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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 6 May 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

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

Tuesday 6 May  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
 
★ 2
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sentencing policy in tackling the problem of violent and extreme online pornography.
    (903839)
★ 3
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What assessment he has made of the consequences of the establishment of the new Single Family Court for the operation of the justice system; and if he will make a statement.
    (903840)
★ 4
Hugh Bayley (York Central): With reference to the statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in Westminster Hall on 12 March 2013, Official Report, column 30WH, that his Department would facilitate a meeting between people from York and others with the University of Leicester to discuss the arrangements for reburial of the mortal remains of King Richard III, when that meeting will take place and which Minister or official from his Department will attend it.
    (903841)
★ 5
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What steps he has taken to protect legal aid for vulnerable people.
    (903842)
★ 6
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What assessment he has made of the consequences for future decisions by employment and support allowance tribunals of the provision by the judiciary to the Department for Work and Pensions and appellants of reasons for their decisions in appeals.
    (903843)
★ 7
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What his policy is on ensuring that legal aid is targeted at people with a strong connection to the UK.
    (903844)
★ 8
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): What his policy is on ensuring that legal aid is targeted at people with a strong connection to the UK.
    (903845)
★ 9
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to criminal legal aid on law firms and access to justice.
    (903846)
★ 10
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What assessment he has made of the consequences of the establishment of the new Single Family Court for the operation of the justice system; and if he will make a statement.
    (903847)
★ 11
David Mowat (Warrington South): What his policy is on ensuring that legal aid is targeted at people with a strong connection to the UK.
    (903848)
★ 12
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the powers of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.
    (903849)
★ 13
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What steps he is taking to promote literacy in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
    (903850)
★ 14
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent assessment he has made of the results of the pilot scheme at HM Prison Peterborough on how through-the-gate support can be used to reduce re-offending.
    (903851)
★ 15
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What his Department's priorities are for provisions to be included in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.
    (903852)
★ 16
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): How many foreign nationals are in prison in England and Wales; and how many such people come from (a) non-EU countries with which the UK has compulsory prisoner transfer agreements and (b) EU member states which are signatories to the EU Prisoner Transfer Arrangement.
    (903853)
★ 17
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What his strategy is for supporting victims of crime.
    (903854)
★ 18
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What steps he has taken to give victims a greater voice in the criminal justice system.
    (903855)
★ 19
Sir John Randall (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): If he will take steps to ensure that assets of human traffickers are frozen within 48 hours of their arrest; and if he will make a statement.
    (903856)
★ 20
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What his policy is on the underpinning principles which determine access to justice through legal aid.
    (903857)
★ 21
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): What plans he has to reform the criminal law in relation to child neglect.
    (903858)
★ 22
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): What his policy is on the role of chaplains in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
    (903859)
★ 23
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What his policy is on ensuring that legal aid is targeted at people with a strong connection to the UK.
    (903860)
★ 24
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): How much legal aid was granted last year to non-UK citizens.
    (903861)
★ 25
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): Whether he plans to bring forward proposals to expand the boundaries of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (903862)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (903863)
★ 2
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (903864)
★ 3
Andrew George (St Ives):  
    (903865)
★ 4
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon):  
    (903866)
★ 5
Mr David Amess (Southend West):  
    (903867)
★ 6
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):  
    (903868)
★ 8
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough):  
    (903870)
★ 9
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):  
    (903871)
★ 10
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):  
    (903872)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 28 April

1
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the government departments and public authorities to which borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority can apply for funding towards (a) their own costs in dealing with flooding and (b) the cost of flood protection schemes in their area, stating in each case the name of the funding scheme and the government department or public authority to which the application should be made.
    (196928)
2
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the continued exclusion of borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority from the definition of risk management authorities in Section 6(13) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
    (196929)
3
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will name the lead local flood authority or authorities for the area of the Tonbridge and Malling constituency.
    (196930)
4
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to make borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority eligible to apply for flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid.
    (196931)
5
N
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library an inventory of the property of the Government destroyed by rioters in HM Embassy in Tehran in 2011.
    (196823)

Notices given on Tuesday 29 April

1
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support business start-ups in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
    (197003)
2
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his plans are for the future of the disabled students' allowance; and if he will make a statement.
    (197154)
3
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what incentives his Department has made available to small and medium-sized businesses to take on apprentices.
    (197164)
4
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 793W, on disclosure of information, when he expects the Government's response to the Whistleblowing Framework call for evidence will be published.
    (197186)
5
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed by HM Revenue and Customs in regional post rooms at each location in the UK.
    (196997)
6
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of staff required at HM Revenue and Customs in Cumbernauld following his Department's decision to award the mail management contract to the EDM Group.
    (196998)
7
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation his Department had with HM Revenue and Customs staff prior to awarding the mail management contract to EDM Group.
    (196999)
8
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the savings to the public purse provided by the recent award of the mail management contract to the EDM Group.
    (197000)
9
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to encourage manufacturing in the UK since May 2010.
    (197138)
10
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal measures he has taken to encourage small and medium-sized businesses in the UK since May 2010.
    (197139)
11
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to questions 192679, 192680 and 192681 on children: daycare, tabled on 18 March 2014 for answer on 24 March 2014.
    (197155)
12
N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which parliamentary constituency each onshore wind planning application which he has received for determination during this Parliament is located.
    (197001)
13
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what is the average (a) social rent and (b) Affordable Rent is for units funded under the Affordable Homes Programme in each region of the UK.
    (197134)
14
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average housing benefit award is for housing benefit claimants paying Affordable Rent under the Affordable Homes Programme in each region of the UK.
    (197135)
15
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the grant per property was for new affordable housing under the National Affordable Housing Programme, by region, in each year since the inception of the Programme.
    (197218)
16
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure his Department incurred on the (a) Broadband Delivery Programme, (b) Mobile Infrastructure Project, (c) Spectrum Clearance and Awards Programme and (d) Urban Broadband Fund (Super-Connected City Initiative) in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15 to date; and what further expenditure on each of those projects it expects to incur in (A) the remainder of 2014-15, (B) 2015-16, (C) 2016-17, (D) 2017-18, (E) 2018-19 and (F) 2019-20.
    (197157)
17
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many responses were received to his Department's consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
    (197111)
18
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the responses to the consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
    (197112)
19
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to extend civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
    (197113)
20
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he took to publicise the consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex partners.
    (197114)
21
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which hon. Members he consulted about the consultation on extension of civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
    (197115)
22
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, columns 307-8W, on children: day care, what the breakdown is for the £500 grants available to set up new nurseries, childminders for disabled children and after schools clubs; how many of the 4,417 applicants continue to have a childcare business; and what plans he has for the funding of the scheme.
    (197189)
23
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in re-basing those elements of the armed forces based in Germany; and what recent discussions he has had with German federal and regional authorities on the practical logistics involved in such a withdrawal.
    (197002)
24
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the future acquisition requirements for intelligence surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance systems.
    (197004)
25
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's recruitment targets are for its Joint Cyber Reserve Unit.
    (197005)
26
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their NATO counterparts on the establishment of a NATO-wide cyber capability.
    (197006)
27
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current establishment is of Joint Force Command.
    (197195)
28
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, column 284W, on children: day care, how many survey packs were sent out to (a) childminders and (b) parents; and when the surveys were completed.
    (197215)
29
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 414W, on pre-school education, who the 43 early years providers are who have been granted full or partial exemptions from the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework.
    (197216)
30
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the emails sent by his Department to schools on 3 April 2014 setting out guidance on keeping children safe have not been opened by the recipient to date.
    (197110)
31
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions on climate change he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive.
    (197015)
32
N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the effect of his Department's Action Plan on Business and Human Rights since its launch in September 2013.
    (197163)
33
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effects of the removal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee on (a) GP services and (b) the income of GPs; and if he will commission research on the range and extent on GP income in Tower Hamlets.
    (197051)
34
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the (a) numbers of GP practices and (b) services offered by GP practices of removing performance indicators from the Quality Outcomes Framework.
    (197052)
35
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recent decision by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) to refuse to allow doctors who have a conscientious objection to supplying certain abortive-type contraceptive drugs or devices to undertake and complete specialist training with the aim of gaining Membership of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the RCOG.
    (197137)
36
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for new routine referrals to Ophthalmology in each NHS hospital trust area.
    (196995)
37
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for a routine new referral to Ophthalmology in the Western Sussex Hospitals Trust area; and if he will make a statement.
    (196996)
38
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital attendances there were from each prison in each of the last four years.
    (197046)
39
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital attendances there were from the (a) adult male, (b) adult female, (c) youth male, (d) youth female and (e) total prison estate in each of the last four years.
    (197047)
40
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information patients are entitled to as to whether a medical operation will be undertaken by a fully surgically qualified member of staff.
    (196993)
41
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical care practitioners have practised in the NHS in each year since 2005.
    (196994)
42
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the number of surgical care practitioners on the training of junior doctors in surgery.
    (197050)
43
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 460W, on NHS England, with reference to the people referred to in the Answer who have taken up jobs at NHS England from his Department, what their job titles and salary levels (a) were at his Department and (b) are at NHS England.
    (197187)
44
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific steps he will take to place the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on a stable and secure long-term financial footing.
    (197156)
45
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, columns 352-3W, on asylum: children, if she will publish a breakdown by constituency of the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each of the last 10 years.
    (197188)
46
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many absconders there were at each UK airport in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of such absconders were subsequently recovered.
    (197140)
47
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the proposal set out in Baroness Newlove's report, Our Vision for Safe and Active Communities, for a Bling Back scheme where money made from selling local drug dealers' assets is handed back to the neighbourhood.
    (197219)
48
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 568-9W, on Pacific Islands, to Question 196375, how much support and under what categories her Department gave directly to Pacific Island countries in 2013-14.
    (197058)
49
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to promote the rights of women with disabilities and to ensure such women are empowered and achieve gender equality to the same extent as women without disabilities.
    (197191)
50
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to emphasise the importance of education provisions and support for disabled children, their teachers and families in order to ensure that Millennium Development Goal 2 is attained.
    (197192)
51
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that people (a) with disabilities and (b) affected by disabilities are given full consideration in the Sustainable Development Goals and their attendant targets and indicators.
    (197193)
52
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with one or more physical, sensory, intellectual or mental health impairment are explicitly mentioned in the Sustainable Development Goals and their attendant targets and indicators.
    (197194)
53
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many illegal stills or other set ups for distilling or brewing alcohol have been found in each institution in the prison estate in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
    (197141)
54
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assault incidents, (b) serious assaults and (c) assault incidents per 1,000 prisoners there were in each prison in each of the last four years.
    (197044)
55
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many self-harm incidents there were (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 prisoners in each prison in each of the last four years.
    (197045)
56
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were allocated to the handling, processing and checking of prisoners' post, in each prison, on 1 April in each of the last four years.
    (197048)
57
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of illegal use of cellular devices in UK prisons; and if he will make a statement.
    (197142)
58
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cellular devices have been confiscated from prisons in each of the last five years by establishment.
    (197143)
59
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to roll out mobile telephone blocking technology across HM prisons estate.
    (197144)
60
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with mobile telephone operators on operators terminating accounts shown to be illegally active within the HM prison estate.
    (197145)
61
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 107W, to question 194746, on large goods vehicles: taxation, how many HGVs 94 per cent of UK HGVs paying the HGV user levy represents.
    (197146)
62
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the final cost of the capital sum to be raised to finance High Speed 2 to (a) Birmingham and (b) Leeds and Manchester.
    (197014)
63
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 367W, on the River Thames: bridges, in what year or years the £30 million allocated to the Garden Bridge in the National Infrastructure Plan 2013 is projected to be spent.
    (197053)
64
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total private investment in rail has been in each region of the UK in each year since 2005.
    (197012)
65
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department collects on private investment in (a) rail infrastructure and (b) rolling stock in each region.
    (197013)
66
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-registered vehicles were reported by the public to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for being untaxed in the last five years.
    (197217)
67
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the responses to the Office of Low Emission Vehicles construction from organisations that called for artificial sound generators to protect pedestrians.
    (197214)
68
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will disaggregate the departmental operating costs in his Department's annual accounts to programme level for each financial year since 2010-11.
    (197049)
69
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Capita in fulfilling its contract to administer personal independence payments.
    (197152)
70
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse arising from using Capita to administer personal independence payment assessments.
    (197153)
71
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that workers report work-related stress to their employers.
    (197181)
72
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to enable employers to handle cases of employees suffering from work-related stress or other psychological problems affecting their work.
    (197182)
73
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require employers to undertake a systematic assessment of psychological risks in the workplace.
    (197183)
74
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission an assessment of the causes of work-related stress.
    (197184)
75
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will publish guidance for employers on reducing the causes of work-related stress.
    (197185)
76
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of staff members employed by contractors delivering the Work Programme are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
    (197136)
77
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department takes into account the differences in the positions of men and women in preparing for retirement when devising its policy on pensions.
    (197054)
78
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much remains outstanding in child maintenance arrears by (a) UK parliamentary constituency area and (b) local authority area in each of the last three years.
    (197190)
79
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have benefited from Youth Contract wage incentives, by region, in each year since the Youth Contract was introduced.
    (197147)
80
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on consultants working on the Youth Contract in each year since its introduction.
    (197148)
81
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on (a) press, (b) marketing, (c) advertising and (d) other aspects of communications relating to the Youth Contract in each year since its introduction.
    (197149)
82
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid out in wage incentives under the Youth Contract, by region, in each year since its introduction.
    (197150)
83
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding is currently allocated to the Youth Contract; and what proportion of that funding is allocated for wage incentives.
    (197151)

Notices given on Wednesday 30 April

1
 
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service about the pre-signing of abortion forms.
    (197309)
2
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 540W, on pornography: internet, how many prosecutions there have been under section 2 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 since 2005 in which a person has been charged in connection with the distribution of R18 equivalent material on a website which allowed under-18s to see such material.
    (197390)
3
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has spent on staff overtime payments in each CPS area in each of the last five financial years.
    (197280)
4
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has applied to HM Treasury for additional funding for its investigation into the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.
    (197281)
5
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of non-payment of the minimum wage were (a) referred to the Crown Prosecution Service from HM Revenue and Customs, (b) prosecuted and (c) prosecuted successfully in 2013-14 and each of the preceding three financial years.
    (197340)
6
N
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings or telephone calls have taken place between Ministers and officials in his Department with (a) the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, (b) BlackRock, (c) Capital Research, (d) Fidelity Worldwide, (e) GIC, (f) Henderson, (g) JP Morgan, (h) Kuwait Investment Office, (i) Lansdowne Partners, (j) Lazard Asset Management, (k) Och Ziff, Schroders, (l) Soros, (m) Standard Life, (n) Third Point and (o) Threadneedle in relation to the flotation of the Royal Mail since May 2010; and what was discussed in such meetings.
    (197339)
7
N
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which priority investors in Royal Mail have subsequently sold all or part of their holdings of shares since the date of flotation; and what estimate he has made of the level of profits made in each case.
    (197387)
8
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that as economic recovery takes hold proportionately more inward investment will be directed to areas beyond the South East.
    (197288)
9
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure the retention of (a) rural post offices and (b) jobs in rural post offices.
    (197428)
10
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Intellectual Property Office's response to its call for evidence on the effect of the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 will be published.
    (197350)
11
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a smooth and effective transitional period for the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
    (197352)
12
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) private, (b) public and (c) third sector jobs in (a) Ashfield constituency, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) the East Midlands in each of the last five years.
    (197305)
13
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the construction sector in (a) the UK, (b) the East Midlands, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d) Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
    (197307)
14
 
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common causes of infant mortality have been over the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (197265)
15
N
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which meetings or telephone calls have taken place between Ministers and officials in his Department and (a) the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, (b) BlackRock, (c) Capital Research, (d) Fidelity Worldwide, (e) GIC, (f) Henderson, (g) JP Morgan, (h) Kuwait Investment Office, (i) Lansdowne Partners, (j) Lazard Asset Management, (k) Och Ziff, Schroders, (l) Soros, (m) Standard Life, (n) Third Point and (o) Threadneedle since 2010 and what was discussed in any such discussions.
    (197329)
16
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 677W, on VAT, how many VAT431C claims have been submitted in each of the (a) last eight years and (b) smallest time periods by which data is kept over the last eight years.
    (197388)
17
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 677W, on VAT, how many VAT431NB claims have been submitted in each of the (a) last eight years and (b) smallest time periods by which data is kept over the last eight years.
    (197389)
18
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people did not meet the 31 January 2014 deadline for making their tax return.
    (197291)
19
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of unscrupulous money lending in (a) the UK, (b) East Midlands, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d) Ashfield in each of the last five years.
    (197321)
20
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of how much tax will be collected annually from insolvency litigation following reforms to insolvency litigation through the 2012 Legal, Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act.
    (197300)
21
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax has been collected from insolvency litigation (a) through the Specialist Investigation Unit and (b) in all other insolvency litigation cases handled by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2010.
    (197343)
22
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) representatives or organisations offering free debt advice, (b) representatives of fee charging debt management organisations, (c) creditors and (d) the Insolvency Service on the potential effect of his Department's withdrawal from the Debt Management Plan Protocol guidance group.
    (197276)
23
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department will no longer participate in the Debt Management Plan Protocol guidance group; and if he will make a statement.
    (197277)
24
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the future implementation of the Debt Management Plan Protocol.
    (197278)
25
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's withdrawal from the Debt Management Plan Protocol guidance group on the development of future non-statutory debt solutions.
    (197279)
26
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will next meet representatives of energy-intensive industries to discuss the EU Commission's draft Environmental and Energy State Aid Guidelines.
    (197358)
27
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) inspections, (b) findings of non-compliance, (c) prosecutions and (d) convictions have been handled by HM Revenue and Customs to non-payment of the minimum wage in each region in each year since 2008.
    (197359)
28
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reasons are for the time taken to answer question 191956 tabled for answer on 8 April 2014.
    (197366)
29
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 194894, tabled for answer on 8 April 2014.
    (197367)
30
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Ashfield constituency were homeless in each of the last five years.
    (197256)
31
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many summons for non-payment of council tax have been issued by each local authority in each of the last three years.
    (197259)
32
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the empty home premium starts when a property first becomes empty rather than when a property is bought with the intention of renovating and occupying it.
    (197269)
33
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to ensure that publicly-funded museums do not breach new rules regarding the commercial exploitation of designs whose owners have had their rights revived following the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
    (197349)
34
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to ensure that revenue created by shops in publicly-funded museums and galleries will be safeguarded following the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
    (197351)
35
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer question 188564 tabled on 13 February 2014 for Answer on 24 February 2014, and question 188387 tabled on 12 February 2014 for Answer on 26 February 2014.
    (197346)
36
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many journeys in the UK using (a) domestic helicopter services and (b) military helicopters were made by (i) the Chief of Defence Materiel and (ii) Ministers in his Department in each of the last four years; and what the annual cost has been of such journeys.
    (197324)
37
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the current contract for the post of Chief of Defence Materiel ends; and if he will make it his policy that the post of Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support be no longer merged with this post at that time.
    (197331)
38
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 29 April 2014, Official Report, columns 559-60W and column 560W, on schools: inspections, for what reason local authorities are inspected separately from schools maintained by local authorities but academies are not inspected separately from the head offices of academy chains.
    (197382)
39
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of local authorities have higher than average not known rates for young people not in employment, education or training; and what steps he is taking to address such gaps in data.
    (197255)
40
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much he has allocated to each local authority with responsibility for education to expand kitchens in order to provide free school meals for children under seven.
    (197258)
41
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that governors are disqualified when a school governing body is found guilty of disability discrimination.
    (197246)
42
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department provides to local authorities when a school governing body is found guilty of disability discrimination.
    (197247)
43
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on extending the powers provided to the National College for Teaching and Leadership for the investigation of historical incidents of abuse; and if he will make a statement.
    (197270)
44
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to implement the recommendations on support for the reading skills of oral deaf children in the Reading, Dyslexia and Oral Deaf Children report published by City University and the Nuffield Foundation.
    (197272)
45
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of sixth form colleges on the effects of reductions in education funding for 18 year olds on students with severe or complex disabilities.
    (197273)
46
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in education funding for 18 year olds on students with severe or complex disabilities and who attend specialist schools.
    (197274)
47
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which cater for students with severe or complex disabilities have indicated to his Department that they plan to reduce provision for such students since December 2013; and what reasons have been given for these plans.
    (197275)
48
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 411W, on families: advisory services, how many couples were eligible for the relationship support trial (a) overall and (b) in each pilot area; how many couples took part in each such trial area; and what the underspend in the project has been spent on.
    (197313)
49
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of local authorities in England and Wales have plans in place for tackling potential child sexual exploitation.
    (197312)
50
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many manufacturers of sub-15KW wind turbines are based in the UK; and what the value of exports from this sector was in 2013.
    (197240)
51
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total cost was of support under the feed-in-tariff for (a) solar, (b) wind, (c) anaerobic digestion, (d) hydro and (e) the sub-15KW wind sector in each of the last three years.
    (197241)
52
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to tariff levels and degression thresholds outlined in Phase 2B of the feed-in-tariff on manufacturing and employment in the sub-15KW wind sector.
    (197242)
53
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many turbines of capacity of sub-15KW were installed in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
    (197244)
54
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish in full all monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
    (197283)
55
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that he receives independent scientific advice on the safety, effectiveness and humaneness of the second year of the badger cull pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
    (197284)
56
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure that monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset is made available for independent scientific evaluation and analysis; and if he will make it his policy to receive and consider the conclusions of that analysis prior to deciding whether the culls should be extended to other areas subsequently.
    (197285)
57
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 37W, on rural areas: broadband, what the latest figures are for how much funding is for projects (a) granted, (b) under pre-contract approval and (c) still under consideration for funding.
    (197295)
58
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of black-backed gulls.
    (197396)
59
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take in response to the withdrawal of the Israeli government from US-sponsored peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.
    (197316)
60
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the demolition on 2 and 3 April of EU-funded projects in Area C near the E1-settlement bloc; and whether he has demanded compensation following these actions.
    (197317)
61
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department gives alongside UK non-governmental organisations operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to assist in obtaining compensation from the Israeli authorities for projects demolished in Area C.
    (197319)
62
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many UK citizens are not being paid those Zimbabwean government pensions to which they are entitled; and what steps the UK Government is taking to end that default.
    (197409)
63
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials of his Department in Harare last met the Zimbabwean government director of pensions to discuss distribution of the funds reserved for payment to overseas pensioners; and if he will make a statement.
    (197410)
64
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date officials of his Department were informed that arrangements had failed for a commercial bank to facilitate payments to overseas pensioners out of funds reserved by the government of Zimbabwe; and when he expects an alternative service provider to be in place.
    (197411)
65
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria on 14 April 2014; and what reports he has received on their current location.
    (197334)
66
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss the abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria on 14 April 2014 at the next European Union meeting of Foreign Ministers.
    (197335)
67
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed with his Nigerian counterpart the recent abduction of schoolgirls in that country; and when he next intends to raise this issue.
    (197337)
68
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the St Lucia government on delays in the criminal justice system in homicide cases in that country.
    (197360)
69
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to encourage the government of St Lucia to take steps to progress the trial of the defendants accused of murdering Gloria Greenwood.
    (197361)
70
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Iraq on its proposal to legalise the marriage of girls from nine years of age.
    (197397)
71
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of China on the persecution of Christians in (a) Zhejiang Province and (b) elsewhere in eastern China.
    (197398)
72
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Israeli government on extending to UK citizens of Palestinian origin visiting Israel similar concessions to those Israel has offered to the US administration in exchange for Israel's entry to the US visa waiver scheme.
    (197379)
73
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Israeli authorities on discrimination against UK citizens of Palestinian or Arab origin by Israeli border control.
    (197383)
74
 
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of regulatory changes allowing registered medical practitioners to form an opinion about the mental or physical health of a female patient without meeting or examining her; and if he will make a statement.
    (197310)
75
 
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the cases of the 67 doctors who were found to have pre-signed abortion referral forms following investigations by the Care Quality Commission in 2012 are referred to the police.
    (197311)
76
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost of international travel undertaken for official purposes by (i) directors of Public Health England and (ii) members of its advisory board has been since 1 April 2012.
    (197368)
77
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on the development and implementation of its Global Health Strategy since its inception.
    (197369)
78
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's agencies, non-departmental public bodies or sponsored bodies have developed their own global health strategies.
    (197370)
79
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on consultancy workers in 2013-14.
    (197371)
80
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the running costs are for each of the academic health science networks.
    (197372)
81
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints against GPs have resulted in a GP being struck off by the General Medical Council in the last five years.
    (197289)
82
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to families with children with autism.
    (197412)
83
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the licensing of e-cigarettes.
    (197421)
84
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has given consideration to licensing e-cigarettes as medicines.
    (197422)
85
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will put restrictions in place to prevent the promotion of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 16 years.
    (197423)
86
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to bring forward regulations for the introduction of the ban on smoking in cars with children present.
    (197384)
87
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to bring forward draft regulations for the introduction of standard packaging for tobacco products.
    (197385)
88
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms his Department has in place to monitor standards in care homes for the elderly.
    (197374)
89
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the use of CCTV in care homes.
    (197375)
90
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to allow families of patients in care homes to report concerns about standards of care.
    (197376)
91
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of levels of self-harm in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands in each of the last five years.
    (197245)
92
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) surgeons have been employed at (i) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (ii) Nottingham University Hospitals in each year since 2007.
    (197257)
93
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on allowing doctors and nurses who have a conscientious objection to supplying contraceptive drugs or devices which act after fertilisation to receive diplomas in sexual and reproductive health.
    (197301)
94
 
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists acts to accommodate doctors and nurses who have a conscientious objection to supplying contraceptive drugs or devices which act after fertilisation receive a diploma in sexual and reproductive health.
    (197373)
95
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the quality and content of advice published by independent abortion providers accords with that of his Department and the Royal colleges.
    (197323)
96
 
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Health Education England and (b) the Royal College of GPs on compulsory dermatological training for GPs since 4 December 2013.
    (197303)
97
 
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to address the lack of compulsory dermatological training in the GP educational pathway.
    (197365)
98
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department publishes for pharmaceutical companies to ensure that the clinical trials they conduct are carried out ethically and safely.
    (197308)
99
 
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness among health professionals of the symptoms of brain tumours and their effects on children; and if he will make a statement.
    (197264)
100
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been sent to hospitals in Sheffield for stereotactic radiosurgery treatment from (a) Oxfordshire, (b) Berkshire, (c) Buckinghamshire and (d) Wiltshire in each of the last three financial years.
    (197263)
101
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish a tariff for stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
    (197266)
102
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress NHS England is making on improving access to stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for patients suffering with cancer of the prostate, liver, pancreas, spinal tumours and cancer of the head and neck.
    (197267)
103
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage NHS England to respond to the Oxford Radiosurgery Centre's request that NHS patients in Oxfordshire and surrounding counties who require radiosurgery be treated there.
    (197268)
104
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been sent to hospitals in London for stereotactic radiosurgery treatment from (a) Oxfordshire, (b) Berkshire, (c) Buckinghamshire and (d) Wiltshire in each of the last three financial years.
    (197271)
105
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 132W, on radiotherapy and with reference to section three of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, which primary care trusts in the south west of England commissioned treatment with the Gamma Knife at University College London Hospital for patients before 1 April 2013.
    (197298)
106
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 132W, on radiotherapy and with reference to section three of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, for what reasons NHS England is not funding patients to be treated with the Gamma Knife at University College London Hospital.
    (197299)
107
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Clinical Commissioning Groups, (c) Commissioning Support Units and (d) Monitor spent on consultancy workers in the last financial year.
    (197320)
108
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent on tendering for clinical services in 2013-14.
    (197353)
109
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) elective and (b) emergency admissions with a (i) primary and (ii) secondary diagnosis of diabetes there have been in (A) England and (B) each commissioning area of responsibility; and what proportion of such admissions were of (1) a child under the age of 18 and (2) an adult aged 18 and over in each year since 2005.
    (197348)
110
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private abortion clinics are situated on the premises of NHS hospitals in England; and how many such clinics are run by (a) BPAS and (b) Marie Stopes International.
    (197322)
111
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on whether the use of painkillers increases the risk of a stroke.
    (197403)
112
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on whether the use of shellfish supplements increases life expectancy.
    (197404)
113
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal Colleges and (b) pharmaceutical companies about the efficacy of anti-depressants.
    (197405)
114
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of premature deaths per year attributable to air pollution from diesel-fuelled vehicles; and what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges about ways of reducing such deaths.
    (197406)
115
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease were (a) made, (b) accepted, (c) accepted following an appeal and (d) rejected in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
    (197325)
116
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a decision on an individual funding request for the prescription of Duodopa to a patient with Parkinson's disease.
    (197326)
117
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of potential geographical variations in the handling of individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease.
    (197327)
118
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of time spent by clinicians on producing and administering individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease.
    (197328)
119
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on diabulimia in teenagers and young adults.
    (197377)
120
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change has been in the number of passports which were (a) issued and (b) reported (i) lost and (ii) stolen between 2008 and 2013, by issuing passport office.
    (197287)
121
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her priorities are for extending the scope of the National Crime Agency in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK.
    (197414)
122
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many directions under section 94 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 have been issued, amended or renewed in this Parliament.
    (197254)
123
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.
    (197239)
124
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) meetings she or Ministers in her Department have had with and (b) representations she has received from Kalayaan on tied domestic workers visas.
    (197249)
125
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce exit checks to apply to non-scheduled international travel by air, sea and rail services.
    (197253)
126
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has asset sharing agreements for the purposes of freezing, confiscating and repatriating the proceeds of crime; and how many such agreements have been reached since 2010-11.
    (197341)
127
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total yearly salary of each grade of the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate senior staff was on 1 April 2014.
    (197260)
128
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate on 1 April 2014.
    (197261)
129
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget is allocated to the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate.
    (197262)
130
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women in Scotland were granted section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for reasons including that they were deemed unfit to travel in each of the last five years.
    (197399)
131
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what gestation stage each pregnant women in Scotland granted section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 received the decision to grant that support.
    (197400)
132
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of all guidance and benchmarking criteria used by her Department, its contractors and agents when assessing the adequacy and suitability of placement accommodation allocated to pregnant women and nursing mothers in receipt of section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
    (197401)
133
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to ensure that pregnant women and nursing mothers in receipt of section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are recognised as a vulnerable group when contracting and allocating placement accommodation.
    (197402)
134
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brent Central of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 411W on asylum, what the (a) gender and (b) age of each applicant represented in the table in Scotland was; and whether each such applicant had (i) family and (ii) dependants in Scotland.
    (197426)
135
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women in Scotland are in receipt of section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; how many such women were moved to different accommodation during pregnancy; how many weeks pregnant each such woman was when she was moved; what the reason for each such move was; and if a risk assessment of each such move was undertaken which included input from a treating clinician.
    (197427)
136
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the length of time was between the date of application by each pregnant woman in Scotland for section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and the date of receipt by the applicant of that support.
    (197431)
137
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant woman in Scotland were denied section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for reasons that included an assessment that they were fit to travel; and what the gestation stage of each such woman was when that decision was made in each of the five years to 2013-14.
    (197432)
138
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will provide support to the Bright Green Energy Group for distributing solar energy systems to rural communities in Bangladesh.
    (197344)
139
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of sustainable lighting systems to development in Africa; and if her Department will collaborate with Solar Aid to provide such systems to communities in Africa.
    (197345)
140
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the Nigernian government in its efforts to protect schools in north-eastern Nigeria and to re-open schools that have closed for security reasons.
    (197336)
141
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department will take to engage with smaller (a) international non-government organisations and (b) non-governmental organisations in its future work on disability.
    (197330)
142
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make accessibility and coverage of disability a core element of all her Department's funded programmes and monitor this across all currently funded programmes.
    (197332)
143
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department have responsibility for disability policy.
    (197333)
144
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the additional costs resulting from Israeli border, access and planning controls to UK-funded development projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
    (197380)
145
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the European Commission and her counterparts in EU member states on compensation requests to Israeli authorities for EU-funded aid projects demolished by the Israeli authorities.
    (197408)
146
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff in each prison in England and Wales were serving on detached duty in (a) January, (b) February and (c) March 2014.
    (197292)
147
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were serving on detached duty in each month from January 2011 to January 2014.
    (197293)
148
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs for prison officers serving on detached duty in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
    (197294)
149
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many motorists were prosecuted for speeding offences in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (197306)
150
 
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 638, on Freedom of Information Act, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to designate the RSPCA as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
    (197248)
151
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is between a defendant being charged and the first day of proceedings in court in cases of (a) domestic violence, (b) sexual abuse and (c) rape.
    (197386)
152
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults on staff per 1,000 prisoners there were in each prison in each of the last four years.
    (197354)
153
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions performance points were accrued by private prisons in 2013-14; for what reason the points were accrued; and what financial penalties were attached in each case.
    (197355)
154
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been levied against those running private prisons in each year since 2010-11.
    (197356)
155
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at how many tribunal hearings on appeals over benefit claims in each of the last four years the relevant Department failed to send a presenting officer; and how many such hearings were lost by the Government.
    (197357)
156
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions probation staff have taken cases to employment tribunals on grounds of discrimination in each of the last three years.
    (197347)
157
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to ensure the negotiations between her Department and Praxis result in the continuation of the Secret Garden Service provided by that organisation.
    (197413)
158
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 824, what the evidential basis is for the statement that nuclear power is carbon-free.
    (197381)
159
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the profile of the electors who were not data matched on (a) national government data bases and (b) local government data bases for purposes of individual electoral registration.
    (197407)
160
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the merits of auto enrolment of young people at the time they are given their national insurance number.
    (197425)
161
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 237W, on large goods vehicles: speed limits, what progress has been made on the Government's further impact assessment of increasing the speed limit for hauliers from 40mph to 50mph.
    (197362)
162
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 242W, on tractors, if his Department will issue a response to the consultation on raising speed limits for low-speed tractors from 20mph to 25mph.
    (197363)
163
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the feasibility studies for the (a) A303, A30 and A358 corridor, (b) A1 north of Newcastle, (c) A1 Newcastle to Gateshead western bypass, (d) A27 corridor and (e) A47.
    (197318)
164
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the document Annual Bus Statistics: Revenue, Costs and Government Support Great Britain 2012-13 will be published.
    (197314)
165
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much in each (a) funding stream and (b) region his Department has provided in subsidy to each bus operator in each of the last four years.
    (197315)
166
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of urgent repairs to roads managed by the Highways Agency in (a) Huddersfield constituency, (b) Kirklees and (c) Yorkshire.
    (197282)
167
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 March 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on the Higgins Review, what progress has been made on the review of connections from HS2 to the Continent announced in that Statement.
    (197417)
168
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 March 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on the Higgins Review, whether the review of connections from HS2 to the Continent announced in that statement will assure the provision of (a) a segregated double track link and (b) any other dedicated railway link between HS1 and HS2.
    (197418)
169
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 March 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on the Higgins Review, whether the review of connections from HS2 to the Continent announced in that statement will take account of potential demand for domestic services between HS2 and HS1; and what assessment he has made of the likely level of such demand.
    (197419)
170
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 March 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on the Higgins Review, who is undertaking the review of connections between HS2 and the Continent announced in that Statement; and when he expects the review to be completed.
    (197420)
171
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, columns 578-9W, on equality, how many companies responded to the recent survey of companies participating in the Think Act, Report initiative; and what information her Department holds on which companies participating in that initiative (a) have conducted a gender pay audit in the last two years and (b) publish detailed gender pay gap information for each grade.
    (197286)
172
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses; and if he will make a statement.
    (197415)
173
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, what estimate he has made of the number of service spouses who will be affected by his plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses.
    (197416)
174
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those classified disabled were seeking work in each of the last four years.
    (197250)
175
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average extra costs are incurred by disabled people as a result of their disability.
    (197251)
176
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people classified as disabled left work as a result of their disability; and how many such people entered new work in each of the last four years.
    (197252)
177
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what powers the Child Maintenance Service has to address non-compliance by employers with a notice of deduction of earnings; and how many cases have there been of such non-compliance in each of the last three years.
    (197378)
178
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) disability living allowance have died during the process of (i) assessment and (ii) appeal in the latest period in which figures are available.
    (197430)
179
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a code of practice on the circumstances in which recovery action will be taken for overpayments of universal credit, jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance.
    (197338)

Notices given on Thursday 1 May

1
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the 100 most deprived wards as measured by the index of multiple deprivation are.
[Transferred]   (197424)
2
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to enable small businesses to claim a rates reduction to help them retain staff.
[Transferred]   (197429)
3
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of whether to become a signatory to the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage and the International Law of the Sea.
[Transferred]   (197238)
4
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made in Oxfordshire under the National Assistance Act 1948 by people without resources to meet their requirements or whose resources must be supplemented in order to meet their requirements in the last five years.
[Transferred]   (197243)
5
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 418W, on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014, how much time the Electoral Commission will be given to finalise its guidance on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014; and how many charities (a) have been and (b) will be consulted in the compilation of that guidance.
[Transferred]   (197395)
6
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of assistance has been offered by UK personnel in efforts to locate the missing Malaysian airliner MH370.
[Transferred]   (197290)
7
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, which organisations have been awarded funding to conduct a review into homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
[Transferred]   (197302)
8
 
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on the public funds available to local authorities of the creation of a Single Fraud Investigation Service.
[Transferred]   (197304)
9
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that zero-hour contracts are not used in an exploitative manner.
    (197555)
10
 
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce legislative proposals to clarify the obligations that fairground attractions meet when publishing the price of rides.
    (197485)
11
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter to the Minister for Skills and Enterprise dated 27 February 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr John Mannion.
    (197511)
12
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197446)
13
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve cross-departmental working on promotion of the UK's arts and health sector in order to improve mental health care and wellbeing.
    (197599)
14
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197450)
15
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quangos have been abolished since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (197456)
16
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion and number of voters with learning disabilities who (a) register to vote and (b) vote.
    (197553)
17
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to improve registration rates and voter turnout of (a) visually impaired voters and (b) voters with learning difficulties.
    (197554)
18
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of electoral registration officers who have not fulfilled their statutory responsibilities in each of the last 10 years.
    (197584)
19
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has given across government on steps to improve communications with the visually impaired.
    (197585)
20
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people registered as self-employed claimed tax credits in each of the last five years.
    (197586)
21
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197454)
22
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197451)
23
 
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a cap on data charges which can be imposed by mobile telephone operators.
    (197560)
24
 
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries on 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 95WH, when the consultation on modernising the Electronic Programme Guide regime will be launched.
    (197606)
25
 
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the use of bay class Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships; and if he will make a statement.
    (197484)
26
 
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his department's policies of the findings of The Armed Forces & Society survey produced by the Noble Lord Ashcroft.
    (197613)
27
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197444)
28
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to recognise the work undertaken by the Coleshill Auxiliers during the Second World War.
    (197464)
29
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that school lunches in academies and free schools meet the nutritional standards of those in the state sector; and if he will make a statement.
    (197552)
30
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 24 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Barnes.
    (197512)
31
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197458)
32
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Contact Point database was discontinued.
    (197558)
33
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197457)
34
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197452)
35
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the review of partnership funding for flood defences; and when the results of this review will be published.
    (197579)
36
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the potential benefits of more stringent equine passport controls; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reverse the burden of proof and increase data-gathering on horse ownership in relation to fly-grazing.
    (197576)
37
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current legislation against fly-grazing.
    (197577)
38
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of changes in levels of fly-grazing in England following changes to relevant legislation in Wales.
    (197603)
39
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the contribution of 26 November 2013 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Official Report, columns 56-9WH, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of fly-grazing in Wales.
    (197607)
40
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what active steps his (a) Department has taken and plans to take to facilitate the convening of a conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons.
    (197556)
41
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 25 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Woronycz.
    (197503)
42
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka; what recent representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka about the arrest and detention of human rights defenders; and what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterparts about the use of that country's Prevention of Terrorism Act.
    (197542)
43
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about the implementation of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka; what technical advice and assistance his Department will provide to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the investigation into alleged war crimes and human rights violations in Sri Lanka; and what representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka about the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka of 27 March 2014.
    (197543)
44
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the the government of Sri Lanka's decision to proscribe a number of Tamil groups and individuals for alleged links to terrorist activities and (b) the effect this will have on the reconciliation process.
    (197551)
45
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure resources for mental health services meet the requirements of both adults and children.
    (197541)
46
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about abortion clinics were made to the Care Quality Commission in the last 12 months.
    (197439)
47
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women suffered health complications following abortion procedures in 2012.
    (197440)
48
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on abortion and 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 31W, on abortion, if he will make it his policy that his Department collects data on (a) the number of neonatal deaths following a legal termination of pregnancy, (b) how many foetuses show signs of life following an attempted termination and (c) how many such foetuses are registered as live births; and if he will make a statement.
    (197462)
49
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on in vitro fertilisation, (a) if he will provide specific references to the available evidence that no genomic DNA is found in the mitochondria but only in the cell nucleus, (b) how their consideration that mitochondrial DNA is not part of the genome relates to the presentation of data on the human genome in the ENSEMBL and OMIM databases and (c) what precise genetic modifications are applied to the eggs or embryos that would prevent any nuclear DNA from the egg or embryo donors from being inherited by the resulting child; and if he will make a statement.
    (197463)
50
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether current guidelines covering preoperative pregnancy checks are sufficient in preventing risks to the unborn child.
    (197455)
51
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cross-departmental government scrutiny will take place of the forthcoming Implementing and Delegated Acts of the EU Tobacco Products Directive.
    (197557)
52
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 471W, on Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review, if he will provide a further breakdown of each item of expenditure under each of the budget headings provided; if he will publish receipts for expenditure incurred; what the agreed budget was in advance of the Review; and what locations were travelled to as part of the Review.
    (197601)
53
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 471W, on Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review, what fees were paid to King's College for hosting the Review team.
    (197602)
54
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish in full the economic analysis on price and illicit trade analysis conducted as part of the Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review.
    (197604)
55
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members were of Sir Cyril Chantler's Review team working as part of the Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review; and what the cost was of commissioning expert advice from (a) Dr Yanzhong Wang and (b) Professor Catherine Pope as part of this review.
    (197605)
56
 
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the savings to the NHS arising from arts-based interventions.
    (197525)
57
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197453)
58
 
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service about its leaflet, Britain's Abortion Law: what it says and why.
    (197524)
59
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department will provide for NHS staff on whether to share the information on the Child Protection Information Sharing project with relevant local authorities, police forces or care homes.
    (197544)
60
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the future of community hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
    (197580)
61
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish (a) a list of all stakeholders who have so far been consulted by NHS England as part of its review into stereotactic radiosurgery and (b) the responses from those stakeholders.
    (197487)
62
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England began its review into the future of stereotactic radiosurgery; and when its plans to complete the review.
    (197488)
63
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to section 2 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, if he will request that NHS England reinstates the commissioning of stereotactic radiotherapy to the level before 1 April 2013 while it conducts its review into the future use of this treatment.
    (197559)
64
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of the conditions that can lead to young sudden cardiac death and sudden death syndrome.
    (197438)
65
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the results were of the Metropolitan Police investigation into the death of an unnamed woman in Slough on 21 January 2012 following an abortion performed by Marie Stopes International.
    (197461)
66
 
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to correspondence from the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed of 2 December 2013 and 27 March 2014 on a constituent's complaint relating to previous employment in her Department.
    (197437)
67
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the removal of asylum seekers to Somalia; and if she will make a statement.
    (197448)
68
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which sites were affected by the failure of UK Border Agency computers at passport control on 30 April 2014; what steps she is taking to investigate and rectify the problem; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for the computer failure.
    (197486)
69
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration and Security dated 10 March 2014, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms S Ejaz.
    (197502)
70
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 13 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs S Rajabbi.
    (197505)
71
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 17 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Asif Rafiq.
    (197506)
72
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 17 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A A Dada Shzadeh.
    (197507)
73
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 17 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Barzi.
    (197508)
74
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 19 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr F Mir.
    (197509)
75
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 24 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Abdul Rehman.
    (197510)
76
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of her Department to Brighton; and if she will make a statement.
    (197449)
77
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost is of the asylum and immigration hotline open to hon. Members.
    (197460)
78
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of her Department to Brighton; and if she will make a statement.
    (197447)
79
 
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consideration she has given to the case for having a stand-alone, specific goal on inequality in the Sustainable Development Goals.
    (197521)
80
 
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that access to safe, affordable energy in rural areas is being treated as a specific high-priority target in the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
    (197522)
81
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the Prison and Probation Ombudsman's (PPO) report on Learning from PPO Investigations: Risk factors in self-inflicted deaths in prisons.
    (197587)
82
 
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received from Ofsted on his plans to introduce secure colleges.
    (197625)
83
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 24 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Sherratt.
    (197504)
84
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197441)
85
 
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on plans to extend the funding of Victim Support beyond 2015.
    (197465)
86
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will review the effect of the operation of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on services available to assist victims in Northern Ireland.
    (197526)
87
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent estimate she has made of foreign direct investment in Northern Ireland.
    (197527)
88
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the contribution of sports-related tourism to the economy of Northern Ireland.
    (197528)
89
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the cost of public enquiries relating to Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.
    (197529)
90
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment the Electoral Commission has made of electoral registration rates of attainers in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) England.
    (197501)
91
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the number and proportion of visually impaired voters who receive election communication in a format they can understand.
    (197581)
92
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to cross reference data on visual impairment with the electoral register for the purpose of improving election communications with the visually impaired.
    (197582)
93
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the percentage annual canvass return rate was for each local government area in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
    (197583)
94
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what written correspondence he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how they impact on the options for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
    (197497)
95
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what written correspondence he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding the tolling of proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how that will impact on traffic levels at the Dartford Crossing.
    (197498)
96
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how they impact on the options for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
    (197499)
97
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding the tolling of proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how that will impact on traffic levels at the Dartford Crossing.
    (197500)
98
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197442)
99
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of her Department to Brighton; and if she will make a statement.
    (197445)
100
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the highest amount is that a single household has been capped as a result of the benefit cap.
    (197600)
101
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Child Support Agency cases subject to case closure which have child maintenance arrears based wholly or partly on an interim maintenance assessment; and what steps he is taking to re-evaluate the amount of arrears owed and to inform the non-resident parent and parent with care accordingly.
    (197481)
102
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often powers in the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 to require suppliers of gas and electricity to (a) provide the Child Support Agency with information to confirm the whereabouts of a non-resident parent and (b) obtain account information to assist enforcement action to recover child maintenance arrears have been made to date.
    (197482)
103
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
    (197443)
104
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the number of applicants who seek a national insurance number and claim welfare benefits within six months of receipt.
    (197459)
105
 
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the creation of a Single Fraud Investigation Service on the level of fraud against local authorities.
    (197496)
Wednesday 7 May  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
 
★ 1
Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border): What assessment he has made of the potential effects of Scottish independence on border parliamentary constituencies.
    (903823)
★ 2
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the effects of housing benefit changes in Scotland.
    (903824)
★ 3
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What assessment he has made of the effects of recent trends in household energy bills on standards of living in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (903825)
★ 4
David Mowat (Warrington South): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the potential role of the Bank of England in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country.
    (903826)
★ 5
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on a potential currency union with an independent Scotland.
    (903827)
★ 6
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What assessment he has made of the potential effects of Scottish independence on cross-border trade and employment.
    (903828)
★ 7
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State what assessment he has made of recent trends in employment figures in Scotland.
    (903829)
★ 8
Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on consular support for Scottish citizens overseas in the event of Scottish independence.
    (903830)
★ 9
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the effects of housing benefit changes in Scotland.
    (903831)
★ 10
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on a potential currency union with an independent Scotland.
    (903832)
★ 11
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): What recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on Project TransmiT and its effects in Scotland.
    (903833)
★ 12
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): What assessment he has made of the effects on Scotland of the reduction of the additional rate of tax.
    (903834)
★ 13
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What progress the Government has made on implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement.
    (903835)
★ 14
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): What recent assessment he has made of the economic potential of the Scottish Highlands and Islands; and if he will make a statement.
    (903836)
★ 15
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): What assessment he has made of the potential implications of Scottish independence for the regions on either side of the English-Scottish border.
    (903837)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Mel Stride (Central Devon): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7 May.
    (903873)
★ 2
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith):  
    (903874)
★ 3
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):  
    (903875)
★ 4
Margot James (Stourbridge):  
    (903876)
★ 5
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):  
    (903877)
★ 6
Andrew Griffiths (Burton):  
    (903878)
★ 7
David Rutley (Macclesfield):  
    (903879)
★ 8
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South):  
    (903880)
★ 9
Neil Carmichael (Stroud):  
    (903881)
★ 10
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington):  
    (903882)
★ 11
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford):  
    (903883)
★ 12
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe):  
    (903884)
★ 13
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park):  
    (903885)
★ 14
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):  
    (903886)
★ 15
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields):  
    (903887)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 25 April

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Start Up Loan scheme in Wales to date; what the take-up has been under this scheme to date; and how much has been lent to which businesses in each constituency in Wales in each of the last three years.
    (196696)

Notices given on Tuesday 29 April

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what legislative vehicles the Government plans to use to implement the proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals.
    (197007)
2
N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide an estimate of the costs of redoubling the section of the North Cotswold line between (a) Charlbury to Wolvercote Junction and (b) Evesham and Norton Junction.
    (197158)

Notices given on Wednesday 30 April

1
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of the 20 per cent most disadvantaged two year olds who are currently taking up their free childcare place.
    (197433)
2
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of a primary school meal was in 2013.
    (197434)
3
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare places for disadvantaged two year olds have been created since September 2013.
    (197435)
4
N
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of additional catering staff needed in schools to deliver the extension of free school meals to all pupils in reception, year 1 and year 2 in September 2014.
    (197436)

Notices given on Thursday 1 May

1
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions either orally or in writing he or his Ministers or officials have had with (a) Pfizer and (b) AstraZeneca in the last two months regarding any bid for AstraZeneca.
    (197493)
2
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to increase the 15 year out-of-country voting limit for British expatriates.
    (197545)
3
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 488W, on Business Improvement Districts: Birmingham, for what reasons no decision has yet been taken on the Business Improvement District for Sparkbrook and Springfield.
    (197531)
4
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the viability of public houses of the method by which business rates are currently calculated.
    (197572)
5
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives local authorities on considering the potential flooding risks to land in neighbouring local authorities when making planning decisions.
    (197573)
6
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in England and Wales per 10,000 of the population were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in each of the last three calendar years.
    (197564)
7
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of pupils in each age group participate in the Cultural Passport scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (197570)
8
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of schools in England provide the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities, published in July 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (197608)
9
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of pupils aged (a) seven, (b) 11, (c) 16 and (d) 18 or 19 years have received the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities, published in July 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (197609)
10
N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how levels of human control are defined in use of the ballistic sensor-fused munition and other similar systems which can operate in automatic mode.
    (197477)
11
N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguards are deployed to prevent a sensor-fused munition operating in automatic mode from confusing a military target with a civilian target.
    (197479)
12
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, columns 707-8W, on school meals, how many academies (a) were invited to respond and (b) responded to the survey by the School Food Trust in 2012.
    (197596)
13
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of history lessons were taught by non-subject specialists in each of the last five years.
    (197546)
14
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of secondary school students who studied the First World War as part of their (a) GCSE and (b) A-level studies in each year since May 2010.
    (197547)
15
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of secondary school students who studied the Second World War as part of their (a) GCSE and (b) A-level studies in each year since May 2010.
    (197548)
16
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children aged under 16 years living in supported housing.
    (197549)
17
N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total value is of renewable obligation certificates issued to generators for (a) roof- and (b) ground-mounted solar schemes that have been redeemed in (a) Llanelli constituency and (ii) each constituency in Wales.
    (197561)
18
N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many gigawats of electricity are generated by solar farms in Wales.
    (197562)
19
N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many acres of land are covered by solar farms in (a) Carmarthenshire, (b) Llanelli constituency, (c) each constitunecy in Wales and (d) each county in Wales.
    (197563)
20
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of levels of public support for solar photovoltaic; and if he will make it his policy that there will be no changes to the level of support available for large-scale solar under the Renewable Obligation scheme until at least April 2015.
  [R] (197578)
21
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will discuss with the devolved legislatures to ensure best practice is adopted in implementing single farm payments across the UK.
    (197566)
22
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Environment Agency expects to conclude its investigation into Churngold Recycling Ltd.
    (197571)
23
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Egyptian counterpart about the mass trial and death sentences of members of the Muslim brotherhood.
    (197567)
24
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 413W, on Falkland Islands, if he will discuss the correct use of the name Falkland Islands with the Secretary of State for the Home Office; and given the misuse of the name by his Department in its internal guidance if he will now issue cross-Department guidance.
    (197475)
25
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the UN and (b) any UN agency on the abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria on 14 April 2014.
    (197520)
26
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with UN Women about the abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria on 14 April 2014; and if he will make a statement.
    (197532)
27
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the current whereabouts of the children recently kidnapped from Chibok, Nigeria.
    (197469)
28
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart of the recent kidnapping of schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria.
    (197470)
29
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests for assistance the Government has received in connection with the recent kidnappings from Chibok, Nigeria.
    (197472)
30
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to achieve agreement at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014 on the amount of finance that will be pledged to assist developing countries with their climate actions.
    (197476)
31
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) Monitor to undertake work on or relating to competition issues; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last five years.
    (197535)
32
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed full-time solely on accident prevention in (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England.
    (197588)
33
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of patients presenting at accident and emergency departments because of an accident in the home in each year since 2010.
    (197594)
34
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for the collection and disposal of clinical waste from patients' homes.
    (197597)
35
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training posts for nurses were commissioned in England in each of the last five years.
    (197593)
36
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on making the term surgeon a protected title.
    (197513)
37
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS trust and foundation trust spent on legal costs on individual employment cases in each of the last 10 years.
    (197595)
38
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are working on the transition to a new system following the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012; and what the cost was of employing such officials in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (197471)
39
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees from Syria have applied for leave to remain since the start of the Syrian conflict; and how many such people have been granted leave to remain.
    (197467)
40
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the effectiveness of current legislation on banned breeds of dog.
    (197473)
41
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average length of time is taken for asylum seekers and refugees from Syria to have an initial interview.
    (197474)
42
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total number of refugees and asylum seekers from Syria resident in the UK.
    (197480)
43
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 526-7, on student visas, if she will publish details of the successful pilot with one university on ensuring overseas students return home once their course is completed.
    (197624)
44
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's Personal Advocate Pilot for trafficked children will start; how non-governmental organisations will participate in the schemes; and when each pilot scheme in each participating local authority will start and end.
    (197530)
45
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the foreword to the Draft Modern Slavery Bill, when she plans to start the review of the operation and effectiveness of the National Referral Mechanism; how long that review will take; who will undertake it; and when it will be published.
    (197466)
46
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the Global Fund has made in reducing instances of AIDS, Malaria and TB in the last two years.
    (197565)
47
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what international progress has been made towards establishing the Green Climate Fund ahead of the UN's climate summit in Lima; and when she expects this fund to be ready for capitalisation.
    (197478)
48
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to Syria has been written off as nugatory expenditure.
    (197489)
49
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of teaching provision available to Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan; and what assessment she has made of the effects of language barriers on the effectiveness of such provision.
    (197490)
50
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is a renewed focus on the millennium development goals which have not yet been attained.
    (197494)
51
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department gives full consideration to the increasing impact and challenges that ageing populations will place on national governments, civil society and relevant stakeholders (a) between 2015 and 2030 and (b) after 2030.
    (197518)
52
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals are coherent with and integrated into the development agendas of all government departments.
    (197519)
53
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Prison Service Gold Command has been opened in each of the last 36 months; and what the nature was of each incident that caused it to be opened.
    (197468)
54
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost of housing an individual in (a) a probation hostel and (b) approved premises for 12 months.
    (197611)
55
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Probation Service has experienced problems in accessing the Risk of Serious Recidivism Predictor Tool to date.
    (197568)
56
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 50 initial preferred bidders for probation services remain in the competition.
    (197569)
57
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many times the offence of possession of mobile telephones within a prison has been proceeded upon; and how many days were added to the offender's sentence in each case.
    (197533)
58
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons about his plans to introduce secure colleges.
    (197550)
59
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police cautions were issued in Brigg and Goole constituency in each of the last five years.
    (197598)
60
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the openness and transparency of the proceedings and accountability of Family Court decisions.
    (197514)
61
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that fathers have appropriate access to or custody of their children following separation or divorce in cases where there is no risk to the child.
    (197515)
62
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the decision was made to embark on an expansion of the Public Defender System advocates.
    (197516)
63
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he used to select those who he has instructed to review any bid for AstraZeneca.
    (197491)
64
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions either orally or in writing he or his Ministers or officials have had with (a) Pfizer and (b) AstraZeneca in the last two months regarding any bid for AstraZeneca.
    (197492)
65
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings he has had with each private hire vehicle operator since 2010.
    (197534)
66
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on housing benefit: social rented housing, how many housing benefit social sector tenants have been (a) given exempt status because they reached state pension credit age and (b) allowed to keep an extra bedroom because they are (i) registered foster carers who have fostered a child during the last 52 weeks and (ii) parents of armed forces' personnel who have been deployed on operations.
    (197590)
67
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims to the Independent Living Fund of what total value were made in each parliamentary constituency in the last year.
    (197483)
68
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of recipients of the Independent Living Fund (a) are in employment and (b) were in employment at the date of application.
    (197574)
69
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were sanctioned in each month since August 2013; and how many such claimants continued to sign on during the period for which they were sanctioned.
    (197517)
70
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in Brigg and Goole constituency that will be issued with staging dates for automatic enrolment between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015.
    (197610)
71
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he takes to monitor whether Work Programme prime providers fulfil their minimum service standards; and if he will make a statement.
    (197589)
72
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by the universal credit project on (a) staff travel and (b) overnight accommodation and allowances in each month of 2014 to date.
    (197591)
73
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in budgeting loans was spent in each region of the UK in each of the last six years.
    (197592)
Thursday 8 May  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
 
★ 1
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What representations he has received on his proposed reforms to the regulation of the taxi and private hire industry.
    (903888)
★ 2
Robert Halfon (Harlow): What plans he has to improve rail services in Essex; and if he will make a statement.
    (903889)
★ 3
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What steps he is taking to improve road safety for cyclists.
    (903890)
★ 4
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What consideration he has given to extending the proposed East-West Route from Oxford to Bristol or Cardiff.
    (903891)
★ 5
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): What plans he has to introduce new rolling stock on the railways.
    (903892)
★ 6
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What plans he has to build new, and upgrade existing, trunk roads.
  [R] (903893)
★ 7
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What steps he is taking to ensure adequate provision of rolling stock in the north of England.
    (903894)
★ 8
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What plans he has to introduce new rolling stock on the railways.
    (903895)
★ 9
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): If the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport will visit the sites of the proposed Junction 10A on the A14 and the proposed Weekley-Warkton bypass, and meet representatives of Kettering Borough Council to discuss those proposals on 23 May 2014.
  [R] (903896)
★ 10
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What progress his Department has made on its study of proposals to dual the remaining single carriageway sections of the A1.
    (903897)
★ 11
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): What steps his Department is taking to improve journey times and passenger capacity on the Waterloo to Weymouth rail line.
    (903898)
★ 12
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What assessment his Department has made of the effect of Government policy on the level of car insurance premiums.
    (903899)
★ 13
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What plans he has to set up an HS2 Skills Academy.
    (903900)
★ 14
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What steps he is taking to ensure adequate provision of rolling stock in the north of England.
    (903901)
★ 15
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): What assessment he has made of the level of availability of spare parts for the rail network.
    (903902)
★ 16
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What plans he has to provide training for potential employees working on delivery of High Speed 2.
    (903903)
★ 17
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What steps he is taking to encourage safer cycling.
    (903904)
★ 18
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of time allowed for pedestrians to use pedestrian crossings.
    (903905)
★ 19
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What financial assistance he is providing to local authorities for the repair of potholes.
    (903906)
★ 20
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): What recent assessment he has made of progress on Crossrail.
    (903907)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (903918)
★ 2
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East):  
    (903919)
★ 3
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):  
    (903920)
★ 4
Fiona Bruce (Congleton):  
    (903921)
★ 5
Barry Gardiner (Brent North):  
    (903922)
★ 6
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):  
    (903923)
★ 7
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (903924)
★ 8
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):  
    (903925)
★ 9
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):  
    (903926)
★ 10
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford):  
    (903927)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission and the Leader of the House
 
★ 1
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking to promote use of the Welsh language in the business of the House.
    (903908)
★ 2
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much money the Commission estimates will be received for the financial year 2014-15 as a result of the introduction of room hire charges for all the dining rooms in the House; and if he will make a statement.
    (903909)
★ 3
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking to support the House in rationalising the processing of written questions and answers and in improving the service to hon. Members.
    (903910)
★ 4
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has had on the provision of support for the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy.
    (903911)
★ 5
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the time taken by that Department to answer written Parliamentary Questions.
    (903912)
★ 6
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will ensure that Ministers place documents in the Library in accordance with their answers to Parliamentary Questions.
    (903913)
★ 7
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to procure goods and services from UK-based suppliers.
    (903914)
★ 8
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the House in scrutinising the Government.
    (903915)
★ 9
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to increase the safety and security of the parliamentary estate.
    (903916)
★ 10
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Leader of the House, what scope there is for local authorities to initiate legislation in Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
    (903917)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 25 April

1
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what audit he has made of the performance of the Student Loans Company.
    (196697)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on Streamlining Regulatory and Competition Appeals launched in June 2013; and on what timetable he intends to introduce reforms arising from that consultation.
    (196719)
3
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on industry of delays in the implementation of the Government's proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals.
    (196698)

Notices given on Tuesday 29 April

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits and risks of commercial mobile networks providing the emergency services communications network.
    (197008)

Notices given on Wednesday 30 April

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding the UK has given (a) directly and (b) indirectly to the European Space Agency in each of the last five years; what that funding was for; and what assessment he has made of the benefits arising from that funding to the UK.
    (197364)
2
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to encourage car manufacturers to manufacture cars powered by road fuel gases for the UK market.
    (197296)
3
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HSA4 forms submitted in each month since 2010 are pending completion.
    (197391)
4
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of non-registered medical professionals to gauge mental or physical health risks posed by a pregnancy for the purpose of judging whether or not the criteria of the Abortion Act 1967 are met.
    (197392)
5
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on reporting to the police suspected criminal acts committed by doctors that are discovered by his Department and NHS England.
    (197393)
6
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information later than 2003 his Department has on the relative emissions from motor vehicles powered by road fuel gases.
    (197297)

Notices given on Thursday 1 May

1
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors were referred to the police for investigation for crimes relating to the Abortion Act 1967 in each of the last 10 years; and how many such referrals resulted in (a) charges and (b) convictions.
[Transferred]   (197394)
2
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Competition Commission's inquiry into the proposed merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital Foundation Trust.
    (197575)
3
N
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings which were not counted as closed had no cases listed in the preceding (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months at 31 March 2014; and what the location was of each such building.
    (197536)
4
N
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of maintaining court buildings which are not listed as closed and which have no cases listed for (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.
    (197537)
5
N
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of maintaining court buildings which are not listed as closed and which had fewer than five cases listed each week for (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.
    (197538)
6
N
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings which were not counted as closed had fewer than five cases listed for each week in the preceding (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months at 31 March 2014; and what the location was of each such building.
    (197539)
7
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of an increase in the need for court reports arising from his Transforming Rehabilitation agenda on the workload of court staff.
    (197523)
Tuesday 13 May  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 29 April

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the introduction of unbundled fibre to the cabinet and sub-loop bundling of residential broadband provision.
    (197016)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will initiate a review of the fibre broadband wholesale pricing structure.
    (197017)
Thursday 15 May  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 1 May

1
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that a war widow's pension is provided for life to those awarded such a pension between 31 March 1973 and 5 April 2005.
[Transferred]   (197342)
2
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will stop requesting that government departments review their arrangements regarding employees paying their trade union subscriptions using check-off.
    (197495)
3
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences to cull seals have been issued in England in each of the last five years.
    (197540)

Prepared 2nd May 2014