Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 18 March 2014
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 17 March 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 18 March 2014
For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
*
1
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
What his future plans for legal aid are.
(903093)
*
2
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
What progress he has made on his plans for changes to the Probation Service.
(903094)
*
3
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
What his future plans for legal aid are.
(903095)
*
4
Steve Brine
(Winchester):
What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending by persistent offenders.
(903096)
*
5
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
What progress he has made in ensuring that the judiciary provide the Department for Work and Pensions and appellants with reasons for their conclusions in appeals against employment and support allowance.
(903097)
*
6
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
What progress he has made on his reforms to rehabilitation aimed at reducing reoffending.
(903098)
*
7
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
What his future plans are for access to judicial review.
(903099)
*
8
Bob Blackman
(Harrow East):
What recent representations he has received on the role played by the London mayoralty in the delivery of justice in London.
(903100)
*
9
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
What further plans he has to close courts before 2015.
(903101)
*
10
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
What assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of staffing of the Prison Service.
(903102)
*
11
Andy McDonald
(Middlesbrough):
What his future plans for legal aid are.
(903103)
*
12
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
What progress he has made on his plans for changes to the Probation Service.
(903104)
*
13
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
What his policy is on support for victims of crimes.
(903105)
*
14
Mr Stephen Hepburn
(Jarrow):
What recent representations he has received on compensation for people with pleural plaques.
(903106)
*
15
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
What progress he has made on his plans for changes to the Probation Service.
(903107)
*
16
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
What progress he has made on his reforms to rehabilitation aimed at reducing reoffending.
(903108)
*
17
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
What recent progress has been made on the release of papers relating to the Shrewsbury 24.
(903109)
*
18
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
What his policy is on the use by prisoners of musical instruments.
(903110)
*
19
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
What progress he has made on his plans for changes to the Probation Service.
(903111)
*
20
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of current sentencing guidelines in manslaughter cases where a single punch to the head results in death; and if he will make a statement.
(903112)
*
21
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
What his future plans for legal aid are.
(903113)
*
22
John Glen
(Salisbury):
What progress he has made on his reforms to rehabilitation aimed at reducing reoffending.
(903114)
*
23
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to expand the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(903115)
*
24
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to expand the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(903116)
*
25
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
What progress he has made on his reforms to rehabilitation aimed at reducing reoffending.
(903117)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*
1
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(903118)
*
2
Stella Creasy
(Walthamstow):
(903119)
*
3
Mr Marcus Jones
(Nuneaton):
(903120)
*
4
Mr Tobias Ellwood
(Bournemouth East):
(903121)
*
5
Mr Robert Buckland
(South Swindon):
(903122)
*
6
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
(903123)
*
7
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
(903124)
*
8
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
(903125)
*
10
Nick Smith
(Blaenau Gwent):
(903127)
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)
Notices given on Tuesday 11 March
1
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what solar geo-engineering his Department (a) has conducted, (b) has permitted and (c) is aware of in the airspace above Britain.
(191581)
2
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people have received help with (a) low, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) critical needs in each month since January 2010.
(191567)
Notices given on Wednesday 12 March
1
N
Mr Russell Brown
(Dumfries and Galloway):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average weekly hours worked since the first quarter of 2008 to date.
(191752)
2
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2014, Official Report, column 196W, on Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, for what reasons his Department considers that the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme does not affect the operation of Government accounting and borrowing rules; to which organisations his Department has communicated this; whether he has discussed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the possibility of allowing an exemption to Government accounting and borrowing rules in this instance; and if he will make a statement.
(191833)
3
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police staff in each police area in England and Wales have received training in sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
(191757)
4
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of probation staff have received training in sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
(191756)
5
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what treatment is available for persons convicted of stalking (a) in prisons and (b) as a condition of a community order.
(191758)
Notices given on Thursday 13 March
1
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged (a) 25 years and over and (b) 16 to 24 years old have been unemployed for more than a year in Brigg and Goole constituency since 2008.
(191915)
2
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount which will be raised for charities through the Gift Aid Small Charitable Donations Scheme, by 31 March 2014.
(192060)
3
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings his Department has had with (a) pub companies, (b) the British Beer and Pub Association, (c) members of the British Beer and Pub Association, (d) Independent Family Brewers of Britain and (e) members of Independent Family Brewers of Britain.
(192124)
4
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines have been issued to employers in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber for non-payment of the national minimum wage in each year since 2010; and what the total value of such fines was in each such area.
(191917)
5
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have been affected by the recent flooding and have applied to his Department for funding under the Bellwin scheme.
(191972)
6
N
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many onshore wind farm applications and how much onshore wind capacity have been recovered by the Secretary of State in each month in 2013; and how many such applications and capacity had previously received consent from the Planning Inspectorate.
(191952)
7
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in England and Wales use higher-rate telephone numbers for public enquiries.
(191953)
8
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Sport England funding has been allocated to local authorities (a) in and (b) not in the core city group in the last three years.
(192010)
9
N
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings (a) civil servants, (b) consultants and (c) Ministers of his Department have had on the Logistical Commodities Services Transformation Programme with (i) Telford and Wrekin Council and (ii) Cherwell District Council.
(192055)
10
N
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the overall consultancy budget is for the delivery of the Logistical Commodities Services Transformation Programme; and how much of that budget has been spent to date.
(192056)
11
N
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civil servants and (b) consultants are working on an in-house solution for the Logistical Commodities Services Transformation Programme; and where they are located.
(192057)
12
N
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civil servants and (b) consultants are working on the Logistical Commodities Services Transformation Programme.
(192058)
13
N
David Wright
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for (a) each stage and (b) the final completion of the Logistical Commodities Services Transformation Programme.
(192059)
14
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 13 March 2014 by the Minister for Schools, how much of the funding announced will come from (a) his Department's budget and (b) the Treasury.
(192041)
15
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 13 March 2014 by the Minister for Schools, Official Report, columns 427-42, on school funding, whether any of the funding announced will generate a Barnett consequential.
(192042)
16
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which contractors were awarded the contract by the National College for Teaching and Leadership for professional skills tests for initial teacher training entrants.
(192144)
17
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on the professional skills test for initial teacher training entrants.
(192145)
18
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the applicants of the contracts for the professional skills test for ITT entrants will be assessed; and how often Ministers have received reports relating to the quality or otherwise of the contractors.
(192184)
19
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been allocated to the Troops to Teachers programme to date.
(192171)
20
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many service leavers have (a) applied to and (b) been accepted on the Troops to Teachers programme to date.
(192172)
21
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many service leavers (a) applied to and (b) were accepted on initial teacher training in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12, (v) 2012-13 and (vi) the current academic year to date.
(192173)
22
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of initial teacher trainees were service leavers in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12, (e) 2012-13 and (f) the current academic year to date.
(192174)
23
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of service leavers (a) applied to and (b) were accepted on initial teacher training in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12, (v) 2012-13 and (vi) the current academic year to date.
(192175)
24
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools proposed to open in September 2014 have yet to secure a (a) permanent and (b) temporary site; and if he will make a statement.
(192053)
25
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by which criteria the Education Funding Agency will prioritise the allocation of capital resources to secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
(192054)
26
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will meet the Never Such Innocence campaign to discuss educational material relating to the commemoration of the First World War.
(191989)
27
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the relative educational outcomes in Hull and Surrey local authority areas; and what assessment he has made of how the extra funding for schools announced on 13 March 2014 will address such differences.
(191973)
28
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on the use of adrenaline shots in schools to treat children having an anaphylactic shock.
(191916)
29
N
Derek Twigg
(Halton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 223W, on Sandymoor school, what funding will be allocated to Sandymoor Free School in the 2014-15 financial year.
(192123)
30
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which recommendations of the Maitland Review he has not implemented due to an alternative approach being adopted; and what the alternative approach is in each such case.
(192052)
31
N
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much onshore wind capacity (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each month in 2013; and how many planning applications for onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each such month.
(191992)
32
N
Sarah Newton
(Truro and Falmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to consult on changes to the warm home discount for the period from 2015-16.
(191920)
33
N
Sarah Newton
(Truro and Falmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families with children receive the warm home discount.
(191921)
34
N
Sir Tony Baldry
(Banbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the impact of bats on churches; if he will set out a timetable for such steps; and if he will make a statement.
(191918)
35
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from the UK Ambassador in Rabat on the arrest of the journalists Lafkir Laghdaf and Khaled Rouhi.
(192176)
36
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will raise with the Moroccan Ambassador to the UK the arrests of the journalists Lafkir Laghdaf and Khaled Rouhi.
(192177)
37
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Polisario Front on security in the parts of Western Sahara under its control.
(192178)
38
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met Uganda's High Commissioner in London.
(191912)
39
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Commonwealth governments on Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act and Anti-Pornography Act.
(191913)
40
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the chair of the food network of the responsibility deal has received (a) paid employment, (b) funding for research and (c) hospitality from the food industry.
(192170)
41
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential change in the number of health visitors working with children as a result of the transfer of funding for health visitors from the NHS to local authorities in 2015.
(191911)
42
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services are given in support of NHS nurses reporting cases of female genital mutilation.
(191991)
43
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the average cost to the public purse of placing a severely disabled child in full-time residential care.
(191976)
44
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to local authorities on the provision of respite care to severely disabled children and adults.
(191977)
45
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities currently planning to close homes offering respite care to severely disabled children and adults.
(191978)
46
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to carry out a consultation with patients and professionals on the effect of switching between brands of anti-epileptic drugs.
(191970)
47
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the effects of switching between different versions of levetiracetam and other anti-epileptic drugs.
(191971)
48
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency took to consult with patients before issuing new guidance on switching between different manufacturers' versions of anti-epileptic drugs.
(191974)
49
N
Barbara Keeley
(Worsley and Eccles South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on that body's policy for payment of senior staff after leaving NHS jobs for a period of secondment.
(191975)
50
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that children who need mental health interventions are placed in facilities as close to their homes as possible.
(191994)
51
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers the Care Quality Commission has to carry out spot checks of all wards of a hospital without seeking the permission of the relevant commissioner beforehand.
(192040)
52
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of doctors and nurses participated in clinical audit in each of the last five years.
(192120)
53
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS funding has been spent on clinical audit in each of the last five years.
(192121)
54
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alert notices have been issued in respect of healthcare professionals in each of the last five years.
(192122)
55
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make the reporting of female genital mutilation cases mandatory for all public sector workers.
(191984)
56
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make conspiring to perform female genital mutilation a criminal offence.
(191986)
57
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of calls made to the NSPCC reporting female genital mutilation cases that have been passed on to the police.
(191987)
58
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 helping developing countries improve their healthcare systems.
(191985)
59
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department have responsibility for helping developing countries improve their tax collection systems.
(191988)
60
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department have responsibility for helping developing countries improve education systems.
(191990)
61
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds her Department has made available to the Inter-Religious Council of Ugunda in each year from 2010-11 to 2013-14.
(191914)
62
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to negotiate compulsory prisoner transfer agreements with (a) Jamaica and (b) Pakistan.
(191919)
63
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the Youth Justice Board's budget has been spent on research in each year since 2010.
(191980)
64
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants in homicide cases have pleaded the partial defence of diminished responsibility in each year since 2010; and how many defendants have been convicted with diminished responsibility in each of those years.
(192012)
65
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of attempted murder have been granted permission to enter exclusion zones in the Liverpool City Region which form part of their license arrangements since 1 January 2014.
(191982)
66
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will initiate a review into the reasons why Mr Edward McEvilly was permitted to enter an exclusion zone in which his victim lives within one week of his release from prison.
(191983)
67
N
Mr Ben Wallace
(Wyre and Preston North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how Scottish soldiers and their families posted on accompanied tours elsewhere in the UK can register to vote in the Scottish Referendum.
(192169)
68
N
Fiona O'Donnell
(East Lothian):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in East Lothian constituency.
(192011)
69
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has made to the European Commission on the state aid judgement on the Merseyside cruise terminal; and if he will make a statement.
(191979)
70
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the electrification of the Windemere to Oxenholme railway line.
(191981)
71
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to introduce statutory time limits on claims for personal independence payments.
(191993)
72
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2012, Official Report, column 1032W, on Work Programme, when he expects to publish the independent evaluation of the Work Programme.
(192005)
73
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people referred by Jobcentre Plus to the Work Programme in each month since June 2011 failed to start on the Programme.
(192006)
74
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the operation of the Work Programme in rural areas.
(192007)
75
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received from (a) providers and (b) customers on the effectiveness of the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(192008)
76
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he received the Work Programme Evaluation: Interim meta-report; what his plans are for its publication; and if he will make a statement.
(192009)
Notices given on Friday 14 March
1
N
Jenny Chapman
(Darlington):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent voter confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Darlington constituency and (b) the Borough of Darlington.
[Transferred]
(192146)
2
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Industrial and Provident Societies have been registered with the Financial Services Authority or Financial Conduct Authority in each year since 2008.
(192198)
3
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce VAT on repairs for those affected by flooding.
(192189)
4
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the three separate commissions provided by Hymans Robertson LLP, Squire Sanders (UK) LLP and CEM Benchmarking on the Local Government Pensions Scheme.
(192185)
5
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the consultation on the Local Government Pension Scheme launched in May 2013.
(192186)
6
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were employed at Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue in each of the last five years.
(192230)
7
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance has been provided by the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
(192199)
8
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of academy trusts have applied to open a free school.
(192221)
9
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 816W, on community schools, how many maintained schools his Department believes to be underperforming.
(192222)
10
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contact his Department has had with the largest 10 academy chains to confirm whether they plan to make an application for a free school in the next (a) year, (b) two years and (c) three years.
(192223)
11
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has carried out any form of assessment of the number of state-funded schools where religious items and/or articles of clothing form part of the school's (a) pupil and (b) staff uniform policy.
(192224)
12
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many representations he has received from local authorities indicating that the local authority does not require a free school proposal; and whether has this led to any proposed free school applications being withdrawn.
(192225)
13
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of free schools approved to date are faith schools.
(192226)
14
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of faith free schools opened to date have met the 50 per cent target of children and young people attending the school who do not belong to that faith.
(192227)
15
Caroline Nokes
(Romsey and Southampton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will put a mechanism in place to waive landfill tax for the disposal of sandbags by local authorities.
(192187)
16
Caroline Nokes
(Romsey and Southampton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on local authorities of landfill tax payable for the disposal of sandbags since the recent floods.
(192188)
17
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood prevention measures have been undertaken in (a) Corby and East Northamptonshire constituency and (b) Northamptonshire in the last four years; and how many staff of (i) his Department and (ii) the Environment Agency have been employed on those matters.
(192231)
18
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the proposal from Burma Campaign, Human Rights Watch, Aegis students and other non-governmental organisations and civil society groups that there should be an independent investigation to human rights abuses in Burma.
[R]
(192201)
19
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Burmese counterpart on assuring that the upcoming census will not further endanger the Rohingya communities and any other minority groups in Burma.
[R]
(192202)
20
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Burma.
[R]
(192203)
21
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether Burma's state institutions have the capacity and capability to conduct an independent and transparent investigation into the persecution of, and violence against, minorities in Burma.
[R]
(192204)
22
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publicly acknowledge and condemn supporting roles played by the Burmese state in the institutionalisation of persecution and violence against the Rohingya communities in Burma.
[R]
(192232)
23
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who reside in Wales have been admitted to English hospitals for (a) cardio-vascular surgery and (b) maternity services in each of the last five years for which are figures are available.
(192228)
24
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that police forces are creating wildlife crime officer posts; and if she will make a statement.
(192200)
25
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many postal votes there were as a proportion of those issued in the top 100 constituencies in turnout ranked order at the 2010 General Election.
(192239)
26
Nick Smith
(Blaenau Gwent):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.
(192220)
27
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in discretionary housing payments has been allocated in Corby and East Northamptonshire constituency for those affected by the under-occupancy penalty in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(192229)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
*
1
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
When he plans to respond to the Fifth Report from the Scottish Affairs Committee on the Crown Estate, HC 889.
(903078)
*
3
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
What assessment he has made of the extent of the use of zero-hours contracts in Scotland.
(903080)
*
4
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
What assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's welfare reforms on levels of child poverty in Scotland.
(903081)
*
5
Dr Thérèse Coffey
(Suffolk Coastal):
What assessment he has made of the financial benefits for Scotland of being part of the UK.
(903082)
*
6
Mel Stride
(Central Devon):
What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the prospect of a currency union with an independent Scotland.
(903083)
*
7
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the prospect of a currency union with an independent Scotland.
(903084)
*
8
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the prospect of a currency union in an independent Scotland.
(903085)
*
9
Mr Graham Allen
(Nottingham North):
What discussions he has had on the potential benefits of replicating aspects of the Scottish devolution model in England; and if he will make a statement.
(903086)
*
10
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the prospect of a currency union with an independent Scotland.
(903087)
*
11
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
What assessment he has made of the potential effect of Scottish independence on investment in the North Sea oil industry.
(903088)
*
12
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
(Central Ayrshire):
How many 18 to 24 year olds in Scotland have been unemployed for two years or more.
(903089)
*
13
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
How many 18 to 24 year olds in Scotland have been unemployed for two years or more.
(903090)
*
14
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
How many 18 to 24 year olds in Scotland have been unemployed for two years or more.
(903091)
*
15
Michael Connarty
(Linlithgow and East Falkirk):
What steps he is taking to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to participate in the debate on Scottish independence.
(903092)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
*
1
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 19 March.
(903128)
*
2
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
(903129)
*
3
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
(903130)
*
4
Sir Alan Haselhurst
(Saffron Walden):
(903131)
*
5
Albert Owen
(Ynys Môn):
(903132)
*
6
Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
(903133)
*
7
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
(903134)
*
8
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
(903135)
*
9
Christopher Pincher
(Tamworth):
(903136)
*
10
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
(903137)
*
11
Mr John Whittingdale
(Maldon):
(903138)
*
12
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
(903139)
*
13
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
(903140)
*
14
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
(903141)
*
15
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
(903142)
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)
Notices given on Tuesday 11 March
1
N
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 127W, on squatting, what the cost to the public purse has been of hearings in relation to the case of a constituent of the hon. Member for Workington, Gary Tomlinson, Claim Number OWH00080, Cert Number JBIRQK61BB77/A/E/1; for what reasons legal aid funding in relation to this case was withdrawn; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report in relation to that withdrawal decision.
(191542)
2
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to cross-border companies if Scotland becomes independent.
(903079)
Notices given on Thursday 13 March
1
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of the Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland have been employed there for (a) five years or fewer, (b) six to 10 years, (c) 11 to 15 years, (d) 16 to 20 years and (e) more than 20 years.
(192125)
2
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of the Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland are (a) under 30, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50, (d) 51 to 60 and (e) over 60 years.
(192126)
Notices given on Friday 14 March
1
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Attorney General has appointed an amicus curiae in each month since May 2010.
(192195)
2
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Attorney General, how much has been spent by the Attorney General's Office on appointing amicus curiae in each month since May 2010.
(192196)
3
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with the e-cigarette industry ways of ensuring better consumer safety through the testing of e-cigarette liquids.
(192212)
4
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the supply chain of those e-cigarettes which are regulated as consumer products is being adequately monitored.
(192213)
5
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of end-to-end competition in the postal sector on postal workers' pay and terms and conditions of employment.
(192236)
6
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of other postal operators extending end-to-end services on postal services in rural areas.
(192237)
7
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the sustainability of the universal postal service of the plans of other postal operators to extend end-to-end postal services.
(192238)
8
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the cost of recent flooding to the leisure parks, piers and attractions sector.
(192206)
9
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) converter academies and (b) maintained schools received a higher and Ofsted inspection result than they had received in their previous inspections in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
(192215)
10
N
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of state-funded primary schools have acquired academy status, by local authority.
(192209)
11
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of transporting children from secure children's homes in London and the South East to elsewhere in the UK.
(192205)
12
N
Andrew Selous
(South West Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Deputy Prime Minister of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 316, what Korean language service the BBC World Service previously offered to the Korean people; for how long it had made such transmissions; what the cost of that service was; and what savings were made when that service was discontinued.
(192233)
13
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of psychological support available to people with cystic fibrosis after lung transplantation.
(192192)
14
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current arrangements for donor lung allocation for people with cystic fibrosis.
(192193)
15
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the report by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust entitled Hope for more: Improving access to lung transplantation and care for people with cystic fibrosis; what estimate his Department has made of the donor lung utilisation rate for transplantation; and what measures his Department has identified as having the greatest potential to increase that rate.
(192234)
16
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her objectives are for the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
(192216)
17
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to support women's social and political participation in fragile states at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
(192217)
18
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to ensure a gender goal is included in the post-2015 framework in the post-Millennium Development Goals agenda.
(192218)
19
N
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many closed visits there were in English jails in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
(192194)
20
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) capacity and (b) population of each (a) secure training centre, (b) young offender institution and (c) secure children's home on 1 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
(192197)
21
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of barristers terminating their contractual involvement in cases there have been since the introduction of changes to very high cost case fees in December 2013.
(192214)
22
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) his counterpart in the Scottish Government, (b) the freight and haulage industry and (c) the European Commission on payment of the HGV user levy should Scotland leave the UK in September 2014.
(192235)
23
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether members of the Carrington Wire Pension Fund are able to access the Pension Protection Fund.
(192207)
24
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has put in place to ensure that any foreign company found to have abandoned its pension responsibilities to UK pension holders can be made to refund that pension deficit.
(192208)
25
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Jobcentre estate in 2012-13.
(192190)
26
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the differential payment regime in the Work Programme in reducing creaming and parking.
(192191)
27
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were entitled to contributory jobseeker's allowance when they first claimed ceased claiming that benefit within (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) six months of making their initial claim in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
(192210)
28
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were entitled to income-related jobseeker's allowance (JSA), but not to contributory JSA, when they first claimed ceased claiming that benefit within (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) six months of making their initial claim in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
(192211)
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)
Notices given on Monday 10 March
1
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when all publications and literature, including press releases and statements made by officials on behalf of his Department will be politically impartial in accordance with the principles and requirements of the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity.
(191298)
Notices given on Thursday 13 March
1
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN01-023, Engagement with suppliers, contractors and former bidders following termination of the Material Strategy GO-CO procurement.
(192013)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, column 151W, on bus services: disability, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that operators comply with the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000.
(192043)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 12 March
1
N
Alun Cairns
(Vale of Glamorgan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementing the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010; and when he will take steps to bring this Act into force.
(191783)
Notices given on Friday 14 March
1
N
Mr Julian Brazier
(Canterbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what standards of data collection are required of clinical commissioning groups with respect to abortion services delivered in the independent sector.
(192219)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 13 March
1
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which responsibilities for tackling animal welfare crimes are handled by (a) his Department and (b) non-governmental organisations.
(191995)
2
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which responsibilities for tackling animal welfare crimes are managed by (a) her Department and (b) non-governmental organisations.
(191996)
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)