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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 6 March 2014

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Wednesday 5 March 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 6 March 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.

Thursday 6 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
 
* 1
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What steps he is taking to raise awareness of export support services among small and medium-sized businesses.
    (902858)
* 2
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What recent assessment he has made of the availability of finance and the level of lending by banks to small businesses.
    (902859)
* 3
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What steps he is taking to reduce the amount of EU regulation which affects businesses.
    (902860)
* 4
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): How many firms have been prosecuted for non-payment of the national minimum wage since May 2010.
    (902861)
* 5
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What recent representations he has received from small businesses on their consumer rights.
    (902862)
* 6
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): In how many of the last 24 months net lending to business by banks has risen.
    (902863)
* 7
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What recent assessment he has made of the number of complaints and the level of consumer detriment relating to estate agents' practices in England and Wales.
    (902864)
* 8
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): If he will make it his policy to better use procurement by his Department to increase apprenticeship opportunities.
    (902865)
* 9
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): If he will make it his policy to better use procurement by his Department to increase apprenticeship opportunities.
    (902866)
* 11
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of removing the cap on student numbers at higher education institutions.
    (902868)
* 12
John Mann (Bassetlaw): On what date he plans to visit Bassetlaw to inspect and meet local businesses.
    (902869)
* 13
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What his policy is on the future level of the national minimum wage.
    (902870)
* 14
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): What steps he is taking to support businesses affected by recent floods.
    (902871)
* 15
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): What recent assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the retail grocery market.
    (902872)
* 16
Hugh Bayley (York Central): What steps his Department is taking to encourage UK students to study for postgraduate qualifications at UK universities.
    (902873)
* 17
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What recent estimate he has made of changes in the number of applications by (a) part-time and (b) mature students since changes in the level of student fees.
    (902874)
* 18
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): What recent assessment he has made of the number of complaints and the level of consumer detriment relating to estate agents' practices in England and Wales.
    (902875)
* 19
Andrew George (St Ives): What assessment he has made of the effects on businesses of banks' lending practices.
    (902876)
* 20
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What support his Department is providing to apprenticeships.
    (902877)
* 21
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): If his Department will make an assessment of the main causes of insecurity in the workplace.
    (902878)
* 22
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What criteria are used by local authorities to allocate funding for those businesses affected by the recent storms.
    (902879)
* 24
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): How many firms have been prosecuted for non-payment of the national minimum wage since May 2010.
    (902881)
* 25
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What steps he is taking to raise awareness of export support services among small and medium-sized businesses.
    (902882)
At 10.15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902883)
* 2
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):  
    (902884)
* 3
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South):  
    (902885)
* 4
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire):  
    (902886)
* 5
Alison McGovern (Wirral South):  
    (902887)
* 6
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  
    (902888)
* 7
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):  
    (902889)
* 8
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (902890)
* 9
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow):  
    (902891)

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)

Notices given on Thursday 27 February

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of his Department's recent More than meets the eye recruitment campaign.
    (190006)
2
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring procedures his Department has in place to ensure that assessment of pupils' special needs are accurate.
    (190008)
3
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department used in its choice of Zig Bee wireless standard for the UK's smart meter roll-out.
    (190010)
4
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of smart meters currently in use which do not meet Ofgem's regulations on smart meters.
    (190011)
5
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of a smart meter which is compliant with government regulations.
    (190012)
6
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost of the roll-out of smart meters to the year 2020.
    (190013)
7
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which smart phones are compatible with the UK-regulated smart meters.
    (190014)
8
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received from the Bosnia-Herzegovinian government on the political and security situation in that country.
    (190007)
9
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle delays in the family justice system.
    (190005)
10
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Disability Confident campaign in helping more people with disabilities (a) into work and (b) to fulfil their potential.
    (190009)

Notices given on Monday 3 March

1
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) wrongly-claimed VAT and (b) interest on such VAT the Serious Fraud Office has been required to pay to HM Revenue and Customs in 2014 to date.
    (190272)
2
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has been fined in respect of VAT claims in 2014 to date.
    (190273)
3
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his Department's proposed changes to the Land Registry on jobs in Plymouth.
    (190323)
4
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 166W, on students: loans, when he expects to start reviewing the RAB charge model.
    (190199)
5
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings his Department (a) has had and (b) plans to have with publicans tied to the large pub companies to discuss plans for a statutory code and adjudicator.
    (190229)
6
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total amount of remuneration paid to non-executive directors of Government departments was for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2012-13.
    (190309)
7
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in Number 10 Downing Street in 2012; and how many people are so employed currently.
    (190310)
8
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of units of alcohol sold in the UK in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (190274)
9
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 284W, on equality, what the (a) total departmental expenditure, (b) number and (c) cost of people employed for the purpose of promoting equality and diversity was in 2013-14 to date.
    (190201)
10
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of tax credits there have been where the national insurance number of one or more claimants was identifiable as one issued to a person who was not a UK national at the time of issue of the number in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the total amount was of those awards.
    (190311)
11
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individuals registered as homeless in Barrow and Furness constituency were aged (a) under 16 and (b) 16 to 18 in each of the last three years.
    (190315)
12
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many bowling greens have been listed as assets of community value.
    (190316)
13
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to ensure that her Department's contracts with BT for the roll-out of rural superfast broadband include a reasonable market rate for (a) equipment costs and (b) other non-management costs.
    (190397)
14
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Planning Assumptions set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review in October 2010 remain in place.
    (190391)
15
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 68W, on equality, what the (a) number of staff and (b) total salary cost of the Head Office team members in equality and diversity roles was in each year from 2008-09 to 2013-14.
    (190204)
16
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many naval ships are at sea on duty; on what tasks; and where.
    (190197)
17
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) rape, (b) attempted rape, (c) sexual assault by penetration and (d) sexual assault were referred to the Services Prosecuting Authority from the Royal Military Police in each of the last three years; and how many such cases were prosecuted (i) successfully and (ii) unsuccessfully.
    (190278)
18
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 535W, on schools: finance, when he plans to publish the consultation on a fair funding formula; and what the timetable for the consultation will be.
    (190200)
19
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy that free schools and academies be granted discretion to give preference to children who attend their nursery classes during the admissions process for a reception place.
  [R] (190313)
20
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average daily number of children absent from school is; and what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for their non-attendance.
    (190354)
21
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 275, on the Staying Put Agenda, what work is being carried out by the National Children's Bureau; and when he expects it to be completed.
    (190206)
22
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which primary schools offer nursery provision on or off site; and which of those schools have been rated outstanding by Ofsted.
    (190231)
23
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils of each ethnicity who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals and who did not have statements of Special Education Needs did not achieve an A* to C GCSE grade in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) either English or mathematics in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (190232)
24
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils of each ethnicity who (a) were and (b) were not eligible for free school meals attended faith (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each year for which records are available.
    (190275)
25
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on implementation of the competent authority model of regulating the offshore oil and gas industry required by the EU Offshore Safety Directive.
    (190198)
26
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which recommendations of the Maitland Review into Offshore Oil and Gas in the UK have not been implemented due to the publication of the EU Offshore Safety Directive.
    (190202)
27
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the current status is of the memorandum of understanding agreed in 2012 between his Department and the Health and Safety Executive on the co-ordination of their respective regulatory roles in the offshore oil and gas industry.
    (190216)
28
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the recommendations of the interim report of the UK Continental Shelf Maximising Recovery Review on his Department's (a) regulatory role in the offshore oil and gas industry and (b) work implementing the recommendations of the Maitland Review.
    (190280)
29
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the incidence and impact of load management measures on manufacturing industry.
    (190194)
30
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of wild animals in circuses.
    (190195)
31
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) resource and (b) capital funding was received by his Department, excluding non-departmental public bodies, to achieve its core responsibility of improving the environment in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (190221)
32
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) resource and (b) capital funding was received by his Department, excluding non-departmental public bodies, to achieve its core responsibility of safeguarding plant health in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (190222)
33
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) resource and (b) capital funding was received by his Department, excluding non-departmental public bodies, to achieve its core responsibility of growing the rural economy in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (190223)
34
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) resource and (b) capital funding was received by his Department, excluding non-departmental public bodies, to achieve its core responsibility of safeguarding animal health in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (190224)
35
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to implement the findings of Household food security in the UK: a review of food aid.
    (190225)
36
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in preparing a Bill to outlaw the use of wild animals in circuses.
    (190388)
37
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether in her capacity as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy the right hon. Baroness Ashton of Upholland scheduled to visit Iran for nuclear talks.
    (190314)
38
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is intended that a permanent nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 will include a comprehensive monitoring framework of Iran's future nuclear activities.
    (190322)
39
N
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which African countries he (a) has appointed and (b) intends to appoint prosperity officers.
    (190210)
40
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chief Coroner's Office on collecting sexual orientation data on people who have committed suicide.
    (190190)
41
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for commissioning Tier 3 obesity treatments.
    (190191)
42
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the mental health of LGBT people.
    (190192)
43
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the (a) dates, (b) agendas and (c) minutes of any meetings (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the Advertising Association between January 2012 and February 2014.
    (190321)
44
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department will ensure that communication professionals engaged to work with deaf people meet the standards for enhanced criminal records checks as maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
    (190227)
45
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to put a trace on medical records to indicate past military service to enable armed forces veterans to be identified after their death for the purpose of arranging their funeral.
    (190271)
46
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health trusts are currently under consideration for the trust special administration regime.
    (190207)
47
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many previous years' spending was used in calculations for the baseline funding allocation for specialised commissioning in 2013-14.
    (190277)
48
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 828W, on abortion, whether gender may be considered a contributing factor to grounds for abortion when compounded by other considerations.
    (190387)
49
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate abortion providers whose advice on the legality of gender abortions contradicts that of his Department.
    (190389)
50
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department considers cleft palate to be a serious disability for the purposes of establishing the legality of abortions.
    (190390)
51
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department holds or has assessed on whether giving birth to a baby of a specific gender constitutes a greater risk to the mother's physical or mental health than termination of the pregnancy.
    (190392)
52
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 832W, on abortion, under what conditions and in relation to what other factors gender may be considered a relevant criterion for an abortion under the Abortion Act 1967, as amended; and if he will make a statement.
    (190396)
53
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Assistance for the Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Returnees project, what the countries of origin of the 1,470 irregular migrants were; what assistance will be provided to the 30 victims of human trafficking from EU countries; how it will provide reintegration assistance to the 75 returning vulnerable migrants; and if she will make a statement.
    (190276)
54
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nature and purpose is of the Government-funded Assistance for the Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Returnees project being implemented by the International Organisation for Migration in co-operation with the Greek government; how that project will assist irregular migrants to return to their countries of origin; and how the project will help identified victims of human trafficking from EU countries.
    (190398)
55
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Ellison Review will be published.
    (190228)
56
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value was of illegal drugs seized by police in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last five years.
    (190317)
57
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to provide better healthcare and more trained midwives to reduce the deaths of new born babies in the poorest countries; and if she will make a statement.
    (190279)
58
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on legislation on killing by one punch; and if he will make a statement.
    (190184)
59
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on killing by one punch; and if he will make a statement.
    (190185)
60
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce a mandatory 10 year minimum prison sentence for anyone who kills someone with a single punch while under the influence of alcohol; and if he will make a statement.
    (190186)
61
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the purpose is of his Department's new Building Better Relationships Programme; how that purpose differs from the purpose of the (a) Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme and (b) Community Domestic Violence Programme; and if he will make a statement.
    (190342)
62
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the National Offender Management Service review of Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork includes secure colleges in its scope.
    (190353)
63
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons in England and Wales have changed their prison population to accommodate young adults for the first time since May 2010.
    (190205)
64
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons closed since May 2010 were previously housing young adults.
    (190211)
65
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on televising courts to date.
    (190213)
66
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which broadcasters have expressed an interest in televising courts; how much he expects to spend on televising courts in each of the next five years; and what proportion of the total cost will be paid by the broadcasters.
    (190214)
67
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the decision to hire new Public Defender System advocates was made.
    (190188)
68
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average salary of a Public Defender Service advocate after the current recruitment drive is complete.
    (190189)
69
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many advocate positions in the Public Defender System his Department plans to recruit.
    (190193)
70
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for each vacancy for the Public Defender System his Department received.
    (190208)
71
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 296W, on equality, what the cost to her Department was of section 75 equality training in each year between 2008-09 and 2012-13.
    (190203)
72
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's review of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions.
    (190196)
73
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's cycling delivery plan.
    (190230)
74
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the most recent report on High Speed 2 by the Major Projects Authority.
    (190209)
75
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that the full independent summary of the consultation into the proposed High Speed 2 route from Birmingham to the North of England is published by IPSOS Mori.
    (190270)
76
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seats are available on the diesel train fleet allocated to Transpennine Express; and how many are expected to be available in December 2015.
    (190318)
77
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have stopped claiming jobseeker's allowance in each of the last six months have done so following the application of sanctions.
    (190215)
78
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on errors in processing claims for jobseeker's allowance.
    (190320)
79
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times claimants for jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned inappropriately due to processing errors in the last year for which figures are available.
    (190348)
80
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will investigate the effect of sanctions on jobseeker's allowance claimants.
    (190349)
81
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of employment and support allowance claimants who allege they did not receive letters informing them of their next work capability assessment.
    (190319)
82
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been refused benefit over the last 12 months; and what steps his Department has taken to ascertain whether those claimants are in receipt of any income.
    (190355)
83
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have been in receipt of (a) job seeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and employment support allowance and (c) income support for (i) up to one year, (ii) between one and two years, (iii) between two and five years and (iv) over five years over the last 10 years.
    (190212)
84
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those making a new claim for jobseeker's allowance immediately before their claim was made were (a) in employment, (b) in receipt of employment support allowance, incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or income support and (c) neither in employment nor claiming another out of work benefit.
    (190217)
85
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals made a claim for any of jobseeker's allowance, incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, employment support allowance or income support (a) once, (b) twice and (c) three or more times in each of the last five years.
    (190218)
86
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those making a new claim for employment and support allowance immediately before their claim was made were (a) in employment, (b) in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or income support or (c) neither in employment nor claiming another out of work benefit.
    (190219)
87
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 6W, on equality, what the figures are for 2013-14.
    (190187)
88
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which back-to-work schemes being delivered by local authorities he has visited since May 2010.
    (190312)
89
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which sectors of the economy are excluded from the requirement for inspection by the Health and Safety Executive.
    (190351)
90
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints he received about the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
    (190352)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 March

1
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of underemployment.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (902867)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on rebalancing the economy across regions and sectors.
[Question Unstarred]   (902880)
3
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average duration of unemployment or inactivity is of those who become unemployed or inactive having previously been in employment for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and a year, (c) between one and two years, (d) between two and three years, (e) between three and four years, (f) between four and five years, (g) between five and 10 years and (h) 10 or more years.
[Transferred]   (190220)
4
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department will ensure that communication professionals working with deaf people are eligible for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service declaration.
[Transferred]   (190226)
5
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department provides funding to strengthen supply chains in the UK so that British producers and farmers can sell more of their food to public sector institutions.
    (190412)
6
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the Fairtrade Foundation's Make Bananas Fair campaign.
    (190535)
7
 
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent guidance he has issued to local authorities on their funding of trades union posts and facilities; and if he will make a statement.
    (190538)
8
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office has provided advice to ensure that all local resilience forums have effective and linked websites providing public information before, during and after an emergency.
    (190463)
9
 
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the amount of surplus public land sold to support housebuilding and development to date.
    (190435)
10
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he decided not to charge VAT on the sale of cryptocurrencies.
    (190434)
11
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people changing from a single working tax credit claim to a joint claim have had to submit a fresh application in each of the last five years; and what the average back-dated payment was made to such an applicant in each such year; and what the average time taken was for the joint claim to be paid in each such year.
    (190400)
12
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have had working tax credits stopped in each of the last 10 years, by constituency.
    (190403)
13
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to increase investment in house building; and if he will consider the introduction of rent controls.
    (190549)
14
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many refusals of planning permission involving flood risk were appealed to the Planning Inspectorate in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how many of these were (i) dismissed, (ii) allowed with conditions to fully implement the advice of the Environment Agency, (iii) allowed with conditions to partially implement the advice of the Environment Agency and (iv) allowed against the advice of the Environment Agency.
    (190566)
15
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a local authority of making an Article 4 direction.
    (190567)
16
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people subject to the under-occupancy penalty were evicted in each North East local authority in the last 12 months.
    (190498)
17
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers there were in each local authority in the North East in each of the last five years.
    (190504)
18
 
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 694W, on polling stations, what assessment he has made of the effect of foreign language translation by local authorities on integration of non-English speakers into their communities.
    (190554)
19
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that car boot sales are properly regulated and do not contribute to traffic congestion in the surrounding area.
    (190563)
20
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to remove permitted development rights for car boot sales.
    (190565)
21
 
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on translating and accrediting skills, experience and qualifications gained in the armed forces for the civilian world.
    (190537)
22
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the NATO Bucharest summit in April 2008 to invite Ukraine membership of NATO; and whether this issue is on the agenda for the NATO summit in Newport in 2014.
    (190407)
23
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what services and support his Department will provide to families who will be ineligible for the Government's new childcare scheme.
    (190551)
24
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support low income families to access affordable and quality childcare and to ensure that no children miss out on the early stages of education.
    (190552)
25
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 825W, on students: finance, for what reason his Department has not compared the number of 18-year-olds affected by changes in funding for full-time education with the 16 to 18 cohort in full-time education.
    (190472)
26
 
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will introduce universal qualifications for functional skills to better allow employers to understand an individual's competencies.
    (190405)
27
 
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy that employability and employment outcomes should become key measures of accountability for schools.
    (190431)
28
 
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 211W, on Children's Social Services, how many local authorities have stopped using the Integrated Children's System since 2006.
    (190471)
29
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department took to mark Cold Homes Week.
    (190532)
30
 
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on compensatory forestry planting to mitigage deforestation undertaken as a result of wind turbine construction.
    (190502)
31
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department has made with plans for an interconnector to Iceland.
    (190470)
32
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will rewrite the counter-invasive species strategy to reduce the cost of management of non-native invasive species.
    (190491)
33
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with regard to the environmental land management scheme announced on 26 February 2014, if he will provide further details on (a) how the scheme will be targeted, (b) whether specific local areas have been identified for the scheme, (c) what the (i) minimum and (ii) maximum grants available to farmers are, (d) when the scheme will be open for applications to farmers and (e) what assessment his Department has made of the potential environmental benefits of this scheme.
    (190487)
34
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Rural Development Pillar within the Common Agricultural Policy envelope has been allocated in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms to date.
    (190488)
35
 
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase commercial coniferous forest planting; and if he will make a statement.
    (190500)
36
 
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK forests that are under sustainable management.
    (190501)
37
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether local authorities have co-ordinated a systematic programme of community engagement in their area during recovery phases.
    (190414)
38
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when national flooding exercises have taken place in order to test arrangements which Government departments have put into place to deal with flooding and infrastructure emergencies in the last five years.
    (190415)
39
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has begun its systematic programme to reduce the disruption of essential services resulting from natural hazards by publishing a national framework and policy statement, setting out the process, timescales and expectations.
    (190416)
40
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work Government departments and the Environment Agency have undertaken with infrastructure operators to identify the vulnerability and risk of assets to flooding; and if he will publish a summary of the analysis found in sector resilience plans.
    (190417)
41
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work his Department and infrastructure operators have done to build a level of resilience into critical infrastructure assets that ensures continuity during a worst-case flood event.
    (190418)
42
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has extended the duty to undertake business continuity planning to infrastructure operating Category 2 responders to a standard equivalent to BS25999, which is ensured through an annual benchmarking exercise within each sector.
    (190419)
43
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has established a programme to support and encourage individuals and communities to be better prepared and more self-reliant during emergencies.
    (190420)
44
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if, in all cases relating to the recent flooding, upper tier local authorities have become the lead responders to multi-agency planning for severe weather emergencies at the local level and for triggering multi-agency arrangements in response to severe weather warnings and local impact assessments.
    (190421)
45
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether category 1 and 2 responders currently assess the effectiveness of their emergency response facilities, including flexible accommodation, IT and communications systems.
    (190423)
46
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department and the insurance industry have taken to deliver a public education programme setting out the benefits of insurance in the context of flooding.
    (190425)
47
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the insurance industry has developed and implemented industry guidance for flooding events, covering reasonable expectations of the performance of insurers and reasonable actions by customers.
    (190426)
48
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether insurance notices now include information on flood risk and the simple steps that can be taken to mitigate the effects in flood risk areas.
    (190427)
49
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has yet provided a specialised site-specific flood warning service for infrastructure operators in order to offer longer lead times and greater levels of detail about the velocity and depth of flooding.
    (190428)
50
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work the Environment Agency has done with its partners to progressively develop and bring into use flood visualisation tools that are designed to meet the needs of flood-risk managers, emergency planners and responders.
    (190429)
51
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made towards creating a fully-funded national capability for flood rescue, with fire and rescue authorities playing a leading role.
    (190430)
52
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has issued clear guidance on expected levels of Category 2 responders' engagement in planning, exercising and response; and what assessment the Government has made of the case for strengthening enforcement arrangements.
    (190432)
53
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the degree to which, for emergencies spanning more than a single local authority area, Government Offices have ensured coherence and coordination between recovery operations.
    (190451)
54
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Local Recovery Coordination groups have made early recommendations to elected local authority members about longer-term regeneration and economic development opportunities.
    (190452)
55
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if all Government guidance has been updated to reflect the new arrangements for recovery; and if local resilience forums have planned, trained and exercised on this basis.
    (190453)
56
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has published an action plan to implement the recommendations of the Review released after the 2007 floods, with a Director in his Department overseeing the programme of delivery and issuing regular updates.
    (190454)
57
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has established a Cabinet Committee with a remit to improve the country's ability to deal with flooding and implement the recommendations of the Review following the 2007 floods.
    (190455)
58
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has established a National Resilience Forum to facilitate national level multi-agency planning for flooding and other emergencies.
    (190456)
59
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if all upper tier local authorities have established Oversight and Scrutiny Committees to review work by public sector bodies and essential service providers in order to manage flood risk and implement the suggestions of the Review following the 2007 floods; and if any such reports have been made public and reviewed by Government Offices and the Environment Agency.
    (190457)
60
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if and when local resilience forums have evaluated and shared lessons from both the response and recovery phases to inform planning for future emergencies.
    (190458)
61
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council has explored how the public can improve their understanding of community risks, including those associated with flooding; and whether his Department has implemented such findings as appropriate.
    (190459)
62
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether flood risk has been made part of the mandatory search requirements for property purchase; and whether flood risk has formed part of home information packs.
    (190460)
63
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether local authority contact centres have taken the lead in dealing with general enquiries from the public during and after major flooding and redirecting calls to other organisations when appropriate.
    (190461)
64
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency now works with local responders to raise awareness in flood risk areas and identifies a range of mechanisms to warn the public in response to flooding.
    (190462)
65
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's announcement of 6 February 2014 on new flood defence schemes, what proportion of that funding will benefit (a) the York area and (b) York Outer constituency.
    (190413)
66
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect ancient woods in (a) the UK and (b) South Staffordshire.
    (190564)
67
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Egyptian government about trafficking of East African refugees in the Sinai Peninsula; and if he will make a statement.
    (190553)
68
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Myanmar about the Fortify Rights' report, Policies of Persecution and discrimination and violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
    (190555)
69
 
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the publication by Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Indonesia: Pluralism in peril, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of that report; what representations he has made to the Indonesian government about tolerance for religious communities including Christians; and if he will make a statement.
    (190568)
70
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many requests for consular assistance relating to crime have been made by UK citizens at the UK embassy in Kiev since November 2013.
    (190474)
71
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of British citizens in Ukraine.
    (190475)
72
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many executions there were in Iran of (a) adults and (b) minors in 2013.
  [R] (190539)
73
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage Syrian opposition groups to work together.
    (190533)
74
 
Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid in fees and allowances to pharmacies in each of the last three years.
    (190473)
75
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the effectiveness of the test used to diagnose those with pernicious anaemia; and if he will make a statement.
    (190481)
76
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he was informed that NHS England would not complete the Congenital Heart Disease Review by June 2014.
    (190536)
77
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that future grants from his Department to the Nursing and Midwifery Council should be subject to agreement of a cap on registration fees for newly-qualified nurses.
    (190450)
78
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has in place to (a) protect against safeguard biosecurity and (b) protect against animal welfare violations regarding the importing of dogs from Eastern Europe to the UK.
    (190489)
79
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with ferry companies operating out of the UK on the illegal transportation of dogs into the UK from Continental Europe; and what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of such measures.
    (190490)
80
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of EU migrants who have arrived in the UK for work since 1 January 2014.
    (190497)
81
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in all cases of recent flooding, where a Gold Command has been established for severe weather events, the police, unless agreed otherwise locally have convened and led the multi-agency response.
    (190422)
82
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to promote World Water Day; and if she will prioritise financial support for water sanitation and waste water treatment up to 2015.
    (190402)
83
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what procedures are in place to ensure foreign aid reaches its target and is not embezzled by corrupt or dictatorial regimes.
    (190534)
84
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Leader of the House, when he plans to bring forward the legislative proposals to ban the use of wild animals in circuses.
    (190499)
85
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Written Statement of 25 February 2014, Official Report, columns 16-18WS, on High Court judgment, what the current status is of the 187 administrative letters sent to on-the-runs; whether the letters have been resinded; and if she will make a statement.
    (190556)
86
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Prime Minister, whether recently announced additional funding for anti-flooding measures has a consequential funding implication for Wales.
    (190493)
87
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what percentage of postal votes were cast in the 100 constituencies with the largest amount of postal votes in the most recent general election.
    (190399)
88
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) items of correspondence and (b) meetings with Ministers in the Electoral Commission has had on (i) postal ballot restrictions and (ii) use of photo ID for voting, in each of the last four years.
    (190401)
89
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average number of rail passengers travelling in first class on weekdays from London to (a) Darlington and (b) Eaglescliffe.
    (190503)
90
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Highways Agency has recently considered (a) the vulnerability of motorways and trunk roads to flooding, (b) the potential for better warnings and strategic road clearance to avoid people becoming stranded and (c) plans to support people who become stranded.
    (190424)
91
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage under-19 school leavers to start apprenticeships.
    (190550)
92
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of processing and managing claims for disability living allowance was in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2012-13.
    (190404)
93
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many tribunals have been stayed pending decisions in other courts relating to decisions on benefits for over six months; how many claimants this involves; and what the total value of benefits involved is.
    (190406)
94
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many tribunals considering appeals on benefits decisions are currently held pending decisions in other courts; how many claimants this affects; what the value of such benefit claims is; and if he will make a statement.
    (190408)
95
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the use of discretionary housing payment to deal with people affected by the underoccupancy penalty over the next two financial years; and if he will make a statement.
    (190409)
96
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to encourage local authorities to make longer term awards of discretionary housing payments for those people with disabilities.
    (190410)
97
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in discretionary housing payments has been allocated in (a) England and (b) Birmingham for those affected by the underoccupancy penalty in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
    (190411)
98
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish statistics on the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in collecting statutory maintenance liabilities under the 2012 scheme; and whether such statistics will include information on the amount and proportion of liabilities not collected each month.
    (190494)
99
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to carry out a public consultation on the statistics being developed to give information on the new 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme.
    (190495)
100
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the results of the reclassification of arrears trial run by the Child Maintenance Group which began in June 2012 and ended in October 2013.
    (190496)
101
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that British nationals taking part in the International Citizen's Service are exempt from undergoing the habitual residency test.
    (190531)
102
 
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he hs made of the extent to which the commitment to 90 per cent of expected pension entitlement has been reached for those involved in the Financial Assistance Scheme.
    (190492)
103
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the growth of credit union membership since the award of the Credit Union Expansion Project contract to the Association of British Credit Unions in April 2013.
    (190433)
Monday 10 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
 
* 1
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What resources her Department is making available at a local level to help tackle the harmful effects on communities of excessive drinking.
    (902903)
* 2
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What steps she is taking to bring about a reduction in gross and net immigration to the UK.
    (902904)
* 3
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What additional funding she has made available to the security agencies to cover costs associated with the ending of TPIMs.
    (902905)
* 4
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What steps she is taking to increase the number of people who are investigated and charged for carrying out female genital mutilation.
    (902906)
* 5
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): How many sponsor notifications of potentially bogus higher education students there have been since 2010; and how many have been actioned to date.
    (902907)
* 6
Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps she is taking to prevent extremism.
    (902908)
* 7
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What assessment she has made of the proportion of reported rapes which resulted in prosecution or conviction in the last two years.
    (902909)
* 8
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What assessment she has made of the effect of reductions in funding to local authorities on police forces.
    (902910)
* 9
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What comparative assessment she has made of trends in the levels of EU and non-EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
    (902911)
* 10
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What estimate she has made of the number of students from India who have received visas to undertake studies at universities in Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (902912)
* 11
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): What additional funding she has made available to the security agencies to cover costs associated with the ending of TPIMs.
    (902913)
* 12
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): What assessment she has made of the change in the number of black and minority ethnic police officers in England and Wales since 2010.
    (902914)
* 13
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Immigration Bill on red tape for businesses.
    (902915)
* 14
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent steps she has taken to reduce anti-social behaviour.
    (902916)
* 15
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What steps she is taking to reduce crime and disorder caused by alcohol.
    (902917)
* 16
Margot James (Stourbridge): What steps her Department is taking to involve the private sector in crime reduction and prevention.
    (902918)
* 17
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What steps she is taking to increase the number of people who are investigated and charged for carrying out female genital mutilation.
    (902919)
* 18
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): What steps she is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour.
    (902920)
* 19
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What overall reduction in alcohol consumption she expects to follow from her proposed ban on below-cost alcohol sales.
    (902921)
* 20
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What assessment she has made of the reliability of crime statistics.
    (902922)
* 21
Priti Patel (Witham): What recent assessment she has made of the level of crime.
    (902923)
* 22
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps she is taking to prevent Islamic extremism in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (902924)
* 23
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What comparative assessment she has made of trends in the levels of EU and non-EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
    (902925)
* 24
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What steps she is taking to prevent violent crime.
    (902926)
* 25
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What comparative assessment she has made of trends in the levels of EU and non-EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
    (902927)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Richard Graham (Gloucester): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (902893)
* 2
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):  
    (902894)
* 3
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell):  
    (902895)
* 4
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth):  
    (902896)
* 5
Grahame M. Morris (Easington):  
    (902897)
* 6
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire):  
    (902898)
* 7
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis):  
    (902899)
* 8
Philip Davies (Shipley):  
    (902900)
* 9
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):  
    (902901)
* 10
Priti Patel (Witham):  
    (902902)

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)

Notices given on Monday 3 March

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason he did not require the work currently being carried out on the M1 motorway between junctions 28 and 32 to be phased in smaller sections so as to reduce congestion and delays; and if he will make a statement.
    (190324)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider introducing variable temporary speed limits on stretches of motorway where roadworks are taking place so that such temporary speed limits are not artificially low during times of light traffic use.
    (190325)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects junctions 28 to 32 of the M1 motorway in both directions to be devoid of all roadworks and lane closures; and if he will make a statement.
    (190326)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 March

1
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that more cases of female genital mutilation are prosecuted.
    (190517)
2
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of children in each income decile and of each ethnicity live in lone parent households.
    (190547)
3
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish on his Department's website the minutes of the Fraud Error and Debt Taskforce from June 2013.
    (190570)
4
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on merging income tax and national insurance.
    (190446)
5
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many draft local plans have been referred back to local authorities for revision since the adoption of the National Planning Policy Framework.
    (190571)
6
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many cases draft local plans have been referred back to authorities because of points raised about the duty to co-operate set out in the National Planning Policy Framework since the adoption of that framework.
    (190572)
7
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what he has made of the total number of people who will pay (a) increased council tax and (b) council tax for the first time from April 2014 as a result of the withdrawal of the council tax support transitional funding that was offered in the 2013-14 financial year.
    (190573)
8
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much land is available for house building within Greater London.
    (190477)
9
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average density of homes per hectare is for new build developments within Greater London in the latest period for which data are available.
    (190508)
10
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much brownfield land has been designated for house building within Greater London.
    (190540)
11
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his Department's evidence to the All Party Commission on Physical Activity.
    (190582)
12
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the dates, agendas and minutes of meetings Ministers and officials in her Department have had on children, child obesity and food advertising with representatives of the (a) Advertising Association, (b) Direct Marketing Association and (c) Internet Advertising Bureau between January 2012 and March 2014.
    (190442)
13
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many projects have been granted funding under the Rural Community Broadband Fund; how many projects under this Fund are under consideration for funding; how many such projects have been declined; and how many homes have been connected under this scheme to date.
    (190505)
14
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £20 million funding allocation for the Rural Community Broadband Fund will be spent by March 2015; and how much of the Fund she estimates will be returned to the European Union fund from which it was granted.
    (190506)
15
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 23 January 2014, case reference CMS 244813.
    (190523)
16
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish her Department's evidence to the All Party Commission on Physical Activity.
    (190583)
17
N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many prosecutions of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault of members of the armed forces resulted in a conviction by the Military Courts Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (190437)
18
N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault were made within the chain of command against members of the armed forces in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013; and, of such cases, how many resulted in a prosecution by the Service Prosecution Authority.
    (190438)
19
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was paid to returning officers in England for (a) running of council by-elections and (b) running of parish council by-elections in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (190520)
20
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area more than (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 30 and (iv) 40 per cent of pupils were classified as persistent absentees in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (190543)
21
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's centres offer (a) antenatal appointments, (b) birth registration and (c) parenting classes.
    (190544)
22
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities offer Family Group Conferences to families undergoing care proceedings.
    (190545)
23
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools have policies in place to (a) help to identify girls who have undergone female genital mutilation and (b) refer them to appropriate support.
    (190516)
24
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers receive adequate training in recognising children at risk of female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement.
    (190521)
25
N
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on Harperbury Free School.
    (190513)
26
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many draft regulations were raised by his Department in each of the last five years; and how many such regulations (a) were and (b) were not consulted upon.
    (190510)
27
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish his Department's evidence to the All Party Commission on Physical Activity.
    (190581)
28
N
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of likely changes in wholesale electricity prices in the period 2014 to 2018; and whether the influence of the Carbon Price Floor has been incorporated into those estimates.
  [R] (190561)
29
N
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what comparative estimate his Department has made of (a) clean spark spreads as applicable to gas generation and (b) clean dark spreads as applicable to coal generation, including the effect of the Carbon Price Floor, for winter 2015 and winter 2014; and whether they are consistent with recognised market data such as ICIS Heren.
  [R] (190579)
30
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what parameters the UK is eligible for funding from the EU's Solidarity Fund; and whether he intends to make an application for funding under the Fund following recent cases of severe weather.
    (190507)
31
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of arms sales from Iran to Iraq.
    (190445)
32
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to Paralympians attending the Sochi Paralympics.
    (190518)
33
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of involvement by Hezbollah's political wing in terrorist activities.
    (190514)
34
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Hezbollah's military presence in Syria.
    (190515)
35
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he has issued to Government Departments and Agencies on when it is appropriate to refer to the Falkland Islands as Falkland Islands (Malvinas) or Malvinas when answering Parliamentary questions.
    (190557)
36
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Iran's relationship with Hezbollah.
    (190527)
37
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of recent weapons transfers to Hezbollah from Syria.
    (190528)
38
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on the Russian government's perceptions of events in Ukraine; and if he will place in the Library a copy of any written communication he has had on this matter with Mr Lavrov.
    (190444)
39
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the number of people in the UK suffering from (i) loneliness and (ii) chronic loneliness and (b) the cost to the NHS of such conditions.
    (190439)
40
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of loneliness on (a) life expectancy, (b) cardiovascular disease, (c) dementia and (d) recovery from illness.
    (190440)
41
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department plans to introduce guidance for non-statutory pregnancy counselling services.
    (190441)
42
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will publish its assessment of the UK Council for Psychotherapy's February 2014 report on Conversion therapy.
    (190443)
43
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for (a) methlphenidate, (b) benzodiazepines, (c) morphine sulphate and (d) oxycodone were issued in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland, (vi) each English local authority and (vii) each Welsh local authority area in each of the last five years.
    (190546)
44
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that health workers identify girls at risk of female genital mutilation and refer them to social services for a safeguarding plan to be put in place.
    (190519)
45
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Chairman of NHS Property Services has not yet been appointed.
    (190512)
46
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisation is responsible for responding to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 about issues which formerly fell under the remit of strategic health authorities.
    (190569)
47
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's evidence to the All Party Commission on Physical Activity.
    (190584)
48
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements there are for a political party operating in another country which has a branch in the UK to register with the Electoral Commission.
    (190541)
49
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she became aware of the administrative scheme giving on-the-run republican terrorist suspects reassurances that they were no longer being sought for prosecution within the UK: and if she will make a statement.
    (190562)
50
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with representatives of the Rwandan government since December 2013.
    (190465)
51
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time officials in her Department have responsibility for its role and activities in Afghanistan.
    (190466)
52
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time officials in her Department have responsibility for issues related to women and girls.
    (190467)
53
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to assess the human rights records of states in receipt of direct development aid from the UK.
    (190468)
54
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to evaluate the UK's role in the relief effort in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan.
    (190469)
55
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidelines are applied when making a Public Defence Service appointment; and what provision is made for advertising Public Defence Service appointments in Welsh.
    (190464)
56
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of (a) chemical castration of prisoners and (b) assaults by prisoners on other prisoners resulting in castration there have been in each year since 2010.
    (190522)
57
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to encourage people to make wills.
    (190577)
58
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many special advisors are employed in his Department; what the budget is for the employment of special advisors; and what the cost of employing special advisors in his Department was in each year from 2010.
    (190578)
59
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on first-class rail travel by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (190548)
60
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the judgment in the case of John Downey, whether she plans to correct the Answer given by the right hon. Member for North Shropshire to the hon. Member for North Down, Official Report, column 46W, on on-the-runs; and if she will make a statement.
    (190585)
61
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the IRA members suspected of the murder of Chief Superintendant Breen and Superintendent Buchanan in March 1989 are amongst the 187 on-the-runs who received so-called comfort or administrative letters; and if she will make a statement.
    (190586)
62
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to meet representatives of the Trussell Trust in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (190542)
63
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's welfare reforms on sick and disabled people in Scotland.
    (190559)
64
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent proposals he has considered for provision by open access train operating companies on the East Coast Mainline; and if he will make a statement.
    (190560)
65
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of funding per head of the population for transport in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, (c) London and (d) England.
    (190576)
66
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's evidence to the All Party Commission on Physical Activity.
    (190580)
67
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will establish a hotline open to hon. Members seeking to contact his Department on the Capita-run health assessment for personal independence payments.
    (190511)
68
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of all claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance or employment and support allowance and (c) income support in 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) over two years.
    (190436)
69
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional help his Department offers to young unemployed people in regions of high unemployment.
    (190574)
70
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 685W, on pensions regulator, on what grounds the regulator did not take action in three cases; and who the 26 employers were.
    (190575)
71
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their benefits reduced to the maximum under the benefit cap (a) nationally and (b) in Scotland to date.
    (190509)
72
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the changes in the level of absolute child poverty since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (190558)
73
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have begun claiming universal credit in a pilot area have (a) moved to live in an area where universal credit is not being piloted, (b) formed a new relationship such that they are classified as part of a couple and (c) have had a child.
    (190476)
74
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the the universal credit programme will start accepting claims from people currently eligible for or claiming employment support allowance.
    (190478)
75
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people who begin claiming universal credit in a pilot area will be treated if they (a) move to live in an area where universal credit is not being piloted, (b) form a new relationship such that they are classified as part of a couple and (c) have a child.
    (190479)
76
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the progress of the Work Programme best practice group; and if he will make a statement.
    (190524)
77
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing a jobseeker classification instrument.
    (190525)
78
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have started their own business with support from the work programme.
    (190526)
79
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have begun an apprenticeship through support provided on the work programme; and if he will make a statement.
    (190529)
80
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a first lower tier sanction which was subsequently overturned in the most recent year for which data are available.
    (190530)
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)
Wednesday 12 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 27 February

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local development orders have been issued by local authorities in each constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
    (189929)

Notices given on Monday 3 March

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department offers to the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
    (190330)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to spend the funds for plug in vehicle charge points announced by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles in January 2014 allocated to (a) his Department centrally and (b) the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
    (190328)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 67W, on conflict resolution: females, with which bodies (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had discussions on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
    (190331)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrrested under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in each year since 2010.
    (190332)
5
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds are dedicated to the rehabilitation and management of offenders convicted under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
    (190329)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 March

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 223W, on schools: construction, how many bids his Department has received for financing to date.
    (190448)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 223W, on schools: construction, which schools (a) are expected to open in February 2014 and (b) are not planned to open before 2015.
    (190449)
Monday 17 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 3 March

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in each of those years.
    (190234)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in each of those years.
    (190235)
3
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in each of those years.
    (190236)
4
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in each of those years.
    (190237)
5
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in each of those years.
    (190238)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 March

1
N
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work her Department has commissioned on the use by migrants of UK welfare systems.
    (190447)
Tuesday 18 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 3 March

1
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the full costs of the National Compliance and Enforcement Service and the value of its business; and when this estimate was made.
    (190327)

Notices given on Tuesday 4 March

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
    (190486)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
    (190482)
3
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
    (190483)
4
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
    (190484)
5
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
    (190485)
Thursday 27 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 4 March

1
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of Britain's Defence and Security Strategy.
    (190480)

Prepared 5th March 2014