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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 July 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Thursday 3 July 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Thursday 3 July 2014

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.

For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.

Thursday 3 July  
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 423W, on local enterprise partnerships, if he will make it his policy that his Department should record the gender composition of local enterprise partnerships boards for the purpose of strengthening equality impact assessments.
      (203386)
2  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 461W, on the British Business Bank, how many of the 44 people working in the Sheffield headquarters of the British Business Bank have been recruited since December 2013.
      (203232)
3  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 461W, on asbestos, how often inspections for asbestos containing materials are carried out in buildings owned or managed by his Department.
      (203337)
4  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 461W, on asbestos, what training does the responsible person as a duty holder in line with Health and Safety Executive guidance receive in order to perform their duties.
      (203387)
5  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Department's answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 460W, on asbestos, whether all staff in his Department who work in buildings which contain asbestos are (a) aware of the asbestos in the buildings, (b) trained in how to manage asbestos and (c) required to sign an asbestos register before working on the premises.
      (203430)
6  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) average total debt, secured and unsecured, in debtor petition bankruptcies, (b) average total debt, secured and unsecured, in creditor petition bankruptcies and (c) median unsecured debt in all bankruptcies was of individuals who filed for bankruptcy in each of the last five years.
      (203245)
7  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average total debt was of individuals who filed for a debt relief order in each of the last five years.
      (203246)
8  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to create synergies with the European Alliance for Apprenticeships in improving work opportunities for young people.
      (203397)
9  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of research and development contracts undertaken by publicly-funded universities for private companies are covered by clauses that prohibit the publication of the research and development results on grounds of commercial confidentiality; and what proportion of such contracts are undertaken in facilities paid for by the public purse.
      (203269)
10 N
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had on proposed changes to the disabled students' allowance.
      (904635)
11  
Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in light of the collapse of Comet and the recent industrial tribunal ruling on employee compensation, what plans he has to issue guidance on the law relating to the role of administrators in consulting employees regarding redundancy.
      (203234)
12  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of ministerial replies sent to hon. Members in electronic form only.
      (203286)
13  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203297)
14 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Flexible Working Regulations 2014 on workers with zero hours contracts.
      (203174)
15  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote careers in the IT sector to young people.
      (203218)
16  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints Trading Standards have received relating to the sale of unwell puppies in each of the last five years.
      (203196)
17 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to implement section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 before the end of the current parliamentary session; and if he will make a statement.
      (202992)
18 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the complaints received by the European Consumer Centres' Network against UK-registered companies involved in the copying of artistic design articles as a result of the time taken to implement section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
      (202993)
19 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's planned timeline is for the implementation of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and if he will make a statement.
      (202994)
20 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the legal proceedings recently instituted in other EU member states against UK-registered companies involved in the copying of design articles derived from artistic work.
      (202995)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
21  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the impact assessment for the Shared Services Connected Limited venture.
      (203200)
22 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the gross weekly earnings of (a) men, (b) women and (c) all people employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time in Warrington North constituency.
      (203040)
23  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of ministerial replies sent to hon. Members in electronic form only.
      (203285)
24  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203298)
25 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure gender equality in civil service salaries.
      (904642)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
26  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Official Development Assistance was spent by each Government department in 2009-10 and in each year since (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices and (c) as a proportion of Gross National Income.
      (203236)
27  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that public sector bodies do not underpay VAT.
      (203224)
28  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 598, on the Highways Agency, whether his Department is discussing the potential extension of the provisions of section 41(3) of the VAT Act 194 to the proposed Strategic Highways Company.
      (203438)
29 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling (a) his Department and (b) the Office for Budget Responsibility has made of the financial effect of a tax levied on financial transactions.
      (203149)
30  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 225W, on Dover Priory Station, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs has not made an assessment of the economic benefits that new parking facilities at Dover Priory Station would provide to the local area.
      (203486)
31 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income to the National Insurance Fund would be if all people over the state retirement age paid contributions.
      (202998)
32  
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Warrington North constituency were self-employed and in receipt of working tax credit in each year since 2010-11.
      (203276)
33 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the economic benefit to Northern Ireland of the UK's membership of the EU.
      (203194)
34 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department approved the Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case.
      (203121)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
35  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he reversed the appeal decision in Gateshead Borough, ref 2193211.
      (203360)
36  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what process planning decisions can be reversed at the discretion of a court.
      (203429)
37 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has undertaken into the aerobic capacity required by the occupation fitness standards used by fire services that guarantees that firefighters are safe and effective in their ability to complete necessary roles within their occupation.
      (203128)
38 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the research on the effect of age on aerobic capacity used by the Government in developing proposals regarding firefighters' pensions.
      (203129)
39 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the granting of full pensions to firefighters over 55 years old who are forced to retire due to naturally declining fitness levels.
      (203130)
40 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will investigate the adequacy of the London Fire Brigade and other fire and rescue services' contingency arrangements for strikes.
      (203131)
41 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that fire and rescue services are providing adequate training to resilience crews to maintain the safety of the public in strikes and on similar occasions.
      (203132)
42  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contact his officials have had with the European Parliament Working Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief in the last 12 months.
      (203396)
43  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203299)
44  
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the potential effect of the Care Act 2014 on local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
      (203281)
45  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the logistics of providing the services for the 5,000 new homes in the rural area of the Lune Valley that would be required under Option 5 of that plan.
      (203506)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
46  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce proposals for regulations or guidance to reduce the cost of the use of British mobile telephones roaming outside of the EU.
      (203267)
47  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203300)
48  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC Trust on increasing coverage of life in Northern Ireland across the BBC national television and radio network.
      (203432)
49  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of BBC (a) television and (b) radio programming was made in Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
      (203433)
50  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce bureaucratic obstacles to the flying of flags in the UK.
      (203415)
51 N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to further the provision of high speed broadband in the Heart of the South West area.
      (904631)
52 N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects superfast broadband to be fully rolled out in (a) England and (b) Central Bedfordshire.
      (904622)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
53  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) sets of accounts will be audited and (b) value for money studies will be completed this calendar year by the International Board of Auditors of NATO; how many of these audits were completed in the first six months of the year; when NATO will publish these accounts and audit reports; and if he will make a statement.
      (203405)
54  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for International Security Strategy approved the proposals to limit contractor liability at HMNB Clyde to £100,000 despite the objection by the hon. Member for Newport West.
      (203416)
55  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203301)
56  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Statistical Bulletin 6.02 on Accommodation will be published by the end of July 2014.
      (203274)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
57 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average retirement age was for teachers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (202996)
58 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of retention rates of qualified teachers.
      (203007)
59 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of newly qualified teachers were still teaching three years after completing their qualifications in each of the last five years.
      (203011)
60 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of children who are taught by unqualified teachers.
      (203012)
61  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 227W, on teachers: veterans, how many people joined the Troops to Teachers programme from start of the training scheme in September 2013 following its launch in June 2013; and how many people joined the scheme through the earlier pilot programme.
      (203437)
62 N
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle cyber-bullying; and what resources his Department provides to charities which address this issue.
      (904621)
63 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) School Direct (salary), (iii) School Direct (fee), (iv) other EBITT, (v) HEI-led and (vi) in total in (a) 2011-12 and (B) 2012-13; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category represents.
      (203084)
64 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) EBITT, (iii) HEI-led and (iv) in total in (A) 2010-11 and (B) 2011-12; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category in each year represents.
      (203085)
65 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) EBITT, (iii) HEI-led and (iv) in total in (A) 2009-10 and (B) 2010-11; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited was in each category in each year represents.
      (203086)
66 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher training places were allocated in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects and in all (u) secondary and (v) primary schools across all initial teacher training pathways in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
      (203087)
67  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203302)
68  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on children: social services, and with reference to clause 71 of the Deregulation Bill, whether the Government intends to maintain the requirement for all third-party social work providers to register with Ofsted.
      (203439)
69  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in England starting primary school in September 2014 who have received a place at their first choice school.
      (203229)
70  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are involved in the Challenge the Gap scheme.
      (203230)
71  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in (a) England and (b) Birmingham are taking part in the Challenge the Gap scheme.
      (203231)
72  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the impact on school budgets in 2016-17 of planned changes in pension and national insurance contributions.
      (203204)
73  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to adopt a child.
      (203216)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
74  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the UK's energy infrastructure was exposed to the recent Energetic Bear cyberattack.
      (203265)
75  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will publish its fuel poverty strategy.
      (203280)
76  
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 measures to be installed under (a) affordable warmth, (b) carbon savings community and (c) carbon saving target in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
      (203282)
77  
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 who will receive assistance under (a) affordable warmth, (b) carbon savings community and (c) carbon saving target in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
      (203283)
78  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of expenditure under (a) affordable warmth, (b) carbon savings community and (c) carbon saving target in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
      (203284)
79  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding has been (a) allocated and (b) spent on the Green Deal cashback incentive scheme to date.
      (203289)
80  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which local authorities have received funding under the Green Deal Communities programme.
      (203290)
81  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding has been allocated under the Green Deal Communities programme to date.
      (203291)
82  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which local authorities have received funding under the Core Cities Energy Efficiency programme.
      (203292)
83  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which local authorities have received funding under the pioneer places programme.
      (203293)
84  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding has been allocated under the core cities energy efficiency programme.
      (203294)
85  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated under the pioneer places programme.
      (203296)
86  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1252, on energy markets (competition), what estimate he has made of the level of fuel poverty under the low income high costs indicator in each year between 1997 and 2010.
      (203336)
87  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1247, on energy efficiency, what the evidential basis is for the statement that Green Deal assessments are stimulating action on energy efficiency.
      (203338)
88  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 461W, on renewable energy, UIN 159722, if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of projects recorded on the renewable energy planning database since 1 January 2010 with the potential to generate 20MW or more cross-referenced with information provided by developers.
      (203340)
89  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households are forecast to be lifted from fuel poverty under the energy company obligation in each year between 2013 and 2017.
      (203356)
90  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have received free green deal assessments to date.
      (203361)
91  
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 landlords who have upgraded the energy efficiency of their properties to EPC rating E or higher in line with the Energy Act 2011 since the implementation of that Act.
      (203362)
92  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual saving to a household's energy bill from a (a) condensing gas boiler, (b) cavity wall insulation, (c) loft insulation, (d) solid wall insulation and (e) other forms of insulation.
      (203363)
93  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households (a) in fuel poverty, (b) not in fuel poverty and (c) in total have received measures under the energy company obligation to date; and what the average cost per household under the scheme was.
      (203364)
94  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households (a) in fuel poverty and (b) not in fuel poverty and (c) in total he expects to receive assistance under the energy company obligation in each year between 2013 and 2017.
      (203365)
95  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average saving on energy bills for households that have received measures under the Energy Company Obligation.
      (203366)
96  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of a Green Deal assessment.
      (203367)
97  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial support his Department has planned to allocate to (a) the Green Deal and (b) other domestic energy efficiency programmes for expenditure in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-17 and (iv) any subsequent years.
      (203368)
98  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial support his Department allocated to (a) the Green Deal and (b) other domestic energy efficiency programmes in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
      (203369)
99  
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 that have paid for a Green Deal assessment to date.
      (203370)
100  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on free Green Deal assessments for households to date.
      (203371)
101  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consumer research his Department has commissioned on (a) the Green Deal and (b) the Energy Company Obligation since 2013.
      (203372)
102  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1249, on low-carbon electricity projects, what the evidential basis is for the statement of the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change that investment in low-carbon electricity projects has doubled during the current Parliament.
      (203376)
103  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1249, on low-carbon electricity projects, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Bloomberg analysis.
      (203377)
104  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1258, on energy security, on which process he calculated that there has been £45 billion of electricity investment since 2010.
      (203378)
105  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1258, on energy security, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the rate of investment in gas is increasing.
      (203379)
106  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1258, on energy security, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the rate of investment in renewables is increasing.
      (203380)
107  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his contribution of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1191, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the UK had the highest level of renewable investment in Europe in 2013.
      (203381)
108  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his contribution of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1191, on energy prices, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Bloomberg new energy finance analysis.
      (203382)
109  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his contribution of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1191, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for his statement that there was under-investment in the UK's energy infrastructure.
      (203383)
110  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his contribution of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1193, on energy prices, what assessment his Department has made of the rocket and feather effect in energy prices.
      (203384)
111  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department's plans to publish its response to the consultation on the future of the energy company obligation.
      (203485)
112  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis is for the statement in paragraph 2.1 of his Departmental annual report 2013-14, HC9, published on 26 June 2014, that investment in cleaner energy infrastructure will help support up to 250,000 jobs by 2020.
      (203357)
113 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assumptions underly the change set out in his Department's Impact Assessment for the Capacity Mechanism of June 2014 on the forecast capacity price moves from £18/mWh in 2021 to £36.mWh in 2022.
      (203113)
114 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Capacity Market, IA No: DECC0151, what the reasons are for the change between October 2013 and June 2014 in his Department’s appraisal of the carbon cost of the capacity market.
      (203147)
115 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the Net Present Value to 2030 of the Capacity Market in a scenario in which the Value of Loss of Load is taken at £10,000/MWh.
      (203148)
116  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203303)
117 N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure the Government is represented at the highest level at the upcoming UN Conference on Climate Change in Lima.
      (203088)
118 N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with energy companies on retail and wholesale energy prices.
      (203118)
119  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce consumer energy prices in-line with changes in the wholesale market prices.
      (203217)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
120 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the level of public confidence in Natural England's appeals process.
      (203038)
121  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times each circus licensed under the Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 was inspected in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014; and how many animals of each species each circus is currently licensed to hold.
      (203233)
122  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations in the Global Ocean Commission's report, From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean.
      (203414)
123  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints his Department has received on the Dairy Code of Conduct.
      (203268)
124  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203304)
125  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the drainage and flood prevention measures that would be required in respect of the 5,000 new homes in the rural area of the Lune Valley that would be required under Option 5 of that plan.
      (203505)
126 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential suffering felt by badgers through gaseous methods of slaughter.
      (202630)
127 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which policies of other countries he has assessed with regards to the gassing of badgers.
      (202631)
128 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 20W, on bovine tuberculosis, whether his Department has since commissioned any research about the safety, humaneness and effectiveness of gassing badgers.
      (202742)
129  
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at what level his Department values the reduction of the risk of death per fatal casualty prevented; and if he will give an example of a policy intervention where this evaluation was made.
      (203288)
130  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people to become gamekeepers.
      (203212)
131  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have become gamekeepers in each of the last three years; and what the age group and gender is of all registered gamekeepers.
      (203213)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
132  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK emergency travel documents have been issued to (a) British nationals, (b) non-British Commonwealth citizens and (c) non-British EU citizens in each year since 2010.
      (203264)
133  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what projects his Department is supporting to promote free media in Burma.
      (203279)
134  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has raised the jailing of journalist Zaw Pe with the government of Burma.
      (203270)
135 N
Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on the initiative of which member states the wording of the draft Conclusions of the EU Presidency at the European Council meeting on 26-27 June 2014 relating to the role of national parliaments in the EU was reduced in scope and significance in the final version.
      (203162)
136  
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will bring the conclusions relating to the genocidal extermination of Christianity in the report commissioned by Human Liberty entitled crimes against humanity published in May 2014 to the attention of the UN Security Council, the North Korean Government and HM Embassy in Pyongyang.
      (203385)
137  
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government supports recommendation 1224 of the UN Human Rights Council's Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), published in February 2014; and whether his Department has taken steps to support the work of human rights non-governmental organisations in their attempts to broadcast accessible information into the DPRK and to improve the human rights situation in that country.
      (203413)
138  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the value for public money of the European Commission Work Programme 2014.
      (203398)
139  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203305)
140  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the reaction of the government of (a) Iran and (b) Turkey to the announcement of the President of Kurdistan that he intends to hold a referendum on independence of the region of Kurdistan from Iraq.
      (203275)
141  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the source of supply of the arms being used by Jihadi groups fighting in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq.
      (203277)
142 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assign a focal point in all UK missions for human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, to consult on and implement support and protection measures following the Ending Sexual Violence Initiative.
      (203090)
143  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Departtment has has with Iraqi Kurds on moves to give them autonomy.
      (203225)
144  
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the level of use of forced labour in Chin state, Burma.
      (203422)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
145  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full time equivalent (a) directly employed and (b) agency nurses there were at York Hospital on 1 April 2000 and each year since then.
      (203406)
146  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the end of year (a) income and (b) expenditure of York Hospital in (i) cash terms and (ii) current prices in 1996-97 and each year since then.
      (203407)
147  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were on waiting lists for in-patient or day surgery at York Hospital on 1 April 1997 and on the same date in each subsequent year; and of these how many had waited longer than 18 weeks, 26 weeks and 52 weeks.
      (203408)
148  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were on waiting lists for in-patient or day surgery at York Hospital (a) in total and (b) in each clinical speciality on 1 April 2000 and on the same date in each subsequent year.
      (203409)
149  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients attending the accident and emergency department at York Hospital waited longer than four hours before seeing a doctor in 2009-10 and each year since then; and what the average waiting time was in each of those years.
      (203410)
150  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients referred to York Hospital for (a) elective surgery and (b) outpatient appointments waited longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment in 2009-10 and each year since then; and what the average waiting time was in each of those years.
      (203411)
151  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients at York Hospital were unable to get (a) an MRI scan, (b) a CT scan and (c) another diagnostic test carried out within the six week timescale specified in the NHS Constitution in 2009-10 and each year since then.
      (203412)
152 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mothers in England are breastfeeding their baby on discharge from neonatal care.
      (203154)
153 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote breastfeeding for mothers of babies in neonatal care.
      (203155)
154 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage postal tests and other alternative routes for chlamydia screening; how many postal tests for chlamydia were used in each of the last five years; and how many providers of such services there are.
      (203156)
155 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much income commissioning support units earned from clinical commissioning groups in 2013-14; and what proportion of that income related to support for clinical commissioning groups on putting NHS services out to tender.
      (203163)
156 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what routes other than postal screening, GP surgeries and sexual health clinics, are being encouraged for opportunistic chlamydia screening.
      (203164)
157  
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ambulance response times in the Cotswolds were for (a) Red One, (b) Red Two, (c) Green One and (d) Green Two cases in the latest month for which figures are available; and what the figures were in each such category in the last month for which figures are available prior to the merger with the South West Ambulance Trust.
      (203341)
158  
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group was allowed to alter its contract with South West Ambulance Trust to reduce average ambulance response times; and what effect reduction will have on ambulance response times in the Cotswolds.
      (203342)
159 N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to be able to introduce the sharing of patient data with community pharmacists in support of patient safety in England.
      (203009)
160 N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the expertise of community pharmacists is fully utilised to reduce the burden on general practice.
      (203013)
161 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cystic fibrosis sufferers have died while being on the waiting list for a lung transplant in each of the last five years.
      (203030)
162 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the lung transplant allocation system; and what steps he is taking to ensure that as many lung transplants as possible are made available to cystic fibrosis sufferers.
      (203031)
163 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of donated lungs are successfully transplanted.
      (203032)
164 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 524W, on NHS: public appointments, where the data showing the gender of people appointed to the boards of NHS foundation trusts is held.
      (203037)
165 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect of projected population growth on the demand for GP services over the next 10 years.
      (203089)
166 N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the speech by Simon Stevens, CEO, NHS England on 4 June 2014, if he will call in and review the decision taken by the East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust to transfer community services currently based at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay to the Estuary View Medical Practice in Whitstable.
      (203152)
167 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that national guidelines on asthma care are implemented; and what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality and availability of available data on asthma care.
      (203122)
168  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults with autism accessed care and support under the Fair Access to Care Standards eligibility criteria in Stretford and Urmston constituency in each year since 2010.
      (203244)
169  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make legislative proposals to amend the Care Act Part 1 regulations to ensure that the definition of assistance in the eligibility criteria for access to care and support is consistent with the definition of assistance in existing personal independence payment regulations.
      (203278)
170  
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England aged (a) under 11, (b) 11 to 16, (c) under 18 and (d) 18 years and over were admitted to each hospital with (i) symptoms of alcohol poisoning, (ii) symptoms of substance abuse, (iii) stab wounds and (iv) gunshot wounds in the last year for which figures are available.
      (203491)
171 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests for advice on competition-related issues the NHS Trust Development Authority received from each NHS trusts in 2013-14.
      (203114)
172 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Trust Development Authority spent in 2013-14 on the enforcement of the licence conditions relating to choice and competition as set out in section 3 of the NHS Provider Licence Standards Conditions; and how much the NHS Trust Development Authority expects to spend in this area in 2014-15.
      (203115)
173 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Trust Development Authority spent in 2013-14 on the enforcement of the licence conditions as set out on page three of the Partnership Agreement with Monitor; and how much the NHS Trust Development Authority plans to spend in this area in 2014-15.
      (203145)
174 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Trust Development Authority spent in 2013-14 to support NHS trusts in relation to the competition aspects of mergers and acquisitions; which trusts required such support; how much the NHS Trust Development Authority plans to spend in this area in 2014-15; and if he will publish a list of those trusts requiring such support.
      (203146)
175  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients there are on orthodontic treatment waiting lists in each primary care trust area in England.
      (203273)
176  
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department provided to Darent Valley Hospital in each of the last seven years.
      (203222)
177 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the financial position of Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust; and if he will make a statement.
      (203006)
178  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203306)
179  
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults with autism accessed care and support under the Fair Access to Care Standards eligibility criteria in Middlesbrough in each year since 2010.
      (203400)
180  
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 281W, on Medical Treatments, if he will provide the data requested for the four years from June 2010 on (a) the most plausible cost per quality adjusted life-year for each technology appraisal conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (b) the estimated eligible patient population for each appraisal indication, (c) whether the end-of-life criteria was applied in each final determination and (d) the date on which each such appraisal was (i) initiated and (ii) concluded.
      (203431)
181 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Monitor (a) spent in 2013-14 and (b) plans to spend in 2014-15 on the enforcement of the licence conditions relating to choice and competition as set out in section 3 of the NHS Provider Licence Standard Conditions.
      (202997)
182 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests for advice on competition related issues Monitor received from each (a) NHS trust and (b) foundation trust in 2013-14.
      (202999)
183 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Monitor (a) spent in 2013-14 and (b) plans to spend in 2014-15 on the enforcement of the NHS Provider Licence.
      (203014)
184 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Monitor spent in 2013-14 on supporting NHS trusts in relation to the competition aspects of mergers and acquisitions; how much Monitor intends to so spend in 2014-15; which trusts have received such support to date; and which trusts he anticipates will require such support in 2014-15.
      (203039)
185  
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on abortion, how many of the forms returned to registered medical practitioners are pending completion; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that evidence of breaches of the Abortion Act 1967 is referred to the relevant authorities.
      (203418)
186  
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that evidence of breaches of the Abortion Act 1967 arising from incomplete abortion notification HSA4 forms is referred to the relevant authorities; and if he will make a statement.
      (203419)
187  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with (a) allergies, (b) asthma and (c) eczema in each of the last five years.
      (203210)
188  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) British Medical Association and (b) Parkinson's Disease Society on possible links between Parkinson's disease and stomach upsets and illness.
      (203211)
189  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of statins prescribed through the NHS.
      (203214)
190  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received eye tests on the NHS in each of the last five years.
      (203219)
191  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK lost their eyesight in each of the last five years; and what the reasons were for each loss of sight.
      (203220)
192  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between (a) 1 and 16, (b) 17 and 30, (c) 31 and 50, (d) 51 and 65 and (e) over 65 years wore spectacles in each of the last five years.
      (203221)
193  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the new Symfony Lens to be available on the NHS as an alternative to glasses.
      (203228)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
194 N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that participants in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 are prevented from staying in the UK illegally after the Games have finished.
      (202835)
195 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the student immigrants who were found to have either invalid or questionable English language test results by the Government's recent review of the test provider Educational Testing Services were granted leave to enter the UK in each of the last five years.
      (203033)
196 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at which main institutions the student immigrants who were found to have either invalid or questionable English language test results by the Government's recent review of the test provider Educational Testing Services intended to extend their studies.
      (203035)
197 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the main nationalities were of the student immigrants who were found to have either invalid or questionable English language test results by the Government's recent review of the test provider Educational Testing Services.
      (203036)
198 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of spouse visa applications have taken more than one year to process in each of the last five years.
      (203010)
199 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each police force area have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for cyber-stalking to date.
      (203001)
200 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Cheshire Police in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 2005.
      (203002)
201  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from her Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203307)
202 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to establish a statutory system of guardianship to support victims of child trafficking.
      (202632)
203 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to recognise child trafficking as a separate offence to adult trafficking.
      (202633)
204 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Attorney General on her policy in relation to the prosecution of child victims of trafficking who are forced to commit crimes.
      (203000)
205 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time between applying for and the issue of passports for residents of (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 to date.
      (203093)
206 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the the number of passports issued for residents of (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014.
      (203094)
207 N
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 the three weeks from receipt in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 to date.
      (203095)
208  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers had been waiting for an initial decision on their asylum application for more than one year at the end of (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
      (203287)
209  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were granted permission to work in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
      (203389)
210  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse of (a) officials' time and (b) legal fees was of defending Refugee Action vs the Home Department, case number CO/8523/2013.
      (203417)
211  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people since 1984 have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of being a member of the SS in the Second World War.
      (203226)
212  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations have been carried out by Scotland Yard since 1984 on suspected individuals involved in crimes by the SS in the Second World War.
      (203227)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
213  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, (c) as a proportion of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) and (d) as a proportion of UK Gross National Income was spent by the UK on ODA in 2009-10 and each year since (i) in total, (ii) on multilateral aid, (iii) on bilateral aid (A) in total, (B) in high and middle income countries, (C) in low income countries and (D) in least developed countries (1) on humanitarian relief and (2) for other purposes.
      (203235)
214  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) was spent (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, as proportion of total UK ODA in 2009-10 and each year since then on procuring (i) goods and (ii) services from private sector suppliers with their head office based in (A) developed and (B) developing countries.
      (203237)
215  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, (c) as a proportion of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) and (d) as a proportion of UK Gross National Income was spent in UK bilateral aid in sub-Saharan Africa in 1996-97 and each year since.
      (203238)
216  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much bilateral aid in each country with a UK bilateral aid programme was spent (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, (c) as a proportion of that country's total bilateral aid programme in 2009-10 and each year since on procuring (i) goods and (ii) services from private sector suppliers based in the country concerned.
      (203239)
217  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent in bilateral aid in each country with a UK bilateral aid programme (a) in cash and (b) at current prices in 2009-10 and each year since.
      (203358)
218  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much official development assistance was spent in 2009-10 and each year since then (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices and (c) as a proportion of UK gross national income (i) in total, (ii) by her Department, (iii) by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (iv) by the Ministry of Defence, (v) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change and (vi) by other Government departments.
      (203359)
219  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of reports of a food crisis in Chin State, Burma; and what food support her Department is providing in that region.
      (203271)
220  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been provided to Nigeria to stem the escalation of Islamic extremist terrorism in the last five years, (a) in the North and Middle Belt and (b) elsewhere in that country; to whom such aid was provided; and in what form in each such case.
      (203395)
221  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from her Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203308)
222  
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role private health insurance plays in her Department's plans to promote healthcare in Burma.
      (203373)
223  
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is her policy to continue funding the official census in Burma.
      (203374)
224  
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) religion are of the 160,000 children proposed to be helped by the Myanmar Education Consortium.
      (203375)
225  
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what checks and monitoring her Department has put in place to ensure that its funding for education in Burma is not being channelled through Buddhist monasteries where hate speech and anti-Muslim or anti-Christian sentiment are promoted.
      (203421)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
226  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there are on Teesside; what the gender and ethnic composition of that bench is; and what recruitment there has been to that bench in the last three years.
      (203266)
227  
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ex-prison officers invited to express interest in joining HM Prison Service Reserve received a redundancy package from HM Prison Service between 2010 and 2013.
      (203240)
228  
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers working in the prison estate in England and Wales have been made redundant or taken voluntary redundancy in each year from 2010 to 2013.
      (203241)
229  
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many training and education sessions in each prison in England and Wales were cancelled due to staff shortages in each month in 2013.
      (203242)
230  
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison Service spent on severance pay for staff at prison officer grades in each year from 2010 to 2013.
      (203243)
231  
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former prison officers his Department plans to hire to join to HM Prison Service Reserve.
      (203263)
232  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, column 504W, on remand custody, how many defendants were proceeded against at magistrates courts in England and Wales by remand status, offence groups and sex in (a) 2011 and (b) 2013; and what proportion of the total number of defendants charged with the relevant offences those figures represent.
      (203440)
233 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his policy of an early bed time for young offenders will apply in secure colleges.
      (203150)
234 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the time set for an early bed time for offenders in the youth estate will be the same for all age groups.
      (203151)
235 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on homicide: victim support schemes, what the names are of the 13 peer support groups; and in which (a) town and (b) region each such group is based.
      (203153)
236  
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of (a) murder, (b) manslaughter, (c) causing death by dangerous driving and (d) infanticide in each of the last 10 years in England and Wales.
      (203223)
237  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203309)
238  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of variations in the degree to which perpetrators of domestic abuse who breach court orders or fail to engage or complete offender programmes (a) face consistency in sentencing practice and enforcement and (b) consistently receive the penalty of being sent to prison when such breaches are brought back to court; and if he will make a statement.
      (203428)
239 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a detailed list of construction projects in courts that have been cancelled since May 2010, including contract details and costs and indicating in each case whether the court was subsequently closed.
      (203005)
240  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to support adults with autism who are involved with the courts.
      (203420)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
241  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason the publication of the Hallett Report into the On-The-Runs Scheme has been delayed until 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
      (203208)
242  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to ensure that the families of the soldiers killed in the Hyde Park Bombing of 20 July 1982 will have early sight of the Report of Lady Justice Hallett into the On-The-Runs Scheme due to be published on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
      (203209)
243  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from her Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203310)
244 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department's policy is on work experience placements; and how many such placement requests have been accepted in each year since 2010.
      (203158)
245  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which 100 wards in Northern Ireland had the (a) highest and (b) lowest electoral registration rate in the latest period for which figures are available; and which town, county and parliamentary constituency each such ward was located in.
      (203490)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
246  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203311)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
247 N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will take steps to ensure that schools are only used as polling stations as a last resort, in order to minimise disruption to pupils' education.
      (203008)
248  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, columns 267-8W, on general election 2010, if the Electoral Commission will make it its policy to hold information on ward level turnout for general as well as local elections.
      (203272)
249  
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 publish electoral registration rates for each region and constituent part of the UK for each of the last 30 years; what the long term and predicted future trends in levels of registration are; and if he will make a statement.
      (203487)
250  
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 parliamentary constituency had a postal vote turnout greater than 90 per cent at the last set of local elections for which figures are available.
      (203488)
251  
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 had the lowest turnout for voting (a) in person and (b) by postal vote in the last set of local elections for which figures are available; and which town, county and parliamentary constituency each such ward was located.
      (203489)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
252  
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicle accidents occurred on the A14 in each month in 2013.
      (203201)
253  
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicle accidents occurred on the A428 in each month in 2013.
      (203202)
254  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to oppose the recent decision of the European Parliament to exclude Gibraltar from the Single European Sky project.
      (203394)
255  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Northern Rail on the future use of the Stockport-Stalybridge line.
      (203346)
256  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on the possible closure of Denton and Reddish South stations.
      (203347)
257  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on the future use of the Stockport-Stalybridge line.
      (203424)
258  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any new Northern Franchise will take account of increased connectivity to Reddish South and Denton from the retention of the Stockport-Stalybridge line.
      (203425)
259  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet the Hon Member for Denton and Reddish to discuss the possible increase in the use of Denton and Reddish South stations from the re-routing of existing services resulting from the Northern Hub improvements.
      (203426)
260  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential increase in the use of Denton and Reddish South stations from the re-routing of existing services as a result of the Northern Hub improvements.
      (203427)
261  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203312)
262  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of whether it would be necessary to re-allocate Junction 33 of the M6 to serve the university and 5,000 new homes that would be required under Option 1 of that plan.
      (203504)
263  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change there will be in the daily number of new standard class passenger seats on West Coast Main Line passenger services during the term of the franchise directly awarded to West Coast Trains Ltd on 19 June 2014.
      (203343)
264  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operators' licence applications for new services on the West Coast Main Line have been submitted to the Office for Rail Regulation since May 2010 to date; and which services the applicants wished to operate in each case.
      (203344)
265  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which services on the West Coast Main Line will receive extra standard class seating as part of the new franchise agreement with West Coast Trains Ltd.
      (203345)
266 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 29 May 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
      (203034)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
267  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203313)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
268  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process a mandatory reconsideration of a work capability assessment is; and what steps the Government is taking to support employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants whose work capability assessments are being reconsidered, but who are unable to claim ESA during the reconsideration or claim job seeker's allowance because they do not meet the entitlement criteria because they are too ill to seek work.
      (203404)
269  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific steps the Department took to reduce the delays to personal independence payment (PIP) claimants using special rules; and when PIP claimants using normal rules will benefit from efforts to reduce waiting times.
      (203392)
270  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's target time is for people to receive an accurate decision for claiming the personal independence payment.
      (203393)
271  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department will include data on clearance times of personal independence payment applications using normal and special rules claims in its quarterly statistical publication.
      (203399)
272  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average claims for attendance allowance for older people took from application to reach a decision in each of the last five years.
      (203434)
273  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current target turnaround time is from application to decision for attendance allowance for older people.
      (203435)
274  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are working on claims for attendance allowance for older people; and how many staff were employed in each of the last 16 quarters.
      (203436)
275  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive over-80 pensions; what estimate he has made of how many people are entitled to claim such pensions; and what steps he has taken to publicise such pensions to people who are entitled to them.
      (203423)
276  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
      (203314)
277 N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department plans to give the devolved administrations and local authorities before 2015 on meeting the care and support needs of people currently using the independent living fund.
      (203112)
278 N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from charitable and youth organisations on the effect of the new flat-rate housing cost contribution on unemployed young people.
      (203117)
279  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to enable elderly people to claim their benefits manually without requiring an online application.
      (203215)
280 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department first submitted the Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case to HM Treasury.
      (203116)
281 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of rebukes his Department receives from the UK Statistical Authority.
      (203119)
282 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of universal credit on the self-employed.
      (203120)
283 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans Jobcentre Plus has to work with the organisation Movement to Work.
      (203127)
284  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department does not distinguish between those in paid and those in unpaid work when assessing their eligibility for out-of-work benefits; if he will revise his Department's policy in this area; and if he will make a statement.
      (203295)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
285  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of allegations of illegal manipulation of the WM/Reuters benchmark currency rates on private pension funds in the UK.
   [Transferred]  (203197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
286 N
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the distribution of cultural funds and subsidies throughout the regions of the UK.
   [Question Unstarred]  (904630)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
287 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on modernising marriage certificates.
   [Question Unstarred]  (904639)

Prepared 3rd July 2014