Order Book Part 1 [23 June 2014]

1 N

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cases of domestic and sexual violence that were prosecuted in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to increase the prosecution rate for such crimes.

(201158)

2

Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices have been hired under the Law Officers' Department's new contract for procurement.

(201525)

3

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of loans issued to students from other EU member states in the latest period for which figures are available.

(201550)

4

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the RAB charge for (a) student loans after 2012, (b) loans issued to part-time students, (c) loans issued to students in the Affiliated Loan Programme for Students, (d) Advanced-Learner Loans and (e) loans issued to non-English EU students.

(201551)

5

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of retention rates at learning providers with designated course status.

(201552)

6 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many consultation documents his Department issued which received fewer than 100 separate responses in each of the last four years.

(201214)

7 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many premium rate type telephone lines were in use for members of the public to contact his Department in (a) June 2010 and (b) June 2014.

(201215)

8 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 213W, on apprenticeships, if he will make it his policy to collect information centrally on how many individuals who started an apprenticeship in the 2012-13 academic year were existing employees or new employees.

(201338)

9 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 599W, on apprenticeships; what steps he has taken to introduce grading into new apprenticeships; and whether such grading will be mandatory.

(201339)

10 N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of former BAE staff at the Portsmouth shipyard who have been recruited by overseas ship-builders.

(201062)

11 N

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether export licences to Syria have been granted for the period since 1 July 2012; and if he will describe any such material so exported.

(200996)

12 N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on steps to encourage more firms to offer apprenticeships for the long term unemployed.

(904373)

13

Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the public register of beneficial ownership will be introduced.

(201559)

14

Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have been hired under his Department's new contract for procurement.

(201526)

15

Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students at schools in Dartford applied for higher education places in each of the last five years.

(201222)

16

Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the proposed beneficial ownership registry identifies the real controlling parties of all companies listed.

(201303)

17 N

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 782W, on Royal Mail, what link was established in the engagement letter between the payment of the discretionary fee and the ending of the stabilisation period; and what targets or deadlines were set in the letter.

(201166)

18

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints about payment of the National Minimum Wage (a) were made, (b) were resolved within the required Departmental timescales and (c) were not resolved within the required Departmental timescales in 2013-14.

(201382)

19

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the target timescale is for resolving complaints regarding non-payment of the National Minimum Wage.

(201383)

20 N

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for enforcement of the National Minimum Wage was in 2013-14; and what that budget will be in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

(201385)

21

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate is for 2014-15.

(201394)

22

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government spent on National Minimum Wage enforcement in 2013-14.

(201395)

23 N

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with Royal Mail regarding the redirection notices it provides to other postal operators.

(201400)

24 N

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom regarding the postal service standards provided by TNT.

(201401)

25

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on access of Kenyan products to the UK of (a) ratification and (b) non-ratification by the East African Region of an interim economic partnership agreement with the EU.

(201546)

26 N

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many inspections each local authority has carried out to ensure compliance with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 in each of the last three years.

(201237)

27 N

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many prosecutions there have been for breaches of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 in each of the last three years.

(201238)

28

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the use of zero hour contracts on workers' wellbeing.

(201365)

29 N

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from UK retailers on the effect of the Sunday Trading Act 1994 on their businesses.

(201116)

30

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized enterprises have premises in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry and (c) the West Midlands.

(201191)

31

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the claimant count for women claiming for over 12 months since May 2010.

(201197)

32 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in the level of household (a) borrowing and (b) debt since May 2010.

(200994)

33 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of 16 to 24 year olds declared themselves self-employed in each year between 2008 and 2013.

(201337)

34

Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices have been hired under his Department's new contract for procurement.

(201527)

35

Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the number of people in Dartford constituency in employment in each of the last five years.

(201322)

36

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that proposed accelerated payment notices are not applied retrospectively.

(201423)

37 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of changes in the extent of (a) fuel smuggling and (b) other organised revenue avoidance schemes in Northern Ireland in the last three years.

(200991)

38 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the last assessment was carried out of the perceived community background of HM Revenue and Customs staff recruited in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years.

(200993)

39 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there was in the numbers of taxpayers in Northern Ireland who had employment income in the last four years for which figures are available.

(201211)

40 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that delegated legislation brought forward by his Department is consistent with EU Directives.

(201212)

41 N

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the underlying data to Chart B.5 on page 97 of the Budget 2014 Red Book in (a) percentage of gross domestic product and (b) £ million.

(201381)

42

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 598W, on infrastructure, which projects included in the UK Guarantees Scheme have required additional emergency funding from the Exchequer.

(201327)

43 N

Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that public sector organisations should not be allowed to be associated with tax avoidance schemes.

(201172)

44

Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons Mapeley has not come to an agreement with Network Rail regarding the sale of land on the western perimeter of the Priory Court site for the construction of new parking facilities for Dover Priory railway station.

(201325)

45 N

Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long he expects discussions to be ongoing between Mapeley, Network Rail and HM Revenue and Customs on the sale of land on the western perimeter of the Priory Court site and the construction of new parking facilities for Dover Priory railway station.

(201340)

46

Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations HM Revenue and Customs has made to Mapeley regarding the sale of a portion of land on the western perimeter of the Priory Court site, Dover, to allow Network Rail to construct new parking facilities for Dover Priory railway station.

(201484)

47

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what works are currently being undertaken in King Charles Street, Westminster; and when the scaffolding and road and pavement equipment related to the works will be removed.

(201274)

48

Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for the Help to Buy scheme have been for (a) shared equity, (b) shared ownership, (c) mutual housing and (d) self-build properties since the scheme was launched.

(201366)

49

Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for the Help to Buy scheme have been received in respect of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from applicants who (a) reside in Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly and (b) do not reside in either place.

(201367)

50 N

Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenues have been received under the bank levy in each year since its introduction.

(201157)

51

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents received Healthy Start vouchers in the latest year for which figures are available; and what the total cost to the Exchequer of such vouchers was.

(201421)

52

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received statutory paternity pay in the latest year for which figures are available; what the total cost to the Exchequer of such pay was; and for what average length of time such pay was received.

(201422)

53

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; what the average length of time they received it for was; and what the total cost to the public purse was.

(201534)

54 N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve regulation of the shadow banking sector.

(200642)

55 N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the shadow banking sector on the UK economy.

(200643)

56 N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the stability of the shadow banking sector.

(200644)

57 N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve regulation of the UK securities market.

(200646)

58

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the results of the consultations on bail-in order for building societies; and if he will make a statement.

(201186)

59

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 160W, on venture capital, what steps he has taken to support crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (a) lending to and (b) investment in small businesses; and if he will assess the value of such forms of finance to the small and medium-size sector.

(201391)

60

Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to abolish tax on sanitary products.

(201305)

61 N

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance and support (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) National Savings and Investment will provide for parents who encounter IT problems during the quarterly reconfiguration process for tax-free childcare; and if he will make a statement.

(200673)

62 N

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of divorced and separated parents who will have to decide which of them should own a tax-free childcare account; how HM Revenue and Customs plans to resolve disputes over such decisions; and what additional resources will be committed for this purpose.

(200674)

63 N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has given on the role of employers in supporting the uptake and delivery of employer-supported childcare.

(201173)

64 N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that childcare providers receive payments from National Savings and Investments on time.

(201174)

65 N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional burdens the impact assessment identified for childcare providers operating tax-free childcare scheme.

(201210)

66 N

Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been brought for tax offences in each year since 2008-09.

(201005)

67 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to increase the compensation paid to Equitable Life policyholders.

(200648)

68

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal measures he has introduced to reduce the level of taxes paid by families.

(201312)

69 N

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.

(201390)

70

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.

(201190)

71

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bristol North West, Official Report, column 152W, on fire services: pensions, if he will publish outstanding information requested by the Fire Brigades Union.

(201588)

72

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with local authorities in the Tees Valley on the creation of a combined authority.

(201293)

73 N

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the difference in the record of the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13 and in table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13, what assessment he has made of whether average response times for 2012-13 have been wrongly calculated.

(201227)

74

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13, what the reasons are for the difference in the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service reported in each table and table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13.

(201259)

75

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-fire incidents with casualties were attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.

(201260)

76

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department no longer publishes statistics for non-fire incidents with casualties attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain.

(201261)

77

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution made by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what extra resource his Department will provide to deal with extended eligibility for claims made under the (a) council tax relief, (b) business rate relief, (c) business support relief, (d) repair and renewal grant and (e) severe weather recovery schemes.

(201511)

78

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what assessment he has made of the cost of flooding damage to (a) householders and (b) small businesses in the UK from the beginning of the financial year 2013 which will become eligible for support under the (i) council tax relief, (ii) business rate relief, (iii) business support relief, (iv) repair and renewal grant and (v) severe weather recovery schemes; and what estimate he has made of the number of additional claims made under each such scheme as a result of this extended eligibility.

(201512)

79

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the threshold for council tax increases needed to trigger a local referendum; and if he will make a statement.

(201485)

80 N

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average length of time is taken by his Department to make a decision on a planning application referred to it.

(201044)

81 N

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department received the application from Haringey Council for a Compulsory Purchase Order to be issued for the site of 1-3 Paxton Road, London, N17 0PB.

(201046)

82 N

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of time is taken by his Department to issue a Compulsory Purchase Order to a local authority.

(201047)

83 N

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to reach a decision on whether Haringey Council will be issued with a Compulsory Purchase Order in relation to the site of 1-3 Paxton Road, London N17 0PB.

(201048)

84

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to the inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review, including evidence submitted to the series of interviews with his Department's staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds and published in 2008.

(201419)

85

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets his Department has on access to public buildings by physically disabled people.

(201564)

86 N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that newly built residential properties have access to telephone and internet services.

(201013)

87

Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to review the boundaries of the county of Lancashire.

(201272)

88 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's response to the letter of 2 May 2014 from Mr Kishore Rao, the Director of the UNESCO Culture Sector, World Heritage Centre.

(201110)

89 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Dorset and East Devon coast continues to enjoy World Heritage status and remains in compliance with Article 4 of the World Heritage Convention; and if he will make a statement.

(201128)

90

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what assessment he has made of the cost of flooding damage to small businesses in the UK from the beginning of the financial year 2013 which will become eligible for support from the (a) support for tourism and (b) flood relief fund for sport schemes; and what estimate he has made of the number of additional claims made under each such scheme as a result of this extended eligibity.

(201509)

91

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution made by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what extra resource his Department will provide to deal with extended eligibility for claims made under the (a) support for tourism and (b) flood relief fund for sport schemes.

(201510)

92

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 18 of Investing in Britain's Future, Cm 8669, produced in June 2013, how he intends to spend the £250 million allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17.

(201331)

93

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many companies were fined more than once for making nuisance calls by (a) the Information Commissioner's Office and (b) Ofcom in each of the last three years.

(201463)

94

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many companies were fined for making nuisance calls by (a) the Information Commissioner's Office and (b) Ofcom in each of the last three years.

(201464)

95

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the penalties available for repeat offenders against the law relating to nuisance calls.

(201465)

96

Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for the staffing of libraries.

(201277)

97

Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representation to Lincolnshire County Council on its decision to invite volunteers to run some local libraries in Lincolnshire.

(201278)

98

Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to tackle unsolicited marketing telephone calls originating from outside the UK.

(201555)

99 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of homes in the UK served by fibre to the home broadband services.

(201059)

100

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department allocated to the Conflict Pool for South Asia in each of the last three years.

(201193)

101

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to meet the NATO target of spending 2 per cent of gross domestic product on defence; and what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their NATO counterparts on this issue.

(201194)

102

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each English region have joined the (i) Army Reserves, (ii) Royal Naval Reserves and (iii) Royal Air Force Reserves in each year since 2010.

(201291)

103

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 363W, on army: length of service, if he will provide the full calculations used to produce that Answer.

(201309)

104 N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with BAE Systems about delaying the closure of the Portsmouth shipyard until the results of the Scottish referendum are known.

(201049)

105

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many variants of the Type 26 global combat ship are being planned.

(201541)

106

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the key stages of decision-making are in the procurement process of the Type 26 global combat ship.

(201542)

107

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many countries have expressed in an interest in operating the Type 26 global combat ship.

(201543)

108

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports covering the factors surrounding the use of nuclear weapons have been (a) prepared and (b) commissioned by his Department.

(201426)

109 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost in each school of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.

(201016)

110 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will use in deciding in which schools to establish a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.

(201019)

111 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of establishing new Combined Cadet Force detachments in state schools on recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.

(201020)

112 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on Reserve Forces, what the current national recruitment rate to the Army Reserve is.

(201369)

113

Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of the visit of four RAF Typhoons to Edwards Airforce Base for interoperability trials with the Joint Strike Fighter; and what goals were (a) planned and (b) set in such training.

(201349)

114

Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the technical fault was with Typhoon aircraft T3 ZJ815 which forced it to land in Lajes Field; whether this fault has been rectified; and whether this aircraft has since returned to the UK.

(201350)

115

Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the results were of the recent interoperability training between RAF 41 (reserve) Test and Evaluation Squadron training with Swedish Air Force and their JAS39C Gripen aircraft.

(201351)

116

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether bidders for the Next Generation Estates contracts were invited to offer a blanket bid for all contracts.

(201413)

117 N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will restrict the use of fused multi-disciplinary intelligence at the forthcoming Joint and Combined Geo-INT event held by the Defence Geospacial Intelligence and Fusion Centre at RAF Wyton.

(201076)

118

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to increase social mobility in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what measures his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of the Government's social mobility strategy.

(201297)

119 N

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Tees Valley City Deal.

(201246)

120 N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made in rolling out Individual Electoral Registration across the country.

(201014)

121 N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the Cabinet Manual, paragraph 5.38, whether the convention that the House of Commons should have an advance opportunity to debate significant military action applies to the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles outside Afghanistan when operated from RAF Waddington.

(201155)

122

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school leavers in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England entered further education in each of the last four years.

(201192)

123 N

Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the age cohort achieved a A* to C grade in GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) English literature by the age of (i) 19, (ii) 20, (iii) 21, (iv) 22, (v) 23, (vi) 24 and (vi) 25 years in each of the last 10 years.

(200649)

124 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the question of who retains ownership of the land in cases where freehold interest in local authority land is granted to an academy trust.

(201051)

125 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases of academy trusts acquiring freehold interests on land for schools there have been in each of the last five financial years.

(201052)

126 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated value of the land is for which academy trusts have a freehold interest.

(201053)

127 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the value of the land for which academy trusts currently have leasehold interest.

(201072)

128 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances he can re-acquire freehold interest in land when an academy's funding agreement is terminated early.

(201165)

129 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times he has used his powers under Schedule 1 of the Academies Act 2010 to ensure that land is transferred from an existing governing body directly to an academy trust.

(201167)

130 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to protect public assets and prevent academy trusts from selling freehold land in their possession.

(201252)

131 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers academy trusts have to dispose of land on which they hold freehold interests while retaining the proceeds.

(201253)

132 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what circumstances he would terminate a leasehold agreement with an academy trust prior to the expiration of a 125-year agreement.

(201254)

133

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of the armed forces have been recruited into teacher roles under the Troops to Teachers initiative to date.

(201290)

134 N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have had action taken against them under Teachers' Standards for (a) undermining fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and (b) failing to ensure that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit pupils' vulnerability or might lead them to break the law in the last two years.

(201061)

135 N

Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 635W, on schools: land, in what circumstances he (a) would and (b) would not exercise his powers to protect public land when an academy closes entirely.

(200639)

136 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost of sending a copy of the Magna Carta to every school.

(201015)

137

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that third party providers taking on children's social care functions under his Department's proposals adhere to quality standards set out in regulations.

(201209)

138 N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with Dominic Cummings since Mr Cummings left his Department; and what the purpose of those meetings was.

(201077)

139 N

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to release funds to finance the extension of staying put for young people leaving care.

(201078)

140

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is given to teachers at maintained schools to (a) support the mental health of their students and (b) spot the early signs of emerging mental health problems.

(201292)

141

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether special educational needs coordinators are able to request funds from his Department for extra assistance with SEN students in maintained schools.

(201299)

142 N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Dominic Cummings has had any email contact with officials, Ministers or Special Advisers in his Department since he resigned his post as a Special Adviser.

(201075)

143 N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Dominic Cummings last had email contact with officials, Ministers and special advisers in his Department.

(201161)

144 N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will release all email correspondence between officials, Ministers and special advisers in his Department and Dominic Cummings since Mr Cummings left the Department.

(201162)

145 N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Dominic Cummings has contacted officials, Ministers and special advisers in his Department through their (a) official or (b) personal email accounts on official business since Mr Cummings left the Department.

(201163)

146 N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Dominic Cummings' security pass to the Department of Education was deactivated and withdrawn.

(201169)

147 N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirements have been placed on Dominic Cummings, as part of his contractual terms, to obtain clearance for public statements or writings on matters of Government policy or the internal workings of Government.

(201170)

148 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria were used to assess bids made under the 2014-15 Academies Capital Maintenance Fund; and if he will make a statement.

(200647)

149

Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of school-age children living in areas where the only state schools within reasonable travelling distance are faith schools.

(201185)

150

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that primary school children are safe inside the school building and in the surrounding area.

(201537)

151 N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of teaching emergency life-saving skills in schools.

(200676)

152

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers in secondary schools in each constituency have a chemistry degree.

(201217)

153

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how long the recruitment period will be for subject knowledge enhancement courses for 2015-16.

(201218)

154

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers undertook a chemistry subject knowledge enhancement course in each of the last five years.

(201219)

155

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England have a (a) science subject leader and (b) subject leader who has a science degree.

(201220)

156 N

Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which free schools have been approved in each local education authority area excluding London since 2010; and which such schools are (a) non-denominational and (b) of each religious denomination.

(200839)

157 N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role he has had in designing the new GCSE English Literature curriculum; and on what dates he has had meetings about its design in the last 12 months.

(201054)

158

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local education authorities have procedures in place to protect whistleblowers.

(201181)

159

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision is in place for a member of school staff to contest an unjust or open-ended suspension.

(201182)

160

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether UK Coal Surface Mining is a limited company wholly owned by UK Coal Mining Holdings; and whether it can be sold off as a separate entity without the £20 million loan package being agreed between all parties.

(201216)

161 N

Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to make consumer policies for energy more accessible to park home residents.

(201240)

162

Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing regulations on commercial propane gas providers.

(201530)

163

Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consumer protection is available for users of metered LPG users; and if he will make a statement.

(201531)

164 N

Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funds have been provided from his departmental expenditure limit for nuclear decommissioning in the 2014-15 financial year.

(201346)

165

Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households with prepayment meters in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority in each year between 1996 and 2014.

(201361)

166

Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast his Department has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.

(201362)

167

Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority in each year between 1996 and 2012.

(201399)

168

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what commitments to transparency were included in the bilateral co-operation agreements with China on Energy announced on 17 June 2014.

(201315)

169

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost has been of the visit of his Department's officials ahead of the completion of the agreements on energy collaboration with China signed on 17 June 2014; and if he will publish the dates and purpose of each such visit.

(201316)

170

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has co-sponsored with its US, French and German counterparts at the Sandia National Laboratory into the safety and security of spent nuclear fuel casks; and if he will publish details of the reports arising from such research.

(201317)

171

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of off-grid households in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland are located within 500 metres of the gas grid.

(201481)

172

Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's energy supply he expects to be obtained from nuclear energy in each of the next five years.

(201221)

173 N

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore petroleum exploration and development licence applications are pending approval in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Lancashire and (d) Hyndburn constituency.

(200650)

174

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 167W, on wind power: electrical substations, what constitutes a nationally significant infrastructure proposal (a) generally and (b) in relation to onshore wind farms.

(201521)

175

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will bring forward secondary regulations on minimum standards of energy efficiency in the private rented sector under section 43 of the Energy Act 2011.

(201408)

176

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the support cost over 15 years of (a) 1gw of field solar generating capacity procured with renewable obligation certificate or Contract for Difference support, (b) 1gw of biomass generating capacity procured with renewable obligation certificate or Contract for Difference support and (c) 1gw of gas fired power station capacity procured with capacity market payment support.

(201410)

177

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether independent generators who sign a conditional power purchase agreement ahead of competing in a Contract for Difference auction will be able to participate in a later short-term power purchase market that the offtaker of last resort arrangements seek to support.

(201411)

178

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which levy control framework constraints that have required him to move an early administrative allocation model for Contract for Difference auctions to an auction arrangement.

(201529)

179

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he expects independent low carbon generators to have secured conditional power purchase agreements prior to bidding in the Contract for Difference auction in October 2014.

(201533)

180

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will start a public consultation on the regulations on minimum standards of efficiency in the private rental sector and section 43 of the Energy Act 2011.

(201557)

181 N

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the potential reduction in gas imports from the roll-out of ground sourced heat pumps.

(201247)

182 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental impact assessment the Forestry Commission has carried out in respect of the proposed corridor up to 65 metres wide through Hurn Forest for cables connecting Navitus Bay Offshore windfarm with the national grid.

(201112)

183 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether garages, boiler rooms and other non-habitable areas affected by flooding are eligible for the Repair and Renew Grant.

(201376)

184 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on placing the public forest estate on a sustainable footing; and if he will make a statement.

(201377)

185 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects work to all properties identified by the Environment Agency in Christchurch constituency as being suitable for Property Level Protection against flooding to be completed.

(201380)

186 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity and value of beef was imported to the UK from each importing country in the last year.

(201344)

187 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from environmental groups regarding beef consumption and the countries from which the UK imports beef.

(201345)

188 N

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 196584 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 41W, on drinking water, what plans his Department has to test for the levels of tranquillisers and antidepressants in drinking water; and if his Department will conduct a study into levels of psychotropic drugs in UK river and seawater.

(201036)

189

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the contribution by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what extra resource his Department will provide to deal with extended eligibility for claims made under the (a) Farming Recovery Fund and (b) support for fishermen schemes.

(201507)

190

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the contribution by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what assessment he has made of the cost of flooding damage to (a) farmers and (b) small businesses from the beginning of the financial year 2013 which will become eligible for support from his Department's (a) Farming Recovery Fund and (b) support for fishermen schemes; and what estimate he has made of the number of additional claims made under each such scheme as a result of this extended eligibility.

(201508)

191

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Public Forest Estate in the present Parliamentary session.

(201513)

192

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to control the population of wild beavers in Devon; and whether such plans include an option for culling.

(201514)

193

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Natural England on the control of the population of wild beavers in Devon.

(201515)

194

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests from residents of Bournemouth East constituency for financial support following the winter flooding have been granted; and if he will make a statement.

(201544)

195 N

John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Henley constituency have been subject to restrictions on cattle movements following a test proving the presence of TB in each of the last three years.

(201008)

196 N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enforce the waste hierarchy in managing food waste and to prioritise prevention and redistribution for human consumption ahead of anaerobic digestion and composting

(201037)

197 N

Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers the Forestry Commission has to (a) impose fines, (b) restore woodland and (c) take other enforcement action where a landowner has carried out deforestation contrary to the Forestry Act 1967.

(201063)

198 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with food suppliers to encourage them to reduce excess packaging; and if he will make a statement.

(201156)

199 N

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much beef was imported into the UK from (a) the Republic of Ireland, (b) the rest of the EU and (c) non-EU countries in each of the last 18 months.

(200990)

200

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation in Kashmir; and what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Indian, (b) Pakistani and (c) US counterparts on this matter.

(201187)

201

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the Conflict Pool for South Asia in each of the last three years.

(201188)

202 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent offers of assistance his Department has made to the government of Iraq.

(200992)

203

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what most recent reports he has received on the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped on the West Bank on 12 June 2014; what recent steps he has taken to help secure their release; what representations he has made regarding this matter; and if he will make a statement.

(201532)

204

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what works are currently being undertaken in King Charles Street, Westminster; and when the scaffolding and road and pavement equipment related to the works will be removed.

(201275)

205

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Moroccan Ambassador to the UK the situation of the political prisoners in Saharawi; and what information he has received from HM Ambassador in Morocco on the state of health of Abdalah Boukiod.

(201314)

206 N

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made any representations to the Iranian government on (a) the need to respect trade union rights and International Labour Organisation conventions and (b) the detention and abuse of Shahrokh Zamani.

(200641)

207

Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Bahrain.

(201203)

208

Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press for the immediate release of Meriam Ibrahim and her two children who are imprisoned in Sudan.

(201304)

209

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of the United Arab Emirates regarding migrant workers' rights in that country; and if he will make a statement.

(201307)

210 N

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent complaints he has received on the handling of correspondence on passport delays by HM Ambassador to Italy.

(201003)

211

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of patients waiting more than six weeks for diagnostic tests through NHS England; and if he will make a statement.

(201358)

212

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes on the implementation plans for Action for Diabetes; and if he will make a statement.

(201296)

213

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of NHS Improving Quality on (a) preserving the legacy of the work of NHS Diabetes and (b) improving care for people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement.

(201298)

214 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of Public Health England's marketing budget has been allocated to each of the six Big Ambitions referred to in its 2014-15 business plan.

(201129)

215 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of Public Health England's total budget has been allocated to (i) tobacco, (ii) obesity, (iii) alcohol, (iv) TB, (v) dementia and (vi) the Best Start in Life strategy for 2014-15.

(201130)

216 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the uptake of chlamydia screening.

(201131)

217 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 281W, on food banks, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department plan to visit a food bank in order to assess the contribution of food banks to public health and nutrition.

(201132)

218 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) number and (b) proportion of adult cystic fibrosis centres in England have (i) reached and (ii) exceeded the maximum capacity of 250 patients recommended by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in each of the last four years.

(201133)

219 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 293W, on sugar, what discussions he has had and what representations he has received on including sugar in the list of ingredients that companies should work with caterers to reformulate in meals as part of the H4 pledge on Healthier Staff Restaurants; and what response his Department gave in each such case.

(201370)

220 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 486W, on health: business, whether he plans to make an assessment of the overall (a) number and (b) proportion of those companies which are meeting all of the pledges they have signed up to.

(201371)

221 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 486W, on health: business, what assessment his Department makes of the annual updates; and what estimate he has made of the number of hours of officials' time spent assessing those updates.

(201372)

222 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are waiting for gender reassignment surgery; and what the average waiting time for such surgery was in each of the last four years.

(201373)

223 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS-funded cosmetic surgeries have been performed in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of those surgeries which were not based on a mental health need.

(201374)

224

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff Public Health England employed to work on cancer policy at a national level in each of the last two financial years.

(201403)

225

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to clinical commissioning groups on commissioning breast cancer services.

(201405)

226

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibilities for cancer policy that were previously within the remit of his Department are now held by Public Health England staff.

(201406)

227

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how clinical commissioning groups are held to account for the performance of services against each of the 13 statements of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence breast cancer quality standard.

(201409)

228

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that non-pharmacological treatments are subject to the same level of scrutiny as medicinal treatments.

(201587)

229

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at which gestations the proportion of selective terminations performed under ground E were performed in 2013.

(201558)

230 N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current timetable is for the development of the HIV/STI national clinical audit.

(201000)

231 N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many expressions of interest from eligible providers to develop the HIV/STI national clinical audit NHS England has received to date.

(201001)

232 N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the development of the HIV/STI national clinical audit; and if he will make a statement.

(201002)

233

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to encourage and support research into non-drug dementia therapies; and if he will make a statement.

(201477)

234 N

Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been provided from his departmental expenditure limit to meet the costs of (a) clinical negligence and (b) NHS litigation in this financial year.

(201347)

235 N

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 19 January 2012, Official Report, columns 932-3W, how many companies hold licences for the manufacture or distribution of (a) Nitrazepam, (b) Flurazepam, (c) Loprazolam, (d) Lormetazepam, (e) Temazepam, (f) Clonazepam, (g) Medazepam, (h) Midazolam, (i) Zopiclone, (j) Zaleplon, (k) Zolpiden, (l) Eszopiclone, (m) SSRI antidepressants and (n) trycyclic antidepressants; and how many of those licences were issued in the last three years.

(201050)

236 N

Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that patient data extracted under care.data shared with countries inside the European Economic Area cannot be shared outside that area.

(200640)

237

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to take to ensure that Trafford Commissioning Group provides the full treatment for IVF as recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2004.

(201288)

238

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that clinical research is carried out by suitably qualified professionals.

(201200)

239

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Health and Safety Executive will create a register of qualified professionals to ensure that clinical research is carried out safely.

(201201)

240

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date NHS England intends to start patient recruitment into each of the complex invasive cardiology Commissioning through Evaluation projects.

(201479)

241

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to each of the invasive cardiology Commissioning through Evaluation projects in each of the next five years.

(201540)

242

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England plans to limit the number of patients that can be recruited into the complex invasive cardiology Commissioning through Ealuation projects in any one year.

(201561)

243

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients and for how many years NHS England plans to recruit into each of the complex invasive cardiology Commissioning through Evaluation projects.

(201562)

244

Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to include specialist autism training for community care assessors as a requirement in the Care Act 2014 Part 1 regulations.

(201528)

245

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town of 1 April 2014, Official Report, House of Lords, column 53WA, on alcohol, what action his Department is taking to address the predicted 0.8 per cent increase in alcohol consumption.

(201584)

246

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to address the health effects of alcohol on the population in the next year.

(201585)

247

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's First Interim Report on the Responsibility Deal on Alcohol, published in April 2014, what evidence his Department holds that the reduction in alcohol sales of 253 million units is as a result of industry action.

(201586)

248 N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent from its research and development budget over the last five years; and how much such spending is planned for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

(200997)

249 N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive about the timetable for publication of the Penrose Inquiry.

(201168)

250

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulatory oversight his Department will apply to 24 hour helplines provided by independent abortion clinics.

(201311)

251

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to ensure that terminating doctors fulfil their statutory obligation to fill in HSA4 forms correctly.

(201535)

252 N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 146W, on food: charitable donations, and 7 March 2013, Official Report, column 1105, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency has made of the compatibility of legislation to remove criminal and civil liability from good faith food donors with EU food safety laws.

(201171)

253

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and evidence submitted to the series of interviews with his Department's personnel conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds and published in 2008.

(201404)

254

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have made of the effectiveness of NICE's approach to appraising highly specialised technologies.

(201420)

255

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 129W, on haemolytic uraemic syndrome, if he will place in the Library copies of the communications with (a) the Advisory Group for National Specialised Services of 17 January 2013 and (b) the National Institute for Care Excellence of 7 February 2013; and if he will make a statement.

(201480)

256

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 152W, on prescriptions, what the most plausible cost per quality adjusted life-year was for each technology appraisal conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the last two years; what the estimated eligible patient population was for each appraised indication; on which appraisals end-of-life criteria were applied in each final determination; and on what date each such appraisal was (a) initiated and (b) concluded.

(201482)

257

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 152W, on prescriptions, above what period of time the costs of providing the information requested become disproportionate.

(201483)

258

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 151W, on prescriptions, in which technology appraisals the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal committees have considered the range of the ICERs in the last 24 months; and which ranges have been so considered.

(201518)

259

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on haemolytic uraemic syndrome, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal will share NHS England's response to its request for advice with third parties with an interest in the evaluation of eculizumab; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the NHS England's response to this request.

(201519)

260 N

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason callers to NHS England's EHIC renewal line are assumed to agree to data-sharing if they do not hang up, whilst other government departments require legal data-sharing gateways.

(201255)

261 N

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what criteria his Department differentiates a food for special medical purposes and a food supplement.

(201119)

262 N

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will outline the process, criteria and guidelines that his Department follows to evaluate foods for special medical purposes for the UK market; what criteria his Department uses for such evaluations; and what guidance his Department issues on foods for special medical purposes.

(201120)

263

Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to work with international counterparts to ensure the sharing of best practice to increase organ donation.

(201300)

264 N

Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence he has received on concerns over the potential closure of GP surgeries in the last year.

(200645)

265 N

Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who were able to see their preferred GP in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(201080)

266

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2014, Official Report, column 102W, on mental illness, when the National Centre for Social Research will report on its findings for the 2014 Adult Psychological Morbidity survey.

(201520)

267

Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of opiate-related overdoses among people recently released from prison.

(201223)

268

Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of take-home naloxone in reducing the number of opiate-related deaths across the UK in conjunction with the training and educational programmes within the prison services.

(201224)

269

Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policy of the conclusion of the report by HCV Action, entitled Health and Wellbeing Boards and Hepatitis C, published in May 2014, that 52 per cent of Health and Wellbeing Board joint strategic needs assessments in England make no mention of hepatitis C.

(201560)

270

Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that areas with a high prevalence of hepatitis C include measures to tackle the virus within their joint strategic needs assessments.

(201563)

271

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's corporate plan 2014-15, what steps he is taking to meet the priority of improving treatment and care of people with dementia.

(201539)

272 N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records his Department holds on numbers of magnetic resonance imaging scans deing undertaken on behalf of the NHS at zoological or veterinary premises.

(201245)

273 N

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to tackle domestic violence and sexual abuse since 2010.

(201159)

274 N

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the reporting of domestic and sexual violence offences by victims.

(201160)

275 N

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding under which categories of expenditure her Department has allocated to domestic and sexual violence support services in each of the last five years.

(201164)

276

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.

(201195)

277

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition is used by HM Passport Office of a straightforward application for passports for the purpose of setting internal targets; and if this definition has been amended since 2010.

(201301)

278 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were convicted of a sexual offence have been prosecuted for having failed to notify their personal details to the police in the last 10 years.

(201213)

279 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the deportation order served on Didier Pierre Paulet on 19 November 2007 pursuant to a recommendation by a Crown Court Judge for deportation has been implemented; and if she will make a statement.

(201127)

280 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she authorised the UK's classification of (a) Google, (b) Facebook, (c) webmail services and (d) other companies that operate in the UK as external communications.

(201104)

281 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to change (a) the classification of external communications for the purposes of interception and (b) other aspects of UK surveillance law.

(201105)

282 N

Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received more than three weeks ago HM Passport Office are processing.

(201023)

283 N

Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received in the last three months were not processed by HM Passport Office in three weeks.

(201024)

284

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to conclude her consideration of the Coroner's ruling in the case of Alexander Litvinenko; and if she will make a statement.

(201276)

285

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls the Metropolitan Police human trafficking hotline received from victims of human trafficking in each of the last three years; and what the annual cost of running the hotline is.

(201396)

286

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings have taken place since the beginning of 2014 between departmental officials and the NSPCC; who attended such meetings; what the purpose was of such meetings; and if she will make a statement.

(201397)

287 N

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the volume of overseas applications for passports has been in each month since her Department assumed responsibility for such applications.

(201025)

288 N

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she expects to respond to the recommendations of the Report by the Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill by the time of Second Reading of that Bill.

(201114)

289

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which completed reports from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration have been submitted for publication but had not yet been published on 17 June 2014; and what the (a) date of submission and (b) date she expects to publish the report is in each case.

(201384)

290

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the definition of butane product in the Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999.

(201478)

291

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what actions she is taking to restrict sales of nitrous oxide (a) at festivals and nightclubs and (b) through the internet.

(201545)

292

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage mosques to register with the General Registry Office to perform civil marriages and partnerships.

(201462)

293

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) ministerial colleagues in the Ministry of Justice, (b) the Muslim Institute, (c) the Muslim Council of Great Britain and (d) the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain on the legal status of Islamic marriages in England and Wales.

(201472)

294

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to raise awareness amongst Muslim couples that Islamic marriages without a legal component are not recognised in England and Wales.

(201474)

295

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mosques are registered with the General Registry Office to perform civil marriages and partnerships.

(201475)

296

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of the project advisory board for the National Union of Students Alcohol Impact initiative are.

(201589)

297

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to select members of the project advisory board for the National Union of Students Alcohol Impact initiative.

(201590)

298 N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since its launch; and how many people are expected to arrive in the UK under that scheme by December 2014.

(200675)

299 N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that accommodation provided by the COMPASS contracts meets the Decent Homes Standards.

(201006)

300 N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that asylum seekers in COMPASS accommodation are able to register complaints quickly and easily.

(201007)

301 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce homophobic and transphobic hate crimes against LGBT people.

(201017)

302 N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who within her Department authorised the passing of information about forthcoming proscription orders to The Sun newspaper; and whether that authorisation was agreed by a Minister or special adviser in her Department.

(201134)

303

Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) arrests and (b) convictions for domestic violence offences in Dartford constituency in each of the last five years.

(201302)

304

Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles were seized by the police as a result of being driven without insurance in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

(201324)

305

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 Immigration and Security Minister dated 12 May 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr Rab Nawaz.

(201412)

306

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 22 April 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr A. Mehmood.

(201414)

307

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 12 May 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr Bhatti Akhter.

(201415)

308

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 12 May 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr Sebti Messaoud.

(201416)

309

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian people have been resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since its launch; and what assessment she has made of the contribution made by (a) the UK and (b) other European countries to the UN goal for 30,000 Syrian refugees to be admitted to other countries by the end of 2014.

(201402)

310

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an 0300 telephone line is available for people wishing to make enquiries of UK Visas and Immigration.

(201295)

311

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the incorrect 0870 telephone number being given out to applicants seeking advice on their applications with UK Visas and Immigration; and if she will make a statement.

(201321)

312 N

Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to reimburse people who have had to pay to upgrade to the premium one-day service to secure a (a) new or (b) renewed passport; and if she will make a statement.

(201055)

313 N

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family visas were granted (a) in each year since 2011 and (b) in the current year up to the latest available quarter for which figures are available; and what the (i) category of family visa and (ii) UK nation of residence of the sponsor of each such visa was.

(201341)

314

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time period between application and issuing of passports for residents of (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each year since 2009.

(201268)

315

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport renewals for residents in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK have been completed within a three week turnaround time from receipt in each year since 2009.

(201269)

316

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of passports that were issued for residents of (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each year since 2009.

(201271)

317

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance indicators for the renewal of existing passports have been met by each passport office administrative centre in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England in each year since 2009.

(201273)

318 N

Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on arrest warrants, in addition to Slovakia, Latvia, Belgium and the Czech Republic, which other EU member states retain an absolute bar on extraditing nationals in non-European Arrest Warrant extradition cases.

(201018)

319 N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department is taking to help end domestic abuse and violence against women.

(201115)

320 N

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.

(201386)

321 N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how many UK-based registered users of the paedophile file sharing network website boylover.net have been identified by international authorities in (a) the US and (b) Holland; what proportion of those was passed to UK authorities for investigation; what steps her Department is taking to trace those registered users; and if she will make a statement.

(201056)

322 N

Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the National Farmers' union on the details of the injunction relating to protestor activities around the badger culls scheduled to take place in Gloucestershire and Somerset in 2014.

(200838)

323

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account her Department took of the timing of school holidays in Scotland in formulating plans to deal with passport application delays.

(201352)

324

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much HM Passport Office has paid in compensation for delays in customers receiving passports in each year since 2004.

(201353)

325

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have applied for passports using the (a) fast track and (b) premium service in the last month; and how many recent passport applications will receive compensation from her Department.

(201354)

326

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who cancelled holidays in 2014 due to delays in passport applications.

(201355)

327

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in the number of staff in the Glasgow Passport Office since 2008 on the speed of the processing of applications for passports by that office.

(201356)

328

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the savings generated by closing passport offices in the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the total cost of (a) cancelled and (b) altered flights due to delayed passport applications in 2014.

(201357)

329

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide additional funding for Cleveland Police to assist in (a) retaining and (b) increasing the number of police officers in operation in Hartlepool constituency.

(201205)

330 N

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the criteria were for the choice of members of the panel of selection to consider the appointment of the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive; and who selected those members.

(201113)

331

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to modify the Parliamentary wifi system to enable automatic log-in by BlackBerry and other devices without the need to enter a username and password manually each time.

(201348)

332

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department allocated to the Conflict Pool for South Asia in each of the last three years.

(201189)

333 N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with regional organisations in Pakistan and neighbouring countries about honour killings.

(200670)

334 N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with non-governmental organisations in Pakistan and neighbouring countries about honour killings.

(200671)

335 N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in Pakistan and neighbouring countries about honour killings.

(200672)

336 N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to introduce instruments and incentives for investments in low-carbon solutions in infrastructure, industry and other sectors in Open Working Group negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals.

(201117)

337 N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to integrate climate adaptation and emissions reductions into development plans and poverty reduction strategies in Open Working Group negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals.

(201118)

338

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target that by 2030 countries progressively introduce broader measures of progress beyond gross domestic product into national accounting, with supportive statistical capacity building in developing countries in Open Working Group negotiations on the sustainable development goals.

(201425)

339

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to allocate National Probation Service staff to new community rehabilitation companies.

(201196)

340

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff working for community rehabilitation companies will be able to (a) recall offenders and (b) write parole reports without consulting National Probation Service staff.

(201199)

341

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had on tendering for contracts to run community rehabilitation companies.

(201204)

342

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether community rehabilitation companies have access to National Probation Service case records.

(201206)

343

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) Serco and (b) G4S will be permitted to bid for community rehabilitation company contracts.

(201207)

344

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the National Probation Service will have access to case records of community rehabilitation companies.

(201208)

345 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's written submission to the European Court of Justice which was the subject of the hearing before the Court in April 2014 about the EU application to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights.

(201111)

346 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which places of detention on the prison estate have (a) a member of staff assigned to the role of foreign national co-ordinator and (b) more than one foreign national co-ordinator; how many such co-ordinators there are across the prison estate; and at what salary grade they are paid.

(201107)

347 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners were recorded as having had some involvement in purposeful activity; and how many were recorded as unemployed in each prison in England and Wales as at 31 December 2013.

(201108)

348 N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2013; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2013.

(201109)

349 N

Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) appeals and (b) successful appeals against Atos assessments in (i) Nottingham and (ii) Ashfield constituency there were in each of the last three years.

(201074)

350

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the provisions of the (i) Game Act 1831, (ii) Deer Act 1991, (iii) Protection of Badgers Act 1992, (iv) Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, (v) Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996, (vi) Animal Welfare Act 2006, (vii) Conservation (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1994 and Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010, (viii) Hunting Act 2004, (ix) Night Poaching Act 1828, (x) Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997, (xi) Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, (xii) Pests Act 1954 and (xiii) Conservation of Seals Act 1970 in each year since 2009.

(201202)

351 N

Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the spread of Islamic extremism among the prison population.

(201335)

352 N

Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of imprisoned extremists returned from terrorist operations overseas (a) radicalising the Muslim prison population and (b) recruiting other prisoners to commit terrorist acts in the UK or overseas.

(201336)

353

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Muslim Institute, (b) the Muslim Council of Great Britain and (c) the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain on the legal status of Islamic marriages in England and Wales.

(201473)

354

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to provide support for and protect the rights of Muslim women in unrecognised marriages in England and Wales.

(201476)

355 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what circumstances offenders can choose not to attend a parole board meeting when a victim reads a victim personal statement.

(201333)

356 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of offenders present at parole board hearings when a victim personal statement is read.

(201334)

357 N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on Secure Colleges: Leicestershire, what steps have been taken to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the cohort.

(201375)

358 N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of an offence under Sections 141, 142, 146, 147A and 149 (1, 3 and 4), 151, 152 or 153 of the Licensing Act 2003 in the last 12 months; and how many of those convicted were fined the maximum amount stipulated in that Act for those offences.

(201058)

359 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a criminal conviction is a disqualification for a Community Rehabilitation contract.

(201106)

360 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) the prison governor or (b) another official gave permission for the performance of Sister Act in HMP Bronzefield in February and March 2014.

(201121)

361 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chief executives, (b) deputy chief executives and (c) assistant chief officers of probation trusts have left their posts since 1 January 2014.

(201122)

362 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-disclosure or compromise agreements have been included in the departure packages of former employees of probation trusts since 1 January 2014.

(201123)

363 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chief executives, (b) deputy chief executives and (c) assistant chief officers of probation trusts who left their posts since 1 January 2014 had non-disclosure or compromise agreements as part of their departure packages.

(201124)

364 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on non-disclosure or compromise agreements for former employees of probation trusts since 1 January 2014.

(201230)

365 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former employees of probation trusts received payouts of (a) up to £5,000, (b) up to £10,0000, (c) up to £15,000, (d) up to £20,000, (e) up to £30,000, (f) up to £40,000, (g) up to £50,000, (h) up to £75,000, (i) up to £100,000 or (j) £100,000 or more since 1 January 2014.

(201231)

366 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation trust employees who left their jobs received higher than contractual payments since 1 January 2014.

(201232)

367 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what new prison accommodation is planned to come on stream and in which locations before May 2015.

(201235)

368 N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much former employees of probation trusts have received in severance pay since 1 January 2014.

(201236)

369 N

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what earliest date a still unresolved investigation by the Claims Management Regulation Unit under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006 was begun; and on what earliest date such an investigation was begun but no proceedings have yet commenced.

(200998)

370 N

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average period of time is taken between the date of the opening of an investigation under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006 and the date on which (a) proceedings are commenced and (b) the case is closed without proceedings being brought.

(200999)

371 N

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investigations are being carried out by the Claims Management Regulation Unit under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006.

(201004)

372

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly by his Department were employed on (i) short term and (ii) zero hours contracts in each of the last 10 years.

(201364)

373

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many attacks on healthcare professionals there have been in the last three years.

(201536)

374

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that attacks on health professionals are prioritised in the criminal justice system.

(201538)

375 N

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.

(201387)

376

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of assault there were against prison staff at HM Prison Oakwood in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.

(201176)

377

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of assault there were against prison staff at HM Prison Featherstone in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.

(201177)

378

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that the perpetrators of assaults against prison staff are appropriately punished.

(201178)

379

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action he is taking to ensure that incidents of assault against prison staff are being effectively investigated.

(201179)

380

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of assault against prison staff at HM Prison Brinsford there were (a) in 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.

(201180)

381

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of assault there were against prison staff within the boundaries of prisons in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.

(201306)

382 N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether invoices for legal or other work carried out in connection with the Savile Inquiry have been submitted for payment since January 2013.

(200995)

383

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to commemorate the First World War in Northern Ireland.

(201583)

384 N

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.

(201388)

385 N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will attend (a) Ban Ki Moon's Climate Summit in September 2014 in New York and (b) the European Council meeting in October 2014 to finalise the EU's climate and energy goals for 2030.

(201332)

386 N

Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the adjusted funding arrangement in the Scotland Bill on per capita spending in Scotland.

(201239)

387

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.

(201549)

388 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the number of British citizens registered as overseas voters and the number of such citizens eligible for registration.

(201379)

389

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many of the six million people identified as missing on the electoral register by the Electoral Commission in 2011 have been registered to vote in each year since 2011.

(201256)

390

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 (a) its successes and (b) failures over the last five years.

(201257)

391

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 electoral registration rates were in Northern Ireland in each of the last 15 years.

(201258)

392

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 the potential benefits of the inclusion of the actual number and proportion of UK citizens registered to vote as a measure of the Electoral Commission's effectiveness.

(201267)

393

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will revise its Key Success Measures, Target Performance for completeness of register from 'completeness does not deteriorate' to a policy of 'increasing completion rates year on year'.

(201270)

394

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which 100 wards in which town, county and constituency in Northern Ireland had (a) the highest electoral registration rate and (b) the lowest registration rate in the latest period for which information is available.

(201279)

395

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which 100 wards in which town, county and constituency had the lowest turnout for voting in person at the last General Election.

(201280)

396

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which wards, in which town, county and constituency had a postal vote turnout greater than 90 per cent at the last General Election.

(201283)

397

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of questions answered by the Electoral Commission involving four pages of data or less were (a) placed in the Library without a web link, (b) placed in the Library with a web link and (c) given in full in Hansard in each of the last five years.

(201289)

398

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 increase the number of British overseas electors registered to vote.

(201363)

399

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014, Official Report, columns 375-7W, on electoral register, what causes have been identified for the relatively low electoral registration rates in Northern Ireland.

(201427)

400 N

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what form he expects the Chinese investment in High Speed 2 to take.

(201342)

401 N

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects Chinese workers to be employed in the construction of High Speed 2.

(201343)

402

Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were prosecuted for failure to pay vehicle excise duty in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

(201323)

403

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to reclassifying the A5 from Shrewsbury to the M54 so that the M54 runs to Shrewsbury.

(201198)

404

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and evidence submitted to the series of interviews with his Department's staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds published in 2008.

(201407)

405

Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with his European counterparts to encourage the reduction of fuel consumption by heavy-duty vehicles across the EU.

(201318)

406 N

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.

(201389)

407

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Government Equalities Office in the last parliamentary session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.

(201547)

408 N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with the Home Office about ending domestic abuse and violence against women.

(201226)

409

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) staff in his Department and (b) members of the public who use his Department's on-site nurseries.

(201183)

410

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's Child Maintenance Group on-site nurseries are due to close from September 2014; and what the location of each such nursery is.

(201359)

411

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to help its employees who use on-site nurseries to find alternative childcare when these close from September 2014.

(201360)

412

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the number and (b) the cost of staff redundancies resulting from the closure of his Department's on-site nurseries from September 2014.

(201393)

413

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether employees of his Department's Child Maintenance Group will be compensated for the loss of their childcare subsidy.

(201398)

414 N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on improving the employment and support allowance appeals process.

(904380)

415 N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensions are paid to British citizens resident overseas.

(201378)

416

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the saving was to the public purse from the reduction of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit for individuals in receipt of a pension income of more than £85 per week in 2013-14.

(201284)

417

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last reviewed the level of income disregard threshold for employment and support allowance.

(201294)

418 N

Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for personal independence payments who require a home consultation have waited longer than (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) six or more months for such a consultation.

(201021)

419 N

Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the average waiting time for claimants of the personal independence payment who require a home consultation in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the UK.

(201022)

420 N

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of youth unemployment in (a) the UK and (b) Bournemouth East constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(904366)

421 N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether jobseekers must declare casual income earned during a sanction period once their jobseeker's allowance claim is resumed; and whether that amount is then deducted from subsequent benefit payments.

(201225)

422 N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for personal independence payments were made by individuals diagnosed with a terminal illness in each of the three months to June 2014.

(201248)

423 N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions on applications for personal independence payments from individuals diagnosed with a terminal illness were made in each of the three months to June 2014.

(201249)

424 N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the contracts for personal independence payments assessments were awarded to Atos and Capita; and how many applications they were forecast to have processed by (a) March 2014 and (b) March 2015.

(201250)

425 N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration has been of the assessment period for each claim for personal independence payment from a person diagnosed with a terminal illness in each of the three months to June 2014.

(201251)

426 N

Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has given to the tribunals service of how many appeals will be brought by universal credit claimants in each of the next five years.

(201241)

427

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the Child Maintenance Options Service received in each month in the last year.

(201285)

428

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency arrangements have been put in place by the Department's Child Maintenance Group to ensure that the Child Maintenance Options Service answers all calls promptly and there is a good service; and how often those contingency arrangements were invoked in the last year.

(201286)

429

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases child support arrears have been written off under the Child Support Management of Payments and Arrears (Amendment) Regulations 2012 since November 2012; and how much has been written off in such a fashion.

(201287)

430

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 176W, on work capability assessment, if he will make it his policy to set a target timescale for employment and support allowance and incapacity benefit reassessment work capability assessments in order to monitor and reduce the waiting times for those assessments.

(201308)

431

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library and publish the tender and bid for the Child Maintenance Options contract.

(201320)

432

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government will receive from deductions of charges and from charges for enforcement action in child maintenance cases under the Child Maintenance Options contract; and what profit will be made by G4S in running this contract.

(201326)

433

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of (a) the tender and bid process for the Child Maintenance Options contract, (b) his Department assisting G4S to fulfil the contract, (c) his Department's in-house option for continued delivery before it was contracted out and (d) bringing the work back in-house should the G4S contract be terminated early.

(201328)

434

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the G4S contract to provide the Child Maintenance Options programme was underestimated; for what reasons staff in his Department were assisting G4S with its work on this programme; and if he will consider transferring G4S staff under TUPE regulations to his Department.

(201329)

435

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have been asked to assist G4S in the delivery of the new Child Maintenance Options scheme to date; how many more staff G4S estimates will be needed to administer this contract when peak levels of applications are reached; and how much in staffing costs his Department is liable to pay as a result.

(201330)

436

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government expects to receive from (a) the 20 per cent deduction from the child maintenance payment of the paying parent and (b) the four per cent deduction of total payment of support to the child from the receiving parent.

(201368)

437

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of outstanding child maintenance arrears currently owed by non-resident parents with a weekly assessment value set at zero are owed (a) by non-resident parents with a current nil liability but at least one child of qualifying age and (b) by non-resident parents with a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn, or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.

(201262)

438

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrears validation processes are carried out on Child Support Agency cases which do not form part of the caseload before those arrears are transferred to the Child Maintenance Service for collection.

(201263)

439

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many Child Support Agency cases there are (a) non-resident parents with a nil liability at present but at least one child of qualifying age and (b) non-resident parents with a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.

(201264)

440

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total Child Support Agency arrears owed to parents with care is regarded as (a) potentially collectable and (b) likely to be collected in the next three years in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.

(201265)

441

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what timetable he has set for the closure of Child Support Agency cases which do not form part of the Agency's current live caseload.

(201266)

442

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment applicants are awaiting an assessment centre appointment in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) England; and what the average waiting time for such appointments is.

(201522)

443

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time was taken between an application for personal independence payment being made and receipt of payment for claims made in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in each year since introduction of personal independence payment.

(201523)

444

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time was taken between an application for personal independence payment being made and receipt of payment for claims made in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England in each year since introduction of personal independence payment.

(201524)

445 N

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the business case for the universal credit programme.

(201234)

446 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on ensuring that people claiming benefits receive medical treatment that has been identified as enabling them to return to work; and if he will make a statement.

(201057)

447

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of recent trends in employment in the private sector.

(201313)

448

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanctions his Department uses on universal credit claimants who refuse a zero hours contract.

(201282)

449

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.

(201548)

450

Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to resolve personal independence payment claims is; and for how long the longest outstanding personal independence claim has been awaiting resolution.

(201553)

451

Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims had not had a decision more than four weeks after receipt by his Department.

(201554)

452

Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates his Department has made of how many people previously on disability living allowance have had their claim for personal independence payments refused.

(201556)

453 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of employment opportunities resulting from the Commonwealth Games; and if he will make a statement.

(201060)

454 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials have acted as Senior Responsible Officer for the Universal Credit project since 2010.

(201073)

455 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects EU funding allocated to the Youth Guarantee to be drawn down in the UK.

(201125)

456 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit were (a) unemployed and (b) self-employed in the most recent period for which information is available.

(201233)

457 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people started to receive universal credit in March 2014.

(201242)

458 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of partners in small businesses who will apply for universal credit; and what steps such people need to take to establish their monthly income in order to do so.

(201243)

459 N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent assisting people with the costs of (a) travel to interview and (b) clothing for interviews or to commence work in each year since 2005.

(201244)

460 N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in Bradford are awaiting mandatory reconsideration of employment and support allowance decisions.

(201009)

461 N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional resources his Department is making available to reduce the time taken to process requests for mandatory reconsideration of employment and support allowance decisions in West Yorkshire.

(201010)

462 N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in Bradford are (a) pending and (b) being processed through his Department's mandatory reconsideration mechanism.

(201011)

463 N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's key performance indicators are for decisions that require mandatory reconsideration.

(201012)

464 N

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many telephone calls the Illegal Money Lending Unit helpline received from (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years.

[Transferred] (201228)

465 N

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 678W, on money lenders, how many actionable reports led to a conviction in each of the last four years.

[Transferred] (201229)

466

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which sector of the economy made greatest use of employee contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent year for which information is available.

[Transferred] (201281)

467

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues to employers on helping employees with the cost of childcare.

[Transferred] (201184)

468

Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to work with his international counterparts on ensuring that the Afghanistan government continues to maintain security in sparsely populated areas of that country following the withdrawal of international troops.

[Transferred] (201319)

469

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department had discussions with the Welsh Government regarding the use of public funds by the Cabinet Office to produce and send an anti-Scottish Independence pamphlet to every house in Scotland.

[Transferred] (201175)

470

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many companies have been closed down by the Claims Management Regulator as a result of persistent nuisance calls to date.

[Transferred] (201424)

471

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many average speed cameras are operating in each region and constituent part of the UK.

[Transferred] (201417)

472

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics his Department has collected on the use of average speed cameras and their effectiveness in reducing (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents.

[Transferred] (201418)

473

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the EU's Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived he has allocated to public bodies and non-governmental organisations in 2014.

[Transferred] (201516)

474

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the EU's Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived he intends to allocated to public bodies and non-governmental organisations in each year between 2014 and 2020.

[Transferred] (201517)

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beginning on Monday 23 June 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 23 June 2014

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Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Questions to the Prime Minister

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 23 June 2014