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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 2 April 2014

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 1 April 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Wednesday 2 April 2014

For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

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

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)

Notices given on Friday 28 March

1
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what provision exists under his Department's Traineeships Programme for individuals with special needs.
    (194303)
2
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what incentives his Department provides to companies who pioneer initiatives designed to tackle unemployment.
    (194316)
3
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the projected spending is by her Department in 2015-16 by functional flows to (a) museums and galleries, (b) communications, (c) libraries, (d) tourism, (e) the Royal Parks, (f) equalities, (g) BBC Public Sector broadcasting, (h) S4C, (i) arts, (j) sports, (k) gambling and National Lottery, (l) architecture and the historic environment and (m) the creative industries, disaggregating (i) grant-in-aid and Lottery and (ii) capital and current expenditure.
    (194280)
4
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council Enlgand spent on consultants in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
    (194314)
5
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds were disbursed through the Enterprise Investment Scheme to film projects in each month since June 2010.
    (194281)
6
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of secondary school children in England learning to play a musical instrument in school (a) paid a charge and (b) received their tuition free of charge in school years (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14.
    (194313)
7
N
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has plans to extend the life of generating capacity currently scheduled to be closed in the event that delays in new investment arise as a result of uncertainty about the outcome of the competition investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority.
    (194312)
8
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications his Department has received for (a) one-year, (b) three-year and (c) 15-year contracts relating to (i) gas and (ii) coal under the capacity market.
    (194282)
9
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 949W, on abortion, how many Ground E terminations were permitted due to a sex-linked inherited condition in the foetus in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (194306)
10
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010, in each force area.
    (194304)
11
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers within the two-year probationary period who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010 (a) in total and (b) by police force area.
    (194305)
12
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will itemise all sectoral budget support given to the Ethiopian government in the last two years.
    (194298)
13
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information (a) his Department and (b) HM Tribunals Service hold on the gender of people (i) prosecuted and convicted for television licence evasion and (ii) imprisoned for non-payment of a fine for television licence evasion.
    (194289)
14
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information (a) his Department and (b) HM Tribunals Service hold on the socio-economic status of people (i) prosecuted and convicted for television licence evasion and (ii) imprisoned for non-payment of a fine for television licence evasion.
    (194290)
15
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information (a) his Department and (b) HM Tribunals Service hold on the age of people (i) prosecuted and convicted for television licence evasion and (ii) imprisoned for non-payment of a fine for television licence evasion.
    (194291)
16
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the required prison officers in post figures are as part of the benchmarking process for each prison; and what the corresponding current full-time equivalent prison officer figures are.
    (194299)
17
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions prisons (a) reached and (b) exceeded their (i) occupational capacity and (ii) in-use certified normal accommodation in each month since September 2013.
    (194307)
18
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much capital investment there was in each secure estate establishment closed since May 2010 in the 12 months prior to the public announcement of the closure of that establishment; and what items were purchased at a cost in excess of £100,000 at each such establishment.
    (194308)
19
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) operational capacities and (b) certified normal accommodations were of each privately run prison with which a contract for additional places has been signed since January 2014.
    (194309)
20
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many spaces were agreed under each contract with a private provider for additional spaces in existing prisons signed since May 2010; how long each contract was for; and what the value was of the contract (a) in total and (b) per space agreed.
    (194310)
21
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people returning to Jobcentre Plus after two years on the Work Programme are aged under 25 years.
    (194315)
22
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of how much his Department is likely to save annually as a result of the removal of warm phones from Jobcentre Plus offices.
    (194317)
23
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department records the number of referrals made to local third-sector advice providers (a) to use the telephone, (b) for help filling in forms and (c) providing other support.
    (194318)

Notices given on Monday 31 March

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rhondda of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 347W, on housing benfit: social rented sector, if he will commission a one year evaluation of the effects of the under-occupancy penalty.
[Transferred]   (194295)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social housing tenants who were liable to pay the under-occupancy penalty have moved house since 1 April 2013.
[Transferred]   (194296)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department has not published data on the effects of the under-occupancy penalty on the number of social housing tenants who have moved home or fallen into rent arrears.
[Transferred]   (194297)
4
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people applied to the 2014 Sirius Programme for young entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement.
    (194417)
5
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to support part-time entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement.
    (194519)
6
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any alternative learning providers have not met the standards he recently announced on (a) quality assurance, (b) financial sustainability and (c) management and governance.
    (194323)
7
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor whether alternative learning providers are meeting the standards he recently set out on (i) quality assurance, (ii) financial sustainability and (iii) management and governance; and how he plans to facilitate the meeting of those standards.
    (194324)
8
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether recent increases in the estimated RAB rate for student loans go beyond his Department's target impairment for student loans.
    (194353)
9
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the effect on his Department's total resource Departmental Expenditure Limits of the revised guidance on revaluation of student loan impairments in each of the next three years.
    (194354)
10
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether all buildings (a) owned and (b) used by his Department have been inspected in order to identify any asbestos materials; and how frequently such inspections for asbestos occur.
    (194337)
11
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many claims for asbestos-related illnesses have been made against his Department in each year since 2003.
    (194358)
12
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many posts in his Department will be relocated to the South West in the next five years.
    (194572)
13
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships commenced in each sector in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last 12 months.
    (194363)
14
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the £60 million provided to support proof of concept development of near-market agricultural innovations described in A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies has been allocated.
    (194321)
15
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, if he will list the activities undertaken by the UK Trade and Investment Business Ambassador to champion UK agri-tech; and which early stage markets have been identified for future growth.
    (194467)
16
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, for what reason Qatar was chosen as the first country for UK Trade and Investment to work with.
    (194468)
17
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress UK Trade and Investment has made on identifying possibilities for UK-based food and drink producers through the High Value Opportunity Programme for Food Security.
    (194469)
18
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, how many times the Leadership Council has met; and what the items for discussion were at each meeting.
    (194470)
19
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress has been made in identifying skills needed to support the agri-tech research progress; and what steps he is taking to ensure the identified skills are being produced.
    (194477)
20
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, how much of the £90 million to establish centres for agricultural innovation has been allocated; and how many such centres have been established to date.
    (194478)
21
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress he has made in establishing a Centre for Agricultural Informatics.
    (194481)
22
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, whether UK Trade & Investment has established a new dedicated team to increase the volume and value of overseas investment into the UK agri-tech sector.
    (194482)
23
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the UK strategy for agricultural technologies, what progress has been made in mapping and evaluating private and Government funding available for research, translation and innovation.
    (194535)
24
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been paid by his Department to Aspire to Change since its formation; for what purpose each payment was made; what assessment he has made of the value for money of such payments; and if he will make a statement.
    (194435)
25
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK exercised for at least 30 minutes a week in each of the last five years.
    (194330)
26
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many adults in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK exercised for at least 30 minutes a week in each of the last five years.
    (194331)
27
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 to 25 years old who live in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK exercised for at least 30 minutes a week in each of the last five years.
    (194332)
28
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK exercised for at least 30 minutes a week in each of the last five years.
    (194333)
29
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the standardised mortality rate from diabetes was in each Parliamentary constituency in the latest year for which figures are available; and what the average standardised mortality rate from diabetes in England has been in each of the last 15 years.
    (194564)
30
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households have used the (a) the Help to Buy (Equity Loan) and (b) Help to Buy (Mortgage Guarantee) scheme to date; and how many households he originally expected to use each scheme.
    (194511)
31
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Departments current target impairment for student loans is; how such a level was decided on; when this target was introduced; and what change there has been in this target since its introduction.
    (194350)
32
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish regular information on the level of his Department's target impairment for student loans.
    (194351)
33
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what stage in the sell-off process student loans will be defined as currently subject to a sale for the purposes of revaluing impairments.
    (194352)
34
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overseas landlords had their application to have rent paid to them without tax being deducted at source (a) approved and (b) declined in each of the tax years (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (194581)
35
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the five most common reasons were for declining an application from an overseas landlord to have rent paid to them without tax being deducted at source in each of the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (194582)
36
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overseas landlords had tax returns issued to them in each of the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (194583)
37
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overseas landlords submitted the tax returns issued to them in each of the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (194584)
38
 
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with investors in renewable energy before the changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme on tax breaks for companies benefiting from the Renewables Obligation.
    (194322)
39
 
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the European Court of Justice ruling on the Bridport and West Dorset case of 19 December 2013, what measures will be taken to ensure that the refund of VAT to member-owned golf clubs will be distributed to club members.
    (194532)
40
 
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much corporation tax has been paid to the Exchequer in respect of visitors fees for member-owned golf clubs since 1990.
    (194533)
41
 
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the rules set out in the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) manual BIM24000, whether HMRC has collected the appropriate rates of corporation tax from member-owned golf clubs; and what steps HMRC plans to take to recoup tax losses due to unlawful tax declarations by member-owned golf clubs where they have been found to have underpaid corporation tax.
    (194534)
42
 
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government's response to the consultation Tackling marketed tax avoidance will be published.
    (194401)
43
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the equity loan for new homes in the Help to Buy scheme to older properties
    (194544)
44
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many posts HM Revenue and Customs will relocate to the South West in the next five years.
    (194570)
45
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to implement the recommendations made by the Natural Capital Committee in its second state of natural capital report which are relevant to his Department.
    (194466)
46
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's (a) Catering and (b) Hospitality budget was in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013.
    (194474)
47
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the status is of the ICT Relet Project; what costs his Department has incurred to date; and if he will make a statement.
    (194510)
48
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council houses or social housing new builds have been built by Lancaster District Council, and in which areas, since 1997.
    (194539)
49
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department has provided to Lancaster City Council to ensure affordable homes are built in rural areas in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.
    (194541)
50
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many first time buyers have been helped by the Government's Help to Buy scheme (a) nationally and (b) in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.
    (194542)
51
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lift people over 75 out of council tax.
    (194543)
52
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle homophobia in football; and if she will make a statement.
    (194382)
53
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to increase UK cultural exports; and if she will make a statement.
    (194402)
54
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many adults in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.
    (194328)
55
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on grassroots sport in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (194329)
56
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many children in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.
    (194334)
57
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged between 16 to 25 years old who live in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.
    (194335)
58
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.
    (194336)
59
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much electricity is consumed by a Queen Elizabeth class carrier when it is alongside with no internal power generation taking place.
    (194520)
60
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work is required to the docks at Portsmouth to accommodate the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.
    (194521)
61
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether both Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers can be docked at Portsmouth Harbour simultaneously.
    (194522)
62
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what collision warning system is currently being tested on Typhoon aircraft; when he expects testing to be completed; when a decision will be taken to install such a system; and what the estimated total cost is.
    (194523)
63
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many air proximity incidents by classification have taken place with a Typhoon aircraft; and what the other aircraft involved was in each incident by location in each of the last three years.
    (194524)
64
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) personnel and (b) assets are participating in NATO's Baltic Regional Training Events in 2014; and what (i) personnel and (ii) assets participated in the events in each of the last three years.
    (194525)
65
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Infrastructure Organisation will allow the contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour so the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier can navigate it; what estimate he has made of the contract cost to the public; and when work will (i) commence and (ii) finish.
    (194526)
66
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) beam and (b) draft is of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier when it its loaded to its maximum configuration.
    (194527)
67
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times a day the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier will be able to enter Portsmouth Harbour during spring tides.
    (194528)
68
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies tendered for the Portsmouth Harbour dredging contract.
    (194529)
69
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times HMS Hermes docked in Portsmouth Harbour.
    (194530)
70
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what interruptions to commercial and recreational shipping traffic is expected during the dredging of Portsmouth Harbour.
    (194531)
71
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to designate the Aircraft Carrier Alliance as a public body for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (194566)
72
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff employed within the land-focused business of Defence Support Group will be (a) within and (b) without the scope of the sale.
    (194400)
73
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he chose a one stage process for the sale of the land-focused business of the Defence Support Group; and what consultation there was on the options for the sale process with (a) the workforce of the group and (b) trades unions.
    (194418)
74
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which bidders and consortia have passed the pre-qualification stage to purchase the land-focussed business of the Defence Support Group.
    (194517)
75
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites used by the land-focused business of the Defence Support Group will be (a) sold, (b) leased to the buyer and (c) closed with a view to being put on the open market for development.
    (194518)
76
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include cancer awareness education as part of the national curriculum in personal, social and health education.
    (194537)
77
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the freedoms for special schools to design their own curriculum.
    (194569)
78
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the involvement of practising teachers in the design of the national curriculum.
    (194571)
79
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Pendle constituency are home-schooled.
    (194346)
80
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make cancer awareness education a statutory requirement in schools.
    (194325)
81
 
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much solar photovoltaic was installed on roof tops under the 250-5MWp FIT band in 2013; and how much capacity will be so installed in 2014.
    (194355)
82
 
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on investment in renewable energy of changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme to remove tax breaks for companies benefiting from the Renewable Obligations.
    (194365)
83
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire that do not have mains gas access and which use domestic heating oil.
    (194362)
84
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the use of chlorine as a disinfectant in drinking water; and if he will make a statement.
    (194339)
85
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which water companies operating in the UK use alternatives to chlorine as a disinfectant in drinking water.
    (194340)
86
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase the use of alternatives to chlorine as a disinfectant in drinking water; and if he will make a statement.
    (194341)
87
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 35W, for what reason 13 March 2014 was chosen for the date of the visit to the Mondelez factory.
    (194476)
88
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received about (a) attempts by the Iranian state to incite hatred towards the Bahá'í community and (b) the number of religiously motivated attacks on the Bahá'í in Iran.
    (194575)
89
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Turkish Prime Minister on show-trials and the jailing of journalists in that country.
    (194463)
90
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department measures the number of patients in treatment for opioid dependence who receive (a) a comprehensive assessment at the start of treatment and (b) a regular treatment review, including a medication review where appropriate; and if he will make a statement.
    (194431)
91
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring his Department undertakes on the implementation of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and his Department's guidance regarding patients in treatment for opioid dependence receiving comprehensive assessment when entering treatment; and if he will make a statement.
    (194480)
92
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the mitochondrial replacement techniques currently under consideration that have been developed in the UK have been shown to work safely and efficiently in monkeys.
    (194585)
93
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the risks of (a) chromosomal abnormalities and (b) abnormal embryo development in embryos created through Maternal Spindle Transfer and Pronuclear Transfer.
    (194586)
94
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of lives saved annually by the new in-vitro-fertilisation techniques of Maternal Spindle Transfer and Pronuclear Transfer.
    (194587)
95
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the debate of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 171WH, on Mitochondrial Transfer (Three Parent Children), if he will reassess his Department's contention that there is no genomic DNA in mitochondria.
    (194588)
96
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's press release, Innovative genetic teatment to pevent mitochondrial disease, 28 June 2013, which of the two fertilised embryos used in pronuclear transfer his Department considers saved as a result of the process.
    (194589)
97
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued on reporting to the police registered medical practitioners who do not return complete HSA4 forms.
    (194427)
98
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reliability of statistician-imputed data monitoring for his Department's implementation of the Abortion Act 1967; and if he will make a statement.
    (194428)
99
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HSA4 forms are still pending completion in each month in which they were submitted since 2008.
    (194429)
100
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 563W, on abortion and of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 725W, on congenital abnormalities, for what reason the information requested cannot be provided.
    (194473)
101
 
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the take up of innovative treatments for advanced melanoma over the last 10 years.
    (194397)
102
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mandatory fortification of wheat flour with folic acid for this purpose.
    (194410)
103
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 125W, on medical records: databases, whether private companies will be permitted to tender for involvement in extracting patient information as part of care.data.
    (194508)
104
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 582W, on medical records: databases, if he will provide more information on the range of uses beyond direct care to which data collected under care.data will be put; who will be responsible for deciding what use of the data is acceptable and by whom; and what auditing procedures will be in place to monitor such use.
    (194509)
105
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department has planned for the start of the care.data extraction of patient data to begin before the results of the Health and Social Care Information Centre cyber security review become available in October 2014.
    (194516)
106
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment was made of the compliance of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 with human rights legislation.
    (194536)
107
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the special neurological coordinator post within Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group in supporting people living with motor neurone disease.
    (194383)
108
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are affected by motor neurone disease in (a) St Albans, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK; and what funds his Department has spent on tackling that disease in (i) St Albans, (ii) Hertfordshire, (iii) the East of England and (iv) the UK in each of the last three years.
    (194384)
109
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to local health trusts and clinical commissioning groups to enable them to promote cancer awareness education.
    (194538)
110
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made for the increase in probable psychological disturbance reported in Understanding Society from 18.0 per cent in 2009-10 to 18.6 per cent in 2011-12.
    (194398)
111
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between eating disorders and type 1 diabetes.
    (194573)
112
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many posts in his Department will be relocated to the South West in the next five years.
    (194574)
113
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor will be available on the NHS for the treatment of lymphoma blood cancer.
    (194453)
114
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential connection between diabetes and dementia.
    (194454)
115
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that radiotherapy should be routinely made available as a treatment to reduce female breast cancer.
    (194455)
116
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of reports that carrots can reduce cancer.
    (194456)
117
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on ensuring that cancer drugs are not withheld from elderly terminally ill patients aged over 65 years old.
    (194457)
118
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many keyhole surgery operations for heart surgery there have been in each of the last three years in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK.
    (194460)
119
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been referred to the NHS for cosmetic surgery where an operation has not been completed by a private provider due to that provider going out of business in the last 12 months.
    (194462)
120
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had TB in the UK in each of the last three years; and what reports he has received of a connection between TB and cats.
    (194464)
121
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of missed NHS appointments in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) East Lancashire in each of the last five years.
    (194347)
122
 
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to improving the monitoring of black, Asian and minority ethnic patients accessing mental health services through a referral from the criminal justice system.
    (194512)
123
 
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the level of black, Asian and minority ethnic patients accessing mental health services through a referral from the criminal justice system.
    (194513)
124
 
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to making compulsory the recording of the ethnicity of a patient when constraint and control measures are used within the NHS.
    (194514)
125
 
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the use of community treatment orders in relation to black, Asian and minority ethnic patients.
    (194515)
126
 
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the efficiency and consistency with which the Permitted Paid Engagements scheme has been applied to musicians, composers and artists visting the UK.
    (194465)
127
 
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK recognises as EU citizens all Latvian and Estonian citizens of Russian ethnic grouping born in Latvia and Estonia at the time of or since the EU accession of those countries.
    (194342)
128
 
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the UK Border Agency designates citizens who live and may have been born in Latvia and Estonia, whom the governments of Latvia and Estonia continue to designate as Russian, by cultural and language testing.
    (194343)
129
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 821W, on immigration controls what procedures are in place to ensure that immigration officers ensure the removal of any face coverings before authorising entry to the UK; how many incidents have been recorded where the correct procedures relating to the removal of face coverings have not been followed by immigration officers in each of the last three years; and what disciplinary action has been taken in such incidents in each of the last three years.
    (194471)
130
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference are for the inquiry led by Mark Ellison QC announced on 6 March 2014 into whether undercover police officers caused miscarriage of justice; whether Mr Ellison will be given access to all documentation from Operation Herne for his review; whether members of the public will be able to give evidence to Mr Ellison during his review; and whether the review will cover cases involving the National Public Order Intelligence Unit.
    (194475)
131
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the cost to set up and (b) annual running costs of full border control with Scotland.
    (194540)
132
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow the IPCC to consider complaints regarding police conduct from third parties.
    (194565)
133
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to the police on managing public protests; and what discussions she has had with chief constables and the IPCC on the management of such protests.
    (194567)
134
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun dogs have been stolen in each of the last three years in each region in England.
    (194458)
135
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many men were victims of sexual violence in each of the last three years.
    (194459)
136
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the police staff turnover rates have been at SO17 Palace of Westminster over the last 10 years.
    (194359)
137
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many police officers have been employed in office based roles in SO17 Palace of Westminster in each of the last 10 years.
    (194360)
138
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many police officer managers have been deployed at SO17 Palace of Westminister in each of the last 10 years.
    (194361)
139
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department allocated to microfinance schemes in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
    (194399)
140
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, how much of the £10 million provided by her Department to support the transfer of technology and new products to developing countries has been spent; and if she will make a statement.
    (194479)
141
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) advice and (b) written guidance (i) he, (ii) Ministers and (iii) officials in his Department have given to Aspire to Change since December 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (194432)
142
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid by his Department to Aspire to Change since its formation; for what purpose each payment was made; what assessment he has made of the value for money of such expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
    (194433)
143
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce the finalists for each community rehabilitation company; and if he will make a statement.
    (194437)
144
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bids have been received for each community rehabilitation company; how many of these were (a) successful and (b) discounted; and if he will make a statement.
    (194438)
145
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many chief executives of probation services have formed a mutual; how many of these mutuals have passed the pre-qualification questionnaire in the competitiveness process of community rehabilitation companies; and if he will make a statement.
    (194439)
146
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) discussions with and (b) representations from Aspire to Change (i) he, (ii) Ministers and (iii) officials in his Department have had since December 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (194440)
147
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been given more than one life sentence on separate sentencing occasions in the last 10 years; and what the offences were for which they received those life sentences.
    (194380)
148
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of offences where the victim surcharge is ordered and there is no victim.
    (194381)
149
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were refused bail and remanded in custody where the allegation related to (i) an offence against the person, (ii) a public order offence and (iii) a harassment offence for the latest period for which figures are available.
    (194404)
150
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each prison establishment are not being held in relation to criminal proceedings; and what the reason is for their being so held in each case.
    (194405)
151
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions for burglary for an individual convicted of an offence of burglary without being sent to prison was in each year since 2010.
    (194406)
152
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what programmes which receiving funding from his Department are available solely to (a) men and (b) women.
    (194407)
153
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with 15 or more previous convictions were not sent to prison on conviction for (a) burglary and (b) violence against the person for the latest period for which figures are available.
    (194408)
154
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners were released on temporary licence by way of (i) resettlement day release, (ii) resettlement overnight release and (iii) childcare resettlement in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (194409)
155
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of a smoking ban in prisons on the number of incidents of violence relating to cigarettes.
    (194411)
156
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners currently being held in prisons in England and Wales are serving sentences passed in jurisdictions outside England and Wales.
    (194412)
157
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have recycling units run by (a) prisoners and (b) outside contractors.
    (194413)
158
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were refused bail and remanded in custody where the alleged offence related to an incident involving domestic violence for the latest period for which figures are available.
    (194414)
159
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who are currently in open prisons are serving (a) a life sentence and (b) an indeterminate sentence for public protection.
    (194415)
160
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences were committed by prisoners serving their sentences in open prisons.
    (194416)
161
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ratio of prison officers to inmates by gender was in each (a) prison establishment and (b) category of prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
    (194419)
162
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department's equality impact assessment of policy on uniforms for male and female prisoners.
    (194430)
163
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 95W, on non-molestation orders, what the figure for previous convictions or cautions is for (a) male and (b) female offenders.
    (194472)
164
 
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow mandatory sentencing in cases of carrying an article with blade or point of offensive weapon; and if he will make a statement.
    (194327)
165
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of a magistrates' court proceeding was for (a) all cases and (b) cases relating to the non-payment of the television licence fee.
    (194436)
166
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were death with in magistrates' courts in 2013 (a) in total and (b) for non-payment of a television licence.
    (194495)
167
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison custody officers are employed at HMP Oakwood.
    (194348)
168
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans are in place to increase the operational capacity at HMP Oakwood.
    (194349)
169
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expected additional cost is in 2014-15 of the increased staffing levels agreeed for HM Prison Oakwood.
    (194364)
170
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he or his officials have had with the management of HM Prison Oakwood about staffing levels at that prison.
    (194420)
171
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what increase in staffing levels at HM Prison Oakwood his Department has agreed with G4S.
    (194421)
172
 
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which books are available to be bought from the shop in prisons in England.
    (194356)
173
 
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in legal aid claims has been paid to Leigh Day and Public Interest Lawyers in each of the last three years.
    (194326)
174
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been subject to (a) restorative justice and (b) non-committal to prison in each of the last three years; and for what range of offence.
    (194461)
175
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultation his Department undertook before excluding damage sustained in utero as a result of illegal drug taking from the definition of a crime of violence under Annex B paragraph 4(e) of the Criminal Compensation Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (194338)
176
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of presumption for contact in relation to the role of fathers in the family courts; and if he will make a statement.
    (194357)
177
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with which (a) mobile telephone companies, (b) voluntary groups and (c) travel card providers the Electoral Commission is working to improve registration rates of young people.
    (194344)
178
 
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 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on electoral registration officers, which local authorities failed to meet performance standard 1 on using local government databases, in each year for which information is available.
    (194403)
179
 
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, column 620W, on electoral register, what progress the Electoral Commission has made in improving registration rates of attainers; and what measures the Electoral Commission uses to judge its performance of increasing registration rates of attainers.
    (194422)
180
 
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 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on electoral registration officers, when the Electoral Commission will make available its final assessment of performance for 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (194423)
181
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maximum amount available to councils who apply for extra funding for potholes is; and what funding his Department provides to tackle pot holes in St Albans.
    (194434)
182
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage change in long-term youth unemployment was in each constituency between 2010 and the most recent period for which data is available.
    (194345)
183
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his letter of 20 March 2014, what the evidential basis is for his statement that allowing people receiving employment and support allowance to do some work within a specified 52 week period is the best way of encouraging a move towards work of 16 hours or more a week.
    (194563)
184
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many posts in his Department will be relocated to the South West in the next five years.
    (194568)
Thursday 3 April  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
 
★ 1
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What steps he is taking to improve competition in energy markets.
    (903458)
★ 2
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next expects to meet the Green Investment Bank to discuss whether its investment strategy is in line with the Waste Hierarchy.
    (903459)
★ 3
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What steps he is taking to improve competition in energy markets.
    (903460)
★ 4
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What steps he is taking to improve competition in energy markets.
    (903461)
★ 5
Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What steps he is taking to improve competition in energy markets.
    (903462)
★ 6
Margot James (Stourbridge): What assessment he has made of the effect of energy policies on energy-intensive industries.
    (903463)
★ 7
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): What steps the Government is taking to help people who live in park homes to reduce their energy bills.
    (903464)
★ 8
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (903465)
★ 9
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps he is taking to increase competition and transparency in the energy market.
    (903466)
★ 10
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What steps he has taken to support energy-intensive industries.
    (903467)
★ 11
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): What steps he has taken to help home owners and private social landlords install renewable heating systems.
    (903468)
★ 12
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What steps he is taking to improve competition in energy markets.
    (903469)
★ 13
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What steps he is taking to increase competition and transparency in the energy market.
    (903470)
★ 14
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What estimate he has made of levels of investment in energy generation since May 2010.
    (903471)
★ 15
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofgem.
    (903472)
★ 16
Mel Stride (Central Devon): What steps the Government is taking to ensure security of energy supply.
    (903473)
★ 17
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (903474)
★ 18
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (903475)
★ 19
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (903476)
★ 20
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What steps the Government is taking to ensure security of energy supply.
    (903477)
★ 21
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (903478)
★ 22
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): What recent steps he has taken to promote tidal power; and if he will make a statement.
    (903479)
★ 23
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (903480)
★ 24
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): What steps the Government is taking to ensure security of energy supply.
    (903481)
★ 25
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (903482)
At 10.15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (903483)
★ 2
Mike Gapes (Ilford South):  
    (903484)
★ 3
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):  
    (903485)
★ 4
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne):  
    (903486)
★ 5
John Robertson (Glasgow North West):  
    (903487)
★ 6
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire):  
    (903488)
★ 7
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (903489)
★ 8
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (903490)
★ 9
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith):  
    (903491)
★ 10
Julian Sturdy (York Outer):  
    (903492)

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)

Notices given on Monday 31 March

1
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been (a) commenced, (b) resulted in a non-custodial sentence and (c) resulted in a custodial sentence for (i) witness intimidation, (ii) perverting the cause of justice and (iii) conspiracy to pervert the course of justice as a result of incidents arising from cases involving domestic violence in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (194444)
2
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 for breach of a non-molestation order in each police force area in each year since the Act came into force.
    (194445)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce joint and several liability across the UK labour market to ensure subcontractors throughout a supply chain comply with employment law obligations.
    (194556)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of whether companies that post workers to the UK from other countries can create unfair competition for UK businesses.
    (194557)
5
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to ensure long-term capital funding for sixth form colleges.
    (194366)
6
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps UK Trade and Investment has taken to help export business in Morecambe and the surrounding area.
    (194559)
7
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) incidence rate and (b) age standardised incidents rate of prostate cancer in (i) England and (ii) each parliamentary constituency was in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (194373)
8
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) England died from advanced prostate cancer in each of the last five years.
    (194484)
9
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people (a) of pensionable age and (b) over 80 years old there are in Brigg and Goole constituency.
    (194488)
10
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applicants to the Help to Buy (Mortgage Guarantee) scheme to date were not born in England (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of overall applicants.
    (194545)
11
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of penalties issued to overseas landlords who failed to submit the tax returns issued to them in each of the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (194576)
12
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion by value was paid of the penalties that were issued to overseas landlords who failed to submit the tax returns issued to them in each of the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (194577)
13
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much rental income was declared by overseas landlords in each of the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (194578)
14
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of tax self-assessed by overseas landlords was; and what proportion was paid in each of the tax years (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
    (194579)
15
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a registration scheme to monitor the flow and location of posted workers to assist tax collecting agencies in inspection and enforcement.
    (194554)
16
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to compel companies that post workers to the UK to retain copies of employment contracts and pay slips in the UK.
    (194555)
17
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Brigg and Goole constituency pay income tax at (a) 20 per cent, (b) 40 per cent and (c) 45 per cent.
    (194485)
18
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many men received statutory paternity pay for (a) ordinary paternity leave and (b) additional paternity leave in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
    (194505)
19
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to consult on changes to the eligibility for the Enterprise Investment Scheme announced in Budget 2014; and whether owners and promoters of community energy schemes will be included in the stakeholders consulted.
    (194552)
20
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities affected by flooding can claim under the Bellwin scheme for the cost of disposing of sandbags that have been contaminated with sewage.
    (194489)
21
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities affected by the recent floods are offering council tax discounts to flooded-out householders under section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
    (194492)
22
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless households were accepted as being owed a duty of accommodation by their local authority in each year since 2010; and how many such acceptances were the result of domestic violence.
    (194443)
23
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports he has received of levels of council tax set by Lancaster District Council for 2014-15.
    (194560)
24
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports he has received of levels of council tax set by Lancashire County Council for 2014-15.
    (194561)
25
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities who will hold a referendum as a result of raising council tax by two per cent or more for 2014-15.
    (194562)
26
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the installation of an EASAMS Collision Warning System in Tornado aircraft was not completed following the successful trials of the system in 1995 and 1996.
    (194547)
27
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the fitting of the Rangeless Autonomous Information Debriefing System equipment to Tornado aircraft was regarded as mitigation for the collision warning risk over the last decade.
    (194548)
28
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what collision warning capability the Rangeless Autonomous Information Debriefing System had.
    (194549)
29
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to paragraphs 7.22, 7.21 and 7.7 of Joint Service Publication 832, if he will place in the Library and on his Department's website a copy of the Service inquiry regarding the collision of two Tornado aircraft over the Moray Firth on 3 July 2012.
    (194550)
30
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any other aircraft were operating in the area at the time of the collision between the two Tornado aircraft above the Moray Firth on 3 July 2012.
    (194551)
31
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the debate of 3 March 2014, Official Report, columns 726-32W, on Census (Kashmiri ethnic representation), if he will add a category of Kashmiri to the tick boxes on the Census.
    (194387)
32
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports he has received about teaching standards and education at Ad-Deen Primary School, Ilford; and if he will make a statement.
    (194388)
33
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on implementing the early help recommendation of the Munro Review.
    (194392)
34
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which establishments are being investigated in relation to historical abuse by Jimmy Savile.
    (194393)
35
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many graduates have entered teaching since 2007 in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) England and Wales.
    (194487)
36
N
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of cancer awareness education in schools.
    (194491)
37
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what costs have been incurred by (a) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and (b) his Department with external suppliers (i) in total, (ii) with Deloitte, (iii) with Burges Salmon, (iv) with QinetiQ, (v) with project time and cost and (vi) with other external consultancies on the Magnox and RSRL contract preparation and award between January 2011 and March 2014.
    (194483)
38
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases were (a) investigated for enforcement action, (b) issued and proceeded in the courts, (c) discontinued completely, (d) enforced using a lower level of action than originally envisaged and (e) ceased to be investigated altogether in each Environment Agency area since 2010.
    (194446)
39
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff worked in investigation, legal and enforcement action in each geographical area of the Environment Agency in each year since 2010.
    (194447)
40
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 31W, on Environment Agency, when the review of existing workloads against enforcement priorities and available budgets will be completed; and if he will make a statement.
    (194449)
41
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish (a) the results of the review of each area of the Environment Agency's existing workloads against enforcement priorities and available budgets and (b) any decisions made about the future workload and priorities of the enforcement and legal caseload.
    (194450)
42
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 31W, on Environment Agency, whether the review of existing workloads against enforcement priorities and available budgets each area of the Environment Agency is conducting has a minimum percentage cut of workload and expenditure against which it is being assessed.
    (194493)
43
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the proposed EU regulations on heritage seeds
    (194385)
44
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect a diversity of older and heritage seed varieties.
    (194386)
45
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has made to the European Commission on proposed regulations relating to seeds.
    (194394)
46
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent changes have been made in the issuing of visa applications at the Visa Centre in Moscow.
    (194580)
47
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take to support the investigation by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes in Sri Lanka.
    (194376)
48
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what asset freezes and visa bans he plans to impose following Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimea.
    (194558)
49
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he gave to (a) primary care trusts and (b) clinical commissioning groups about adherence to NICE guidelines in commissioning services.
    (194451)
50
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many independent funding requests and better care better value decisions were submitted to English primary care trusts in 2012-13 and to clinical commissioning groups in 2013-14; and what proportion of each of these were (a) approved and (b) appealed by the patient in each year.
    (194452)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) physicists, (b) radiotherapists and (c) chemotherapy nurses working in cancer care; and what his estimate is of the optimum level of each of those specialists in cancer care.
    (194497)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to develop a population-wide measure of levels of loneliness for inclusion in the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework.
    (194498)
53
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include a population-wide measure of levels of loneliness in the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
    (194499)
54
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by the QUIT campaign in each of the last five years.
    (194500)
55
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average life expectancy is of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.
    (194370)
56
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 949W, on abortion, how many Ground E terminations were permitted due to a sex-linked inherited condition in the foetus in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (194371)
57
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether evidence held by his Department about the disposal of foetal remains without the consent of the parents will be referred to the police under the Human Tissue Act 2004.
    (194504)
58
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health establishments are now covered by his Department's investigation into historical abuse by Jimmy Savile; when he plans that the review findings will be published; and what the timetable is for the investigation.
    (194389)
59
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been treated in adult mental health wards in each of the last five years.
    (194390)
60
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current average waiting time is for talking therapies for children with mental health problems, by local health area.
    (194391)
61
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of the illegal use of controlled substances in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Brigg and Goole constituency.
    (194486)
62
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his letter to the Chief Executive, NHS Trust Development Authority of 10 February 2014.
    (194377)
63
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to regulate workers posted to the UK by companies.
    (194553)
64
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women are held in immigration detention.
    (194441)
65
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre have been held for (a) four years or more, (b) three years or more and (c) two years or more.
    (194442)
66
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what deadline she has provided chief constables by which they must hand over any evidence to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to Hillsborough.
    (194494)
67
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 and over were (i) prosecuted and (ii) received a custodial sentence for carrying a bladed or pointed article in a public place in each year since 2008.
    (194369)
68
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 18 and over convicted of the offence of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon have received a sentence of (a) under six months, (b) six months and (c) over six months in each year since that offence's inception; and if he will make a statement.
    (194374)
69
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals aged under 18 years convicted of the offence of threatening with an article with blade or point or offensive weapon received a sentence of (a) under four months, (b) four months and (c) over four months in each year since the offence's inception; and if he will make a statement.
    (194378)
70
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 and over (i) were prosecuted and (ii) received a custodial sentence for the offence of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon in each year since the offence's inception.
    (194379)
71
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds his Department has spent on preparing HM Prison the Verne for re-role as an immigration detention centre to date.
    (194448)
72
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2014, Official Report, column 293W, on prisons: mother and baby units, what the reasons were for the time taken to answer the named question for answer on 10 February 2014.
    (194372)
73
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of prisoners' access to books on (a) prisoners' educational achievements, (b) prisoners' behaviour and (c) reoffending rates; and what steps he is taking to improve prisoners' access to books.
    (194424)
74
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new cases were allocated by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to be dealt with by each of their regional teams in each of the last three years.
    (194426)
75
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of those aged under 25 in Northern Ireland are registered to vote.
    (194490)
76
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with his Commonwealth counterparts on the resolution passed by the 25th Human Rights Council session on Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka.
    (194375)
77
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who is responsible for enforcing standards in the hygiene of toilets on trains; and who is accountable for any failings in this area.
    (194496)
78
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by Directly Operated Railways in March (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
    (194501)
79
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Directly Operated Railways total staffing budget was in each of the years since 2010-11; and what its planned staffing budget is for 2014-15 and 2015-16.
    (194502)
80
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what subsidiary companies of Directly Operated Railways have been created in connection with the direct awards programme.
    (194503)
81
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what service level agreements his Department has with companies contracted to carry out the assessment process for the personal independence payment.
    (194367)
82
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for applicants for personal independence payment in each region of the UK to be assessed by (a) Capita Health and Wellbeing and (b) Atos Healthcare in each region.
    (194368)
83
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 162W, on employment and support allowance, when his Department expects to publish data on mandatory reconsiderations of employment and support allowance.
    (194425)
84
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on employment and support allowance, whether his Department expects to complete the incapacity benefit reassessment process in April 2014.
    (194546)
85
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which companies have entered into contracts to deliver community work placements in each region and country of the UK.
    (194506)
86
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding the European Social Fund will contribute to community work placement contracts in England for 2014-15.
    (194507)
Wednesday 9 April  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 28 March

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding, information and training available for people with epilepsy and their families.
    (194300)
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 1st April 2014