specific risks for young women in custody.
    (189776)
169
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners on an Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork programme have been placed on a basic level of the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme in each prison in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
    (189820)
170
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will direct the Governor of HM Young Offender Institution Deerbold to respond to the letter dated 24 January 2014 from the hon. Member for Hartlepool.
    (189704)
171
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Prime Minister, if he meet the hon. Member for Strangford and a group of problem gamblers to discuss steps to take to mitigate this issue.
    (189710)
172
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, columns 321-3W, on absent voting, whether the qualitative survey conducted by the Electoral Commission provided any information on current levels of electoral fraud.
    (189614)
173
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, when online voter registration will start; and what steps the Commission has taken to inform hon. Members of this change.
    (189638)
174
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has conducted any follow-up research on the 14 authorities which piloted data matching on the increase in registration rates on the wards with the lowest turnout.
    (189698)
175
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect Heathrow expansion would have on flood reservoir capacity in Berkshire, Surrey and surrounding areas.
    (189561)
176
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect Heathrow expansion would have on runoff water levels in Berkshire, Surrey and surrounding areas in cases of severe weather; and if he will make a statement.
    (189666)
177
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers have faced disciplinary action for misconduct in dealing with cases relating to the offence of begging in the last three years.
    (189554)
178
 
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings there have been between (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department and representatives of JD Wetherspoon plc in the last two years.
    (189779)
179
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the effectiveness of signage on overhead gantries.
    (189815)
180
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of displaying signage on overhead gantries reminding drivers about eyesight standards and eyesight testing.
    (189816)
181
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with referene to the European Commission's publication COM (2013) 296, what representations he has received from British ports on the Commission's proposed regulation on ports; what representations he has made to the European Council on that proposed regulation; and if he will make a statement.
    (189770)
182
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face-to-face Work Capability Assessments have been carried out in each week of the last three months.
    (189692)
183
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Incapacity Benefit claimants have still to be migrated to Employment and Support Allowance.
    (189693)
184
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of each benefit type were referred to Work Choice in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (189694)
185
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the Independent Living Fund; and if he will make a statement.
    (189615)
186
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make the mobility component of the disability living allowance available to children with life-limiting conditions under the age of three years old who are technology or ventilator-dependent.
    (189775)
187
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will commence section 34 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.
    (189767)
188
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recommendation made by the Independent Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance, in its 2011 report, what work his Department has done to carry out a renewed soft market sounding or sampling exercise to test the sale potential of Secretary of State and arrears only cases.
    (189771)
189
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Freedom of Information request 2014-19, answered by his Department on 13 February 2014, regarding work capability assessments carried out by Atos, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the difference in the proportion of cases in which Atos recommended an outcome of fit for work where claimants were found eligible for employment and support allowance by decision makers compared with the proportion of cases in which Atos recommended an outcome of not fit for work where claimants were refused employment and support allowance by decision makers.
    (189774)
190
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the quality, reliability and accuracy of work capability assessments carried out by Atos.
    (189780)
191
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that anyone with a prognosis of being unlikely to return to work in the longer term because of a progressive illness is placed into the support group rather than allocated to the work-related activity group.
    (189621)
192
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to section 1c of the Report a benefit thief online form on the DWP website, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of asking whether suspected benefit thieves (a) are of a broad, heavy, medium, overweight, proportionate, short, slim, small, stocky, tall or thin build, (b) wear glasses or contact lenses, (c) have hair type of afro, bouffant, bald curly, dirty, dreadlocks, greasy, long, Mohican, permed, plaited, ponytailed, punk, quiffed, shaven, short, skinhead, spikey, spiked, straight, thinning, tidy, untidy, wavy or wig, (d) have distinguishing features such as facial hair, tattoos, scars or piercings and (e) always wears jeans or have distinctive jewellery to achieve the goal of tackling benefit fraud; and if he will make a statement.
    (189824)
193
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have indicated that they have a neurological condition have (a) applied for personal independence payment and (b) received a decision on their claim between April and December 2013.
    (189520)
194
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who indicated they have Parkinson's (a) applied for personal independence payment and (b) received a decision about their claim between April and December 2013.
    (189550)
195
 
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of carers that do not claim carers' allowance in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow City, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
    (189700)
196
 
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to (a) increase awareness of carers' allowance and (b) improve information on how to claim carers' allowance.
    (189701)
197
 
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who switched annuities when they retired in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (189703)
198
 
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage pensioners to switch annuities when they retire.
    (189705)
199
 
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have undergone a work capability assessment and have been declared (a) fit and (b) unfit to work who have died in each quarter since the first quarter of 2011.
    (189825)
200
 
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 24 February, Official Report, column 16W, on Work Capability Assessment: Isle of Wight, if he will provide the requested information for the smallest relevant geographical unit for which information is available.
    (189714)
Monday 3 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
 
* 1
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): What steps his Department is taking to tackle rogue landlords.
    (902748)
* 2
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What progress he has made on improving the planning protection afforded to valued and profitable pubs.
    (902749)
* 3
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): How much funding his Department is providing to help freeze council tax.
    (902750)
* 4
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): How much funding his Department is providing to help freeze council tax.
    (902751)
* 5
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): If he will review planning guidance relating to flooding risks.
    (902752)
* 6
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): What assessment he has made of the effects of the local government finance settlement on local authority services for families with young children.
    (902753)
* 7
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): How much funding his Department is providing to help freeze council tax.
    (902754)
* 8
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What steps he is taking to support community pubs.
    (902755)
* 9
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What steps he is taking to help local shops and firms with their business rate bills.
    (902756)
* 10
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): What representations he has received in support of the case for making the installation of smoke alarms mandatory in all privately-rented accommodation.
  [R] (902757)
* 11
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What assessment he has made of the effect of spending reductions on the work of fire and rescue services.
    (902758)
* 12
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What guidance he has issued to local authorities on prioritising (a) members of the armed forces and (b) local residents for social housing; and if he will make a statement.
    (902759)
* 13
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What steps he is taking to promote neighbourhood planning.
    (902760)
* 14
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement on council services in Liverpool.
    (902761)
* 15
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): How much funding his Department is providing to help freeze council tax.
    (902762)
* 16
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment he has made of the level of rent arrears in social housing.
    (902763)
* 17
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What assessment he has made of the frequency of the use of Article 4 Directions by local authorities to restrict the concentration of houses in multiple occupation in residential areas; and if he will make a statement.
    (902764)
* 18
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What steps he is taking to promote neighbourhood planning.
    (902765)
* 19
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What assessment he has made of the effect of spending reductions on the work of fire and rescue services.
    (902766)
* 20
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): What steps he is taking to promote the new community rights established by the Localism Act 2011.
    (902767)
* 21
Robert Halfon (Harlow): What steps he is taking to increase the uptake of Right to Buy.
    (902768)
* 22
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): What progress his Department has made on the target for provision for social rented homes in the recently published Homes and Communities Agency prospectus.
    (902769)
* 23
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What steps he is taking to ensure that residents' objections and previous planning refusals are seriously considered on applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
    (902770)
* 24
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): What steps he is taking to promote neighbourhood planning in Kirklees.
    (902771)
* 25
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What assessment he has made of the level of rent arrears in social housing.
    (902772)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902773)
* 2
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):  
    (902774)
* 3
Ian Mearns (Gateshead):  
    (902775)
* 4
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley):  
    (902776)
* 5
Mark Pawsey (Rugby):  
    (902777)
* 6
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):  
    (902778)
* 7
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):  
    (902779)
* 8
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall):  
    (902780)
* 9
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish):  
    (902781)
* 10
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):  
    (902782)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 24 February

1
N
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many residences valued at over (a) £1 million, (b) £1.5 million, (c) £2 million, (d) £2.5 million, (e) £3 million, (f) £3.5 million, (g) £4 million, (h) £4.5 million and (i) £5 million was capital gains tax paid in each year since 2010.
    (188961)
2
N
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many transactions over the value of (a) £1 million, (b) £1.5 million, (c) £2 million, (d) £2.5 million, (e) £3 million, (f) £3.5 million, (g) £4 million, (h) £4.5 million and (i) £5 million was stamp duty land tax paid in each year since 2010.
    (188962)

Notices given on Tuesday 25 February

1
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent to date on external legal advice on the design of contracts with community rehabilitation companies.
    (189475)
2
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places are available annually on sex offender treatment courses in each prison in England and Wales.
    (189476)
3
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who has been employed by his Department to provide legal advice on drawing up contracts for community rehabilitation companies; and how many such advisers are Queen's Counsel.
    (189477)
4
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on integrated transport and connectivity at the remodelled Peterborough railway station; and if he will make a statement.
    (189474)
5
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals there are in the Network Rail Control Period 5 for the upgrade of the East Coast Main Line between Huntingdon and Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.
    (189478)

Notices given on Wednesday 26 February

1
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which organisations received funding from the Innovations Fund as part of the Democratic Engagement Programme; how much each such organisation received; and what the time period is for their projects.
[Transferred]   (189479)
2
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Attorney General, whether information obtained from a case review undertaken by the Police Service of Northern Ireland Historic Enquiries Team which could lead to prosecution would be considered new evidence under the terms of the letters of comfort issued to so-called On-The-Runs and therefore permitting prosecutions rather than as evidence already in existence at the time of the issue of the letter and therefore preventing prosecutions proceeding.
    (189728)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's current definition of apprenticeships is for the purpose of reporting on apprenticeship starts and achievements.
    (189626)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to amend this definition as a result of the recommendations set out in The Future of Apprenticeships in England: Implementation Plan.
    (189627)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the role of the Sector Skills Council will be in the formulation of the apprenticeships frameworks set out in The Future of Apprenticeships in England: Guidance for Trailblazers.
    (189628)
6
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons grading was introduced as an essential feature of future apprenticeships frameworks.
    (189629)
7
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) all students and (b) students from a Muslim background have taken up student loan finance in each of the last three years.
    (189743)
8
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of students eligible to receive student loan finance who are from a Muslim background.
    (189747)
9
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Federation of Student Islamic Societies on interest-bearing student loan finance.
    (189832)
10
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan on 11 December 2013, column 224, on civil service (union family time), in which Departments the trade union officers who were promoted in post while doing no work as a civil servant were employed; and in which Department the officer who was promoted twice was employed.
    (189659)
11
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average change in the level of household (a) borrowing and (b) debt between 2008 and 2013 in Mid Sussex constituency.
    (189837)
12
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with UK and EU financial regulators about the regulation of high frequency trading.
    (189634)
13
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential systemic and operational risks of high frequency trading.
    (189635)
14
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 825W, on national insurance contributions, what the total value was of class 1 national insurance contribution paid by those earning less than the annualised primary threshold in each year since 2009-10.
    (189636)
15
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of abolishing Air Passenger Duty bands D and C and moving all countries in these bands into Air Passenger Duty band B.
    (189664)
16
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to protect Eritreans working in this country from the Eritrean government's attempts to collect 2 per cent tax from them.
    (189663)
17
N
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to collect information on the number of employers who are not compliant with national minimum wage legislation at a constituency level.
    (189569)
18
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed relief under the Rent-A-Room scheme in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of such relief has been.
    (189735)
19
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, columns 27-8W, on children: day care, by what method his Department has determined the estimated breakdown of basic and higher or additional rate taxpayers in receipt of employer-supported childcare vouchers.
    (189765)
20
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total PAYE (income tax and national insurance) receipts were in each of the tax periods (a) November 2012 to January 2013 and (b) November 2013 to January 2014.
    (189565)
21
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total employer liability for PAYE (income tax and national insurance) was reported by HM Revenue and Customs' PAYE RTI system for the three full tax months between November 2013 and January 2014.
    (189566)
22
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with her counterparts in the devolved administrations how best to co-ordinate approaches to the roll-out of superfast broadband in order to maximise benefits for rural communities across the UK.
    (189742)
23
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who authorised the inclusion of the Delete Tornado Collision Warning System option in Planning Round 11; and what the reason was for its inclusion.
    (189660)
24
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who cancelled the installation of the Tornado Collision Warning System proposed in planning round 11; and what the reason was for its cancellation.
    (189661)
25
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost saving was of the Delete Tornado Collision Warning System option in planning round 11.
    (189662)
26
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communications took place between the Director General of the Military Aviation Authority and the Air Chief Marshal on the Delete Tornado Warning System option in planning round 11.
    (189667)
27
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communications his Department had with the Military Aviation Authority on the Delete Tornado Warning System option in planning round 11.
    (189668)
28
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to schools on tackling (a) gender-based bullying and (b) sexual harassment; and if he will make a statement.
    (189719)
29
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 821W, on students: Cumbria, how many of the individuals identified in Barrow and Furness and Cumbria were studying for (a) level 2, (b) level 3 and (c) vocational qualifications.
    (189827)
30
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown of the highest proportion of discretion in the Environment Agency's budget that can be spent on routine maintenance of rivers.
    (189616)
31
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times (a) sea flooding and (b) land flooding has taken place in (i) the Medina, (ii) the Eastern Yar, (iii) the Western Yar and (iv) other brooks on the Isle of Wight in each of the last five years.
    (189564)
32
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been (a) sought and (b) spent on (i) the Medina, (ii) the Eastern Yar, (iii) the Western Yar and (iv) other brooks on the Isle of Wight by (A) the Environment Agency and (B) his Department in each of the last five years.
    (189568)
33
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funds have been made available to each local authority in Cumbria since 1 January 2014 for flood defence enhancement, maintenance and post-flood clean-up.
    (189736)
34
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on ensuring that the government of Burma releases or charges all prisoners currently detained as political prisoners.
    (189740)
35
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the UN addresses the issue of rape as a weapon of war.
    (189741)
36
N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking on human rights in Uganda.
    (189836)
37
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) field of expertise and (b) qualifications are of each member of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative multidisciplinary Team of Experts in Burma.
    (189619)
38
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to develop a patient registry and database for people diagnosed with familial hyper-cholesterolaemia.
    (189545)
39
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people diagnosed with hepatitis C have received anti-viral treatments in each of the last five years.
    (189546)
40
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase testing of hepatitis C.
    (189547)
41
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children entering secondary schools were classed as obese by the National Childhood Measurement programme in each year since 2010.
    (189548)
42
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of people with familial hyper-cholesterolaemia using methods recommended in NICE Guideline CG71 issued August 2008.
    (189766)
43
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that recently-published National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline on diagnosing food allergy in children and young people in a primary care and community setting are read and adhered to by general practitioners.
    (189717)
44
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives from overseas have registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in each of the last five years.
    (189549)
45
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the spending on locum doctors was in accident and emergency in each year since 2005 at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and if he will make a statement.
    (189541)
46
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he collects on assaults on NHS staff; and if he will publish statistics on (a) the gender of people so assaulted and (b) where such assaults took place in the last five years.
    (189673)
47
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of live births that were not registered in each of the last five years despite a registrar writing to the parents; and what measures are available to registrars to ensure parents register live births.
    (189752)
48
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of live births that were not registered in each of the last five years.
    (189753)
49
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that live births are registered.
    (189754)
50
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a project assessment review into NHS Property Services has taken place since August 2012.
    (189540)
51
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died in ambulances en route for emergency admission to hospital in each ambulance trust area in each of the last five years.
    (189563)
52
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) complaints and (b) other items of correspondence his Department has received expressing concern over children's heart surgery at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; and on what date each such complaint or item of correspondence was received.
    (189723)
53
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the enriched culture medium and the general purpose test for testing group b streptococcus in babies.
    (189675)
54
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of enriched culture medium testing in (a) France, (b) Canada, (c) Spain, (d) the US and (e) other countries to identify Group B streptococcus.
    (189763)
55
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide statistics on the gender and ethnic background of (a) managers and (b) the work force of the NHS.
    (189620)
56
N
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the name, job title and salary level of each director who has worked in his Department since May 2010.
    (189679)
57
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect in the UK of the vote of the European Parliament of 26 February 2014 on regulation and marketing of e-cigarettes.
    (189830)
58
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles have been stopped for red diesel theft in each of the last three years.
    (189617)
59
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will continue using the immigration casework programme computer system.
    (189538)
60
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library any evaluation her Department has made of the immigration case work computer programme since May 2010.
    (189539)
61
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the use of the Self Evident app to facilitate crime reporting by victims and evidence submissions by witnesses to the police.
    (189715)
62
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the performance of G4S in delivering the COMPASS contract for asylum seekers in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber region.
    (189749)
63
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been recovered in rebates to her Depasrtment from G4S for poor performance in delivering the COMPASS contract for asylum seekers in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber region.
    (189750)
64
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the outcome of the tri-monthly strategic reviews of the delivery of the COMPASS contract for asylum seekers in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber region.
    (189751)
65
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the minutes of the monthly board meetings with G4S on the COMPASS contract.
    (189831)
66
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Independent Police Complaints Commission's investigations have been appeals after decisions by the local force in each of the last five years.
    (189644)
67
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England signed local protocols for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
    (189645)
68
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the deaths identified by the Independent Police Complaints Commission as restraint related have involved people with mental health issues in each of the last five years.
    (189646)
69
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rule 43 notices issued by the coroner's office have not received a response from the affected organisation in each of the last five years.
    (189647)
70
N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount allocated to the provision of legal aid at inquest proceedings was in each of the last five years; and what the total number of such cases was in each of the last five years.
    (189648)
71
N
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission has taken to ensure that office chairs for staff of hon. Members that regularly use ICT equipment are compliant with health and safety rules.
    (189642)
72
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to ensure that funding given to the Philippines in the aftermarth of Typhoon Haiyan is spent on assistance to those directly affected.
    (189738)
73
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) name and (b) country is of each recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.
    (189721)
74
N
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were heard in magistrates' courts for non-payment of television licences in each year between 2007 and 2012; and how many such cases failed to result in a prosecution.
    (189718)
75
N
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sent to prison in each year between 2007 and 2012 for offences relating to the non-payment of a television licence.
    (189720)
76
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many notifications of endorsement from a court or fixed penalty office of a driver who meets the criteria of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 were sent to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last five years.
    (189542)
77
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much local authorities contributed towards the cost of places in the youth secure estate in each of the last four years.
    (189759)
78
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places have been (a) created and (b) decommissioned in (i) secure children's homes, (ii) secure training centres and (iii) young offender institutions in each year since 2010.
    (189760)
79
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budgetary savings have been delivered by each planned reduction in the size of the youth secure estate over the last 10 years.
    (189761)
80
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences were committed by those aged 18, 19 or 20 years old found guilty of criminal offences in 2013.
    (189833)
81
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those aged 18, 19 or 20 years old found guilty of criminal offences in 2013 had committed a previous offence that resulted in a custodial sentence.
    (189834)
82
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those aged 18, 19 or 20 years old found guilty of criminal offences had (a) no previous convictions, (b) one to five previous convictions, (c) six to 10 previous convictions and (d) over 10 previous convictions in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (189835)
83
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have been locked out in each month since May 2010; and on how many occasions each such prison has been locked out.
    (189680)
84
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sent to local prisons by courts have been sent on to a alternative prison due to overcrowding in each month since September 2013.
    (189681)
85
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions wing closures occured due to shortfalls in staffing in each prison, in each month since May 2010.
    (189716)
86
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by his Department using a Government Procurement Card on (a) temporary recruitment of staff, (b) catering and catering supplies, (c) clubs, associations and organisations, (d) office stationery equipment and supplies, (e) car rental, (f) hotels and accommodation, (g) restaurants and bars and (h) leisure activities in each of the last five years.
    (189744)
87
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many temporary staff have been recruited by his Department and its agencies in each month since May 2010.
    (189838)
88
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who (a) signed and (b) issued the 38 letters of comfort to so-called On-The-Runs issued since 2010 and since devolution of Policing and Justice to the Northern Ireland Assembly; on behalf of which Government department were they acting; and which Minister or Ministers had oversight of this process.
    (189724)
89
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who was responsible for fact checking statements submitted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to permit letters of comfort to be issued by officials to On-the-Runs; and under whose ministerial authority were they acting.
    (189725)
90
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who was responsible for obtaining and fact checking information from UK mainland police forces to facilitate the issuing of letters of comfort to so-called On-the-Runs.
    (189726)
91
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by which means letters of comfort issued to so-called On-the-Runs were requested, issued and transmitted to the individuals concerned.
    (189727)
92
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to revoke the effects letter sent to John Downey on his alleged role in the Hyde Park bombing.
    (189828)
93
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Prime Minister, whether a letter in similar terms to that sent to John Downey was sent to (a) men alleged to be involved in the murder of Kenneth Smyth and Daniel McCormick, (b) men alleged to be involved in the murder of Lexie Cummins in Strabane and (c) the eight people questioned following the murder of four Ulster Defence Regiment members in Ballydougan, Downpatrick.
    (189829)
94
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the rural economy of red diesel theft in each of the last three years.
    (189618)
95
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new drivers passed their first driving test in each of the last five years.
    (189543)
96
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new drivers were awarded a probationary driving licence in each of the last five years.
    (189544)
97
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 238W on parking: fees and charges, what the (a) name and (b) region of registration is of each of the seven other companies which were suspended from requesting vehicle keeper details from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in 2013.
    (189722)
98
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) criteria and (b) guidance his Department has issued to the Highways Agency on the (i) frequency of messaging and (ii) reasons for prioritising messages on overhead gantry signs.
    (189734)
99
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many responses were received to the High Speed 2 Environmental Statement; and if he will publish the names of those who responded.
    (189737)
100
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations his Department has made to the EU for reforms to tyre requirements required during MOTs on (a) buses and (b) coaches.
    (189669)
101
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on introducing a maximum age on tyres for use on (a) buses and (b) coaches.
    (189670)
102
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many spot checks VOSA have undertaken on passenger service (a) buses and (b) coaches in each of the last 10 years; how many such checks have been undertaken in (i) Liverpool, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West; and how many such checks have identified the presence of illegal tyres.
    (189671)
103
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger service (a) coaches and (b) buses have failed an MOT as a result of tyre failures in each of the last 10 years.
    (189672)
104
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of senior citizens who have not been primarily resident in the UK for five years or more that are still eligible for winter fuel payments.
    (189739)
105
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of appeals against the refusal of employment and support allowance held on Saturdays in the last year.
    (189745)
106
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure that claimants required to present their appeals against the refusal of employment and support allowance on a Saturday have advocate support.
    (189746)
107
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for (a) income-based jobseeker's allowance, (b) contributions-based jobseeker's allowance and (c) both income-based and contributions-based jobseeker's allowance were made in each of the last 10 years.
    (189755)
108
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for (a) income-based incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance, (b) contributions-based incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance, (c) both income-based and contributions-based incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance were made in each of the last 10 years.
    (189756)
109
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of all claims for (a) income-based jobseeker's allowance, (b) contributions-based jobseeker's allowance and (c) both income-based and contributions-based jobseeker's allowance over the last 10 years have lasted for (i) less than three months, (ii) between three and six months, (iii) between six and 12 months, (iv) between one and two years and (v) more than two years.
    (189757)
110
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of all claims for (a) income-based incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance, (b) contributions-based incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance and (c) both income-based and contributions-based incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance over the last 10 years have lasted for (i) less than three months, (ii) between three and six months, (iii) between six and 12 months, (iv) between one and two years and (v) more than two years.
    (189758)
111
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 11W, on Pensions Regulator, how many companies have been investigated by the Pensions Regulator and had no subsequent action taken against them in the last five years.
    (189732)
112
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 11W, on Pensions Regulator, what the companies involved in the three cases were.
    (189733)
113
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants with refugee status in (a) Hull and (b) the UK have been sanctioned since 22 October 2012.
    (189748)
114
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of personal independence payment cases assessment providers are seeking additional evidence.
    (189630)
115
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of personal independence payment cases evidence is returned in time to be used to (a) determine the nature and suitability of their assessment and (b) inform the assessor's picture of how a person's disability affects them.
    (189631)
116
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish disaggregated data on new claims for personal independence payments between 8 April 2013 and 3 December 2013.
    (189632)
117
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who indicated between April and December 2013 they had multiple sclerosis have (a) applied for personal independence payment and (b) received a decision about their claim.
    (189633)
118
N
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has not published statistics on the number of people who have been declared fit to work and subsequently died; and whether his Department plans to publish such statistics in future.
    (189762)
119
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average administrative cost to his Department was of imposing a sanction on a claimant of jobseeker's allowance in the most recent period for which data is available; and where the total cost of imposing all such sanctions was in each year since 2010.
    (189567)
Tuesday 4 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
 
* 1
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent steps he has taken to address human rights abuses in North Korea.
    (902783)
* 2
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Ukraine.
    (902784)
* 3
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): What reports he has received on the progress that has been made on resettling detainees held in Camp Liberty.
    (902785)
* 4
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What steps he plans to take in support of the recent report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
    (902786)
* 5
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What reports he has received on recent developments in Ukraine.
    (902787)
* 6
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What discussions he has had with the government of Ukraine on the political situation in that country.
    (902788)
* 7
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): What assessment he has made of the latest political developments in Ukraine.
    (902789)
* 8
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What progress has been made on the establishment of an international investigation into alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan civil war.
    (902790)
* 9
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): What recent progress has been made on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement.
    (902791)
* 10
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What representations he has made to the Egyptian government on recent restrictions placed on the freedom of the press in that country.
    (902792)
* 11
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What discussions he had during his recent visit to Burma.
    (902793)
* 12
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): What steps his Department is taking to provide protection for British civilian personnel currently working in Afghanistan.
    (902794)
* 13
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): What reports he has received on the outcomes of the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2014.
    (902795)
* 14
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What assessment he has made of the prospects for successful peace talks on Syria; and if he will make a statement.
    (902796)
* 15
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in that country.
    (902797)
* 16
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): What reports he has received on recent developments in Ukraine.
    (902798)
* 17
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What steps his Department is taking to support self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
    (902799)
* 18
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): What role the UK is playing in resolving the political situation in Bangladesh.
    (902800)
* 19
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What recent discussions he has had on human rights in Colombia.
    (902801)
* 20
Mel Stride (Central Devon): What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Ukraine.
    (902802)
* 21
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What recent assessment he has made of the situation in Ukraine.
    (902803)
* 22
Naomi Long (Belfast East): What discussions his Department has had with the government of China on the recommendations in the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
    (902804)
* 23
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): What reports he has received on recent developments in Ukraine.
    (902805)
* 24
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What progress his Department has made on raising exports to established and emerging markets.
    (902806)
* 25
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What reports he has received on the political situation in Bangladesh.
    (902807)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902808)
* 2
Neil Carmichael (Stroud):  
    (902809)
* 3
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (902810)
* 4
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon):  
    (902811)
* 5
Julian Sturdy (York Outer):  
    (902812)
* 6
Hugh Bayley (York Central):  
    (902813)
* 7
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston):  
    (902814)
* 8
Paul Flynn (Newport West):  
    (902815)
* 9
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale):  
    (902816)
* 10
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe):  
    (902817)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 21 February

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will fix the carbon floor price for the next period.
    (188726)

Notices given on Tuesday 25 February

1
N
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he is making on the reciept of compensation for damage done during the attack on HM Embassy in Tehran in 2011.
    (189480)

Notices given on Wednesday 26 February

1
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Chelmsford constituency in receipt of welfare and disability benefits are liable to pay council tax.
    (189570)
2
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department has discussed with NHS England the operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund in the last six months; what the content of those discussions was; and if he will make a statement.
    (189571)
3
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast outturn expenditure on the Cancer Drugs Fund is in 2013-14 across the year as a whole; and if he will make a statement.
    (189572)
4
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have gained access to the Cancer Drugs Fund in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
    (189665)
Thursday 6 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 25 February

1
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what turnover levels companies must meet under the Government Vehicle Lease framework.
    (189482)
2
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to remove Government subsidies from renewable energy generating plants once the plant has achieved a reasonable return on investment.
    (189481)

Notices given on Wednesday 26 February

1
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) further education colleges and (b) sixth form colleges have access to the Online Free School Meal Eligibility Checking Service.
    (189839)
Monday 10 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 26 February

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the practice of Spain's Guardia Civil firing rubber bullets into the sea and using similar tactics used to repel immigrants.
    (189729)
Tuesday 11 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 25 February

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) community psychiatric nurses, (d) community matrons and (e) community learning disabilities nurses were employed by the NHS in each clinical commissioning group area in South Yorkshire in (i) the latest period for which figures are available and (ii) the previous 12 months from that date.
    (189376)
2
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses there were in each NHS trust in South Yorkshire in the last five years for which figures are available.
    (189483)

Notices given on Wednesday 26 February

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any records relating to the loss of the escort aircraft carrier HMS Dasher in March 1943 have (a) been retained from transfer to and (b) remain closed in the national archives; and if he will make a statement.
    (189731)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) steps the Government has taken and (b) advice his Department has given to operators of cruise liners in respect of cruise liner companies being requested to remove the red ensign when docking in Argentina; and if he will make a statement.
    (189730)

Prepared 27th February 2014