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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 8 July 2014

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 8 July 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Tuesday 8 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.

Tuesday 8 July  
Questions to the Attorney General
1 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Attorney General, what progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in reducing costs.
      (904723)
2 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between his Department and (a) the Home Office and (b) Lord Brittan of Spennithorne in relation to child abuse in (a) 1984 and (b) 1985; and if he will make a statement.
      (203925)
3 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library copies of papers from Lord Brittan of Spennithorne in relation to child abuse in 1983 and 1984 and which were referred to his Department by the Home Office; and if he will make a statement.
      (204036)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
4 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women have applied for Advanced Learner loans since the start of the scheme.
      (204007)
5 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in further education or training in the last academic year were (a) parents and (b) single parents.
      (204008)
6 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women in further education received funding for childcare through the Discretionary Learner Support scheme in the last academic year; and what the total amount spent on such support was.
      (204009)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
7  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed on a part-time basis in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
      (204081)
8  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed on a full-time basis in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
      (204082)
9  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been registered as self-employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
      (204098)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
10  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
      (204067)
11 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households who will be eligible for tax-free childcare who currently spend more than (a) £7,000, (b) £8,000, (c) £9,000 and (d) £10,000 on childcare.
      (203904)
12 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the level of bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses since May 2010.
      (203916)
13  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many consumer credit firms and peer-to-peer platforms located outside the UK, but within the European Economic Area and which lend money online to UK consumers have been granted interim permission to trade by the Financial Conduct Authority.
      (204062)
14  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether consumer credit firms and peer-to-peer platforms located outside the UK but within the European Economic Area will (a) need to be authorised or supervised by the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) continue to be able to lend money online to UK consumers under the terms of the EU Electronic Commerce Directive.
      (204077)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
15 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Local Government Transparency Code 2014 requires publication of the names of union representatives who spend over 50 per cent of their time on union duties, in addition to the number of such representatives and estimates of their cost as a percentage of the total pay bill; and if he will bring forward proposals to amend the code so that the identity of individuals is not published.
      (203951)
16  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the new Model Tenancy Agreement will be published.
     [R] (204054)
17  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department intends to publish the results of the review of residential property conditions.
     [R] (204055)
18  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the register of landlords in Scotland in reducing bad practice.
     [R] (204056)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
19  
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the current timetable is for the review of the Treasure Act 1996; and if he will make a statement.
      (204094)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
20  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to incorporate discussion of torture, sexual violence and other war crimes, crimes against humanity and other human rights violations in the military training provided to the Burma Army by the UK.
      (204090)
21  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantity of tritium has been imported from the US for use by his Department in H1616 shipping packages since May 2010.
      (204092)
22 N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all (a) reports, (b) studies and (c) impact assessments held by Ministers in the Department for Energy and prepared or considered by Ministers or officials between July 1984 and January 1986 which detail (i) the potential economic benefits of oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde or (ii) the defence implications of granting applications for licences to drill oil in that sector.
      (203710)
23 N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings took place between Ministers and officials of his Department and Ministers and officials of (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office between July 1984 and January 1986 at which oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde was discussed.
      (203711)
24 N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office originating between July 1984 and January 1986 concerning applications for licences to drill for oil in the Firth of Clyde.
      (203712)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
25 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 538W, on academies, if he will disaggregate the data to identify payments under the Sponsor Capacity Fund detailing (a) when any such grant was awarded, (b) how much was awarded, (c) whether each organisation subsequently sponsored any academies and (d) the date on which any monies were returned to the Department by those who did not.
      (203913)
26 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people who entered care at each age and who left care at 16 or older and who did not return to their birth parents had been taken into care because of (a) abuse or neglect, (b) child's disability, (c) parents' illness or disability, (d) family in acute stress, (e) family dysfunction, (f) socially unacceptable behaviour, (g) low income, (h) absent parenting and (i) any other reason in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (203905)
27 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which secondary schools which were not girls' schools had fewer than 10 per cent of their qualified full-time teachers as males in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (203907)
28 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many boys who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals attended a primary school at which there were (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three male full-time equivalent teachers in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (203909)
29 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools offer all-through provision to pupils from reception to year 13.
      (203937)
30 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding each school received per pupil in the latest year for which figures are available.
      (204019)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
31 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of staff have been employed on a full-time basis at the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage in each month since June 2010.
      (203882)
32 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much public funding is being provided in 2014-15 for research and development projects examining industrial carbon capture and storage.
      (204016)
33 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any fracking, or explorative work relating to fracking (a) is currently taking place and (b) has recently taken place in East Yorkshire, and where; and if he will make a statement.
      (203258)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
34 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 137W, on forests: Christchurch, how many areas of woodland and heathland in Hurn Forest will be affected by the cable route; and what steps have been taken to consult local people about the environmental effect.
      (204015)
35 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons are qualified to undertake bovine tuberculosis testing in each NUTS-1 region of England.
      (204003)
36 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing annual testing for bovine tuberculosis.
      (204013)
37  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
      (204063)
38 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on implementing a ban on pesticide neonictinoids; and if he will make a statement.
      (203903)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
39  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the widespread use of torture in the conflict zones of Burma and alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in that country.
      (204075)
40  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support an independent, international inquiry, with Burmese participation, into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma.
      (204080)
41  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of sexual violence in conflict in Burma.
      (204084)
42  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to urge the government of Burma to end torture, investigate reports of continuing use of torture, and bring the perpetrators to justice.
      (204085)
43  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had regarding Burma at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.
      (204087)
44  
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to urge the government of Burma to sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and what assessment he has made of the policy of the government of Burma on this matter.
      (204089)
45 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss the coverage of the situation in eastern Ukraine by the BBC Russian Service with that Service; and if he will make a statement.
      (204020)
46  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of work undertaken by his Department relating to nuclear disarmament was in 2013-14; and if he will make it his policy separately to detail in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts expenditure and activity relating to nuclear disarmament.
      (204083)
47  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
      (204064)
48 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what commitments the government of Burma has made to implement the declaration on preventing sexual violence in conflict.
      (203910)
49 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain about the treatment of the democracy movement in that country; and if he will make a statement.
      (203906)
50 N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons Question 198304, tabled by the hon. Member for Chichester on 9 May 2014 was not answered by his Department.
      (203499)
51 N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Government Department or Office keeps a list of flights which passed through Diego Garcia from January 2002 to January 2009.
      (203500)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
52 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to Public Health England and NHS England for promotion of early detection for rare cancers in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
      (203855)
53 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Public Health England and NHS England on measures to ensure early diagnosis of rare cancers in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
      (203856)
54 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Bradley Report five years on, published in June 2014.
      (203857)
55 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of obesity-related liver disease among adults was in the most recent period for which figures are available in each clinical commissioning group area.
      (203858)
56 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts offer a screening programme for osteoporosis.
      (204002)
57 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people, (b) people under 18, (c) people under 16 and (d) people under 12 (i) attended and (ii) were admitted via accident and emergency departments for excessive consumption of alcohol in each year since 2010.
      (204021)
58 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) under 10 and (b) 10 and over were admitted to hospital with a (i) primary and (ii) secondary diagnosis of viral hepatitis in each year since 1997.
      (204022)
59 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the housing needs of people who have mental health conditions who are (a) released from prison, (b) discharged from secure hospitals to the community and (c) on community sentences; and what steps he is taking to address those needs.
      (204023)
60 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) financial and (b) human resource his Department has made available to develop policies to tackle obesity in each year since 2010.
      (204024)
61 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it the policy of the Government to prevent nursing homes and residential rest homes charging lower fees for residents funded by local authorities than for residents who are self-funding; and if he will make a statement.
      (204017)
62 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 504W, on tobacco packaging, whether he plans to publish draft regulations to outlaw smoking in cars with children present in time for them to be made law before the end of March 2015.
      (203950)
63  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
      (204065)
64 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to enable surgeries to end contracts to use 0844 numbers early.
      (203952)
65 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the application form for Section 251 support made by the Health and Social Care Information Centre to the Confidentiality Advisory Group following completion of the pilot scheme on the main study of the What About YOUth?
      (204011)
66  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on people with physical impairments and learning disabilities of the proposals by third sector providers to close residential care homes available to them.
      (204095)
67  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of a range of housing and care options for people with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.
      (204096)
68  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the future of residential care for people with complex needs including physical impairments and learning difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
      (204097)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
69 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the request by Rupert Ogwuezor dated 13 June 2011 for reconsideration of his case (HO reference: 01085860/2) will be determined; and what the reasons are for the time taken to process this case.
      (204014)
70 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on Didier Pierre Paulet, for what reasons her Department commented on the case of Abu Qatada.
      (204018)
71 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of overtime worked in HM Passport Office in each month between May 2011 and December 2012.
      (203941)
72 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of overtime worked in HM Passport Office in June 2014.
      (203942)
73  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to her Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
      (204066)
74 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of (a) the number of immigrants in the UK without legitimate immigration status and (b) the three most common countries from which such people originate.
      (203931)
75 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward proposals for reform of the firearms licensing fees system.
      (203943)
76  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many e-gates are now in operation at (a) UK ports and (b) Manchester Airport; what proportion of such passengers are using e-gates; and what the rejection rates is of travellers using e-gates (i) in the UK and (ii) at Manchester airport.
      (204088)
77  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Option 3 in her Department's consultation on the review of section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 would be effected by a statutory instrument under section 75 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (204076)
78 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) all submissions and memos to Ministers and (b) correspondence with other government departments relating to the review by officials of the Geoffrey Dickens dossiers.
      (203924)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
79 N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 134W, on computer software, what feedback has been received on the mechanics of the implementation of Microsoft 365 from (a) members of the Administration Committee and (b) other hon. Members.
      (203932)
80 N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 134W, on computer software, how many calls the PICT Service Desk has received from hon. Members and their staff relating to problems resulting from the migration of their mailboxes to Microsoft 365.
      (203933)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
81 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Israeli government on its plans to liaise with the new Palestinian government to bring about improvements in the humanitarian situation in the border areas; and if she will make a statement.
      (203949)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
82 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent people from publishing explicit photos online sent to them in trust by their former partners.
      (204005)
83 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought against people for distribution of explicit photographs when the permission of the photograph's subject had not been obtained in the last year for which figures are available.
      (204012)
84 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of (a) judges, (b) magistrates and (c) prosecutors currently working in courts who have undergone specialist training on working with children in a court environment.
     [R] (203944)
85 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of child witnesses who had given evidence in court by video recording rather than by live video link in each of the last 10 years.
     [R] (203945)
86 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 671W, on courts: video conference, if he will publish a list of the remote sites for giving evidence in England and Wales.
     [R] (204004)
87 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total (a) population and (b) number of foreign nationals of each nationality was in each jail in London on 1 July (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (iv) 2014.
      (204035)
88 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals in jails in London on 1 July (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 (i) were on remand and (ii) have been found guilty of a criminal offence.
      (204037)
89 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what crimes foreign nationals in jails in London on 1 July (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 have been found guilty of committing.
      (204038)
90 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals of each nationality were deported from jails in London to complete their sentences in their home countries in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
      (204039)
91  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department in civil service pay bands (a) SCS Pay Band 4/Grade 1, (b) SCS Pay Band 3/Grade 2, (c) SCS Pay Band 2/Grade 3 and (d) SCS Pay Band 1/Grade 5 have left to work for (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion since May 2010.
      (204086)
92  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions in the last four years the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has been notified under the Business Appointment Rules of former officials of his Department taking up employment after leaving government; what advice the Committee published; what conditions the Committee laid down; whether any such conditions have been breached; and in each case what organisation the official went to work for.
      (204091)
93 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pedal cyclists were prosecuted for road traffic offences in the last 12 months.
      (203262)
94 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of (a) staff morale, (b) sickness rates, (c) turnover and (d) training in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
      (203911)
95 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to review sentences given for (a) murder and (b) manslaughter where the offence was a one-punch killing.
      (904724)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
96 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contribution his Department is making to the preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
      (203915)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
97 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 295W, on cycling: children, what criteria his Department uses to measure whether a mode of transport is safe and secure.
      (204040)
98  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2014.
      (204099)
99  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2014.
      (204100)
100  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Liverpool was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2014.
      (204101)
101  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornoway has permanent radio access to the radio network covering the Clyde, Arran and the Ayrshire coast.
      (204102)
102 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints have been received from members of the public about employees of (a) HS2 Ltd, (b) his Department or (c) any member of staff seconded to either HS2 Ltd or his Department in relation to the High Speed 2 project; what the grade was of the person against whom the complaint was made; and what the (i) substance and (ii) result was of each such complaint.
      (204010)
103 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the gantry cameras on the M1 motorway in Nottinghamshire and Hertfordshire are only used to police the variable speed limit when operational in those areas and for no other purpose.
      (203259)
104 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the road safety behaviour of pedal cyclists; what steps he is taking to make it more likely that those cyclists who ride through red traffic lights are prosecuted; and if he will make a statement.
      (203261)
105 N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Framework Agreement between his Department and Network Rail on the reclassification of Network Rail will ensure that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to Network Rail.
     [R] (203914)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
106 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 642, on DWP: performance, what level of service his Department expects to provide to meet his aim of providing a personal independence payment system that works for those most in need; and how he will measure success.
      (203900)
107 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 647, on DWP: performance, how his Department will demonstrate that no claimant is waiting more than 16 weeks for their personal independence payment by the end of 2014.
      (203901)
108 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter of 6 March 2014 from the Minister for Disabled People to Macmillan Cancer Support, for what reason his Department does not consider data on clearance times of personal independence payment normal and special rules claims to be robust enough to be included in the published quarterly statistics.
      (203902)
109 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the times taken to decide claims, measured by actual average clarance time, were for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance, for the longest and shortest deciles of claims, processed in each financial year since 2008-09.
      (203912)
110 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on attendance allowance was in each of the last five years.
      (203926)
111 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on attendance disabled living allowance for parents of children aged under 16 years was in each of the last five years.
      (203927)
112 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on carer's allowance was in each of the last five years.
      (203928)
113 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department has recorded as the main disabling condition of people under employment and support allowance and jobseekers' allowance benefit sanctions.
      (203929)
114 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the contracts for personal independence payment assessment providers include performance related incentives or penalties; whether such measures have been used; and what the financial value of those measure is.
      (203930)
115  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse of all employment and support allowance appeals has been since May 2010; and what the cost of all such appeals which were successful has been.
      (204093)
116 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of Child Support Agency child maintenance owed to parents with care, how many arrears-only cases there are (a) where money is flowing and (b) where no money is flowing.
      (203881)
117 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in helping people with disabilities to access work through the employment and support allowance programme; and if he will make a statement.
      (203908)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
118 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that UK citizens only vote in one EU state in European elections.
   [Transferred]  (203260)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
119 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) men and (b) women received support from the Care to Learn scheme in each of the last two academic years; what the total cost of the Care to Learn scheme was in each such year; and what the projected cost of the scheme will be in 2014-15.
   [Transferred]  (204006)

Prepared 8th July 2014