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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 10 March 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

Monday 10 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.
* 3
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (902895)
* 4
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth):  
    (902896)
* 6
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire):  
    (902898)
* 7
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis):  
    (902899)
* 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
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)
3
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)
4
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)
5
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)
6
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)
7
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)
8
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)
9
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)
10
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid to returning officers in England for running (a) council by-elections and (b) parish council by-elections in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (190520)
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
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 23 January 2014, case reference CMS 244813.
    (190523)
14
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)
15
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)
16
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)
17
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, 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)
18
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)
19
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)
20
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)
21
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)
22
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)
23
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)
24
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)
25
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)
26
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)
27
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)
28
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 plans to make an application for funding under the Fund following recent cases of severe weather.
    (190507)
29
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)
30
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)
31
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)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
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)
38
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)
39
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)
40
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)
41
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)
42
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)
43
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)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
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)
48
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)
49
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)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
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)
54
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)
55
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)
56
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)
57
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 of 10 January 2011 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)
58
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)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
65
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)
66
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of children in each income decile and of each ethnicity live in lone parent households.
    (190547)
67
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)
68
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the 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)
69
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)
70
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)
71
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)
72
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)
73
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)
74
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)
75
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)
76
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)
77
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)
78
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)

Notices given on Wednesday 5 March

1
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases under the administrative scheme for on-the-runs his Department has been involved in (a) between 2001 and 2010 and (b) 2010 to date.
    (190833)
2
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Attorney General, when he was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs.
    (190834)
3
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Attorney General for Northern Ireland on the administrative scheme which gave on-the-runs letters regarding their status within the UK.
    (190837)
4
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, when he became aware that the Serious Fraud Office had been wrongly claiming VAT on barristers' fees; and what steps he took when he had received that information.
    (190809)
5
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has plans to investigate allegations of currency market manipulation by employees of British banks.
    (190811)
6
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions the Director of the Serious Fraud Office has had with his counterparts in (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) prosecutors and regulators overseas on allegations of currency market manipulation by employees of British banks.
    (190812)
7
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he had with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) about the decision by the DPP to send prosecutors at the independent Bar a letter discouraging them from supporting industrial action over reductions in criminal legal aid.
    (190864)
8
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies registered through the Companies House online registration service in each of the last four years were subject to anti-money laundering checks.
    (190602)
9
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the benefits of the potential use of the Companies House online registration service for the purpose of money laundering.
    (190603)
10
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new companies registered through the Companies House online registration service in each of the last four years.
    (190604)
11
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on devolution of locally based UK Trade & Investment, Manufacturing Advisory Service and Growth Accelerator Initiative contracts to (a) combined authorities and (b) local enterprise partnerships.
    (190620)
12
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total amount of inward investment in the North East has been since May 2010; and how much such investment is accounted for by the sale of Northern Rock.
    (190622)
13
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential for synergy between coal gasification projects and the UK chemical sector.
    (190632)
14
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the international ranking of the UK in terms of the total value of exports was in each of the last five years.
    (190634)
15
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department expects to implement a system of Islamic student loans.
    (190664)
16
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of bilateral trade between the UK and Israel was in 2013.
    (190610)
17
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints about insolvency practitioners were received in each year from 2010 to 2014; what issue gave rise to the most such complaints in each such year; and (a) how many and (b) what proportion of such complaints related to fees.
    (190802)
18
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints about the Insolvency Service were received in each year from 2010 to 2014.
    (190803)
19
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has made about the regulatory burden imposed by the European Aviation Safety Agency on hot air balloon manufacturers; and if he will make a statement.
    (190781)
20
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on steps to take to reduce the regulatory burden on video games producers.
    (190594)
21
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will commission a new report on High Speed 2 from the Major Projects Authority and publish it in full before the Second Reading of the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill.
    (190786)
22
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people who were (a) white, (b) white British, (c) Irish, (d) travellers of Irish heritage, (e) Gypsy or Roma, (f) any other white background, (g) white and black Caribbean, (h) black Caribbean, (i) white and black African, (j) white and Asian, (k) any other mixed background, (l) Asian, (m) Pakistani, (n) Bangladeshi, (o) any other Asian background, (p) black, (q) any other black background, (r) Chinese and (s) any other ethnic group were married in each year since 1996.
    (190729)
23
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each constituency were on the electoral register in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
    (190819)
24
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representatives of commercial debt management firms were formally met by officials of the Financial Conduct Authority between October and December 2013.
    (190711)
25
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the new prudential requirements for commercial debt managers in the last six months.
    (190714)
26
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on a short-term air passenger duty holiday to incentivise new long haul air routes.
    (190623)
27
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of withdrawal of drilling rig tax concessions on investment and activity in the oil and gas sector on the UK Continental Shelf.
    (190630)
28
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans are in place for the future administration of Premium Bonds currently administered in Scotland and held by residents in England, Northern Ireland and Wales in the event of Scottish independence; and if he will make a statement.
    (190813)
29
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what average (a) amount and (b) percentage alcohol excise duty has changed per wine bottle (i )between 1997 and 2010 and (ii) 2010 to date.
    (190590)
30
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total economic contribution of the wine and spirit industries to the UK economies is.
    (190591)
31
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax is levied on a (a) 330ml bottle of beer with an alcohol by volume of four per cent, (b) 750ml bottle of wine with an alcohol by volume of 11 per cent and (c) 700ml bottle of Scotch whisky with an alcohol by volume of 40 per cent.
    (190592)
32
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which consumer goods sold in the UK have the highest level of tax per item; and how much the tax is per item.
    (190633)
33
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total annual economic contribution of the (a) domestic UK wine growing industry, (b) the Scotch whisky industry and (c) the gin distilling industry.
    (190673)
34
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes made to the stamp duty land tax regime since 1997 on the functioning of the housing market.
    (190750)
35
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of stamp duty land tax rates on house-buying in England.
    (190751)
36
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sales of properties that qualified for the 15 per cent stamp duty land tax rate have taken place in (a) England and (b) London to date.
    (190752)
37
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for devolution of stamp duty land tax to the London Assembly.
    (190753)
38
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sales of properties that qualified for the seven per cent stamp duty land tax rate have taken place in (a) England and (b) London to date; and if he will make a statement.
    (190754)
39
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average stamp duty yield in London is; and what this figure is as a proportion of the average London house price in the most recent month for which data is available.
    (190758)
40
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average stamp duty yield is in the UK; and what this figure is as a proportion of the average UK house price in the most recent month for which data is available.
    (190759)
41
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from stamp duty land tax in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (190767)
42
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from stamp duty land tax (SDLT) from properties in Greater London in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what this figure represents as a proportion of total SDLT receipts.
    (190768)
43
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of first time buyers in London who did not pay stamp duty land tax on the purchase of a new home between 1 April 2010 and 24 March 2012.
    (190769)
44
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sales of properties in each London borough qualified for the (a) three, (b) four and (c) five per cent stamp duty land tax in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
    (190770)
45
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sales of properties that qualified for the (a) three per cent, (b) four per cent and (c) five per cent stamp duty land tax rate took place in London in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012; and what proportion such sales represent of the total property sales in England at these bands.
    (190777)
46
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of his long-term economic plans on (a) employment and (b) tax paid by individuals in (i) Kettering constituency and (ii) the UK since May 2010.
    (190745)
47
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small businesses in Dartford will benefit from the extension of the small business rate relief scheme to March 2015.
    (190628)
48
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the impact on (a) women and (b) men of (i) the measures in the Autumn Statement 2013 and (ii) the combination of measures in the Autumn Statement and Budget in 2010 to 2012 and the 2013 Budget; and if he will make a statement.
    (190796)
49
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the Fairtrade Foundation's Make Bananas Fair campaign.
    (190624)
50
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines have been issued to employers in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber for not paying the national minimum wage since March 2013; and what the total value of fines is in each such area.
    (190684)
51
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefit of introducing export duty exemptions for creative media companies.
    (190595)
52
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on reducing the regulatory burden on video games producers.
    (190605)
53
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies export products from the UK; and how much such firms contribute annually to the Exchequer in (a) corporation tax and (b) export duty.
    (190612)
54
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much corporation tax was paid by (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) large companies in each of the last five years.
    (190631)
55
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on devolution of Homes and Communities Agency assets to (a) combined authorities and (b) local enterprise partnerships.
    (190614)
56
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements he has made for the representation of minority political parties on the leadership boards of combined authorities.
    (190629)
57
 
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to examine the (a) effectiveness and (b) possible legal implications of a cumulative impact test for high streets and the local community.
    (190600)
58
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to revoke planning permission granted on appeal, reference 07/00027/DECISI at Longford, Gloucestershire on the grounds of flood risk.
    (190682)
59
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to make an announcement on changes to permitted development rights; and if he will make a statement.
    (190683)
60
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of levels of involvement in the arts of people in socially deprived areas.
    (190841)
61
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the contribution of the tourism industry to the economy of (a) each English region, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
    (190854)
62
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much support her Department has provided to the (a) video games industry and (b) film industry in each of the last five years.
    (190593)
63
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to protect personnel in recruitment offices.
    (190839)
64
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 66W, on army: training, what further steps he is taking to improve recruiting performance; and what targets have been set to assess results.
    (190853)
65
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will support the placing of a commemorative plaque in Whitehall to honour those who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
    (190722)
66
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether prosecutors who undertake rape and serious sexual assault prosecutions for the Services' Prosecuting Authority are required to undergo the Crown Prosecution Service's rape specialist training and accreditation.
    (190808)
67
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, columns 509-10W, on electoral registration, if his Department will sponsor a national registration week.
    (190814)
68
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's centres have closed since May 2010.
    (190648)
69
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's centres which moved outside of local authority control are still in operation under a new legal structure, such as a charity or co-operative, since 2010.
    (190649)
70
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds were ringfenced for children's centres in 2010.
    (190650)
71
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's centres are currently (a) run by private sector companies and (b) consulting on proposals to be run by private sector companies.
    (190651)
72
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds other than funding for disadvantaged two year olds are ringfenced for children's centres in the current financial year.
    (190652)
73
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what risk assessment was carried out in respect of reducing the Early Intervention Grant to councils; and if he will publish that assessment.
    (190656)
74
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the Early Intervention Grant on local councils; and if he will provide a copy of the document.
    (190708)
75
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) number, (b) ethnicity, (c) gender and (d) age was of trainees recruited to each provider's Initial Teacher Training undergraduate primary programmes in the (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 academic years.
    (190703)
76
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) number, (b) ethnicity, (c) gender and (d) age of trainees recruited to each of School Direct, Schools Direct (salaried), Higher Education Provider and Teach First was in the (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 academic years.
    (190704)
77
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what account he plans to take of (a) the future viability of higher education Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provision in London, (b) the costs and risks of Ofsted inspections of ITT, (c) the effect on regional supply and demand, (d) the effect on the subject knowledge enhancement programmes provided by universities, (e) the effect on the capacity of universities to provide support for school and college improvement, (f) continuous professional development and the administration of ITT, (g) student access to learning resources, libraries and services such as counselling and (h) demand from ITT students for academic qualifications when making 2015-16 ITT allocations; and if he will make a statement.
    (190707)
78
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report on the relationship between student performance and use of performance-based pay schemes, published in May 2012.
    (190778)
79
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the amount of time it will take school governors to make decisions on performance-related pay.
    (190779)
80
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the total cost to the public purse of teachers' salaries of introducing performance-related pay.
    (190780)
81
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of teachers who are subject to performance-related pay seeking posts in schools with poorer Ofsted results because of concerns about the effects on their salary of such a policy.
    (190783)
82
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 11 year olds in England are not deemed to have the required level of literacy.
    (190860)
83
 
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to stop faith schools redacting questions from national exam papers.
    (190626)
84
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the future prospects for coal gasification and carbon capture and storage projects in the North East.
    (190613)
85
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of recoverable oil and gas reserves beneath the UK Continental Shelf.
    (190619)
86
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK based supply chain to the oil and gas sector is supported in the future development of the UK Continental Shelf.
    (190621)
87
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to ensure greater transparency and fairness in the tendering process for UK Continental Shelf projects.
    (190625)
88
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the current level of investment is in exploration projects in the UK Continental Shelf; and what assessment he had made of trends in future investment.
    (190627)
89
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether membership of the new regulator scheme covering the UK Continental Shelf recommended by the Wood Review will be a compulsory requirement for operators in the North Sea oil and gas fields.
    (190635)
90
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 391, on energy prices, how many new (a) electricity and (b) gas suppliers have entered the (i) domestic and (ii) non-domestic energy markets in each year between 1996 and 2013.
    (190657)
91
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 391, on energy prices, what estimate his Department has made of the current market share of each energy supplier that has entered the domestic supply market since 2010.
    (190658)
92
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 391, on energy prices, how many electricity supliers there were in each year since 1998 in the (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic market.
    (190659)
93
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 391, on energy prices, how many gas suppliers there were in each year since 1996 in the (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic market.
    (190660)
94
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much investment in the Green Energy sector there was in each year between 2005 and 2013.
    (190662)
95
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 400, on extreme weather events, if he will publish the terms of reference of the review of the fourth carbon budget.
    (190665)
96
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 401, on energy market competition, by what criteria his Department assesses the competitiveness of the energy market.
    (190666)
97
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wirral South of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 398, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for the statement that independent generators are not interested in increasing liquidity on the next-day market.
    (190667)
98
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wirral South of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 398, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for the statement that next-day trading has increased to more than 50 per cent of electricity.
    (190668)
99
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 388, on energy company obligation, what the evidential basis is for the statement that more households will receive measures under the energy company obligation as a result of the changes to the scheme.
    (190669)
100
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 389, on energy efficiency, what his Department's policy is on loft insulation.
    (190670)
101
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Banbury of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 389, on energy efficiency, what recent steps he has taken to improve the experience of the green deal for (a) consumers and (b) the supply chain.
    (190671)
102
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent meetings he has had with British Gas to discuss energy efficiency measures in solid wall properties.
    (190748)
103
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish his consultation on changes to the Energy Company Obligation and the equality impact assessment of such changes.
    (190763)
104
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the Energy Company Obligation has been spent on insulating solid wall properties to date.
    (190764)
105
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of uninsulated solid-wall properties in (a) Nottingham City, (b) Nottinghamshire County, (c) the East Midlands and (d) the UK.
    (190765)
106
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost was of manufacturing (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbines in the UK in 2013; and what return on capital was used as a basis for fixing current subsidies to generators using these sources.
    (190599)
107
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the name and size is of each offshore windfarm around the UK coast that currently (a) is operating, (b) is under construction, (c) has been granted planning permission but not started construction and (d) is applying for planning permission; and what the name of the company operating each such windfarm is.
    (190832)
108
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to lay regulations in respect of section 43 of the Energy Act 2011.
    (190756)
109
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has held in the last 12 months with Landsvirkjun on the Icelink power cable proposals.
    (190757)
110
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to prevent horses being fly-grazed in Wales being moved over the border to England.
    (190709)
111
 
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to celebrate the International Year of the Pulses in 2016; and if he will make a statement.
    (190749)
112
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on poultry beak trimming with EU officials; and what assessment he has made of the opinion expressed by the National Farmers Union on this matter.
    (190606)
113
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in banning the use of wild animals in circuses by 2015.
    (190747)
114
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the treatment of Ugandan human rights defenders and LGBT activists since the recent signing of the anti-homosexuality bill.
    (190806)
115
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to impose (a) travel bans and (b) other targeted sanctions against ministers in the Ugandan government responsible for serious rights abuses or involved in the implementation of the new anti-homosexuality law in that country.
    (190807)
116
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received on any inquiry into the death of Sky News cameraman Mick Deane in Cairo on 14 August 2013.
    (190718)
117
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received concerning the British journalists employed by Al-Jazeera put on trial by the Egyptian authorities; and if he will make a statement.
    (190719)
118
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what formal response he has made to President Karzai's view that Al Qaeda is more a myth than a reality.
    (190706)
119
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it the policy of the Government that the Russian Federation be suspended from the Council of Europe until it complies with its obligations under the 1949 Statute.
    (190785)
120
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to address the persecution of Christians in North Korea.
    (190865)
121
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received regarding the persecution of Christians in North Korea.
    (190866)
122
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterparts in other countries potential steps that could be taken to stop persecution of Christians in North Korea.
    (190867)
123
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received regarding the treatment of prisoners in North Korean concentration camps.
    (190868)
124
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make lessening the persecution of Christians worldwide a key part of his foreign policy.
    (190869)
125
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the position of Christians in Egypt.
    (190840)
126
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the level of societal cohesion in Libya; what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a constructive outcome from the work of the Constitutional Committee in Libya; and if he will make a statement.
    (190639)
127
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Libyan counterpart on the constitutional situation in Libya and the stability of that country.
    (190641)
128
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the re-adoption by Libya of the constitution of 1951.
    (190642)
129
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made on the level of support in Libya for the constitution of 1951; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of success of the implementation of other constitutional options aside from the re-adoption of the constitution of 1951.
    (190643)
130
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage Libya to re-adopt the constitution of 1951 as a prelude to stability in that country.
    (190644)
131
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing the Constitutional Committee of Libya; and whether such support incorporates work towards encouraging the re-adoption of the constitution of 1951.
    (190645)
132
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterparts in (a) the US, (b) the EU and (c) other North African countries on steps to take to encourage stability in Libya and to establish a common position on the adoption by Libya of the constitution of 1951.
    (190646)
133
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Pakistan on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1618.
    (190710)
134
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 18 November 2013, Official Report, columns 959-61, on Commonwealth meeting and the Philippines, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Sri Lanka since the Prime Minister's call for an independent into alleged war crimes in that country.
    (190712)
135
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on the applications for re-admission of residents of Camp Ashraf submitted by the UN High Commission for Refugees.
    (190713)
136
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of harassment of journalists in the Crimea.
    (190636)
137
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is no impunity for people responsible for crimes against humanity being committed in the conflict in South Sudan.
    (190858)
138
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent rape being used as an instrument of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    (190859)
139
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Burmese counterpart on the persecution of the Christians within the Rohingya and Kachin ethnic tribes.
    (190607)
140
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Syrian counterpart on the protection of the Christian minority in Syria.
    (190608)
141
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the recent spate of attacks in that country by Boko Haram.
    (190609)
142
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Terrence Higgins Trust report on HIV and poverty, published in February 2014, if he will review the effectiveness of the assessment used to decide whether HIV positive people are entitled to the help they need.
    (190862)
143
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation following its meeting on 11 February 2014 regarding the introduction of a meningitis B vaccination programme on the NHS.
    (190797)
144
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what communications his Department has made to (a) local authorities in England and (b) health and wellbeing boards about the Government's Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme.
    (190798)
145
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a wide range of psychological therapies is accessible to people with multiple and complex needs.
    (190848)
146
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 women.
    (190849)
147
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to fund research into the effectiveness of psychological therapies for people with multiple and complex needs.
    (190850)
148
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence plans to appraise the Abraxane form of protein-bound paclitanel.
    (190724)
149
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps in partnership with pharmaceutical companies to fund clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of low dose naltrexone in providing relief to patients with autoimmune diseases and central nervous system disorders.
    (190731)
150
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 460W, on cancer: drugs, for what reasons NHS England did not place Abraxane for the treatment of advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas on the national list of Cancer Drugs Fund cohort policies.
    (190790)
151
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason, and under what authority, NHS England requires area commissioning teams to adopt a standard national tariff deflation for mental health services where prices are determined locally.
    (190882)
152
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with late-stage melanoma have received Ipilimumab as a second-line treatment following unsuccessful treatment with the first-line drug Dacarbazine in (a) St Austell and Newquay constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years.
    (190793)
153
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged 15 to 34 have been diagnosed with advanced melanoma in (a) St Austell and Newquay constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England; and how many such people have received (i) Dacarbazine and (ii) Ipilimumab.
    (190794)
154
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) frontline and (b) support staff there were at Darent Valley Hospital in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (190674)
155
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was collected from renting or leasing NHS hospital facilities or floor space to third parties in each of the last five years.
    (190675)
156
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether standardised recipes are used for hospital food in England.
    (190720)
157
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by NHS England on removing their ban on patients being treated by gamma knife at University College Hospital.
    (190717)
158
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation regarding the introduction of a meningitis B vaccination programme in the NHS since 11 February 2014.
    (190663)
159
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in reaching the European average cancer survival rate.
    (190782)
160
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is necessary for a doctor to see a pregnant woman in order to make a judgement in good faith that she qualifies for an abortion under ground C of the Abortion Act 1967.
    (190721)
161
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which persons and organisations will (a) analyse the responses and (b) be consulted in drafting the response to his Department's consultation on required standard operating procedures for independent sector places for termination of pregnancy.
    (190739)
162
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many neonatal deaths were recorded following a legal termination of pregnancy in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (190740)
163
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were commissioned by the NHS for delivery in the private sector by (a) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (b) Marie Stopes International and (c) any other independent provider in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (190741)
164
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born with addictions in each of the last 10 years.
    (190742)
165
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government's proposed guidelines on compliance with the Abortion Act 1967 will contain punitive provisions for breaches of government regulations and advice concerning abortion provision.
    (190743)
166
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ground E abortions were performed after diagnosis by (a) amniocentesis, (b) ultrasound, (c) chrorionic vilius sampling and (d) other diagnostic tests in each of the last 10 years; what other methods of diagnosis were cited under other in each such year; and how many such diagnoses were recorded in each such year.
    (190744)
167
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of HSA4 forms did not specifically indicate whether the certifying doctors had seen or examined the patient in each of the last three years.
    (190799)
168
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which official body has responsibility for ensuring that HSA4 forms are correctly filled out; whether he plans to provide details of the procedures that are used by that body to investigate incomplete HSA4 forms to ensure that the terminations in question were legally and safely conducted; and if he will make a statement.
    (190800)
169
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether failure properly to disclose on an HSA1 form whether a patient has been seen by the two certifying doctors constitutes a breach of the regulations governing abortion.
    (190801)
170
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring that future iterations of the Innovation Scorecard are able to record levels of uptake of breast cancer chemoprevention drugs.
    (190787)
171
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to work with NHS England to ensure that (a) regional and (b) historical comparisons on the uptake of breast cancer drugs can be made using the Innovation Scorecard.
    (190788)
172
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on overcoming barriers to monitoring uptake of breast cancer chemoprevention drugs.
    (190789)
173
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made on the Immigration Casework System; and what the cost of the system has been to date.
    (190588)
174
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current timescale for the introduction of the e-borders programme is; and when she intends to announce a preferred bidder for this programme.
    (190589)
175
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the five most frequent grounds for the issuing of a European arrest warrant were in 2012-13.
    (190678)
176
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which five countries issued the most European arrest warrants in 2012-13.
    (190679)
177
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incoming European arrest warrants were received in 2012-13.
    (190680)
178
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outgoing European arrest warrants were issued in 2012-13.
    (190681)
179
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times she has intervened in extradition cases since May 2010.
    (190699)
180
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will update the UK visas and immigration guidance on Ugandan asylum cases to reflect the safety implications for Ugandans of the recent ratification of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in that country.
    (190716)
181
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants have made an in-time application for judicial review since 2010 following immigration cases where her Department failed to respond to a pre-action protocol within three months.
    (190760)
182
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pre-action protocols relating to immigration cases which were received in 2013 her Department (a) responded to within 14 days and (b) failed to respond to within three months.
    (190761)
183
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pre-action protocols relating to immigration cases were received in 2013.
    (190762)
184
N
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, for how long Tour Guides Ltd has held a contract with the Palace for commercial tours; and what the value of that contract has been in each year of its operation.
    (190771)
185
 
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, who authorised the restrictions on Members' Tours to Mondays during short recesses and to after 3.30pm on non-sitting Fridays.
    (190773)
186
 
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many Members' Tours will no longer be able to take place between 1 February 2014 and the summer recess as a result of the new restrictions during short recesses and non-sitting Fridays.
    (190774)
187
 
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 394W, on parliamentary tours, of those in-house guides that are not substantive employees, how many are classified as (a) contractors and (b) employees of the House.
    (190775)
188
 
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 394W, on parliamentary tours, how many in-house guides are (a) substantive employees of the House, (b) former employees of the House and (c) employed as only in-house guides.
    (190776)
189
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has had with hon. Members on the effects of mice on the Parliamentary Estate; and what assessment the Commission has made of whether there has been an increase in the numbers of mice on the Estate over the last three years.
    (190825)
190
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the Commission spent on countering the negative effects of infestation by mice on the Parliamentary Estate in each year since 2010.
    (190826)
191
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what contracts the Commission has held with firms to catch mice on the Parliamentary Estate in each year since 2010; and what the value of these contracts is.
    (190827)
192
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential effectiveness of a cat in reducing infestation by mice on the Parliamentary Estate; and what steps it has taken in response to that assessment.
    (190828)
193
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has had with representatives of Number 10 Downing Street on the effectiveness of housing a cat permanently on the premises to deal with mouse infestations.
    (190829)
194
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the number of mice present in (a) the Members' Tea Room and (b) the Terrace Cafeteria.
    (190830)
195
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has held on the offer of a cat from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to counter the mouse infestation on the Parliamentary Estate; and what decisions it has reached on that offer.
    (190831)
196
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will review all its development programmes in Uganda to ensure that no UK aid is being provided in a way that gives support to the promotion of homophobia and repression.
    (190804)
197
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to support health programmes in Uganda which may become illegal or put vulnerable groups at risk following the passage of anti-homosexuality legislation in that country.
    (190805)
198
N
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to develop, implement and monitor the Strategic Priority on Violence against Women and Girls in its next operational plan in 2015.
    (190766)
199
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will discuss steps to mitigate the risk of widespread famine in Mozambique with the Government of that country.
    (190705)
200
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK official development assistance has been allocated to non-departmental spending in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (190772)
201
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Minister of State in her Department discussed the flow of humanitarian aid and the normalisation of trade accross borders between Sinai and the Gaza Strip on her recent visit to representatives of the Egyptian government in Cairo.
    (190746)
202
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time members of staff in her Department have responsibility for conflict states.
    (190732)
203
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time members of staff in her Department have responsibility for her Department's role in the post millennium development goals framework.
    (190733)
204
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full time members of staff in her Department have responsibility for her Department's role in Syria.
    (190734)
205
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full time members of staff in her Department have responsibility for issues related to HIV and AIDS.
    (190735)
206
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full time members of staff in her Department have responsibility for issues related to workers' rights.
    (190736)
207
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 108W, on equality, what the equivalent figures were for financial year 2013-14.
    (190598)
208
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate is for women released from each women's prison in England.
    (190596)
209
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the running costs were of the Independent Monitoring Board in each prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
    (190597)
210
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated estate value is of each women's prison in England and Wales.
    (190611)
211
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to HM Courts and Tribunal Service is of an appeal regarding an employment and support allowance decision.
    (190730)
212
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 248W, on non-molestation orders: West Sussex, how many non-molestation orders were issued by courts in England in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
    (190838)
213
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of rape-flagged convictions were convictions for (a) rape or attempted rape, (b) any other kind of sexual assault, (c) a non-sexual offence against the person and (d) another offence in 2012-13 and each of the five preceding years.
    (190810)
214
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to his Department was of a social security tribunal case in each year since 2010.
    (190847)
215
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will review the answers to written and oral parliamentary questions given by Ministers in her Department in Parliament about the issue of an amnesty or any other process dealing with on-the-runs since 2006; and if she will make a statement.
    (190835)
216
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the people issued with letters under the administrative scheme for on-the-runs are from (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the rest of the UK, (c) the Irish Republic and (d) elsewhere.
    (190836)
217
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland since the announcement of the administrative scheme to issue letters to on-the-run terrorist suspects.
    (190863)
218
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any of 187 on-the-runs issued with administrative letters were being sought in connection with the Omagh Bombing of 15 August 1998; and if she will make a statement.
    (190653)
219
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, of how many murders the 187 on-the-runs issued with administrative letters had been suspected; and if she will make a statement.
    (190654)
220
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, of how many bomb explosions in total the 187 on-the-runs issued with administrative letters had been suspected; and if she will make a statement.
    (190655)
221
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, columns 189-90W, on electoral register: Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of attainers registered to vote the year (a) before and (b) after the introduction of individual electoral registration; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for any changes in registration.
    (190815)
222
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what procurement process was conducted by IPSA in advance of the decision to engage Matrix Chambers to prepare and advise on High Court action in May 2013 in respect of their case against the hon. Member for Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.
    (190702)
223
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, in which local authorities in England the Commission believes electoral fraud is a significant problem.
    (190817)
224
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reasons the Commission's estimate of unregistered voters was four million in 2010 and six million in December 2011.
    (190818)
225
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what current campaign the Electoral Commission has to increase registration of (a) UK citizens living abroad and (b) UK citizens living in the UK.
    (190820)
226
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the use of positive role models and celebrities to increase electoral registration and voter turnout.
    (190821)
227
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the data matching rates were for university students living in university towns.
    (190822)
228
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the registration rates were in the review of the national estimate of the completeness of the electoral register in England and Wales in 2000 and the Electoral Commission's research on Great Britain's electoral register in 2011.
    (190823)
229
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what account the Electoral Commission took of the contribution of the requirement to provide photo identification to vote in the US in developing policy on the introduction of photo identification for voting in the UK.
    (190824)
230
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the opening of sea routes through the North West Passage on ports in the UK.
    (190616)
231
 
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 388W, on London Midland, what steps he is taking to ensure that the performance of London Midland is improved relative to that of other train operating companies.
    (190723)
232
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments have been made to Greengauge 21 by (a) his Department and (b) HS2 Ltd since 1 January 2011; and what the purposes of those payments were.
    (190842)
233
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list (a) the contracts, (b) the value of those contracts and (c) payments made between (i) his Department and (ii) HS2 Ltd and (A) Alstom, (B) Atkins, (C) Bechtel, (D) CH2M Hill, (E) Hitachi, (F) Keolis, (G) Parsons Brinckerhoff, (H) the Rail Industry Association (I) Siemens and (J) the University of Birmingham.
    (190843)
234
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts there are between (a) his Department, (b) HS2 Ltd and (c) non-departmental public bodies and Steer Davies Gleave; and what the values of those contracts are.
    (190852)
235
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle owners registered to use Dart-tag in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (190676)
236
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the full cost of operating the toll booths at the Dartford crossing was for the last five years.
    (190677)
237
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of hybrid trains operating between Aberystwyth and Birmingham International on the need for electrification of the line between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton.
    (190601)
238
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to increase access to capital for community rail projects.
    (190640)
239
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is considering vacating Great Minster House.
    (190700)
240
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for refurbishment of the reception area of Great Minster House.
    (190701)
241
 
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on whether other EU member states have expressed concern about risks to connectivity arising from the financial costs of compliance with the International Maritime Organisation emissions regulations due to come into force on 1 January 2015; and whether the Government has discussed this matter with the governments of other EU member states.
    (190875)
242
 
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to mitigate any potential damage to the UK's connectivity arising from the financial costs of compliance with the International Maritime Organisation emissions regulations due to come into force on 1 January 2015, insofar as it is practical to do so.
    (190876)
243
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the UK has made in gaining time-limited exemptions from the International Maritime Organisation emissions regulations due to come into force on 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (190877)
244
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what response his Department has received from the European Commission to its representations on potential shortage of marine fuel supplies arising from the implementation of the International Maritime Organisation emissions regulations due to come into force on 1 January 2015.
    (190878)
245
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of potential changes to the level of charges to passengers and vehicle owners on ferry services arising from the implementation of the International Maritime Organisation emissions regulations due to come into force on 1 January 2015.
    (190879)
246
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of whether ferry services within and to the UK may be at risk of closure as the result of the implementation of the International Maritime Organisation emissions regulations due to come into force on 1 January 2015.
    (190880)
247
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the UK has decided not to seek to apply time-limited exemptions from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) emissions regulations due to come into force on 1 January 2015 in respect of specific vessels and routes, reporting such exemptions to the IMO for recording.
    (190881)
248
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Terrence Higgins Trust report on HIV and poverty, published in February 2014, if his Department will work with employers and charities to reintroduce unemployed people to work over a longer time frame with staggered changes to their unemployment benefits.
    (190861)
249
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on devolution of welfare support services, commissioning and performance management to (a) combined authorities and (b) local enterprise partnerships.
    (190615)
250
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of which interventions funded by the Innovation Fund for new support services for separating parents have been effective in fostering collaborative relationships between parents after separation.
    (190726)
251
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents have been supported by the Innovation Fund for new support services for separating parents to date.
    (190727)
252
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to continue funding for the Innovation Fund for new support services for separating parents after 2014.
    (190728)
253
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2014, Official Report, column 675W, on attendance allowance, what steps officials in his Department take to ascertain that claimants already in receipt of attendance allowance are still eligible for that benefit once they have moved into residential care.
    (190784)
254
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual cost is of (a) sorting Jobcentre post in Wolverhampton and (b) sending it on and opening it in Telford and Kidderminster; and if he will take steps to introduce a more cost-effective process of sorting the Jobcentre post.
    (190587)
255
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received supporting the removal of the Local Welfare Assistance Fund.
    (190637)
256
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the removal of the Local Welfare Assistance Fund on (a) child poverty and (b) homelessness.
    (190638)
257
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance customers had their benefit sanctioned as a result of not applying for 50 jobs per week in 2013.
    (190844)
258
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies have been prosecuted for breaching Regulation Seven of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, specifying the reasonable temperature of indoor workplaces since 1992.
    (190845)
259
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about unreasonable working temperatures have been received by the Health and Safety Executive since the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 came into effect.
    (190846)

Notices given on Thursday 6 March

1
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether figures for the number of UK citizens in any of the last three censuses have been subsequently amended.
[Transferred]   (190816)
2
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken with the UK video gaming industry to supply the relevant information to the European Commission on tax breaks for the industry.
[Transferred]   (190857)
3
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Bank of England on the creation of a national consumer credit lending database.
[Transferred]   (190617)
4
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the creation of a national consumer credit lending database.
[Transferred]   (190618)
5
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of a national consumer credit lending database.
[Transferred]   (190647)
6
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) creative, (b) film, (c) music and (d) video games industries.
[Transferred]   (190855)
7
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what teaching resources are being provided to schools to help engage students in the centenary of the First World War; and who is responsible for the co-ordination of such resources.
[Transferred]   (190856)
8
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the setting of targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to be discussed at the European Council summit on 20 March 2014.
[Transferred]   (190672)
9
N
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have taken place under the Waste Incineration Directive in each year since 2007.
[Transferred]   (190725)
10
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.
[Transferred]   (190505)
11
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 he estimates will be returned to the European Union fund from which it was granted.
[Transferred]   (190506)
12
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of migration on employment of UK nationals.
[Transferred]   (190851)
13
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the UK's extradition treaty with the US to enable the UK to (a) set conditions on extradition, (b) halt extradition until the Government is satisfied the conditions in which suspects will be held will be appropriate and (c) delay extradition until the case is ready for trial in the extraditing country.
[Transferred]   (190661)
14
 
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average award is made to an employee through the tribunal process for unpaid wages.
[Transferred]   (190755)
15
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 532W, on USA, whether UK citizens in receipt of benefits extradited to the US will still have access to benefits if released on bail.
[Transferred]   (190795)
16
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young people without a university qualification working in the (a) high-tech manufacturing and (b) space industry.
    (190889)
17
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support the use of electric vehicles.
    (190962)
18
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to begin naming employers who do not comply with the National Minimum Wage under the revised scheme adopted on 1 October 2013; whether all employers investigated by HM Revenue and Customs where a Notice of Underpayment is then issued will be named; where that information will be published; and whether his Department will take steps to inform the media of the publication of that information.
    (191067)
19
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the UK agricultural technologies strategy; and if he will make a statement.
    (190937)
20
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints about official receiver fees were received in each year between 2010 and 2014.
    (190893)
21
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints about the Official Receiver were received in each year between 2010 and 2014.
    (190894)
22
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review his Department's civil contingencies response.
    (190934)
23
 
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with mortgage lenders on their policy that domestic mortgages must be repaid in full before the mortgagors 75th birthday.
    (190899)
24
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the Green Book in regard to flood defence investment; and if he will make a statement.
    (190935)
25
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what right of appeal account holders have in disputes over dormant bank accounts.
    (191076)
26
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the future of the HM Revenue and Customs centre in Newry.
    (191077)
27
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups provide adequate services for the specific physical and mental needs of veterans.
    (190892)
28
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer (a) Question 187552 tabled for ordinary answer on 13 February 2014 and (b) Question 187551 tabled for ordinary answer on 13 February 2014.
    (190971)
29
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of empty homes in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each of the last three financial years.
    (190963)
30
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many facilities have been listed as assets of community value under the Localism Act 2011 to date.
    (190964)
31
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by local authorities on funding for staff to carry out trades union activities in each of the last three financial years.
    (190992)
32
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will review the workings of the Party Wall Act 1966.
    (191050)
33
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many flood rescues and flood evacuations were carried out in England by firefighters from each fire and rescue service in each of the months of December 2013, January and February 2014.
    (191035)
34
 
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when guidance will be published on how local authorities can apply to the £130 million additional flood relief fund.
    (191009)
35
 
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) owner-occupiers, (b) social housing tenants and (c) private tenants were resident in properties in (i) England, (ii) Greater London and (iii) Greenwhich Borough in (A) the latest period for which data is available and (B) the date 15 years prior to this.
  [R] (191047)
36
 
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were fined for not holding a television licence in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway, (c) Kent and (d) England in 2013.
    (190967)
37
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the recommendations of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuisance Calls' report into nuisance calls; and whether she will issue a formal response to that report.
    (190939)
38
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's fourth report of Session 2013-14 on Nuisance Calls, HC 636.
    (190995)
39
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her Department's action plan on nuisance calls.
    (191044)
40
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has reviewed its plans to operate successor submarines without mid-life refuelling in the light of the incident on the Dounreay prototype in 2012.
    (191073)
41
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department became aware of the detection of low levels of radioactivity in cooling water surrounding a prototype core at the Naval Reactor Test Establishment at Dounreay; and when he first made the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency aware of this issue.
    (191068)
42
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many local authorities have adopted the Armed Forces Covenant to date; and how many remain to do so.
    (190970)
43
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many international military personnel and from what countries attended (a) RAF Cranwell, (b) Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, (c) Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and (d) the Defence Academy, Shrivenham in each year since 2010.
    (190904)
44
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of feeding, watering and mainting the armed forces' ceremonial horses was in each year since 2010.
    (190905)
45
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the ceremonial duties performed by the London Regiment was in each year since 2010.
    (190906)
46
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the salary bands for UK defence attachés are; and how many fall within each band.
    (190907)
47
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual running costs for basic training services were at (a) RAF Cranwell, (b) Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, (c) Royal Miitary Academy, Sandhurst and (d) the Defence Academy, Shrivenham in each year since 2010.
    (190908)
48
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving armed forces officers have undertaken full-time postgraduate degrees funded by his Department in external educational establishments in each year since 2010; and what the type of degree and subject studied were.
    (190909)
49
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running costs of the Defence Cultural Specialist Unit at RAF Henlow were in each year since 2010.
    (190910)
50
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel of what rank and service have attended the Defence Cultural Specialist Uit at RAF Henlow for each year since 2010.
    (190911)
51
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time staff are currently employed in each of the armed forces historical branches.
    (190912)
52
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running costs of the Red Arrows were in each year since 2010.
    (190913)
53
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 721-3W, on shipping: employment, whether he has initiated a review of the (a) collection and (b) use of data projecting future numbers of UK seafarers in the annual Seafarer Statistics publication.
    (191074)
54
 
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what further steps he plans to ensure that parents of summer-born children can start their child aged five in a reception class.
    (191041)
55
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what effect the new national funding formula for schools in 2015-16 will have on funding for special education needs.
    (190895)
56
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to address the problem of parents or guardians showing or involving their children in online obscene materials.
    (190896)
57
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to renew Government funding for security at Jewish faith schools after 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (191042)
58
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of unextracted reserves of North Sea oil.
    (190965)
59
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was invested in exploration for new oil fields in the North Sea in each of the last 10 financial years.
    (190966)
60
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the proportion of UK energy which may be supplied through extraction of shale gas over the next 20 years.
    (190969)
61
 
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many connections to the gas grid have been made in each constituency in each year since 2010.
    (191005)
62
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the geographical spread and impact of ash dieback disease.
    (190903)
63
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what precautionary steps his Department is taking against the arrival of platydemus manokwari in the UK.
    (190891)
64
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the threat to UK ecosystems of Platydemus manokwari.
    (190961)
65
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Yemeni government on the recruitment of children by the militia in that country.
    (191070)
66
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers of his Department have had on the recruitment of children by the Yemeni militia.
    (191071)
67
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the clinical effectiveness of ipilimumab as a first line treatment for patients with advanced melanoma; and if he will make a statement.
    (190933)
68
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients with advanced melanoma have access to all appropriate, innovative and clinically effective treatments; and if he will make a statement.
    (190968)
69
 
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Gillingham and Rainham constituency have received the human papillomavirus vaccine since its introduction.
    (190929)
70
 
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the efficacy and quality of care of patients with breast cancer in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway, (c) Kent and (d) England; and if he will make a statement.
    (190975)
71
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any companies with contracts to receive NHS patient data approved by the former NHS information centre are still being provided with data updates by the new Health and Social Care Information Centre.
    (190888)
72
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Health and Social Care Information Centre will be liable to legal action initiated by companies to which they have refused to supply patient data under the care.data scheme.
    (190932)
73
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 275W, on medical records: database, what remedial action for breach of contract would involve.
    (190940)
74
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of the care.data contract with Atos.
    (190943)
75
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies bid for the care.data contract.
    (190944)
76
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department awarded the care.data contract to Atos.
    (190946)
77
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what auditing procedures are in place to monitor the use of NHS patient data which has been provided to companies.
    (190951)
78
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patient data can be retrieved after it has been extracted under care.data.
    (190952)
79
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether companies will be permitted to use patient data extracted under care.data for profit-making activities.
    (190953)
80
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to ensure that patient data extracted as part of care.data will not be sent outside the UK.
    (190954)
81
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has carried out a risk assessment on care.data.
    (190955)
82
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what audits he will carry out on care.data after extraction of patient records begins.
    (190956)
83
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what types of organisation (a) will and (b) will not be permitted to access patient records extracted as part of care.data.
    (190957)
84
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for taking decisions on the disclosure of identifiable and potentially identifiable data under care.data.
    (190958)
85
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances and for what purposes amber data can be disclosed to companies under care.data.
    (190959)
86
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances (a) Department for Work and Pensions and (b) HM Revenue and Customs can access patient information extracted as part of care.data.
    (190960)
87
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has held with commercial companies on care.data in the last two years; and when such meetings took place.
    (190972)
88
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has had with the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk to discuss care.data in the last two years; and when such meetings took place.
    (190973)
89
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to retrieve or destroy NHS patient data which has been wrongly provided to companies.
    (190974)
90
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to test the technology used to extract patient records as part of care.data before full data extraction takes place.
    (191045)
91
 
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations on a (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term contract basis since May 2010.
    (190996)
92
 
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes there were in each NHS trust in England in the last five years for which figures are available; what the (a) mean and (b) median time waited was in days for (i) hip replacement, (ii) hysterectomy and (iii) cataract removal procedures in each such area; and if he will make a statement.
    (190997)
93
 
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) community psychiatric nurses, (d) community matrons and (e) community learning disabilities nurses were employed by the NHS in each clinical commissioning group area in England in (i) the latest period for which figures are available and (ii) the 12 months before this; and if he will make a statement.
    (190998)
94
 
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many out-patient appointments were cancelled in each NHS trust in England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (190999)
95
 
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled on or after the day of admission in each NHS trust in England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (191000)
96
 
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare assistants there were in each NHS trust in England in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (191001)
97
 
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health staff were employed by the NHS in each NHS trust in England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (191002)
98
 
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the numbers of hospital admissions for malnutrition; and if he will make a statement.
    (191006)
99
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for research into pancreatic cancer.
    (191078)
100
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to include pancreatic cancer in the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative.
    (191079)
101
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how implementation of the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy is monitored and evaluated.
    (190900)
102
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the national cardiovascular intelligence network in bringing together existing cardiovascular disease data.
    (190901)
103
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the development of the Transform programme in hospitals.
    (190902)
104
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the processes for identifying (a) familial hypercholesterolemia and (b) sudden cardiac death and inherited cardiac conditions.
    (190938)
105
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease in the last 12 months.
    (190945)
106
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps NHS England has taken to incentivise and support primary care to consistently provided good management of people with, or at risk of, cardiovascular disease.
    (190947)
107
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of potential ways to increase the number of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and using automated external defibrillators.
    (190948)
108
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the implementation of the NHS Health Check programme in England.
    (190949)
109
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with coronary heart disease have a co-morbidity in England.
    (190950)
110
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Action 4 of his Department's publication, Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy, what progress has been made by NHS England to develop new tools to support the improvement of detection rates for cardiovascular disease in primary care.
    (190991)
111
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragrpah 37 in his Department's Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy, what steps Public Health England has taken to work with NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre on risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
    (191040)
112
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken by the National Clinical Director for Heart Disease to spread good practice on identifying people who may have an inherited heart condition (a) familial hypercholesterolemia, (b) sudden cardiac death or (c) another inherited heart condition.
    (191043)
113
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to better integrate care for people with diabetes across health and social care settings.
  [R] (190914)
114
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of diabetes in social care settings; and what guidance he issues to commissioners to improve care for people with diabetes in social care.
  [R] (190915)
115
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the work of cardiovascular disease clinical networks and their role in improving diabetes care.
  [R] (190916)
116
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will report annually on progress against delivering the objectives within Action for Diabetes.
  [R] (190917)
117
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, against what measures his recently published Action for Diabetes document will be assessed.
  [R] (190918)
118
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to publish an implementation framework to accompany Action for Diabetes.
  [R] (190983)
119
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to extend diabetes testing to people who are not eligible for the NHS Health Check Programme.
    (190984)
120
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have prioritised (a) obesity and (b) diabetes in their (i) joint strategic needs assessments and (ii) joint health and wellbeing strategies to date.
  [R] (190985)
121
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of diabetes amongst black, Asian and minority and other hard to reach groups.
    (190986)
122
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of diabetes have been diagnosed as a result of the NHS Health Check programme in each year since that programme's inception.
    (190987)
123
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with diabetes who are unaware of their condition are tested for diabetes.
    (190988)
124
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of diabetes.
    (190989)
125
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number and age profile of offenders dealt with by the police in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England who were on the autistic spectrum in each of the last five years.
    (191069)
126
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of workers made unemployed, or displaced, as a result of immigration from countries outside the EU in the last year.
    (191003)
127
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants arrived in the UK in each of the last five years.
    (191004)
128
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has been taking to recruit special constables in rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
    (190936)
129
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2010, Official Report, columns 546-7W, on police: offenders, if she will reconsider bringing forward proposals to record the number of police officers convicted of a criminal offence.
    (191049)
130
 
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been of retailers and couriers for the online sale of (a) age-restricted products and (b) alcohol to minors in each of the last five years.
    (191027)
131
 
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the online retail industry to discuss the sale of alcohol online.
    (191028)
132
 
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to promote the responsible sale of alcohol online.
    (191029)
133
 
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often she has met representatives of the online retail industry to discuss the sale of age-restricted products in the last two years.
    (191030)
134
 
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of online sales of alcohol to minors since 2010.
    (191031)
135
 
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides to online retailers to help them identify minors when selling age restricted products.
    (191046)
136
 
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent assessment the Commission has made of the use of Fair Trade produce by the catering services of the House.
    (191007)
137
 
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to promote Fair Trade produce in Parliament.
    (191008)
138
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research her Department has conducted into the effects on developing nations of the UK's support of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutritition.
    (190941)
139
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how UK funds to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition are allocated.
    (190942)
140
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures she has put in place to protect civilians in the event of an escalation of the situation in Ukraine.
    (191080)
141
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what criteria the IPSA Contingency Panel used to grant uplifts to hon. Members' staffing expenditure budgets in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (190930)
142
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest uplift allocated to hon. Members' staff expenditure budgets was in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 to date.
    (190931)
143
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, columns 338-9W, on Parliamentary Advisory Group, on what date each member of the Parliamentary Advisory Group was appointed; and what the attendance record of each member has been at meetings of that Group since their appointment.
    (191075)
144
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answers of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 59-62W, on the electoral register and Question 189416, what the average planned cost for each download target for each voter registration campaign was for each of the last five elections.
    (191081)
145
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to Question 189416, if the Electoral Commission will set more rigorous targets for expected registration downloads in future registration campaigns.
    (191082)
146
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the British Transport Police have used stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 from that section's coming into force until it was repealed.
    (190993)
147
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many convictions there have been due to the use of stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 by the British Transport Police from that section's coming into force until it was repealed.
    (190994)
148
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) services he plans to move online; and whether the DVLA will continue to offer the choice of applying on paper for all services.
    (191034)
149
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency moving more services online on (a) the elderly, (b) people with disabilities and (c) people in areas with limited broadband access.
    (191036)
150
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 721-3W, on shipping: employment, for what reasons projections of future numbers of UK seafarers were not included in the UK Seafarer Statistics 2013; and if he will take steps to publish such projections of the UK seafarer workforce in 2014.
    (191051)
151
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 721-3W, on shipping: employment, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on the (a) collection and (b) use of data on future numbers of UK seafarers in the annual Seafarer Statistics publication; and what the outcomes were of any such discussions.
    (191052)
152
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 721-3W, on shipping: employment, what recent forecast his Department has made of the number of UK seafarers active at sea in the next 20 years.
    (191053)
153
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 721-3W, on shipping: employment, what baseline data his Department uses to forecast UK seafarer numbers over the next two decades.
    (191054)
154
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 721-3W, on shipping: employment, what baseline data his Department uses to forecast the number of trainee UK seafarers who will be required to maintain a skilled seafarer workforce over the next decade.
    (191055)
155
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 721-3W, on shipping: employment, if he will take steps to increase the amount of data his Department (a) collects and (b) publishes on (i) trainee and (ii) employed UK seafarers.
    (191056)
156
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Annex 6 to his Department's Lot 1 Contract with Atos, what the evidential basis was for the assumption that 75 per cent of personal independence payments new claims referrals would involve a consultation assessment.
    (191039)
157
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the policy set out in his Department's 2012-2017 Child Maintenance Arrears and Compliance Strategy to act within 72 hours of a missed child maintenance payment applies to Child Support Agency cases with a current liability.
    (191066)
158
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total cost to the public purse of the higher rate mobility component of personal independence payment with eligibility criteria set at (a) 50 and (b) 20 metres in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-17 and (iv) 2017-18.
    (191072)
159
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases paying 90 per cent or more of their child maintenance liability using the Child Support Agency collection service in the quarter to December 2013 were paying their child maintenance through a deduction from (a) an earnings order, (b) a regular deduction order and (c) other enforced method of payment.
    (191083)
160
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of non-resident parents who were making child maintenance arrears payments in December 2013 were making arrears payments as a result of (a) a voluntary agreement, (b) a deductions from earnings order or (c) other enforcement action.
    (191084)
161
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in discretionary housing payments has been allocated in (a) England and (b) Portsmouth to those affected by the under occupancy penalty in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
    (190890)
Tuesday 11 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
 
* 1
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): What fiscal measures he plans to introduce to support young people into work.
    (902928)
* 2
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): What recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on a currency union with an independent Scotland.
    (902929)
* 3
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent estimate he has made of the rate of employment.
    (902930)
* 4
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): What fiscal steps he is taking to limit welfare spending.
    (902931)
* 5
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What steps he plans to take to reduce youth unemployment.
    (902932)
* 6
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What consideration he has given to reforming the membership of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.
    (902933)
* 7
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What plans he has to enhance the role of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
    (902934)
* 9
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What steps he has taken to reduce the cost of living for people on low incomes.
    (902936)
* 10
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What assessment he has made of the effect of freezing fuel duty on the price of petrol.
    (902937)
* 11
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What steps he plans to take to assist people who earn below the income tax threshold.
    (902938)
* 12
Richard Harrington (Watford): What recent estimate he has made of the rate of employment.
    (902939)
* 13
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What comparative assessment he has made of trends in the annual rates of inflation and growth in average earnings since May 2010.
    (902940)
* 14
Jessica Morden (Newport East): What discussions he has had with energy-intensive industries on measures to be included in the 2014 Budget.
    (902941)
* 15
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): How much beer duty was paid by people in each income quintile in each year from 2008 to 2013.
    (902942)
* 16
John Howell (Henley): What recent steps he has taken to reform the banking sector.
    (902943)
* 17
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): What steps he is taking to ensure that companies comply with HM Revenue and Customs regulations.
    (902944)
* 18
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): If he will discuss with the charitable and third sectors extending to those sectors the tax advantages offered by the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme.
    (902945)
* 19
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): What recent assessment he has made of the level of bank lending to businesses since May 2010.
    (902946)
* 20
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): What his policy is on the level of taxation on high-value property.
    (902947)
* 21
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of further borrowing on the UK economy.
    (902948)
* 22
Guy Opperman (Hexham): What steps he is taking to create local community banks.
    (902949)
* 23
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): What estimate he has made of how many children in the UK live in poverty.
    (902950)
* 24
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): What recent assessment he has made of the rate of economic growth.
    (902951)
* 25
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): What recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small businesses.
    (902952)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Richard Fuller (Bedford): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902953)
* 2
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):  
    (902954)
* 3
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (902955)
* 5
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian):  
    (902957)
* 6
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (902958)
* 7
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (902959)
* 8
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal):  
    (902960)
* 9
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North):  
    (902961)
* 10
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent):  
    (902962)

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)

Notices given on Wednesday 5 March

1
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been received for Regional Growth Fund funding from businesses operating within the tourism industry in (a) Cornwall and (b) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (190791)
2
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Regional Growth Fund grants have been awarded to applicants based in (a) St Austell and Newquay constituency and (b) Cornwall in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (190792)
3
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many house sales have been completed in Chelmsford constituency using the Help-to-Buy scheme since that scheme's introduction.
    (190690)
4
N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's largest export industry by value is.
    (190685)
5
N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of removing the Alcohol Duty Escalator on levels of alcohol fraud in 2014; and if he will make a statement.
    (190691)
6
N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of changes in employment levels in 2014 if the Alcohol Duty Escalator were removed; and if he will make a statement.
    (190692)
7
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what value of illegal drugs was seized by police in Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years.
    (190688)
8
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to increase the size of on-street parking bays.
    (190686)
9
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conclusions he has reached following his consideration of changes to the (a) prescribed size and (b) other regulatory requirements in respect of parking bays; what plans he has to propose revisions to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002; and what his proposed timetable is for such proposals.
    (190687)
10
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Chelmsford constituency have found work through back-to-work schemes in each of the last five years; and if he will make statement.
    (190689)
11
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions his Department has drawn from the jobseeker's allowance skills conditionality pilot.
    (190715)

Notices given on Thursday 6 March

1
N
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will release funds to enable improvements to the condition of the roads and reduction of the number of potholes in Northampton North constituency.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (902935)
2
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department is aware of any undertakings of (a) amnesty, (b) immunity and (c) implied immunity from prosecution given to any (i) former or serving members of the security forces, (ii) person who has acted as an agent of the security forces or Government intelligence services and (iii) member of a paramilitary organisation.
    (191085)
3
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what programmes he has for public engagement with science; what the cost of those programmes is; what evaluation he has made of their effectiveness; and if he will publish the results of that evaluation.
    (191032)
4
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of debt relief orders filed in 2011-12 failed due to an increase in the debtor's income invalidating the procedure.
    (190924)
5
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average total debt was of individuals who filed for (a) a debt relief order, (b) bankruptcy and (c) an individual voluntary arrangement in 2012-13.
    (190925)
6
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many individual voluntary arrangements failed because an increase in the debtor's income invalidated the procedure in each year for which data is available.
    (190927)
7
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what points he has identified from the recent flooding crisis to enable COBRA to work more effectively.
    (191057)
8
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to warn people of the dangers of using lookalike websites when completing their tax return online; and if he will make a statement.
    (191012)
9
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to maintain the current fuel differential between road fuel gases and petrol and diesel for a rolling 10 year period.
    (190922)
10
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has allocated to Coventry City Council in each of the last five years.
    (190977)
11
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to allow elected council leaders to take over the role and responsibilities of council chief executives.
    (190926)
12
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the reform of football governance.
    (191037)
13
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Responsible Gambling Trust about its research into B2 gaming machines; and on what grounds she is satisfied that it will be independent.
    (191014)
14
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any betting shops have been forced to close as a result of local authority action in the last five years.
    (191017)
15
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what evidence she has considered about the prevalence of betting shops in low income areas; and whether she plans to commission research on this subject.
    (191020)
16
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the Government will be providing to the Invictus Games for wounded servicemen.
    (191090)
17
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational contingency plans he has made for future armed forces capability requirements in the event of further severe flooding in the UK.
    (191091)
18
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is aware of any undertakings of (a) amnesty, (b) immunity and (c) implied immunity from prosecution given to any (i) former or serving members of the security forces, (ii) person who has acted as an agent of the security forces or Government intelligence services and (iii) member of a paramilitary organisation.
    (191097)
19
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Sir John Holmes review into the award of the Bomber Command pin for aircrew who flew on bomber aircraft will be complete.
    (191063)
20
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he will assess the average percentage of household expenditure on energy bills in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
    (190980)
21
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what evidence his Department uses to determine the effect on local communities of noise, flicker and value reduction of property in relation to wind turbines.
    (190919)
22
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of (a) the efficacy and (b) the running costs of air exhaust heat pumps installed in social and council housing.
    (190920)
23
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he plans to include gas absorption heat pumps in the Renewable Heat Incentive.
    (190921)
24
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2023 on Eritrea and the diaspora tax.
    (190886)
25
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2023 on Eritrea and the diaspora tax; and if he will make a statement.
    (190887)
26
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Statement on Syria of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 584, to which groups the £200,000 provided to enable Syrian women's groups to take part in the Geneva II conference has been allocated; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such on the contribution of such groups in the Geneva II talks.
    (191061)
27
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish age-stratified data on predicted reduction of life expectancy attributable to obesity.
    (191021)
28
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for commissioning Tier 3 obesity treatment for (a) children and adolescents and (b) adults.
    (191033)
29
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, columns 460-1W, on floods: health hazards, how many people are employed as part of the Public Health England Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Team; and what the job titles and main duties of those people are.
    (191064)
30
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, columns 460-1W, on floods: health hazards, if he will (a) publish and (b) place in the Library copies of all the advice given to him since 1 November 2013 by the Public Health England Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Team.
    (191065)
31
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on access to medicines of his Department's pharmaceutical price regulation scheme; what steps he is taking to improve access to medicines through the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (190885)
32
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the 2014 pharmaceutical price regulation scheme on departmental spending; and if he will make a statement.
    (190928)
33
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had on the potential effect of departmental expenditure limits on the operation of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme agreed in November 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (191058)
34
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Autumn Statement of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 1106, which police service-related charities will receive from LIBOR fines in 2014; and what criteria are used to determine which organisations receive such funds.
    (190981)
35
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what polices (a) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and (b) the Independent Police Complaints Commission have adopted on their employees receiving gifts and hospitality from (i) police forces, (ii) police and crime commissioners and (iii) serving police officers.
    (190978)
36
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of reductions in funding to local authorities on police forces in (a) Essex and (b) Chelmsford.
    (191019)
37
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received correspondence from the hon. Member for Birkenhead on the immigration status of constituent Luiza Czarnecka; and when she expects to reply to such correspondence.
    (190976)
38
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what preparations and resources her Department has put in place to address the backlog of deferred visa applications following a decision on her Department's appeal against the judgment of Mr Justice Blake on 5 July 2013 on the Government's visa income threshold.
    (191099)
39
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce a new chair of the Daniel Morgan inquiry team.
    (191010)
40
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Daniel Morgan inquiry committee has met in the last 12 months.
    (191011)
41
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visas were granted in 2013.
    (191094)
42
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time is taken for a British citizen resident in the UK applying for a spousal visa for a non-EU citizen.
    (191095)
43
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will estimate the potential savings from collaboration with Lambeth Palace on conservation of archives; and if the Commission will confirm that there are no obstacles to such collaboration on the grounds that Lambeth Palace is a faith organisation.
    (190923)
44
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department has made to the Israeli government about oil production in Gaza.
    (191059)
45
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with civil society organisations working in Lebanon and Jordan about the number of child protection cases in the region.
    (191060)
46
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her foreign counterparts on the inclusion of a stand-alone climate change goal in a new development framework.
    (191062)
47
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what facility time was allocated to trades unions in his Department in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
    (191018)
48
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of transporting children from London and the South East to secure children's homes elsewhere in the country in each of the last three years.
    (191089)
49
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what length of custodial sentence was given to each foreign national returned to their home country as part of the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement in each year since that agreement came into force; and how long each had left to serve at the time of the repatriation.
    (191086)
50
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many UK citizens have been returned to the UK from abroad to serve their custodial sentences under the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement in each year since that agreement came into force; of what offences they were convicted; what length of custodial sentence they received; and how long they had left to serve in custody at the time of their repatriation.
    (191087)
51
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales originate from countries that are signed up to the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement.
    (191088)
52
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what crimes were committed by those foreign nationals who have been returned from the UK to their home countries under the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement in each year since that agreement came into force.
    (191092)
53
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been returned from the UK to each country under the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement in each year since that agreement came into force, by individual country.
    (191093)
54
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department is aware of any undertakings of (a) amnesty, (b) immunity and (c) implied immunity from prosecution given to any (i) former or serving members of the security forces, (ii) person who has acted as an agent of the security forces or Government intelligence services and (iii) member of a paramilitary organisation.
    (191098)
55
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish any correspondence he had with Baroness Neville-Jones on her appointment and resignation as a Minister.
    (191038)
56
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the amount of (a) net franchise payment and (b) revenue support are for the extension of (i) Northern Rail's Northern franchise from April 2014 to February 2016, (ii) First TransPennine Express TransPennine franchise from April 2015 to February 2016, (iii) First Group's Great Western franchise from October 2013 to July 2016, (iv) Abellio's Greater Anglia franchise from July 2014 to October 2016, (v) London Midland franchise from September 2015 to June 2017, (vi) East Midlands franchise from April 2015 to October 2017, (vii) South Eastern franchise from April 2014 to June 2018, (viii) South West franchise from Febraury 2017 to April 2019 and (ix) Cross Country franchise from April 2016 to November 2019.
    (190990)
57
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's (a) non-departmental public bodies and (b) officials are members of Greengauge 21; whether his Department is a member of that organisation; and what fees each such member pays for membership.
    (191048)
58
N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conversations he has had with ministerial colleagues and others about possible new Thames river crossings in East London.
    (191013)
59
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the future of the Driver and Vehicle Agency centre in Coleraine.
    (191096)
60
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the accuracy of decision-making during the initial assessment phase of the work capability assessment.
    (190883)
61
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to assist people with a disability to return to employment; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle disability discrimination in the workplace.
    (190884)
62
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 24-year-olds have not been in employment, education or training but looking for and available for work for (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) six of the last six years.
    (190979)
63
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with mobile telephone companies on making mobile telephone calls to the Child Maintenance Options Service 0800 telephone line free of charge.
    (190897)
64
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of calls to the telephone lines operated by (a) the Child Support Agency, (b) the Child Maintenance Service and (c) the Child Maintenance Options Service are from mobile telephones.
    (190898)
65
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what headings made up the Jobcentre Plus administrative budget in each of the last five years; and how much was spent on (a) staff salaries, (b) premises, (c) IT and (d) external contractors for jobseeker support in each of those years.
    (191015)
66
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget for Jobcentre Plus was in the last financial year; and how it was allocated between the regions of the UK.
    (191016)
Wednesday 12 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
 
* 1
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What his policy is on the deduction of trade union subscriptions from payroll in the Civil Service.
    (902978)
* 2
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): What progress he has made on his programme of quango and public body reform.
    (902979)
* 3
Steve Brine (Winchester): What the level of charitable giving was in the last year for which figures are available.
    (902980)
* 4
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): What his policy is on the inclusion of people with different political points of view on public bodies.
    (902981)
* 5
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What assessment he has made of the level of savings resulting from procurement and commercial reform across central Government since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (902982)
* 6
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What progress he has made on replacing individual Government websites with gov.uk.
    (902983)
* 7
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What recent progress he has made on supporting mutuals and similar joint ventures in providing public services.
    (902984)
* 8
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent progress the Government has made on implementing the Big Society.
    (902985)
* 9
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What steps he is taking to tackle websites which charge for free Government services.
    (902986)
* 10
Henry Smith (Crawley): What progress he has made on replacing individual Government websites with gov.uk.
    (902987)
* 11
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of civil contingencies processes in his Department.
    (902988)
* 12
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): If he will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict hon. Members from having jobs beside that of a Member of Parliament.
    (902989)
* 13
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What recent progress he has made on supporting social enterprises in providing public services.
    (902990)
* 14
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the proper use of national statistics.
    (902991)
* 15
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What progress he has made on his programme of quango and public body reform.
    (902992)
At 11.53am
Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (902993)
* 2
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (902994)
* 3
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton):  
    (902995)
* 4
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (902996)
* 5
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):  
    (902997)
* 6
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (902998)
* 7
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North):  
    (902999)
* 8
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East):  
    (903000)
* 9
Graham Jones (Hyndburn):  
    (903001)
* 10
Sarah Champion (Rotherham):  
    (903002)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
* 1
Naomi Long (Belfast East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12 March.
    (902963)
* 2
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):  
    (902964)
* 3
Andrew George (St Ives):  
    (902965)
* 4
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):  
    (902966)
* 5
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon):  
    (902967)
* 6
Mark Pawsey (Rugby):  
    (902968)
* 7
Simon Wright (Norwich South):  
    (902969)
* 8
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South):  
    (902970)
* 9
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds):  
    (902971)
* 10
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):  
    (902972)
* 11
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (902973)
* 12
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):  
    (902974)
* 13
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness):  
    (902975)
* 14
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch):  
    (902976)
* 15
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North):  
    (902977)

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)

Notices given on Wednesday 5 March

1
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that the UK's carbon reduction targets are met in the event of Scotland's withdrawal from the UK.
    (190693)
2
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the effect of Scottish independence on energy prices in the UK.
    (190694)
3
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to inform (a) hon. Members and (b) the public about (i) the progress of the judge-led inquiry into the administrative scheme to deal with on-the-runs before the conclusion of that inquiry, (ii) the papers being considered by that inquiry and (iii) the current and former Ministers who are invited to give evidence to that inquiry.
    (190737)
4
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will meet all hon. Members from Northern Ireland who take their seats in the House to discuss the implications of the matters to be considered by the judge-led inquiry into the administative scheme to deal with on-the-runs for the ongoing Haass process.
    (190738)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that black, Asian and minority ethnic women are informed of their right to appeal against decisions regarding benefits or jobseeker's allowance sanctions.
    (190871)
6
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that black, Asian and minority ethnic women are not disproportionately negatively affected by Government welfare policies.
    (190872)
7
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of which demographic groups are most affected by changes to welfare policies.
    (190873)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into whether black, Asian and minority ethnic women are disproportionately negatively affected by Government policies.
    (190874)

Notices given on Thursday 6 March

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received regarding concerns that black, Asian and minority ethnic women are disproportionately likely to be affected by public-sector job losses.
[Transferred]   (190870)
2
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to allocate capital funding to hospices in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
    (190982)
3
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of each submission to the Daniel Morgan inquiry from the Metropolitan Police in the Library.
    (191022)
4
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many documents have been submitted to the Daniel Morgan inquiry for review to date.
    (191023)
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 Thursday 6 March

1
N
Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work his Department has commissioned on the use by migrants of UK welfare systems.
[Transferred]   (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)
Wednesday 19 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 5 March

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to facilitate the interoperability of electronic media and music between different operating systems to prevent closed markets in this area.
    (190697)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.
    (190696)
3
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.
    (190695)
4
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.
    (190698)
Thursday 20 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 6 March

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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.
    (191024)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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 those years.
    (191025)
3
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, 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 those years.
    (191026)
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 7th March 2014