Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 19 June 2014
Notes:
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[N]
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 19 June 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 19 June 2014
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the numbers of cases of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking referred by each police force in England and Wales to each regional division of the Crown Prosecution Service in 2013.
(201071)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
N
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of foundation degree students continued to a honours degree in each of the last 10 years.
(200809)
3
N
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of foundation degrees have been delivered by (a) further education colleges and (b) universities in each of the last 10 years.
(200811)
4
N
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students have (a) started and (b) completed a foundation degree in each of the last 10 years.
(200812)
5
N
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many higher national diplomas and (b) higher national certificates have been completed in each of the last 10 years.
(200814)
6
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Warrington North constituency received funding from the Regional Growth Fund in each year since 2011-12; and how much each such business received.
(200829)
7
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department has provided to companies facing bankruptcy in each of the last three years.
(201035)
8
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Royal Mail staff who bought shares in the newly-privatised company in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire and (c) Scotland.
(200637)
9
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with employment agencies on the practice of blacklisting.
(200982)
10
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of blacklisting amongst employment agencies.
(200983)
11
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people started apprenticeships in (a) Swindon and (b) the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
(200658)
12
N
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Offshore Wind Industry Council last met; and what meetings of the Council have taken place since 16 May 2013.
(200863)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
13
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are paid at a rate below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation in Bolton North East constituency.
(200967)
14
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed on zero-hour contracts in Bolton North East constituency.
(200973)
15
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from in Warrington North constituency were employed on temporary or fixed term contracts in each year since 2010.
(200918)
16
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent employers who engage in blacklisting receiving Government contracts.
(200660)
17
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.
(200473)
18
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people over 50 had been out of work for over a year in each year since 1994.
(200922)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
19
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Scottish Government to discuss air passenger duty.
(200629)
20
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people registered as self employed in (a) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency and (b) Scotland reported net income of (i) zero and (ii) below the threshold for national insurance in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
(200630)
21
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women were registered as self-employed in (i) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency and (ii) Scotland in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
(200631)
22
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median age of people registered as self-employed was in (i) Scotland and (ii) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in (A) 2010, (B) 2011, (C) 2012 and (D) 2013.
(200632)
23
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were registered as self-employed in (a) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency and (b) Scotland in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
(200633)
24
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date each of the 25 firms named and shamed for breach of the national minimum wage by his Department on 8 June 2014 was issued with the relevant Notice of Underpayment of the minimum wage by HM Revenue and Customs.
(200988)
25
N
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Glasgow North constituency have used the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme to date.
(200923)
26
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost of childcare in the UK for a child aged (a) two and under, (b) three to four and (c) five and over in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
(200802)
27
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what performance indicators he has agreed with National Savings and Investments (NS&I) on the delivery of tax-free childcare; how often NS&I will be benchmarked against such indicators; how often the results of this benchmarking will be made available; what penalties have been agreed for poor performance against these indicators; and if he will make a statement.
(200821)
28
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) National Savings and Investments staff will be employed administering tax-free childcare in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18 and (iv) 2018-19.
(200822)
29
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of the report entitled, Evaluating alternative market models for Tax-Free Childcare vouchers, prepared by Economic Insight for his Department; what assessment he made of this report's findings and recommendations; and whether these recommendations informed the operation and design of his Department's policy on tax-free childcare.
(200823)
30
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what capacity he and the Secretary of State for International Development attended the recent Bilderberg Conference in Copenhagen; and whether the visits have been recorded in the register of interests.
(200959)
31
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department will give childcare provides on the introduction of tax-free childcare.
(200936)
32
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish any cost benefit analysis of awarding the contract for the tax-free childcare scheme to National Savings & Investments undertaken before the decision was announced.
(200937)
33
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government is taking with banks and credit card companies to ensure PPI repayments are made in full.
(201034)
34
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the savings to the public purse of reductions in carbon emissions leading to a low carbon economy.
(200653)
35
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next dataset of bank lending by postcode from the major UK banks will be released; and if he will make a statement.
(200964)
36
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to promote the video games tax relief to video games producers.
(200659)
37
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to display changes to the amount of income tax levied on an individual on their end of year statement.
(200661)
38
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to mandate that APR figures be displayed in cash terms.
(200662)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
39
Mr David Lammy
(Tottenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to speed up the planning system.
(201045)
40
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on landlords who own multiple properties disguising their ownership of a property when submitting a planning application.
(201039)
41
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the legal owner of a property is identified when a planning application is submitted relating to that property.
(201040)
42
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on their obligations to take action against breaches of planning law.
(201041)
43
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has published for the use of local authorities in determining planning permission applications for the creation of cemeteries.
(200634)
44
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of grave spaces that have been created in London since the introduction of the London Local Authorities Act 2007.
(200635)
45
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities which have adopted powers under the London Local Authorities Act 2007 to re-use graves where burial rights have been extinguished since that Act came into force.
(200636)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
46
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.
(200474)
47
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2014, Official Report, columns 67-8W, on the press, whether he has set a date for meeting victims of press abuse and their representatives.
(201081)
48
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all notspot data will be properly checked before masts are proposed and plans are made public.
(201147)
49
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the people have adequate mobile signal coverage in light of the decision not to proceed with a mast at Fownhope.
(201148)
50
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any masts proposed as part of the Mobile Infrastructure Project other than that at Fownhope have been withdrawn after a reassessment of notspot data.
(201149)
51
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the Mobile Infrastructure Project in Herefordshire.
(201150)
52
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Mobile Infrastructure Project in Herefordshire is on course to be delivered on schedule.
(201151)
53
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the criteria are by which Arqiva assesses notspot data.
(201152)
54
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the process was by which Arqiva arrived at its decision not to proceed with the proposed Fownhope mast.
(201153)
55
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on whether staff from Arqiva visited Fownhope to assess the adequacy of mobile telephone reception in that area.
(201154)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
56
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Association about the funding of school CCFs.
(201086)
57
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change the funding support for Combined Cadet Forces.
(201087)
58
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for further funding of Combined Cadet Forces; and if he will make a statement.
(201088)
59
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will add a category of name of medal requested to the Certificate of Kinship Request for the Medals of a Deceased Ex-Serviceman/woman form.
(201090)
60
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve care for veterans suffering with psychological injuries after their service.
(200935)
61
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN04-053 Declaration of obsolete-medical, central and veterinary equipments.
(199165)
62
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN03-010 Impact to outputs of defence electronic warfare center due to five yearly electrical testing.
(199166)
63
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN05-011 Claims and insurance provisions for the use of Ministry of Defence vehicles in the UK and overseas and the process for ordering new motor insurance certificates or green cards.
(199167)
64
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN03-007 Notification of a change in CBRN policy.
(199168)
65
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN04-056 Sea King Helicopter drawdown and disposal.
(199169)
66
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships from the Royal Navy were present in the recent joint manoeuvres with the Ukrainian navy.
(201028)
67
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.
(200475)
68
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence were (i) reported to the Royal Military Police, (ii) referred by the Royal Military Police to prosecutors and (iii) directed for trial in each year since 2009.
(201069)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
69
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of school closure for local elections on parents and children.
(200820)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
70
N
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the UK's security of energy supply.
(904346)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
71
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prevent illegally-harvested timber and endangered hardwoods being imported into the UK.
(200944)
72
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues on types of timber it discourages from being imported to the UK.
(200945)
73
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the planned further research into the use of carbon monoxide as a potential method of culling badgers will include (a) trials on living badgers, (b) trials on existing badger setts and (c) laboratory trials.
(200931)
74
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much food waste was recycled by each district and metropolitan local authority in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(201096)
75
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) the Federation of Indian Export Organisations, (b) National Asian Business Association and (c) other representative organisations or affected businesses to discuss (i) the EU ban on importation of mangoes from India, (ii) any alternatives to a ban and (iii) measures to mitigate the effect of such a ban on UK importers, distributors, retailers and restaurateurs.
(200970)
76
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which countries possess comparative levels of fruit fly infestation in exported mangoes and are not subject to an EU ban on importation.
(200979)
77
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any phyto-sanitary and plant-disease expertise from the UK has been involved in helping to address the shortcomings identified by the EU Commissioner necessitating the recent ban on importation of mangoes from India.
(200980)
78
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the EU ban on importing Indian mangoes on UK businesses.
(200981)
79
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) economic and (b) infection risks to UK and EU fruit and vegetable production arise from the importation of mangoes or other fruit infested with tephritidae.
(200985)
80
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the recent EU ban on Indian mangoes.
(200986)
81
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any alternatives to a full ban on the importation of Indian mangoes were (a) considered by his Department's officials and (b) put forward to European Commissioners.
(200987)
82
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of mango lots or number of shipments infested by tephriditae were rejected by Fera in each of the last five years; and from which source country each infected shipment was exported.
(200989)
83
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which countries other than India the import of mangoes to the EU is banned.
(201026)
84
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the regulatory effect of recent changes to the common agricultural policy on farmers.
(201043)
85
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the published acceptable limits for formaldehyde in the air within a domestic dwelling.
(200819)
86
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of TB tests for Alpacas; and if he will make a statement.
(201065)
87
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many red kites there are in the UK; and whether his Department has set a population number above which it will take steps to control that population.
(201031)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
88
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Bahrain about the death of Syed Mahmood.
(200652)
89
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK has made to Israel following the Israeli parliament's consideration of legislation to allow force-feeding of Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike.
(200934)
90
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his priorities are for renegotiating UK membership of the EU.
(201038)
91
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.
(200476)
92
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of (a) Farshid Fathi, (b) Behnam Irani, (c) Silas Rabbani, (d) Amin Khaki, (e) Saeed Abedini and (f) other pastors and deacons imprisoned in Iran being beaten in prison.
(200929)
93
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent correspondence his Department has received from UK citizens living in Italy on delays in passport renewal; whether all such letters were acknowledged; and for what reasons any such letter has not yet been acknowledged.
(200963)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
94
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many redundancy payments have been recovered from NHS staff who have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by an NHS organisation in each of the last three years.
(200856)
95
Sir Alan Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) arrangements and (b) contracts NHS England has for non-emergency specialist care and treatment of English residents in Scottish hospitals.
(201082)
96
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the integrated sexual health tariff.
(200940)
97
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of sexual health services delivered by private providers.
(200941)
98
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the sexual health commissioning toolkit will be published.
(200942)
99
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish an update to A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England first published in March 2013.
(200943)
100
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were working in his Department on sexual health matters in each year since 2010; and how many people have worked in (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England on sexual health matters since the formation of Public Health England.
(200949)
101
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on allowing the transplant of organs from people deceased outside of hospital.
(200975)
102
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department categorises the ellaOne pill as a contraceptive or abortifacient for the purposes of its record keeping.
(200977)
103
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time for each category of call was in Bolton in each year since 2010.
(200971)
104
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many non-clinical dementia specialist professionals are currently working across the health and care sector.
(200824)
105
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in real-terms was spent on cancer services in each of the last five years.
(200654)
106
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of national cancer spend was spent on radiotherapy in each of the last five years.
(200655)
107
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses were made redundant by each NHS health trust in England in 2013.
(201092)
108
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to financially assist nurses employed by the NHS to pay the increased fee for the Nursing and Midwifery Council when they come into force later in 2014.
(201093)
109
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on its proposals to increase professional fees for nurses by £20 per annum later in 2014.
(201094)
110
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the 70 to 79 age group have received a shingles vaccination since the vaccination programme began in September 2013; how many people he expects to take up the offer in the current cohort; when he expects that figure to be met; and if he will make a statement.
(200651)
111
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to reduce child obesity in Barnsley.
(200932)
112
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure the referral to the relevant authorities of terminating doctors who do not fulfil their statutory obligations to fill in HSA4 forms correctly.
(200974)
113
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to release the second stage of the review into the closure of surgery at Leeds Children's Heart Unit; and if he will make a statement.
(199256)
114
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable for the new congenital heart disease review is.
(199257)
115
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children's heart surgery units receive equal and sufficient levels of scrutiny across the country.
(199258)
116
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of kidney disease among the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community.
(201145)
117
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will assess the achievements of Kidney Research UK's Peer Educator model to support sign-up to the NHS Organ Donor Register in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities; and if his Department will take steps to support rollout of Kidney Research UK's Peer Educator model across the UK.
(201146)
118
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on NHS patients receiving Enterra gastric stimulator treatment.
(200638)
119
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times ambulance response times in (a) the North West and (b) each ambulance service trust in England have exceeded (i) 15, (ii) 20, (iii) 30 and (iv) 60 minutes since May 2010.
(200857)
120
N
Dame Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who were referred by GPs for tests for suspected cancers at (a) Lewisham Hospital, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich, (c) Guys and St Thomas' Hospital and (d) Kings College Hospital were not seen within six weeks of referral in the last six months.
(200864)
121
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were infected with bacillus cereus in each of the last five years.
(200624)
122
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Minister is taking to prevent bacillus cereus infections in the UK.
(200625)
123
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with devolved regional assemblies to agree a strategy to prevent bacillus cereus infections.
(200626)
124
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the results of the investigation of the recent death of babies due to bacillus cereus.
(200627)
125
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend pilot treatments for motor neurone disease; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved adminstrations on those pilots.
(201027)
126
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on hearing aids in each of the last five years.
(201029)
127
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to reduce funding for hearing aids in 2014-15.
(201030)
128
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS trusts on the prescription of medicines for psoriasis.
(201032)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
129
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police and crime commissioners will be able to decide on the applicability of the adoption of her Department's new guidelines on the use of stop and search by police to the area they represent.
(200663)
130
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she received from the Essex Police and Crime Commissioner on changes to guidelines for police stop and search.
(200664)
131
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brent Central of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 445W, on HMP Verne, in which prison establishment for how long each person detained has been held.
(200665)
132
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which other Departments temporary additional staff at the Passport Office have been deployed; and what training costs have arisen from such redeployment.
(200810)
133
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the processing of passport applications from abroad since 1 January 2014.
(200813)
134
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current anticipated turn-round time for passport processing is for (a) applications from UK residents making new applications, (b) new applications for a child's passport and (c) UK residents applying abroad.
(200815)
135
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much in overtime costs has been spent in HM Passport Office in each month of 2014.
(200816)
136
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the TecSOS system for high risk victims of domestic abuse; and what plans she has to rollout the programme to other areas of the country.
(200933)
137
Mr Brooks Newmark
(Braintree):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to bring forward proposals to criminalise coercive control and psychological abuse for the purpose of protection of victims of domestic violence.
(201084)
138
Mr Brooks Newmark
(Braintree):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has in response to the HM Inspector of Constabulary Inquiry into police response to domestic violence in creating a culture change towards domestic violence.
(201085)
139
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests in the UK have resulted from Operation Rescue; how many charges were brought following those arrests; how many open investigations remain from those identified; and if she will make a statement.
(200938)
140
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, of 1 May 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M5845/14.
(200805)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
141
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive will be subject to security vetting if he or she is appointed from outside the House service or Civil Service; and whether he or she will be subject to a confirmation hearing before a select committee.
(200924)
142
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether a tender was issued for the use of head-hunters to find candidates for the post of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
(200925)
143
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment will be made, prior to the appointment of the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive, of each candidate's knowledge of and expertise on procedural and constitutional issues.
(200926)
144
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, who determined the terms of the advertisement seeking applications for the post of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
(200927)
145
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the composition will be of the selection committee for the appointment of the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive; and what the composition was of the equivalent committee when the present postholder was appointed.
(200928)
146
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many meetings of the Audit Committees has been held in each of the previous sessions of the current Parliament; and how many meetings each member has attended.
(201083)
147
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to date has been of the contract for the Independent Assessment of Options to Take Forward a Restoration and Renewal Programme for the Palace of Westminster awarded to Deloitte Real Estate and AECOM together with HOK in December 2013.
(201103)
148
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will incorporate into commemorations of the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta commemoration of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and the Putney debates in 1647 on how the country should be ruled.
(200965)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
149
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to how many Freedom of Information requests on aid projects her Department has declined to provide information in each of the last 12 months.
(200669)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
150
N
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet the hon. Member for Wellingborough to discuss HMP Wellingborough.
(200825)
151
N
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will re-open HMP Wellingborough to increase prison capacity.
(200826)
152
N
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what decisions he has made about the future of HMP Wellingborough.
(200827)
153
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week of purposeful activity was undertaken by offenders in each security category in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(200830)
154
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number was of hours per week spent working by prisoners in each prison in England and Wales in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(200831)
155
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week were spent in cells by prisoners by (a) per week day and (b) per weekend day by security category of prisoner, in each of the last three years.
(200832)
156
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners are classed as unemployed in each prison in England and Wales.
(200833)
157
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences in open conditions have previously absconded for their current or previous establishments (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four or more times.
(200960)
158
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average time was left to be served on a sentence for prisoners serving (a) determinate, (b) indeterminate, (c) life and (d) all sentences moved from closed to open conditions within the prison estate in each year since 2010.
(200961)
159
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, column 494W, on prisons: mobile telephones, when data on mobile telephones seized in prisons in 2013 will be made available.
(200962)
160
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department expects to raise from increased Notice to Seek Possession fees in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
(201089)
161
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the treatment of child victims and witnesses within the courts system.
(201135)
162
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions available to support child victims and witnesses within the courts system; and if he will make a statement.
(201136)
163
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from (a) charities, (b) hon. Members and (c) other individuals on the provisions available to support child victims and witnesses.
(201137)
164
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from insside a court building in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(201138)
165
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from a remote site in each of the last five years.
(201139)
166
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remote sites are available and in use by child victims and witnesses in (a) each region of England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
(201140)
167
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered intermediaries are available for use by child victims and witnesses in (a) Bolton, (b) Lancashire, (c) England, (d) Scotland and (e) Wales.
(201141)
168
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses involved in sexual abuse cases have been given access to and use of a Registered Intermediary in each of the last five years.
(201143)
169
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the number of Registered Intermediaries available for use by child victims and witnesses of sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement.
(201144)
170
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the per capita spending on prison officers was in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
(201042)
171
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Aarhus claims in England and Wales have been successful for the claimant since 1 April 2013.
(200806)
172
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Aarhus claims in England and Wales have been granted permission to proceed since 1 April 2013.
(200807)
173
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many applications for Judicial Review in England and Wales the defendant has successfully challenged the claim as an Aarhus claim since 1 April 2013.
(200808)
174
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for judicial review in England and Wales made since 1 April 2013 have been identified on Claim Form N461 as Aarhus Convention claims.
(200817)
175
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for employment tribunal fee remission were (a) received, (b) granted and (c) refused between 1 January and 31 March 2014; and how many such refusals were successfully appealed.
(200818)
176
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for, (b) convicted of, (c) cautioned for and (d) given a non-custodial sentence for each of the stalking offences in Sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in 2013.
(201066)
177
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for, (b) convicted of, (c) cautioned for and (d) given a non-custodial sentence for rape in each year since 2008.
(201067)
178
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for, (b) convicted of, (c) cautioned for and (d) given a non-custodial sentence for human trafficking offences in each year since 2008.
(201068)
179
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for, (b) convicted of, (c) cautioned for and (d) given a non-custodial sentence for child cruelty and neglect in each year since 2008.
(201070)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
180
N
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met the Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment to discuss that organisation's role in attracting inward investment to Northern Ireland.
(200804)
181
N
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what topics were discussed at her meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development on 8 May 2014.
(200834)
182
N
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, where and for what purpose she held her meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development on 8 May 2014; and what the duration was of that meeting.
(200835)
183
N
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff were employed in her Department on 1 June 2014.
(200836)
184
N
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she plans to attend the International Festival for Business in Liverpool.
(200837)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
185
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the net benefit to people in Scotland of the UK's membership of the EU.
(201064)
186
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the total costs incurred (a) in his Department and (b) in the Government of the creation and production of the booklet, What staying in the United Kingdom means for Scotland.
(200947)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
187
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Roadworthiness Directive on the owners of historic vehicles in the UK.
(201102)
188
James Duddridge
(Rochford and Southend East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received about deaths of young people in traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement.
(200666)
189
James Duddridge
(Rochford and Southend East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the insurance industry on the behaviour and attitudes of novice drivers.
(200667)
190
James Duddridge
(Rochford and Southend East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) details and (b) results of focus groups with parents, young people and employers about the behaviour and attitudes of novice drivers.
(200668)
191
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will work with the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Cabinet Office, the Northamptonshire and South East Midlands LEPs and local authorities to help secure funding for a new junction 10A on the A14 which is required to facilitate the creation of a 60MW renewable energy park and low carbon business park between Burton Latimer and Kettering.
(904342)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
192
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payment have been refused to date.
(200968)
193
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been submitted for personal independence payment in each month since its introduction.
(200969)
194
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time to process a personal independence payment claim has been in each month since it was introduced.
(200972)
195
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottingham, have been sanctioned in the last (i) six and (ii) 12 months.
(201079)
196
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that reminders should be sent by text or other telephonic means informing people of the date, time and location of their upcoming work capability assessments.
(201091)
197
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in consolatory payments for claimants in (a) Preston and (b) the rest of the UK in each of the last three years.
(201097)
198
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the last three years.
(201098)
199
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which jobcentres (a) do and (b) do not have wifi access for jobseekers to use.
(201099)
200
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are enrolled in National Employment Savings Trust (NEST); how many such people enrolled in NEST are making additional payments by direct debit each month; and what the average additional contribution by direct debit each month is.
(201100)
201
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in Preston constituency are being sanctioned for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance.
(201101)
202
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is paid out in tax relief each month for savers within the National Employment Savings Trust; and what the average amount paid out in tax relief has been to a scheme member in each month.
(201126)
203
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency who have submitted a claim for personal independence payment have been waiting more than (a) six months and (b) three months for a medical assessment.
(200828)
204
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people for each jobcentre plus vacancy were claiming out-of-work benefits in Warrington North constituency in each year since 2007.
(200917)
205
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the personal independence claims and decision making process.
(200976)
206
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payment following an adverse effect to a medical procedure.
(200656)
207
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that personal independence payment applicants do not suffer financial hardship due to delays deciding their claims.
(200657)
208
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employed people worked from home in each of the last five years.
(201033)
209
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve support for people over 50 provided through the Work Programme.
(200920)
210
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many youth contract wage incentives he estimates will be taken up by April 2015.
(200921)
211
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of jobseekers excluded from the claimant count because their benefit has been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement.
(200930)
Questions to the Attorney General
212
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of rape convictions.
[Transferred]
(200919)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
213
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid under the Enterprise Initiative Scheme to members of each qualifying wind farm co-operative in each of the last three years.
[Transferred]
(201095)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
214
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of fines imposed by the Information Commissioner's Office on reducing nuisance calls and texts.
[Transferred]
(200984)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
215
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to hold further D-Day commemorations.
[Transferred]
(200628)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
216
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost was of production and delivery of the booklet, What staying in the United Kingdom means for Scotland; and what proportion of such costs relate to (a) research, verification and co-ordination, (b) writing, editing, sub-editing and proofing of the text, (c) photography, design, artwork and licensing, (d) printing, (e) distribution and delivery and (f) related communications, administration and public affairs support.
[Transferred]
(200946)
217
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the charges made by external (a) public affairs consultants, (b) creative agencies and (c) printing, logistics and delivery companies for work relating to the production of the booklet, What staying in the United Kingdom means for Scotland.
[Transferred]
(200948)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
218
N
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households with a below-average income have received support for comprehensive insulation of their homes in the last year.
[Question Unstarred]
(904340)
219
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he had on nuclear power with (a) his Chinese counterpart and (b) other members of the delegation of the Chinese prime minister during their visit to the UK in June; what matters were agreed; and if he will publish texts of any such agreements reached.
[Transferred]
(200978)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
220
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual abuse cases involving children there have been in (a) Bolton, (b) Lancashire, (c) England, (d) Scotland and (e) Wales in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(201142)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
221
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many refused claims for personal independence payment have (a) been appealed and (b) been successfully appealed to date.
[Transferred]
(200966)