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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 31 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 31 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
 
* 2
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps he plans to take to tackle long-term unemployment.
    (903369)
* 3
David Mowat (Warrington South): What assessment he has made of the Office of Fair Trading's recent recommendations on the creation of independent governance committees in defined contribution pension schemes.
    (903370)
* 4
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): What assessment he has made of recent trends in employment figures.
    (903371)
* 5
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): What assessment he has made of recent trends in youth unemployment.
  [R] (903372)
* 6
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What steps his Department is taking to promote financial inclusion and to help families to budget.
    (903373)
* 7
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What steps he plans to take to tackle long-term unemployment.
    (903374)
* 8
Ian Swales (Redcar): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the benefit cap.
    (903375)
* 9
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What assessment he has made of recent trends in employment figures.
    (903376)
* 10
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): What progress he has made on the mesothelioma compensation fund scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (903377)
* 11
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Work Programme and (b) Universal Jobmatch.
    (903378)
* 12
Steve Baker (Wycombe): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of withdrawing crisis loans on homeless people wishing to raise rent in advance to secure housing.
    (903379)
* 13
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the benefit cap.
    (903380)
* 14
Ben Gummer (Ipswich): What steps he plans to take to tackle long-term unemployment.
    (903381)
* 15
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): How many IT specialists are working on the digital solution to universal credit.
    (903382)
* 16
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of universal credit on employers.
    (903383)
* 18
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): What assessment he has made of recent trends in employment figures.
    (903385)
* 19
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): What recent assessment he has made of whether the UK will meet the 2020 statutory child poverty target.
    (903386)
* 20
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What changes he plans to make to the ability of EU migrants to access benefits.
    (903387)
* 21
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): How many claimants have received the personal independence payment since April 2013.
    (903388)
* 22
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What assessment he has made of the performance of the Innovation Fund to Support Separated Families.
    (903389)
* 23
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): If he will publish an assessment of the likely effect of the change to pensions announced in the 2014 Budget on the budget for welfare payments over the next ten years.
    (903390)
* 24
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): If he will make it his policy to publish statistics on the number of requests for employment and support allowance decisions which are reconsidered and the number of such requests that are upheld.
    (903391)
* 25
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What charges are incurred by those appealing against a benefit assessment ruling.
    (903392)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (903358)
* 2
Henry Smith (Crawley):  
    (903359)
* 3
Gavin Shuker (Luton South):  
    (903360)
* 4
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale):  
    (903361)
* 5
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (903362)
* 6
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent):  
    (903363)
* 7
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  
    (903364)
* 8
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):  
    (903365)
* 9
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):  
    (903366)
* 10
Steve Baker (Wycombe):  
    (903367)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 18 March

1
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had about the 48-hour notice period that Trading Standards must give when attending retail premises in relation to inspections; and if he will make a statement.
    (192535)
2
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received about the 48-hour notice period that Trading Standards must give when attending retail premises in relation to inspections; and if he will make a statement.
    (192536)

Notices given on Monday 24 March

1
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the annual survey of hours and earnings published on 12 December 2013, if he will estimate the number and proportion of (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time work in each (A) local authority area and (B) parliamentary constituency earning the national minimum wage in April 2013 defined as (1) adults aged 21 years and over earning less than £6.24, (2) youths (aged 18 to 20) earning less than £5.03 and (3) 16 to 17 year olds earning less than £3.73.
    (193516)
2
N
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what principles and criteria new developments will be required to meet in areas designated as garden cities.
    (193457)
3
N
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to establish garden city principles in Ebbsfleet.
    (193458)
4
N
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which organisation and individuals (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met to discuss the recently announced garden city prospectus; and how many such meetings have been held with each organisation or individual.
    (193459)

Notices given on Tuesday 25 March

1
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many energy-intensive industries have received compensation for the carbon price floor and EU Emissions Trading System to date; and what the total monetary value of this compensation was.
    (193581)
2
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the average amount owed to small firms in late payment.
    (193632)
3
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which FTSE350 companies that he wrote to in November 2012 asking them to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code have failed to do so.
    (193658)
4
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which FTSE350 companies his Department has named and shamed for non-adherence to the Prompt Payment Code; and when each such action was taken.
    (193659)
5
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate from cancer has been in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England in the last 15 years.
    (193620)
6
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.30 of Budget 2014, what the (a) total and (b) annual monetary value will be of the compensation package for higher electricity costs for energy intensive industries resulting from the Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariffs; what the eligibility criteria for this scheme will be; and what estimate he has made of the number of energy intensive industries that will meet these criteria.
    (193580)
7
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families eligible for tax-free childcare in Brigg and Goole constituency.
    (193623)
8
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes announced in the 2014 Budget Statement on the price of annuities; and if he will make a statement.
    (193587)
9
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities which registered for emergency financial assistance under the Bellwin Scheme as a result of recent flooding have received payment within 15 working days.
    (193630)
10
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representation he has received on multiple occupancy properties.
    (193638)
11
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many multiple occupancy properties there were in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
    (193639)
12
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of potential effect on a neighbourhood of houses being converted into multiple occupancy properties.
    (193640)
13
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many multiple occupancy properties do not have the correct licence.
    (193641)
14
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the fire safety of houses converted into multiple occupancy properties.
    (193642)
15
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give local authorities powers to restrict the number of betting shops opening in their areas; and if he will make a statement.
    (193727)
16
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on changes to planning regulations relating to betting shops and changes of use for business premises; and if she will make a statement.
    (193728)
17
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will hold the first meeting of the working party to discuss the future of football governance; and if she will make a statement.
    (193729)
18
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Government departments will be represented on the working party to discuss the future of football governance; and if she will make a statement.
    (193730)
19
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on support for community-run libraries.
    (193592)
20
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he or officials of his Department have had with their US counterparts on the Annual Report of the US Defense Department Office of Test and Evaluation on the F-35 programme.
    (193585)
21
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what pension cost saving has been made from the early termination of employment of armed forces personnel.
    (193625)
22
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice on pensions has been given to armed forces personnel who are made redundant.
    (193626)
23
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue to schools specific guidance on removing asbestos from premises.
    (193714)
24
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the current level of teachers teaching ability whilst using tablet computers in primary schools.
    (193624)
25
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who has been appointed as a non-executive director of his Department since the publication of information on non-executive directors in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13; what the date of each such appointment was; what annual fee is payable to each such person; what expenses and allowances each such person has claimed to date; and what other interests or employment each such person has.
    (193606)
26
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 721, on Government levies on energy bills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of a freeze of the carbon floor price on the number and capacity of projects that will be brought forward under the levy control framework.
    (193690)
27
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 725, on Government levies on energy bills, when he plans to present to the House the first annual report on consumer-funded policies, covering actual expenditure and forecast expenditure.
    (193691)
28
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have switched energy suppliers in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England in each of the last 60 months.
    (193622)
29
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the plans of the Spanish government to grant Spanish citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain in the 15th century; whether he has made representations to the Spanish government on that matter; and if he will seek assurances about the capability and integrity of the proposed system for establishing eligibility for such grants of citizenship.
    (193598)
30
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to send representatives to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum; and if he will make a statement.
    (193696)
31
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of local authorities in England which have rescinded agreements made with NHS mental health trusts under section 75 of the National Health Services Act 2006 in each year since 2010.
    (193631)
32
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 202W, on vaccination, which (a) Minister and (b) senior civil servant in his Department is directly responsible for vaccination and vaccination policy.
    (193637)
33
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion and number of people in England who have been medicated for psychiatric disorders in each of the last five years.
    (193660)
34
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the timeframe within which it will be able to negotiate a cost-effective price for the meningitis B vaccine.
    (193692)
35
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of total funding for cancer research carried out in the UK that came from government in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
    (193693)
36
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the incidence of quality failures in NHS hospital histopathology laboratories over the last five years.
    (193694)
37
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccinations were administered in England in the last 12 months; what guidance his Department has issued on whether babies born prematurely or at risk of bronchiolitis should be given the RSV vaccination; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of administering the RSV vaccination to all babies born between November and February.
    (193698)
38
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people are fully informed of the health risks of taking legal highs.
    (193689)
39
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England were classed as overweight in each year since 1997.
    (193621)
40
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the cost of one water cannon, (b) annual storage costs of one water cannon and (c) annual maintenance costs of one water cannon.
    (193715)
41
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum use period is of (a) a new water cannon and (b) a used water cannon of the type the Metropolitan Police Service wishes to purchase from Germany.
    (193716)
42
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential of water cannon to cause (a) temporary and (b) permanent injury.
    (193717)
43
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what draft guidance on the instances where water cannon may be deployed has been (a) written and (b) consulted on.
    (193718)
44
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for breach of a forced marriage protection order in each year since such orders came into force.
    (193700)
45
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied migrant children have been forcibly removed to another country in each of the last five years.
    (193591)
46
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have been receiving support for more than (a) two years, (b) four years and (c) six years; and if she will make a statement.
    (193593)
47
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will announce the asylum support rates for 2014-15.
    (193594)
48
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to publish reports on the review of the balance of competences relating to EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
    (193695)
49
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what restrictions, by category of prisoner, are placed on access to (a) a prisoner's own books and (b) books from the prison library in the first four weeks of a prison sentence.
    (193597)
50
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what calculations were used to calculate the mean fee income for full-time criminal barristers published by his Department on 2 January 2014; and for what reasons VAT was included in the estimate of barristers' earnings.
    (193702)
51
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section (a) 1, where the victim was a child, and (b) 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 in each of the last four years.
    (193577)
52
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to articles (a) 5 and 6, where the victim was a child, and (b) 12, 13 and 14 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 in each of the last four years.
    (193578)
53
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections (a) 1 and 2, where the victim was a child, and (b) 18, 19 and 20(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 in each of the last four years.
    (193579)
54
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections (a) 1 and 2 where the victim was a child, and (b) 5, 6 and 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.
    (193582)
55
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many forced marriage protection orders have been granted with a power of arrest attached in each year since such orders came into force.
    (193701)
56
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his plans are for HMP The Verne.
    (193595)
57
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) date, (b) amount and (c) reasons were for any fines or penalties his Department has paid to HM Treasury since May 2010.
    (193583)
58
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the National Rail Conditions of Carriage.
    (193586)
59
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of a regional transport hub at Crewe on the proposal by Warrington Borough Council for an alternative route for the High Speed 2 line north of Crewe; and if he will make a statement.
    (193627)
60
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic benefits to (a) the North-West and (b) Warrington of further upgrading the West-East line as proposed in the HS2 Plus Report.
    (193697)
61
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment applications have been processed in each month since April 2013.
    (193589)
62
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned for failing to complete their job search evidence form on 25 December 2013.
    (193590)
63
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in his Department's data entry spending in the last year; and what the reasons are for any such change.
    (193628)
64
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the overall cost to his Department of data entry associated with universal credit.
    (193629)
65
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department was of data entry used under universal credit in each quarter since 2010.
    (193661)
66
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff his Department has employed in data entry roles relating to universal credit in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Lancashire in each quarter since 2010.
    (193699)
67
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young people into work.
    (903384)
68
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the work of his Department's youth hubs.
    (193584)
69
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons he has not yet placed the business case for universal credit in the public domain.
    (193588)
70
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 547W, on the Work Programme, if he will place in the Library the draft findings of the Work Programme evaluation received by his Department in August 2013.
    (193596)
71
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will amend the point at which housing benefit payments are halted or reduced when a claimant finds work to better take account of salaries that are paid in arrears.
    (193619)

Notices given on Wednesday 26 March

1
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 40W, how many offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 reached a first hearing in magistrates' court in each year since 2008.
    (194028)
2
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of employees in the Law Officers' Departments of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193956)
3
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194032)
4
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to publish a response to the consultation on pub companies and tenants.
    (193855)
5
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to assist the manufacturing sector and promote an export-led recovery in the economy.
    (193741)
6
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) students and (b) higher education providers and universities on the implications of the Consumer Rights Bill for fee-paying students; and what the Civil Service grades of officials present were.
    (193792)
7
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many workplaces in (a) Harlow constituency and (b) Essex employed an apprentice in each of the last five year.
    (193751)
8
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193955)
9
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to encourage businesses to implement and abide by the code of the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition; and if he will make a statement.
    (193991)
10
 
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that European Commission free trade agreement negotiations with (a) Thailand and (b) India safeguard access to affordable medicines; and if he will make a statement.
    (193854)
11
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194033)
12
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of women in Brigg and Goole constituency were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in each of the last five years.
    (193908)
13
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193957)
14
 
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what scrutiny the Major Projects Authority has given to the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme.
    (194002)
15
 
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Red, Amber, Green ratings the Major Projects Authority has given to the Emergency Services Communications Programme.
    (194003)
16
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, columns 291-2W, on the Electoral Register, whether the information on how many (a) UK- and (b) foreign-born citizens over the age of 18 and qualified to vote in UK parliamentary elections in each English and Welsh parliamentary constituency is now available.
    (193803)
17
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to encourage the Government Procurement Service to adopt (a) UN Global Compact and (b) ILO standards; and if he will make a statement.
    (193994)
18
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts have been given to Airwave; and what the (a) value and (b) duration is of each such contract.
    (194011)
19
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194048)
20
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that investment trusts are excluded from legislation on packaged retail investment products presently being considered by the European Parliament.
    (193988)
21
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 12W, on individual savings accounts and with reference to HM Revenue and Custom's policy paper published on the new ISA and changes to Junior ISA and the Child Trust Fund, what assessment he has made of the consequences for (a) the economy, (b) capital markets and (c) business of a shift in savings portfolio composition away from securities towards cash.
    (193987)
22
 
Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the publication by the Office for National Statistics entitled Scotland-Household Taxes and Benefits: update, if he will publish the data contained in that document on non-cash benefits from public spending, cash benefits and taxes paid by decile groups as it relates to Scotland.
    (193841)
23
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax relief was payable in respect of personal pension contributions for income taxed at (a) 40 per cent and (b) 20 per cent in 2012-13; and how many people in each category received such relief.
    (193743)
24
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much gift aid was reclaimed by charities in (a) 2009 and (b) 2013.
    (193744)
25
 
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether flats will be liable for the possible introduction of a levy on higher value homes.
    (193787)
26
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment he has made of his plans to introduce electronic Vehicle Excise Duty on (a) companies that trade cars and (b) the sale of second-hand cars; and if he will make a statement.
    (193786)
27
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of electronic Vehicle Excise Duty on (a) the transfer of personalised number plates and (b) car sale purchases.
    (193831)
28
 
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many endowment mortgage complaints have been rejected by insurance companies and upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service since 2010.
    (193862)
29
 
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual change in the rate of VAT registrations was in each of the previous five years; and what estimate he has made of the effect of such charges on revenue.
    (193863)
30
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that free and impartial guidance will be available to (a) drawing down their pensions at 55 and (b) taking partial retirement.
    (193747)
31
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Conduct Authority will publish the results of its review into the effectiveness of the Current Account Switching Service.
    (193796)
32
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects personal current account customers to be able to access transactional data on their account in a standardised and downloadable format for use as a comparison tool.
    (193797)
33
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority will publish a review of their work on removing barriers to entry and expansion in retail banking.
    (193798)
34
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Payment Systems Regulator will launch its market study into the ownership of payment systems by the largest banks.
    (193799)
35
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Financial Conduct Authority to publish the results of its study of the costs and benefits of account number portability.
    (193875)
36
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis the projection in the Budget 2014 that the pension proposals will generate £1.2 billion in marginal taxation by 2018-19 was calculated.
    (193892)
37
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect those who wish to take out an annuity against a significant deterioration in the annuity market reducing the pool of resources and both raising the cost of annuities and reducing their rate of return.
    (193898)
38
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the pension proposals on social care for the elderly.
  [R] (193903)
39
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of the introduction of the pensioner bond in each of the next 20 financial years.
    (193912)
40
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rate of return will be offered through the new pensioner bond.
    (193913)
41
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what criteria people will be eligible for the new pensioner bond.
    (193914)
42
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193974)
43
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194034)
44
 
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely effect of the Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2014 on the amount of Community Infrastructure Levy collected.
    (193888)
45
 
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 025 of the section entitled Viability in his Department's online National Planning Policy Guidance, what the different funding mechanisms available are.
    (193998)
46
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the effectiveness of the regulations covering the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in homes.
    (193742)
47
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in local government spending on the effectiveness of fire brigades.
    (193997)
48
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to change the contribution rates to the Firefighters Pension Scheme.
    (194054)
49
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the current recommended age of retirement for firefighters.
    (194055)
50
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the role of firefighters in responding to the recent floods.
    (194056)
51
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to impose on fire and rescue services a statutory duty to respond to flooding.
    (194057)
52
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides on how much funding from the Local Government Finance Settlement local authorities should allocate to virtual headteachers.
    (193878)
53
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193958)
54
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent assessment is of the success of the zero carbon homes policy; and if he will make a statement.
    (193886)
55
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 558W, on land drainage, what funding will be made available to SuDS Approving Bodies to enable them to maintain balancing tanks and sustainable urban drainage systems; who will be responsible for providing that funding; and if he will make a statement.
    (193909)
56
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 358W, on land drainage, for what reasons responsibility for maintaining balancing tanks and sustainable urban development systems is to be given to county or unitary authorities rather than to local planning authorities; and if he will make a statement.
    (193910)
57
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deaths in fires in domestic properties in England there were in each year since 1999.
    (193770)
58
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, columns 80-1W, on Electoral Register, if his Department will use information gathered on the amount spent by local authorities on voter registration to inform policy on registration levels.
    (193857)
59
 
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on measures to allow town and parish councils to send agendas electronically.
    (193805)
60
 
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government Response to Lord Heseltine's report No Stone Unturned: in Pursuit of Growth, when he expects to publish a draft legislative reform order to ensure that the current legislation on combined authorities is fit for purpose.
    (193920)
61
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of wind turbine developers using the Community Right to Build scheme to circumvent the local planning process.
    (193840)
62
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194035)
63
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings officials in her Department have had with officials from the Department for Business, Innovations and Skills on the implications of the Consumer Rights Bill for (a) licence fee payers and (b) the BBC; and what the Civil Service grades of officials present were.
    (193794)
64
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with representatives of boxing in Northern Ireland on the choice of which country they represent at international competitions level.
    (193858)
65
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how long betting shops are given by the Gambling Commission to comply with the requirements surrounding their primary gambling activity.
    (193829)
66
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many betting shops have had their licences revoked in each year since 2005; and what the reasons were in each such case.
    (193830)
67
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will define primary gambling activity criteria to identify the extent to which betting shops rely on non-betting activities.
    (193882)
68
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action the Gambling Commission takes with licensed operators where provision of betting facilities appears non-compliant with primary gambling activity measures.
    (193884)
69
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, columns 165-6W, on art: finance, what proportion of the total funding given by her Department’s public bodies was used to support creative industries in (a) London and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last three years.
    (193877)
70
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of employees in her Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193959)
71
 
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the origins are of the NATO target for allies to spend two per cent of gross domestic product on defence; and if he will make a statement.
    (193766)
72
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194036)
73
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget Statement on 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 784, what effect making departmental underspends permanent and locked-in will have on his Department’s budgetary assumptions in relation to his Department’s (a) revenue and (b) capital budget until 2015-16.
    (193911)
74
 
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2014 to the hon. Member for Crawley, Official Report, column 219W, on War Memorials: World War II, what the reasons are for the disparities between the income per visitor from grant-in-aid and LIBOR fines allocated to the (a) Royal Navy Museum, (b) National Army Museum, (c) Royal Air Force Museum and (d) National Memorial Arboretum; if he will take steps to reduce such disparities in future; and if he will make a statement.
    (193763)
75
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce an online pension calculator for use by those who have left the armed forces.
    (193844)
76
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which small and medium-sized companies in Wales his Department has contracted in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (193776)
77
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 534, what the date and location is of his planned small and medium-sized enterprise meeting in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    (193802)
78
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193960)
79
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2013, Official Report, column 392W, on the Electoral Register if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for non-registration.
    (193800)
80
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2012, Official Report, column 444W, on constituencies, what comparative assessment he has made of the accuracy of the (a) electoral register and (b) census.
    (193801)
81
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on the Electoral Register, what is the (a) earliest and (b) latest age a person is allocated their National Insurance number; and what the earliest date is that an attainer can be registered to vote.
    (193836)
82
 
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 the Electoral Register, with which national organisations his Department is working to encourage people to register to vote.
    (193837)
83
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 189W, on the electoral register: Northern Ireland, if he will discuss the lessons from the registration for schools programme in Northern Ireland with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
    (193838)
84
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 510W, on the electoral register: young people, how the £4.2 million funding to maximise the rate of voter registration ahead of the transition to individual electoral registration has been spent; and what measures are in place to monitor the effectiveness of this spending.
    (193839)
85
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 3 September 2012, Official Report, columns 93-4W, on electoral register: fraud, what assessment he has made of the reasons there have been no successful prosecutions for postal vote fraud since 2011.
    (193880)
86
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 443W, on electoral register, what progress he has made with private sector credit reference agencies on ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the electoral register.
    (193919)
87
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194037)
88
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the statement of 13 March 2014, Official Report, columns 427-9, on school funding, what the (a) total and (b) per-pupil funding for each local authority area will be for 2015-16.
    (193989)
89
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will announce (a) additional funding for and (b) a help and advice service to schools on universal free school meals.
    (193900)
90
 
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what conclusions he has drawn from the 3D Printer Project Report for enriching teaching across STEM and Design subjects in schools.
    (193768)
91
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings officials in his Department have had with officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the implications of the Consumer Rights Bill for (a) childcare voucher users and (b) providers of childcare services; and what the Civil Service grades of officials present were.
    (193793)
92
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, columns 83-4W, on the School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, if he will make an assessment of the level of compliance with those regulations among state-funded schools and academies.
    (193749)
93
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of education standards in primary schools in Surrey.
  [R] (193815)
94
 
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will list all academy sponsors with 10 or more academies.
  [R] (193818)
95
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, columns 250-1W, on special educational needs, when he expects to make an announcement on the effect of reforms on funding for special educational needs.
    (193842)
96
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, columns 556-7W, on children in care, if he will place in the Library (a) the results of the virtual school head pilots conducted between September 2007 and August 2009 and (b) all training materials produced by his Department.
    (193843)
97
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who are home-schooled in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) Brigg and Goole constituency.
    (193905)
98
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children received A* to C grades in GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) geography and (d) sciences in Brigg and Goole constituency in each year since May 2010.
    (193906)
99
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department last visited a private, voluntary or independent sector childcare setting in an official capacity.
    (193816)
100
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193961)
101
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the functional literacy rates were in each (a) local authority area and (b) region in each of the last 10 years.
    (193804)
102
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194038)
103
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will urge energy providers to offer unconditional price freezes.
    (194025)
104
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what sanctions or remedies are available if energy suppliers do not end automatic run-overs of contracts for supplying energy to small businesses.
    (193790)
105
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of houses in the UK that have solar panels.
    (193737)
106
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of how many houses in the UK have an energy efficiency certificate.
    (193738)
107
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average time it takes for householders who have installed energy efficient products in their property to recover their costs; and if he will make a statement.
    (193739)
108
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber which do not have mains gas access and which use domestic heating oil.
    (193904)
109
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193962)
110
 
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many properties built after January 2009 were flooded in winter 2013-14; and what guidance his Department issues to homeowners who are declined insurance by their provider because of risk of flooding.
  [R] (193817)
111
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of energy generation was produced through anaerobic digestion in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to increase the levels of energy production through that source.
    (193780)
112
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194039)
113
 
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission a study on measures to accurately record incidences of mis-stunning in abattoirs.
    (193828)
114
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193963)
115
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in African countries about numbers of (a) elephants, (b) rhinoceroses and (c) lions in those countries.
    (193755)
116
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports his Department has received on breaches of medical neutrality and the supply of medical care for people injured by security forces in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
    (193845)
117
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the death in custody of Jaffar al Durazi in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
    (193846)
118
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress by the government of Bahrain towards ending torture and abuse of detainees since 2011; and if he will make a statement.
    (193847)
119
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the level of medical support given to victims of torture in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
    (193848)
120
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of confessions obtained through torture being used as evidence in terrorism cases in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
    (193849)
121
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the work and methods of the Special Investigation Unit in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
    (193850)
122
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department has provided to (a) the Office of the Police Ombudsman and (b) the Special Investigation Unit in Bahrain since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (193851)
123
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of reprisals against individuals who raise complaints with the Office of the Police Ombudsman in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
    (193852)
124
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194040)
125
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority about reports that cultural and sporting events in the Palestinian Territories are named after Palestinian terrorists.
    (193767)
126
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 189W, on the Nuclear Security Summit, which organisations made what suggestions to the UK's contribution to that Summit.
    (193807)
127
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on the publication on Fatah's Facebook page of maps depicting geographic Israel replaced by Palestine.
    (193872)
128
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on recent comments by the senior Fatah official Ahmed Assaf on Dalal Mughrabi.
    (193873)
129
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of rocket fire by Islamic Jihad into Israel from Gaza.
    (193874)
130
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the commitment in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement signed by the EU and the interim Ukraine administration on 21 March 2014 to a political dialogue designed to promote gradual convergence on foreign and security matters with the aim of Ukraine's ever-deeper involvement in the European security area reflects an EU policy objective of Ukraine eventually joining NATO; and if he will make a statement.
    (193782)
131
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Mozambique on efforts to end violence against women; and what representations he has made on that country's draft criminal code which may allow those accused of sexual violence to avoid prosecution if they marry the victim.
    (193990)
132
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications on regional security of the announcement by the Israeli Defence Force of the discovery of a tunnel extending 700 metres into Israel from Gaza.
    (193772)
133
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of Iran's financial and material support for terrorist groups in the Middle East.
    (193773)
134
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193964)
135
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on ending the illegal wildlife trade.
    (193754)
136
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of which countries in Africa (a) have the highest incidence of illegal killing of wildlife and (b) have the largest illegal trade in wildlife with China.
    (193756)
137
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194041)
138
 
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the use of unlicensed medicines in the NHS where licensed medicines exist.
    (194015)
139
 
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timescales are for delivering the commitment in the 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme for his Department to work with industry and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to support further consideration of issues and potential resolutions around the use of unlicensed comparators.
    (194016)
140
 
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department has requested the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to perform a technology appraisal on an unlicensed medicine; and on what basis such a request was made in each case.
    (194017)
141
 
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has not recommended a licensed treatment where an unlicensed comparator was used in the relevant health technology appraisal.
    (194018)
142
 
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to determine whether an unlicensed medicine is in established use within the NHS.
    (194019)
143
 
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the use by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence of unlicensed comparators in technology appraisals on the regulatory incentives for the development of licensed (a) paediatric medicines and (b) medicines for rare diseases.
    (194020)
144
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in (a) Redcar and Cleveland, (b) Middlesbrough, (c) the North East and (d) England are registered organ donors.
    (194023)
145
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department offers to clinical commissioning groups on how they should best use the NICE breast cancer quality standard.
    (193853)
146
 
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the statement in the NHS Confederation's 2015 Challenge, that it is very possible that the current basis of the NHS, free for all at the point of need, will become unsustainable in the future; and if he will make a statement.
    (193982)
147
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings officials in his Department have had with officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the implications of the Consumer Rights Bill for (a) users of personal care budgets and (b) providers of personal care budgets; and what the Civil Service grades of officials present were.
    (193791)
148
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he has taken of the decision by the Belgian government not to pursue a policy of standard packaging of tobacco.
    (193769)
149
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that clinical data from pharmaceutical companies on drugs over 15 years old is made available to clinical researchers.
    (193812)
150
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to advance and promote transparency in the pharmaceutical industry in publishing data on drugs over 15 years old.
    (193813)
151
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency does not destroy clinical trial data on drugs licensed over 15 years ago; and if he will make a statement.
    (193986)
152
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) are and (b) are not registered with a dentist in (i) Cumbria and (ii) South Lakeland.
    (193992)
153
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children (a) are and (b) are not registered with a dentist in (i) Cumbria and (ii) South Lakeland.
    (194021)
154
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Statement of 18 July 2013, Official Report, columns 125-6WS, on NHS modernisation (costs and benefits), if he will publish a detailed breakdown of the (a) gross savings over the transition period and (b) long-term annual savings.
    (193748)
155
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on health professionals, if he will publish the robust evidence-based cost-benefit risk analysis of the regulation of unregulated healthcare professionals.
    (193771)
156
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on works and refurbishments to offices allocated to Ministers in his Department in the last 12 months.
    (193996)
157
 
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve respite care provision in (a) Peterborough and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
    (193860)
158
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned into Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy in the last five years.
    (193777)
159
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the drug Idebonen in treating Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.
    (193778)
160
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff in (a) Warrington, (b) the North West and (c) England who have been made redundant since 2010 have since been re-employed by the NHS on (i) a permament basis, (ii) on a fixed-term contract and (iii) as consultants.
    (193814)
161
 
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he intends to make to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the use of ipilimumab as a first line treatment for advanced melanoma.
    (193885)
162
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were added to the organ donor register in Brigg and Goole constituency in each of the last five years.
    (193907)
163
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193966)
164
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what refurbishments have been carried out by his Department since May 2010; what the cost of such refurbishment was by category of expenditure; what refurbishments are planned; and what the estimated cost is of such future refurbishments.
    (193985)
165
 
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to raise public awareness of juvenile idiopathic arthritis among (a) GPs, (b) the general public, (c) school teachers and (d) schoolchildren in England.
    (193819)
166
 
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality and geographical provision of health services provided to patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in England.
    (193820)
167
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the British Medical Association and (b) GPs' representatives about over prescription of antibiotics.
    (193759)
168
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with sepsis in each of the last five years.
    (193760)
169
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to holding surgeries and awareness events on men's health at sports clubs and public houses.
    (193761)
170
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born with Group B streptococcus in each of the last five years.
    (193775)
171
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): 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.
    (193764)
172
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further steps he is taking to encourage the use of Fairtrade goods in catering in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
    (193993)
173
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the Distressed Economy Strategic Review in the NHS in North Staffordshire; when that review will report; and what the terms of reference of that review are.
    (193889)
174
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent incidents of self-harm in the under-18 years old age group.
    (193752)
175
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has introduced in the last year to reduce the number of businesses employing illegal immigrants.
    (193823)
176
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194042)
177
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many maximum fines have been levied under the Immigration (Employment of Adults, Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2008 in each year since it was enacted.
    (193753)
178
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation orders were issued to foreign national offenders in each year since 2010.
    (193808)
179
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will redraft the code governing detention of teenagers under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to ensure that 17 year olds in custody are treated as teenagers by the police.
    (193901)
180
 
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of specialist refuge places for women from black and minority ethnic communities.
    (193806)
181
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of employees in her Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193967)
182
 
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers about proposals for the emergency services communications network to be operated on a commercially available network.
    (193999)
183
 
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurances she has received from operators of commercially available mobile networks that the emergency services will be able to over-ride commercial or public traffic during emergencies.
    (194000)
184
 
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme delivers a cost effective network that meets the standards of security and resilience essential for mission-critical communications.
    (194001)
185
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people held in immigration removal centres and who refused food or fluids have been transferred to prisons since May 2013.
    (193784)
186
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts with her Department are held by Airwave; what the value is of each such contract; and when each such contract is due for renewal.
    (194012)
187
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received about the use of water cannon in London.
    (194013)
188
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion she has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on transitional arrangements to cover the potential gap between the UK Government opting out of EU justice measures and negotiating its re-entry into specific measures.
    (194026)
189
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on Scotland's justice system of the UK Government opting out of EU justice measures and then negotiating its re-entry into specific measures.
    (194027)
190
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194043)
191
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes are in place to ensure that (a) individuals and (b) non-governmental organisations in the Palestinian Territories receiving UK aid payments are not associated with terrorist organisations.
    (193825)
192
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes are in place to ensure Palestinian Authority civil servants in receipt of UK aid payments are not associated with terrorist organisations and have no previous record of terror offences.
    (193826)
193
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any Palestinian Authority civil servant has been refused UK aid payments on the grounds of links with terrorist organisations.
    (193984)
194
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of employees in her Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193968)
195
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many portable kits for diagnosis of (a) HIV and (b) hepatitis her Department has delivered to Africa in each of the last three years.
    (193757)
196
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds her Department has allocated to each country in Africa to tackle wildlife crime.
    (193758)
197
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194044)
198
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of books to prisoners; and if he will make a statement.
    (193995)
199
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that the probation contracts in England and Wales are let without risk to the public or waste of public money.
    (193895)
200
 
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy granted in respect of members of the IRA was not announced in the London Gazette or the Belfast Gazette.
    (194051)
201
 
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who took the decision not to announce the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in respect of members of the IRA in the London Gazette or the Belfast Gazette.
    (194052)
202
 
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a list of the members of the IRA who have been beneficiaries of the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy.
    (194053)
203
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 which corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in the table in paragraph 3 of the Schedule of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 in each of the last four years.
    (193734)
204
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to articles 43 to 54 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, in each of the last four years.
    (193779)
205
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence under section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the offence committed corresponds to an offence which would lead to automatic inclusion in the children's barred list, with the right to make representations, under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 in each of the last four years.
    (193918)
206
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 4 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, in each of the last four years.
    (193981)
207
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 142 or 143 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, where the offence was committed against a child, in each of the last four years, broken down by year.
    (193983)
208
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 33 or 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the person caused to watch the sexual activity in question was a child, in each of the last four years.
    (194004)
209
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 31 or 39 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the person caused or incited to engage in sexual activity was a child, in each of the last four years.
    (194005)
210
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 36 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the person who agreed to be present or in a place from which the person committing the offence could be observed was a child, in each of the last four years.
    (194006)
211
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 32 or 40 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the person who was present or in a place from which the person committing the offence could be seen was a child, in each of the last four years.
    (194007)
212
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 35 or 37 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the person induced, threatened or received was a child in each of the last four years.
    (194008)
213
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 30, 34 or 38 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the offence was committed against a child in each of the last four years.
    (194009)
214
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 8 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.
    (194010)
215
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence under sections 1, 2 or 3 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 where the offence was committed against a child in each of the last four years.
    (194022)
216
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the offence committed corresponds to an offence which would lead to automatic inclusion in the adults' barred list, with the right to make representations, under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, in each of the last four years.
    (194024)
217
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 which (a) corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in part 1 of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 and was committed in circumstances specified in the entry in the second column of that part of that table which corresponds to the relevant entry in the first column of that part of that table or (b) corresponds to an offence contrary to a provision specified in part 2 of that table in each of the last four years.
    (194029)
218
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence under section 128 of the Mental Health Act 1959 where the offence was committed against a child in each of the last four years.
    (194031)
219
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to Answer question number 191341, submitted by the hon. Member for Hyndburn on 10 March 2014 for Answer on 13 March 2014.
    (193788)
220
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many senior decision makers were employed by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each region on (a) 31 March 2011, (b) 31 March 2012 and (c) 31 March 2013.
    (193735)
221
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decision makers were employed for work in each region by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
    (193781)
222
 
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target time is for a decision on an application for compensation.
    (193876)
223
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on (a) 31 March 2011, (b) 31 March 2012 and (c) 31 March 2013.
    (193899)
224
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193969)
225
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his article published in the Daily Mail on 6 September 2013, what the evidential basis was for his statement that countless left-wing campaigners are using the judicial review system as a promotional tool.
    (193822)
226
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was, by prison, on 19 March 2014; how many prisoners each prison was built for; and how many foreign national prisoners there are in each prison, by country.
    (194014)
227
 
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Leader of the House, how many e-Petitions have led to debates being arranged in the House since their introduction.
    (193795)
228
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194045)
229
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will ensure that HM Revenue and Customs refunds unnecessary payments of VAT on ISAs.
    (193774)
230
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of the effect on Northern Ireland of recent changes to immigration rules in respect of Romania and Bulgaria.
    (193859)
231
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of employees in her Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193970)
232
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194046)
233
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions the Government has had with the Scottish Government on the introduction of a Right to Move scheme for social tenants.
    (193789)
234
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193972)
235
 
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 29 January 2014, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on the Electoral Register: fraud, if the Electoral Commission will make an assessment of (a) the effect of the views of politicians and (b) statements by the Electoral Commission on public perception of electoral registration.
    (193832)
236
 
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 29 January 2014, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on the Electoral Register: fraud, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of concern about electoral fraud in the UK and other EU countries.
    (193833)
237
 
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 29 November 2013, Official Report, columns 455-6W, on the Electoral Register, for what reasons the electoral commission has no plans to undertake a direct assessment of registration rates in specific university towns and cities.
    (193834)
238
 
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 29 November 2013, Official Report, columns 455-6W, on the Electoral Register, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Electoral Commission's review of public engagement strategies.
    (193835)
239
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194047)
240
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure people who are currently employed by the Driver and Vehicle Agency receive training to enable them to take up local posts in other Government departments and public bodies..
    (193762)
241
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish and place in the Library all correspondence sent in the last five years between the Welsh and UK Governments on electrification of the mainline between Swansea and London.
    (193785)
242
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government or the Official Opposition on Barnett consequentials for Wales resulting from future High Speed 2 expenditure.
    (193879)
243
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money has been spent on repairing potholes in (a) Harlow and (b) Essex since 2004.
    (193871)
244
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the findings of the Green Paper on improving the safety and reducing risks to young drivers.
    (193736)
245
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the expanded Air Development Fund announced in the Budget Statement 2014 will apply throughout the UK: and how that fund will operate in the devolved jurisdictions.
    (193868)
246
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department and the Highways Agency are taking to reduce the risk of death or serious injury to road workers on the motorway network.
    (193978)
247
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what commercial products his Department or the Highways Agency has mandated for use in road traffic management on the motorway network in the last 10 years.
    (193979)
248
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department and the Highways Agency have made in delivering the Government's small and medium-sized enterprise procurement policy in road traffic management on the motorway network since 2010; what goods and services have been procured from which companies; at what cost; and what processes were used for the procurement of those goods and services.
    (193980)
249
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193973)
250
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the proposed service pattern is for classic-compatible High Speed 2 trains serving Carlisle when (a) High Speed 2 phase 1 and (b) High Speed 2 phase 2 opens.
    (193890)
251
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for Penrith North Lakes, Oxenholme Lake District and Lancaster to be served by classic-compatible High Speed 2 trains.
    (193891)
252
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194049)
253
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193975)
254
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what proportion of employees in the Government Equalities Office of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
    (193965)
255
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of tenant evictions resulting from the decision to pay housing benefit direct to claimants rather than landlords.
    (193827)
256
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
    (194050)
257
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 233W, on vacancies: internet, what additional checks and safeguards for jobseekers have been introduced in each year since the launch of Universal Jobmatch.
    (193824)
258
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in temporary accommodation were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
    (193731)
259
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) employment and support allowance were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
    (193732)
260
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents with a child under the age of five years old were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
    (193733)
261
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were temporarily exempt from the benefit cap due to their housing benefit being reduced were in temporary accommodation between April 2013 and January 2014.
    (193740)
262
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional households in temporary accommodation became subject to the benefit cap on flow in each month between May 2013 and January 2014.
    (193746)
263
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many refuges are not classed as supported exempt accommodation for the purposes of housing benefit.
    (193783)
264
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he made of the effect of the option for people to top up their state pension on state pensions expenditure.
    (193926)
265
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on retirement incomes from private and workplace pensions.
    (193939)
266
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received face to face guidance from the Pension Advisory Service in each of the last five years.
    (193944)
267
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the operating budget of (a) the Money Advice Service and (b) the Pensions Advisory Service.
    (193945)
268
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on opt-out rates of auto enrolment.
    (193948)
269
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the investment strategy of the National Employment Savings Trust.
    (193950)
270
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive has taken to enforce the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in respect of employees in the traffic management industry in the last 10 years for which information is available.
    (193976)
271
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive has taken to recommend or mandate the use of automated traffic management technology to lift and lay cones on the motorway network in the last 10 years for which information is available.
    (193977)
272
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned for (a) four weeks, (b) three months and (c) three years (i) nationally and (ii) in Oldham in the last year.
    (193750)
273
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 515W, on Remploy: Edinburgh, how many former Remploy employees from the Edinburgh site are working (a) less than 16 hours per week in paid employment, (b) less than 30 hours per week in paid employment and (c) in voluntary and unpaid positions.
    (193821)
274
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department has agreed to provide in future years for former Remploy Employment Services; and until what year such funding will continue.
    (193869)
275
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the three year wage subsidy for former Remploy disabled employees transferring to a new employer was not available for new businesses set up for the purpose of employing disabled people formerly employed by Remploy.
    (193870)
276
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Community Support Fund for former Remploy employees was only accessible through a third party and what estimate he has made of how many eligible former Remploy employees did not make a claim because they were unable to do so themselves.
    (193881)
277
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department paid the majority of the support package for former Remploy workers to Job Centre Plus for a rapid response team; what that rapid response did to assist former Remploy employees; and what the outcome of that assistance was.
    (193887)
278
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the Welsh model of assistance offered to former Remploy employees setting up a business and not subject to TUPE provisions to England and Scotland.
    (193917)
279
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the capability of the Work Programme to provide adequate support to jobseekers with long-term medical conditions.
    (193765)
280
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for a work capability assessment is for claimants in (a) Torbay local authority area, (b) the South West region and (c) England.
    (193856)
281
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been given a prognosis that engagement in work is unlikely in the longer term have been placed in the work-related activity group for employment and support allowance since October 2008.
    (193893)
282
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he has in place to establish the extent to which work programme providers have assisted participants to improve their literacy and numeracy skills.
    (193894)
283
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on incapacity benefit who have been given a prognosis that engagement in work is unlikely in the longer term have been placed in the work-related activity group since October 2010.
    (193896)
284
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether the unavailability of child benefit for 18 year olds in receipt of jobseeker's allowance is discouraging the take-up of traineeships.
    (193897)
285
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of sanctions imposed on jobseeker's allowance claimants in Scotland resulted from the recommendations of Work Programme providers between March 2013 and March 2014.
    (193864)
286
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland applied for a hardship payment after being subject to benefit sanctions in each month from March 2013 to March 2014.
    (193865)
287
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in Scotland were referred to the benefit sanctions regime introduced in October 2012 in each month from March 2013 to March 2014.
    (193866)
288
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fixed-length sanctions of (a) high, (b) medium and (c) low level were imposed on jobseeker's allowance claimants in Scotland in each month from March 2013 to March 2014.
    (193867)

Notices given on Thursday 27 March

1
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average personal savings in each year from 2010 to 2013.
[Transferred]   (193745)
2
 
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of unsecured debt owed by individuals in each income decile in each year since 2010.
[Transferred]   (193861)
3
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of employees in No. 10 Downing Street of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
[Transferred]   (193971)
4
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the UK's current account deficit.
[Transferred]   (193883)
5
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of people who will rely wholly on the single tier state pension as a result of the planned changes to pensions from April 2015.
[Transferred]   (193921)
6
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions from April 2015 on the availability of long-term investment funds for infrastructure projects.
[Transferred]   (193922)
7
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision he has made for financial guidance for individuals on the planned changes to pensions.
[Transferred]   (193923)
8
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will provide face-to-face financial guidance introduced as a result of the planned changes to pensions.
[Transferred]   (193924)
9
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on (a) low, (b) middle and (c) higher income earners.
[Transferred]   (193925)
10
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the costs of social care in old age.
[Transferred]   (193927)
11
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on opportunities for tax evasion by higher rate tax payers.
[Transferred]   (193928)
12
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the housing market.
[Transferred]   (193929)
13
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs of providing free financial guidance to people at the point of retirement.
[Transferred]   (193930)
14
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the guidance which the Government is proposing for those who access their pension savings at age 55 will be available at the point at which they (a) withdraw from their pensions savings or (b) enter full retirement.
[Transferred]   (193931)
15
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the guidance that people receive as they approach the point of drawing down their pension will be both sufficient and independent.
[Transferred]   (193932)
16
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions will be in place to ensure people retain assets to support them in very old age.
[Transferred]   (193933)
17
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to ensure that a range of good value financial options are available for those approaching retirement.
[Transferred]   (193934)
18
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the total amount of pensions savings which will be withdrawn from pension schemes in each of the 15 financial years from April 2015.
[Transferred]   (193935)
19
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority about changes in regulation of the financial services market to protect people accessing their pension savings at the age of 55.
[Transferred]   (193936)
20
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact of the planned changes to pensions on the number of people relying on (a) housing benefit, (b) pensioner credit and (c) other means-tested pensioner support.
[Transferred]   (193937)
21
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the need to reform pensions tax relief.
[Transferred]   (193938)
22
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of allowing people to withdraw pension savings at the age of 55 at a marginal rate of tax on the level of such savings.
[Transferred]   (193940)
23
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the average cost of independent financial advice.
[Transferred]   (193941)
24
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the average cost of face-to-face financial guidance.
[Transferred]   (193942)
25
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received face-to-face guidance from the Money Advice Service in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]   (193943)
26
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the financial services sector to provide face-to-face guidance to 500,000 people a year.
[Transferred]   (193946)
27
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on average returns from annuities.
[Transferred]   (193947)
28
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions for low and middle pensioner income.
[Transferred]   (193949)
29
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 19 June 2012, Official Report, columns 923-4W, on electoral register: fraud, how many successful prosecutions for electoral registration fraud there were in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
[Transferred]   (194030)
30
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help local authorities control the sale of legal highs.
[Transferred]   (193902)
31
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the upper limit will be of the amount of state pension top-up people can buy.
[Transferred]   (193915)
32
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the top-up of state pensions for each of the next 20 financial years.
[Transferred]   (193916)
33
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by the Law Officers' Departments' were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194213)
34
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of undergraduate university courses charged at the maximum tuition fee allowed.
    (194234)
35
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the timetable is for the proposed selling of the pre-2012 student loan book.
    (194235)
36
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average total tuition fees incurred by a UK citizen studying full-time for an undergraduate degree at a university in England or Wales.
    (194236)
37
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of student loans issued under (a) the pre-2012 funding system and (b) the new system that will be fully or partially written off.
    (194237)
38
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library an updated version of the ready reckoner on student loans and debt repayment reflecting his most recent estimate on future earnings, fees and RAB charges.
    (194238)
39
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the Office of Fair Trading's incomplete (a) market studies, (b) competition enforcement cases and (c) consumer enforcement cases will be continued by which new enforcers after 1 April 2014.
    (194145)
40
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the Competition Commission's incomplete (a) market investigations, (b) merger inquiries, (c) regulatory references and (d) undertakings or order reviews will be continued by which new enforcers after 1 April 2014.
    (194146)
41
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194212)
42
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which trades unions are involved with any health and safety committees in his Department.
    (194158)
43
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what health and safety committees operate in his Department.
    (194172)
44
 
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students started at Russell Group universities to study STEM subjects from (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013.
    (194071)
45
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194214)
46
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will request that the Office for National Statistics publishes the evidential basis for the comment by the Minister for Housing of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 606, on changes in rents in London.
    (194170)
47
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194230)
48
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the analysis underlying the costings of the policy of reducing the withdrawal tax rate for income from pensions from 55 per cent to the marginal rate of income tax.
    (194247)
49
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's analysis of the potential risk to (a) the economy and (b) the prospects for long-term investment arising from the changes to the taxation regime for pensions.
    (194248)
50
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the analysis underlying the decision to allocate £20 million to the provision of consumer advice for pensions.
    (194249)
51
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the analysis underlying the feasibility of delivering face-to-face financial guidance to an additional 500,000 people from April 2015.
    (194250)
52
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the changes on the distribution of pensions tax relief by income decile.
    (194251)
53
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the changes on the overall level of tax paid by an individual in each income decile.
    (194252)
54
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumption he has made about the number of (a) basic, (b) higher and (c) additional rate tax payers who will cease to purchase an annuity as a result of the changes announced in Budget 2014.
    (194253)
55
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on revenue of the planned changes to the pensions system in each year from 2016 to 2025.
    (194254)
56
 
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions he has made about the number of people who will continue to take out an annuity.
    (194255)
57
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the HM Revenue and Customs computable general equilibrium model used to assess the effect on GDP of illustrative policies to meet targets in the fourth carbon budget includes (a) avoided costs of flooding and damage caused by flooding as a result of climate change, (b) a carbon price, (c) avoided costs of air pollution and (d) macroeconomic effects of an increased take up of domestic and commercial energy efficiency.
    (194139)
58
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners are considering changing the compulsory retirement age for clergy.
    (194239)
59
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194215)
60
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the ONS index of rental prices; and what recent assessment he has of the changes in the cost of private renting in Slough since 2010.
    (194133)
61
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194216)
62
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has discussed with Ofcom the future of licences held by Sunrise; and if she will take steps to urge Ofcom to retender the Slough Licence.
    (194159)
63
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many joint NATO training exercises in which countries the UK plans to participate in the next six months.
    (194061)
64
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the attendance of (a) veterans, (b) armed forces' widows, (c) armed forces' spouses and (d) carers to the 70th anniversary D-Day commemoration events at (i) Portsmouth on 5 June 2014, (ii) London on 22 June 2014, (iii) York on 20 July 2014 and (iv) London on 16 October 2014.
    (194124)
65
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Broxtowe of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 181W, with which service and veterans' charities his Department has been liaising for each of the 70th anniversary D-Day commemoration events in the UK.
    (194125)
66
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 181W on D-Day landings: anniversaries, on what date his Department received confirmation that each of the 70th anniversary D-Day commemoration events in the UK would take place.
    (194130)
67
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 181W on D-Day landings: anniversaries, how many (a) veterans, (b) armed forces' widows, (c) armed forces' spouses and (d) carers his Department expects will be in attendance for each of the 70th anniversary D-Day commemoration events in the UK.
    (194131)
68
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average career length is of a soldier in each regiment or unit who enlisted (a) aged under 18 and (b) aged 18 or above.
    (194161)
69
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) junior entry and (b) standard entry soldiers enlisted in the Army in 2012-13; and how many such people left before completing Phase 2 training.
    (194162)
70
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the United States Department of Defense (USDoD) in respect of the installation by BT of a special communications system to link RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire with the USDoD headquarters in Washington DC and the US Africa headquarters for unmanned aircraft operations in Djibouti.
    (194144)
71
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194217)
72
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what non-lethal military support his Department has provided to Tunisia in each year since 2012.
    (194080)
73
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what non-lethal military support his Department has provided to Libya in each year since 2012.
    (194081)
74
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what non-lethal military support his Department has provided to Algeria in each year since 2012.
    (194082)
75
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what non-lethal military support his Department has provided to Egypt in each year since 2012.
    (194083)
76
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets and how many service personnel were involved in NATO exercise Joint Warrior from (a) the UK, (b) NATO members and (c) non-NATO members in each of the last two years.
    (194176)
77
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the tritium gas emissions have been from RNAD Coulport in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of emissions in each of the next four years.
    (194177)
78
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much each type of radioactive emission will change at (a) RNAD Coulport and (b) HMNB Clyde in each of the next six years.
    (194178)
79
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are taking part in the Seedcorn initiative, what the location is of each such person; and with what equipment such personnel are training.
    (194241)
80
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the library a copy of his Department's agreement in principle for three offshore patrol vessels with BAE Systems.
    (194242)
81
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he plans to allow Ofsted to inspect the bodies which run chains of academy schools.
    (194163)
82
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194218)
83
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 787-8W, on pupil exclusions: autism, how his Department deals with allegations that schools are disregarding the statutory guidance on exclusion in respect of students with autistic disorders.
    (194185)
84
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what systems his Department has in place to monitor the implementation of the Government's commitment to give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation; and if he will make a statement.
    (194240)
85
 
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students sat A levels in (a) mathematics, (b) further mathematics, (c) physics, (d) chemistry and (e) biology in (i) City of Chester constituency and (ii) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (A) 2009 and (B) 2013.
    (194068)
86
 
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students obtained eight GCSE B grades or above in (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013.
    (194070)
87
 
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirements there are for academies and free schools to publish their curriculum for prospective parents.
    (194157)
88
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in the number of hours of literacy teaching which primary school children receive and how this affects on reading and writing attainment.
    (194155)
89
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194219)
90
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of treatable cavity wall homes in areas prone to flooding treated with inappropriate filling agents.
    (194136)
91
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the average treatment cost to insulate (a) narrow cavity hard-to-treat walls, (b) uneven cavities in walls constructed of natural stone, (c) homes with defective or missing damp proof courses, (d) solid wall properties treatable with internal cladding and (e) solid wall properties treatable with external cladding.
    (194137)
92
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of homes classified as solid wall construction and built before 1920 that possess fillable cavities.
    (194138)
93
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimates he has made of the effect of his plans to establish a capacity market on (a) domestic and (b) industrial energy bills between (i) 2015 to 2020 and (ii) 2021 to 2025.
    (194140)
94
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation he plans on regulations relating to houses in multiple occupation as part of the forthcoming consultation on regulations relating to minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented sector.
    (194160)
95
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what modelling he has undertaken of the viability of the offtaker of last resort system for independent renewable energy generators under the revised arrangements for auctions for contracts for difference for established technologies.
    (194245)
96
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what account he took of the estimates of numbers of homes with (a) partial fill cavity walls, (b) uneven cavities in natural stone walls, (c) defective or missing damp proof courses and (d) party wall cavities in the 2012 inbuilt report on hard to treat homes in the revised plans for treatment targets under the ECO scheme.
    (194246)
97
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194220)
98
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 20 February 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms T Morris.
    (194175)
99
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what bilateral funding arrangements his Department has with (a) governmental and (b) non-governmental projects and bodies in Argentina.
    (194079)
100
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he next plans to meet representatives of organisations that have made representations on the environmental effects of the shale gas industry.
    (194141)
101
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to meet representatives of Cuadrilla and other members of the shale gas industry.
    (194142)
102
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish shale gas extraction exclusion zones in sensitive areas for wildlife and water resources.
    (194143)
103
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with EU counterparts about an EU response to the Greek government's proposed amendment to Article 19 of that country's draft immigration code.
    (194074)
104
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Greek government about their amendment to Article 19 of that country's draft immigration code which would allow for the arrest, prosecution and deportation of migrants who report law enforcement abuse.
    (194075)
105
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to respond to the Greek government's decision to remove the humanitarian clause from that country's immigration code.
    (194076)
106
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194221)
107
 
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements there are on hospital trusts to stock medication for Parkinson's disease in their emergency medications cupboards.
    (194084)
108
 
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances a carer may administer a person's medication in hospital.
    (194085)
109
 
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulance service category A 8-minute responses were initially met by (a) a team and vehicle capable of providing patient transport, (b) first or co-responders and (c) paramedics using a motorbike or car in the last 12 months.
    (194073)
110
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194223)
111
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedure NHS England uses to benchmark the reduction of inappropriate face-to-face contact in line with Commissioning for Quality and Innovation guidance.
    (194058)
112
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NHS England will publish updates on (a) the three million lives programme and (b) NHS adoption of telehealth and telecare models of service provision.
    (194059)
113
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have strategies to exploit the commercial advantage of intellectual property developed at the trust; and if he will make a statement.
    (194060)
114
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the cancellation of the commissioning for quality and innovation pre-qualification criteria on the uptake of the high impact innovations identified through innovation, health and wealth.
    (194062)
115
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital procedures have been carried out using intra-operative fluid management technologies in each NHS trust in each of the last five years.
    (194063)
116
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have developed an action plan for the delivery of mobility services for children based on the best performing providers identified by innovation, health and wealth.
    (194064)
117
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for children requiring wheelchairs in each NHS trust in each of the last five years.
    (194065)
118
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have a strategy to ensure that the carer of every person who is admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of dementia is provided with advice and support.
    (194066)
119
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that approved training and qualifications for practice of tattoos and piercings are carried out by qualified practitioners.
    (194077)
120
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure consistency of training and skills for practitioners of tattooing and piercing.
    (194078)
121
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to regulate temporary tattooing and piercing establishments such as tattoo fairs and pop-up shops; and if he will make a statement.
    (194086)
122
 
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in providing funding for counselling and psychotherapy for pupils in schools.
    (194173)
123
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 685W, on human trafficking, whether she plans for the review of the National Referral Mechanism to be completed before committee stage of the Modern Slavery Bill.
    (194183)
124
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194224)
125
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations of foreign national offenders there were in each year since 2010.
    (194087)
126
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines have been levied under The Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Conrol) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2008 of a value of (a) up to £1000, (b) between £1000 and £2000, (c) between £2000 and £5000 and (d) £5000 and £10000 to date.
    (194134)
127
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines levied under the Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Conrol) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2008 of a value of (a) up to £1000, (b) between £1000 and £2000, (c) between £2000 and £5000 and (d) £5000 and £10000 remained unpaid.
    (194135)
128
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities are currently in discussions with her Department with regards to the vulnerable persons relocation scheme for Syrian nationals.
    (194171)
129
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the current requirements for seizing property or cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to bring those requirements into line with the new powers of HM Revenue and Customs to seize money from an individual's bank account without a warrant.
    (194067)
130
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194225)
131
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194226)
132
 
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the people imprisoned in 2012 for non-payment of fines relating to television licence evasion had other unpaid fines for other offences; and how many outstanding fines on average such people had.
    (194244)
133
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 652-3W, on special educational needs, whether his Department has any plans in future to commence publishing figures on the proportion of hearings where (a) local authorities and (b) parents were legally represented.
    (194156)
134
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194227)
135
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to the funding of Greater Manchester Police on crime rates in that region.
    (194132)
136
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194228)
137
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194229)
138
 
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to improve rail infrastructure between Sittingbourne and London stations.
    (194174)
139
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assets he has designated for search and rescue under section 2.5 of Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation; and where each such asset is located.
    (194243)
140
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194231)
141
 
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many students sat A levels in (a) mathematics, (b) further mathematics, (c) physics, (d) chemistry and (e) biology in (i) Flintshire Council area and (ii) Wrexham council area in (A) 2009 and (B) 2013.
    (194069)
142
 
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many students obtained eight GCSE B grades or above in (a) Flintshire council area and (b) Wrexham council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013.
    (194072)
143
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by the Government Equalities Office were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194222)
144
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
    (194232)
145
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer 6 March 2014, Official Report, columns 971-2W, on Remploy, which businesses were sold; and whether profit from such sales has been passed back to HM Treasury.
    (194184)
146
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research has been undertaken on the prospects of former Remploy factory workers who were made redundant in (a) 2007-08 and (b) phases 1 and 2 of the 2012-13 factory closures.
    (194186)
147
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people enrolled in hybrid workplace pension schemes.
    (194179)
148
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people aged 55 years old and over enrolled in hybrid pension schemes will acquire the same right to access pension pots conferred upon those in defined contribution schemes; and if he will make a statement.
    (194180)
149
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to provide that persons aged 55 years old and over enrolled in hybrid pension schemes will acquire the same rights to access pension pots accrued from additional voluntary contribution payments as holders of defined contribution pensions.
    (194181)
150
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the total value of funds held by pension providers on behalf of individuals who contracted out of the state earnings-related pension; and what arrangements will require to be made to allow people aged 55 years old and over to access such funds.
    (194182)
Tuesday 1 April  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
 
* 1
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What steps he is taking to improve compassionate care in the NHS.
    (903418)
* 2
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): What his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of reorganisation in the NHS.
    (903419)
* 3
Mr John Spellar (Warley): How many staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations since May 2010.
    (903420)
* 4
Ann Coffey (Stockport): What recent representations he has received on community pharmacies.
    (903421)
* 5
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What progress he has made on improving out-of-hospital care for frail elderly people.
    (903422)
* 6
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose brain tumours in children.
    (903423)
* 7
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): What estimate he has made of the number of patients who have waited for more than four hours in A&E departments in 2013-14 to date.
    (903424)
* 8
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): What progress has been made on achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health.
    (903425)
* 9
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What recent steps he has taken to improve maternity care.
    (903426)
* 10
Pat Glass (North West Durham): How many staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations since May 2010.
    (903427)
* 11
Henry Smith (Crawley): What recent steps he has taken to improve maternity care.
    (903428)
* 12
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What progress has been made on achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health.
    (903429)
* 13
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What steps the Government is taking to reduce the amount of sugar in children's diet.
    (903430)
* 14
John Howell (Henley): What recent steps he has taken to improve maternity care.
    (903431)
* 15
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What progress has been made on achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health.
    (903432)
* 17
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What progress has been made by the taskforce reviewing the effects of the Working Time Directive on the NHS.
    (903434)
* 18
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): What recent steps he has taken to improve maternity care in Greater Manchester.
    (903435)
* 19
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What progress his Department has made on improving the performance of hospitals in special measures.
    (903436)
* 21
David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What steps he has taken to improve patient choice in the NHS.
    (903438)
* 22
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): What steps he is taking to improve compassionate care in the NHS.
    (903439)
* 24
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): How many staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations since May 2010.
    (903441)
* 25
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): If his Department will provide support for small rural GP surgeries additional to that provided through the new GP surgery funding formula.
    (903442)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
* 1
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (903408)
* 2
Grahame M. Morris (Easington):  
    (903409)
* 3
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):  
    (903410)
* 4
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central):  
    (903411)
* 5
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry):  
    (903412)
* 6
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (903413)
* 7
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):  
    (903414)
* 8
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough):  
    (903415)
* 9
David Wright (Telford):  
    (903416)
* 10
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham):  
    (903417)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 26 March

1
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the views of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the survival benefit of dacabazine as a first line treatment for advanced melanoma; and if he will make a statement.
    (193951)
2
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to Articles 122 (1)(a) and 123 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, in each of the last four years.
    (193809)
3
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 30 to 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.
    (193810)

Notices given on Thursday 27 March

1
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on health and safety in NHS hospitals.
[Question Unstarred]   (903440)
2
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the likely change in the number of people in the UK who will be aged 90 years and over between 2012 and 2023.
    (194120)
3
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disabled people were in paid work in Brigg and Goole constituency in each of the last five years.
    (194258)
4
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of air passenger duty (APD) on the number of passengers travelling between Belfast and Newark International; and if he will take that assessment into account when considering changes to levels of APD for other flights from and within the UK.
    (194123)
5
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the guidance given to those approaching retirement will be a specific recommendation of a product to secure the best income in retirement.
    (194272)
6
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on (a) prices and (b) availability of annuities.
    (194273)
7
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the price of an annuity for those with pension pots worth (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000, (d) £40,000, (e) £50,000 and (f) £100,000.
    (194274)
8
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the availability of an annuity for those with pension pots worth (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000, (d) £40,000, (e) £50,000 and (f) £100,000.
    (194275)
9
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to hold Armed Forces Day events in Northern Ireland in June 2014.
    (194119)
10
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support British service personnel are providing to the Afghan National Security Forces to ensure that the elections in Afghanistan are free and fair.
    (194094)
11
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the UK is offering to the (a) EU and (b) OSCE election monitoring missions to Afghanistan.
    (194095)
12
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the 60 questions relating to the future Strategic Defence and Security Review to which the Permanent Under-Secretary of his Department referred during his oral evidence to the Defence Select Committee on 25 March 2014.
    (194118)
13
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he or officials of his Department will discuss the issues raised by Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan of the US Air Force in his testimony on the F-35 programme to the US House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces sub-committee with their US counterparts.
    (194198)
14
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women there were in the reserve forces in Brigg and Goole constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (194259)
15
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17 and (e) 18 year olds are enrolled at each university technical college in 2013-14.
    (194108)
16
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of all primary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
    (194088)
17
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of all secondary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
    (194089)
18
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the three most popular instruments are for primary school children in England who are learning an instrument in school.
    (194090)
19
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the three most popular instruments are for secondary school children in England who are learning an instrument in school.
    (194091)
20
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary school children in England learning an instrument in school (a) paid a charge and (b) received their tuition free of charge in each of the last five years.
    (194092)
21
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has met; and if he will publish the minutes of that Panel's meetings.
    (194096)
22
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with members of the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews.
    (194097)
23
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews have been (a) commissioned and (b) published since June 2010.
    (194098)
24
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what interaction the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has had with the Local Safeguarding Children's Board Network.
    (194099)
25
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to whom the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews is accountable; and what the terms of reference of that Panel are.
    (194100)
26
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber were adopted in each of the last five years.
    (194260)
27
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Hunting Act 2004.
    (194121)
28
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the estimated cost of the direct damage caused by recent flooding in Somerset meets the eligibility criteria for the European Union Solidarity Fund; and what discussions his Department has had with EU officials on an application to that fund.
    (194106)
29
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department spent some or all of their time working on the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date; and what the grade is of each such staff member.
    (194164)
30
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has allocated staff resources or established a dedicated unit in his Department to deal with proposed amendments to the Hunting Act 2004.
    (194165)
31
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 33W, on flood control, what the reasons are for the disparity between the figures given in that Answer and those contained in the Red Book Table 2.1 Line 34 for 2014-15 and 2015-16.
    (194187)
32
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of (a) pneumonia, (b) septic pneumonia, (c) Pericarditis, (d) Septic Pericarditis, (e) Peritonitis, (f) septic peritonitis, (g) Oedema, (h) Emaciation, (i) Bruising or trauma, (j) Abscesses in offal, (k) Abscesses in carcases, (l) Pyaemia, (m) animals with septicaemia, (n) Animals with tumours, (o) Hydronephrosis, (p) Nephritis and septic nephritis, (q) Lymphadenitis, (r) Tuberculosis, (s) Erysipelas in pigs, (t) Steatosis, (u) Actinobacillous and (v) Actinomycosus in red meat animals have been identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for an on behalf of the FSA since 1 April 2012.
    (194202)
33
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of (a) faecal contamination, (b) cellulitis, (c) dermatitis, (d) ascites, (e) salpingitiss, (f) egg impaction, (g) peritonis, (h) pericarditis, (i) pericarditis, (j) foot infections or problems, (k) arthritis and joint problems, (l) septicaemia and fever, (m) tumours, (n) air sacculitis, (o) Marek's disease, (p) white muscular disease and (q) Aspergillosis have been identified at post mortem inspection of poultry and prevented from entering the food chain 1 April 2012.
    (194203)
34
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of parasitic lung worms have been identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
    (194194)
35
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of the cystic stage (C Bovis) of the human tapeworm Taenia Saginata have been identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
    (194195)
36
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of (a) Cysticercus Tenuicollis (adult tapeworm - Taenia Hydatigena), (b) Cysticercus Ovis (adult tapeworm - Taenia Ovis), (c) Hydatid Cysts (adult tapeworm - Echinococcus Granulosus), (d) Generalised (cysts identified in multiple parts of the animal including the musculature the consumer would define as meat) and (e) Cysticercus Ovis have been identified at official post-mortem inspections and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
    (194196)
37
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times have lesions on livers caused by the intermediate stage of the parasitic roundworm ascaris suum identified in pigs at official post mortem inspection have been prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for or on behalf of the Food Standards Agency since 1 April 2012.
    (194265)
38
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the liver fluke fasciola hepatica identified at official post mortem inspection has been prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency performing thorough meat inspection since 1 April 2012.
    (194266)
39
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to promote peaceful dialogue in Venezuela between the government and of that country and political opponents.
    (194197)
40
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were eligible for and participated in the bowel cancer screening programme in (a) England, (b) each of the five regional programme hubs and (c) each of the 59 regional screening centres in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, and (iv) 2012-13.
    (194093)
41
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths attributable to long-term exposure to particularate air pollution in each of the last five years.
    (194102)
42
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that local authorities in England pursue a continuous improvement in the proportion of the eligible population offered and taking-up NHS health checks.
    (194103)
43
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that all NHS trusts are providing the full range of mental health interventions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
    (194104)
44
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) fixed costs and (b) annual running costs of Public Health England.
    (194105)
45
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed at Public Health England.
    (194107)
46
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what outcomes he expects to be achieved over the next 12 months as a result of steps taken to reduce the level of still birth and infant mortality rates.
    (194122)
47
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Food Standards Agency has carried out any research on the European Commission's published proposals to change EU Regulation 882/2004 governing official controls in the food and agriculture industries.
    (194261)
48
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pay rise NHS employees on incremental schemes will receive if they are already at the top of their banding levels.
    (194188)
49
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives are in place to train health professionals on the importance of providing people with Parkinson's disease medication on time while they are in hospital.
    (194192)
50
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure there is a quick and easy way for a patient with Parkinson's disease to lodge a complaint against a hospital trust should they not receive their medicine on time during their stay.
    (194193)
51
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on driving: licensing, what proportion of new drivers obtaining driving convictions were offered speed awareness courses in each year since 2010.
    (194127)
52
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to work with police forces across the country to protect children from online sexual exploitation.
    (194269)
53
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on legal fees in immigration cases when she has been (a) the defendant and (b) the appellant, in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (194153)
54
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking as co-chair of the Mexico High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development co-operation to ensure that future aid to the private sector respects the Busan principles.
    (194268)
55
N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking in her role as co-chair of the Mexico High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development to ensure that future development co-operation respects the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developments Busan Principles (a) generally and (b) as they apply to aid allocated to private sector organisations.
    (194129)
56
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the contracting-out of the Probation Service during 2014.
    (194199)
57
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were serving custodial sentences for non-payment of (i) a television licence, (ii) vehicle excise duty and (iii) council tax on 1 March 2014.
    (194101)
58
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which companies additional spaces have been purchased in which prisons in each month since May 2010.
    (194109)
59
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent purchasing additional prison places from existing privately run prisons in each month since May 2010.
    (194110)
60
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of fines levied on but uncollected from people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax was on 1 March 2014.
    (194111)
61
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine was for people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax in each of the last four years.
    (194112)
62
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland that depend on the UK's membership of the EU.
    (194114)
63
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless (a) single people and (b) families in Scotland.
    (194115)
64
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on maximising tourism opportunities in Scotland.
    (194116)
65
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on NHS Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (194117)
66
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce which stations will receive (a) access for all funding and (b) national station improvement programme funding between 2014 and 2019.
    (194262)
67
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he expects all peak services provided by SouthEastern to be formed of 12 car trains.
    (194263)
68
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on platform lengthening on the Integrated Kent Franchise routes in each year since 2000, by station.
    (194264)
69
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost per mile of building cycle lanes; and what steps he is taking to reduce this in rural areas.
    (194267)
70
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) net franchise payment, (b) revenue support sum and (c) net subsidy are for the 22 month direct award of the northern franchise to Northern Rail Ltd.
    (194113)
71
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Transport for London on the South East Flexible Ticketing scheme.
    (194128)
72
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update the business case for High Speed 2 to reflect the fact that there will be no link with High Speed 1.
    (194270)
73
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each parliamentary constituency are currently incurring the under-occupancy penalty.
    (194189)
74
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding cases of social fund loan repayments his Department is curretnly pursuing; in what year each such loan was issued; what estimate he has made of the total value of such outstanding repayments; and how much his Department is paying a debt management service to pursue such repayments.
    (194152)
75
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Ministerial Statement of 27 March 2014, on early exit of ATOS from the WCA contract; how much ATOS has paid to his Department in order to exit its contract early; and whether he plans for the new contract provide for payments calculated on the number of assessments completed.
    (194148)
76
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department makes available to people who are unable to work whilst receiving treatment for cancer and what assets which cannot quickly be converted to enough money to cover consequential costs.
    (194168)
77
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department collects information from Jobcentre Plus offices on the number of people referred to local advice providers to use telephones.
    (194147)
78
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance was given to Jobcentre Plus offices on supporting people internally rather than externally following the recent removal of warm phones.
    (194151)
79
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many repeat employment and support allowance claimants have been placed in the work-related activity group with the prognosis that engagement in work is unlikely in the longer term since October 2008.
    (194166)
80
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new employment and support allowance claimants have been placed in the work-related activity group with the prognosis that engagement in work is unlikely in the longer term since October 2008.
    (194167)
81
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions are in place to enable a lone parent on out-of-work benefits and on a course taking up more than 16 hours per week, whose youngest child turns five years old to complete the course notwithstanding the 16 hour rule.
    (194200)
82
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidance his Department has issued to Jobcentre Plus staff on how to advise clients on alternatives to warm phones for contacting Jobcentre Plus of applying for jobs by telephone.
    (194201)
83
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that applicants for means-tested benefits aged 55 years and above will not be deemed for purposes of benefit eligibility assessment to have vested in the capital and potential income held within their defined contribution pension pots.
    (194190)
84
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of extending the rights to exercise choice in the future investment of the proceeds of defined contribution pensions to all pension holders who have bought an annuity since 6 April 2013.
    (194191)
Wednesday 2 April  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
* 1
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (903393)
* 2
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's economic policies on the cost of living in Northern Ireland.
    (903394)
* 3
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What steps she is taking to promote a positive outcome for the Haass talks.
    (903395)
* 4
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What steps her Department is taking to commemorate the sacrifice of Irish soldiers during the First World War.
    (903396)
* 5
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): What recent discussions she has had with political parties in Nortern Ireland on dealing with the past.
    (903397)
* 6
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's economic policies on the cost of living in Northern Ireland.
    (903398)
* 7
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): What progress has been made on gaining compensation from the Libyan government for the victims of terrorist acts perpetrated by the IRA.
    (903399)
* 8
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): What recent assessment she has made of the Haass process.
    (903400)
* 9
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What progress has been made on the review of so-called letters of comfort issued to on-the-runs.
    (903401)
* 10
Jim Shannon (Strangford): What steps she is taking to increase the amount of government spending allocated to Northern Ireland.
    (903402)
* 11
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What steps she is taking to promote a positive outcome for the Haass talks.
    (903403)
* 12
David Mowat (Warrington South): What assessment her Department has made of the role of the voluntary sector in dealing with the legacy of the past.
    (903404)
* 13
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What assessment she has made of the effect of reductions in the number of people employed in the public sector in Northern Ireland.
    (903405)
* 14
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on economic development in Northern Ireland.
    (903406)
* 15
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on economic development in Northern Ireland.
    (903407)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
* 1
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 April.
    (903443)
* 2
Chloe Smith (Norwich North):  
    (903444)
* 3
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central):  
    (903445)
* 4
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):  
    (903446)
* 5
David Rutley (Macclesfield):  
    (903447)
* 6
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):  
    (903448)
* 7
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):  
    (903449)
* 8
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):  
    (903450)
* 9
Chris Kelly (Dudley South):  
    (903451)
* 10
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire):  
    (903452)
* 11
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden):  
    (903453)
* 12
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):  
    (903454)
* 13
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):  
    (903455)
* 14
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):  
    (903456)
* 15
Guy Opperman (Hexham):  
    (903457)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 18 March

1
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) prisons and (b) young offender institutions in the North East have had members of staff take detached duty since 2010.
    (192683)
2
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of each (a) prison and (b) young offender institutions in the North East were made redundant in each year since 2010.
    (192684)

Notices given on Monday 24 March

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 693W, on bus services: disability, how many public service vehicles (a) in each region and (b) operated by each operator have been issued with PSVAR certificates.
    (193342)

Notices given on Tuesday 25 March

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Ofcom voluntary code of practice on broadband speeds; and if she will make a statement.
    (193662)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many old oil and gas wells there are in the UK for which no firm or company is responsible; and how such wells are monitored for leaks.
    (193643)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to prevent leaks and improve monitoring at existing (a) in use and (b) extinct or abandoned onshore oil and gas sites.
    (193663)

Notices given on Wednesday 26 March

1
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance he has given to local enterprise partnerships about the inclusion of higher education in their strategic economic plans.
    (193952)
2
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will increase the maximum amount that students at alternative providers can borrow from the Student Loans Company to £9,000.
    (193953)
3
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage alternative providers of higher education to offer courses in STEM subjects.
    (193954)

Notices given on Thursday 27 March

1
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that sex-selective abortion does not place in the UK.
    (194256)
2
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to amend HAS4 abortion referral forms to include a declaration on the part of registered medical practitioners that they are satisfied that the women is not seeking an abortion the grounds of foetal sex.
    (194257)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been referred to jobs on zero-hours contracts through JobCentre Plus in each month since May 2010.
    (194204)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have moved off jobseeker's allowance to jobs on zero-hours contracts in each month since May 2010.
    (194205)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is issued to JobCentre Plus on recommending jobs on zero-hours contracts.
    (194206)
6
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion and number of job outcomes from the work programme were in zero-hours contracts roles in each month since the programme began.
    (194207)
7
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion and number of jobs currently advertised through JobCentre Plus are on zero-hour contracts.
    (194208)
Thursday 3 April  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 20 March

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Electronic Communications Code.
    (193135)

Notices given on Thursday 27 March

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the current marketing and advertising strategy document of the National Careers Service.
    (194169)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the armed forces will tender for the successor to the SA80 L86A2.
    (194154)
3
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department spent on (a) genito-urinary medicine and (b) sexual health in each of the last five years.
    (194209)
4
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) sexual health and (b) gum clinics there were in England in each of the last five years.
    (194210)
5
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff were employed in (a) sexual health and (b) gum clinics in England in each of the last five years.
    (194211)
Thursday 10 April  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 27 March

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to follow the model used for the restriction of the resale of football match tickets for other live events.
    (194233)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action her Department is taking to prevent the resale of event tickets on the internet at a significant increase to their original face value.
    (194271)

Prepared 28th March 2014