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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 17 July 2014

Notes:
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+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Thursday 17 July 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Thursday 17 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 17 July  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many applications for a preliminary hearing for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (a) the Director of Public Prosecutions and (b) the Serious Fraud Office have made since 24 February 2014.
       (205838)
2  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Attorney General, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by the Law Officers' Departments since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205965)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the financial advantages enjoyed by larger companies in preventing their marketing and promotional emails from being blocked by servers.
       (205876)
4  
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans next to update the RAB charge on student loans.
       (205774)
5 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many patents have been granted to businesses or individuals whose main residence or business address was in Northern Ireland in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
       (205621)
6  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the expenditure was of the Technology Strategy Board in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales in each of the last three years.
       (205775)
7  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance the UK has given to the developments of the SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) project; and what collaborative scientific research projects the UK supports between Israel, Iran and the Palestinian Authority.
       (205936)
8 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many seismic events of (a) 0.0-0.5, (b) 0.5-1.0, (c) 1.0-1.5, (d) 1.5-2.0, (e) 2.0-2.5 and (f) 2.5-3.0 magnitude on the Richter scale were recorded in each month since June 2004.
       (205584)
9  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeship starts there were in each year since 2010, in the age groups (a) 25 to 34, (b) 35 to 44, (c) 45 to 59 and (d) and over 60.
       (206064)
10  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what services Healthcare UK offers to organisations based in the devolved regions.
       (205756)
11 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of the impact on small businesses of the licensing enforcement regime for the use of music in public spaces.
       (205664)
12  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when (a) due diligence will be completed and (b) funds will be drawn down by winning bidders under the Local Growth Fund.
       (206011)
13  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for remissions relating to fees for employment tribunal proceedings have been (a) made and (b) awarded in each month since July 2013; and what has been the (i) average cost of assessing each claim and (ii) total aggregate cost to the public purse of making such assessments.
       (206019)
14  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what agreement was sought from priority investors on the long-term holding of shares in Royal Mail.
       (206020)
15  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his letter of 2 May 2014 which was placed in the Library, on what date agreement was reached with each of the pilot fishing investors in Royal Mail on share allocations.
       (206021)
16  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff (a) in his Department and (b) its executive agencies are currently working wholly or in part on the issue of Sunday trading.
       (206023)
17  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the current ownership of shares in Royal Mail.
       (206024)
18  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions took place between (a) Ministers in his Department, (b) officials, (c) the Financial Adviser to HM Government and (d) the banking syndicate working on the privatisation of Royal Mail with priority investors on the length of time shares in the privatised business would continue to be held.
       (206035)
19  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh South of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 167W, on Royal Mail, what correspondence his Department has had with the syndicate of banks involved in the initial public offering on (a) the payment of the discretionary fee and (b) the length of the stabilisation period set out in the engagement letter.
       (206040)
20  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 5 June 2013, Official Report, column 1152W, on buildings, how many members of staff are employed at each of his Department's office premises.
       (206041)
21  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the review by Lord Myners of the process of privatisation of Royal Mail will be published in full; and when this report will be completed.
       (206059)
22  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total value is of all bids made in each region to each round of the Regional Growth Fund including the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund; how much has been committed to winning bidders in each such region in each such round; and how much such funding has been drawn down.
       (206062)
23  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205964)
24  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission about inclusion of the glass manufacturing industry in Annex II to the Certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012; and if he will make a statement.
       (205708)
25  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the European Commission about the compensation scheme for the carbon price floor and inclusion of the glass manufacturing industry in Annex II to the Certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012; and if he will make a statement.
       (205711)
26  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the competitiveness of the British glass, manufacturing, ceramics and mineral products industries of not being eligible for the compensation scheme for the carbon price floor; and whether he has discussed this issue with the European Commission.
       (205714)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
27  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Twitter accounts are run by his Department; how much his Department spends annually on (a) Twitter accounts and (b) all social media; and how many people in his Department are employed to work on social media.
       (206049)
28 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government offers non-executive directors of government-owned companies or arm's-length bodies independent legal advice if they believe a conflict of interest may arise if such advice is provided internally by government departments.
       (205557)
29 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who has received funding for organising the 2014 Big Society Awards; and if he will make a statement.
       (205555)
30 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects to hold the 2014 Big Society Awards; and if he will make a statement.
       (205556)
31  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205966)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
32  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost in salaries was for those officials in his Department employed in tackling tobacco smuggling (a) in total, (b) in detection, (c) in investigations and (d) on intelligence matters in each year since 2010-11.
       (206015)
33  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs has incurred in operating x-ray scanners to tackle tobacco smuggling in each year since 2010-11.
       (206016)
34  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in each year since 2010-11; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing that strategy in each such year; and how many such staff were engaged in (a) detection, (b) intelligence-gathering and analysis, (c) investigations and (d) the provision of legal advice.
       (206017)
35  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce the bureaucracy required to apply for a new mortgage.
       (205997)
36 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) cost to date and (b) expected total cost is of the litigation between HM Revenue and Customs and Rangers Football Club.
       (205620)
37 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in the level of fuel laundering and organised crime in border areas of Northern Ireland over the last five years..
       (205622)
38  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the success of steps taken to encourage and facilitate first time buyers and young people to get onto the property ladder.
       (205895)
39 N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs last issued revised non-binding estates strategies to Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited under 10.14 of the private finance initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
       (205617)
40 N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs will next carry out period monitoring and spot checks of Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited in respect of Mapeley STEPS Contractors Limited's compliance with its other obligations under 17.2 (c) of the private finance initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
       (205618)
41  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs last audited the (a) compliance and (b) performance of Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited in respect of the Five Year Plan under 17.1 (a) of the Private Finance Initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
       (205998)
42  
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults claim child tax credit for children not residing in the UK; and for how many children such UK child benefit is claimed.
       (205924)
43  
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what extra revenue HM Revenue and Customs has received since entry into force of the UK-Swiss Confederation Taxation Co-operation Agreement; and what discussions the Government is having with other jurisdictions on similar agreements on tax avoidance.
       (205846)
44 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people without a bank account in (a) Hounslow, (b) London and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
       (205275)
45  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will lower tax duty on cigarettes.
       (205907)
46 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes when an employer whom it has deemed to have underpaid the minimum wage absconds without repaying the money owed.
       (205524)
47 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what outstanding total of minimum wage arrears were unpaid because the employer had absconded in each of the last five years.
       (205525)
48 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has encountered employers suspected of underpaying the minimum wage who (a) falsified documents, (b) obstructed the investigation and (c) had previously been found on previous occasions by HMRC or by an employment tribunal, to have underpaid on a previous occasion in each of the last five financial years.
       (205612)
49 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-criminal financial penalties were issued by HM Revenue and Customs to employers for underpayment of the minimum wage in each of the last six financial years.
       (205613)
50 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were found by HM Revenue and Customs to have paid the minimum wage in each of the last six financial years.
       (205614)
51  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205980)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
52 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been made to his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 against landlords and letting agents by tenants in the private rented sector.
       (205528)
53 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of his £10 billion for housing guarantees schemes has now been paid to house builders; and how many homes have been completed.
       (205558)
54 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 118W, on housing construction, whether he anticipates that affordable housing starts will rise or fall in 2014-15 compared to 2013-14.
       (205552)
55 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 408W, on parking offences: CCTV, what proportion of (a) organisations and (b) individuals responding to his consultation on local authority parking (i) agreed with, (ii) did not agree with and (iii) expressed no view on the Government's intention to abolish the use of closed circuit television cameras for parking enforcment.
       (205553)
56 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new dwellings in England were built on previously developed land in each year since 2008.
       (205554)
57  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the administration costs of the proposed 2015 firefighters' pension scheme.
       (205713)
58  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the actuarial reduction for a firefighter who retires earlier than normal pension age under the proposed new pension scheme for firefighters is calculated from the state pension age and not the scheme's normal pension age.
       (205715)
59  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a formal valuation of the existing firefighters' pensions schemes has been carried out since the Government Actuary's Department published its formal valuation in 2009.
       (205716)
60  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the terms are of the firefighter pensions offer agreed by the Northern Ireland Executive.
       (205751)
61  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the suitability for other negotiations of the accrual rate for pension entitlement used within the offer agreed by the Northern Ireland Executive in negotiations on firefighter pensions.
       (205752)
62  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has tasked the National Board with setting guidelines on making decisions on ill-health retirement for firefighters.
       (205753)
63  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the annual administrative costs of the firefighters pension scheme 1992 and the new firefighters pension scheme 2006.
       (205754)
64  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government Actuary's Department has considered what accrual rate for the proposed 2015 firefighters' pension scheme would allow retirement at 55 without an actuarial reduction.
       (205755)
65  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Northern Ireland Executive’s offer to firefighters on pensions is cost neutral.
       (205937)
66 N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to assist Peterborough City Council and others in preventing incursion by travellers onto public land for the purpose of encampment; and if he will make a statement.
       (205587)
67  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205850)
68 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance is given by his Department on safety of havans in Hindu community, cultural and religious events and the compatibility of such instruments with existing fire regulations.
       (205132)
69  
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish his Department’s response to the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector and a summary of the views submitted in response to that consultation.
     [R] (205934)
70  
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research he has undertaken into the effects of the changes introduced in 2010 to Part F of the Building Regulations.
     [R] (205935)
71  
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department's review of the New Homes Bonus.
       (206022)
72  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions the Future High Streets Forum has met this year; and who has attended each such meeting.
       (206018)
73  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205967)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
74  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205851)
75  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the major auction houses on the sale of stolen antiquities from conflict areas and the links between the proceeds of such sales and the funding of terrorism.
       (205722)
76 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in upgrading fibre-optic broadband infrastructure in (a) Copeland and (b) other rural areas.
       (205697)
77  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games for participation in clay pigeon shooting in each region of the UK.
       (205768)
78  
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the broadband infrastructure for businesses in rural areas.
       (205773)
79  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205968)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
80 N
Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current trained strength is of the Army Reserve.
       (205592)
81  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his objectives are in negotiations with the Kenyan government on a memorandum of understanding for continued use of the Nanyuki training facility.
       (205893)
82 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to HM Government was of helping to deliver equipment to the Kajaki Dam project in Afghanistan.
       (205514)
83  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Twitter accounts are run by his Department; how much his Department spends annually on (a) Twitter accounts and (b) all social media; and how many people in his Department are employed to work on social media.
       (206050)
84  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation pay outs of what value have been issued by his Department on the grounds of personnel sustaining injuries through training in each year since 2010.
       (206065)
85  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of compensation payouts issued by his Department on the grounds of (a) structural damage to private property and (b) loss of livestock in each year since 2010; and what the highest such payment in each case has been.
       (206066)
86  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest monetary settlement his Department has paid out as a result of an industrial tribunal on the grounds of (a) unfair dismissal, (b) discrimination and (c) unfair deductions from pay in each year since 2010.
       (206067)
87  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid in compensation as a result of contractual disputes with suppliers in each year since 2010.
       (206068)
88  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid in compensation to victims of road traffic accidents in each year since 2010.
       (206069)
89  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of payouts has been in each year since 2010 to forces personnel and veterans on the grounds of physical injuries.
       (206070)
90  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of payouts under the Armed Forces Pensions Scheme to forces personnel and veterans on the grounds of physical injuries has been in each year since 2010.
       (206071)
91  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of payouts under the Armed Forces Pensions Scheme to forces personnel and veterans on the grounds of mental ill health has been in each year since 2010.
       (206072)
92  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of pay outs under the War Pensions Scheme to forces personnel and veterans on the grounds of mental ill health has been in each year since 2010.
       (206073)
93  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been brought forward under the (a) Armed Forces Pension Scheme and (b) War Pensions Scheme in each year since 2010.
       (206074)
94  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) compulsory and (b) voluntary redundancies have been issued to employees of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in each year since 2010.
       (206075)
95  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of payouts to armed forces veterans and their families under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme as a result of service in Afghanistan has been in each year since 2010.
       (206076)
96  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of payouts to armed forces veterans and their families under the War Pensions Scheme as a result of service in Afghanistan has been in each year since 2010.
       (206077)
97  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of payouts to armed forces veterans and their families under the War Pensions Scheme has been in each year since 2010.
       (206078)
98  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of payouts to armed forces veterans and their families under the Armed Forces Pension scheme has been in each year since 2010.
       (206079)
99  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been submitted to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme in each year since 2010.
       (206080)
100  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been submitted to the War Pensions Scheme in each year since 2010.
       (206081)
101  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken to process settlements for the War Pensions Scheme has been in each year since 2010.
       (206082)
102  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken to process settlements for the Armed Forces Pension Scheme has been in each year since 2010.
       (206083)
103  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average (a) individual payout and (b) individual financial settlement under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme has been in each year since 2010.
       (206084)
104  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average average (a) individual payout and (b) individual financial settlement under the War Pension Scheme has been in each year since 2010.
       (206085)
105  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel of each rank there were in the Royal Air Force in each year since 2010.
       (206086)
106  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel of each rank there were in the Army in each year since 2010.
       (206087)
107  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel of each rank there were in the Royal Navy in each year since 2010.
       (206088)
108  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will it cost his Department to keep Sentinel aircraft in service in each year until 2018
       (206089)
109  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the E-Scan radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft (a) was originally expected to come into use and (b) is now expected to come into use.
       (206090)
110  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when it was decided that his Department would maintain the use of the Sentinel aircraft until 2018; and what the reasons were for this decision.
       (206091)
111  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Special Forces personnel there were in each regiment in each year since 2010.
       (206092)
112  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release from the Prime Minister's Office of 14 July 2014, entitled PM announces £1.1 billion investment in capabilities for the armed forces, whether this amount will be sourced from departmental underspends.
       (206098)
113  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on renting the use of HMS Protector for each year since 2011.
       (206099)
114  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release from the Prime Minister's Office of 14 July 2014, entitled PM announces £1.1 billion investment in capabilities for the armed forces, how much he plans to invest in unmanned future combat air systems.
       (206101)
115  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205852)
116 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long HMS Protector was leased; and what the cost was of that lease.
       (205665)
117 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where HMS Protector was built; and what the cost was of her purchase.
       (205666)
118 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement on 14 July 2014 of £1.1 billion investment in the armed forces, what proportion of that investment will be spent on E-Scan radar for Typhoon; how many units of that radar will be purchased; and when they will be installed on the aircraft.
       (205667)
119  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that service personnel are effectively reintegrated into society following active service duty.
       (205910)
120  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to lay before the House a Statutory Instrument to reflect the establishment of the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees; and if he will make statement.
       (205921)
121 N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the NATO definition of defence expenditure.
       (205677)
122 N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's returns to the annual United Nations Report on Military Expenditure in each of the last 15 years.
       (205678)
123 N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's returns to the annual NATO defence expenditure survey for each of the last 15 years.
       (205679)
124 N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions are in place in relation to the operation of Lightning II aircraft in or near lightning.
       (205680)
125 N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Lightning II's Onboard Inert Gas Generation System to be certified.
       (205681)
126  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205969)
127  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was by each arm of the Armed Forces to make serving personnel available to the civilian police in connection with criminal investigations in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many approaches the civilian police have made to the Armed Forces for access to serving personnel in relation to indictable offences.
       (205983)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
128 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to confirm the level of extra funding for 2015-16 that will be allocated as a consequence of her consultation on fairer school funding earlier in 2014.
       (205589)
129 N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what figures her Department holds on total local authority spending on school travel in each of the last five years, including the amount spent on (a) discretionary services, (b) statutory services and (c) travel for SEN and other eligible groups.
       (205536)
130 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to decide on the new sponsorship for University Academy Birkenhead.
       (205705)
131  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether IGCSE qualifications will be included in 14 to 16 school performance tables after 2016.
       (205843)
132 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will publish the experimental data for the 16 to 19 2012-13 performance tables.
       (205517)
133  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205854)
134  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential value of the Careers Lab programme and the recommendations of its recent report Inspiring the Next Generation to her Department’s skills policy.
       (205923)
135  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to ensure staff at free schools receive appropriate levels of background check.
       (205878)
136  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that parents of disruptive children are made fully aware of their child’s bad behaviour.
       (205879)
137  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote alternatives to university to young people.
       (205881)
138  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools promote British values.
       (205909)
139  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that schools teach pupils the importance of participating within the democratic process.
       (205920)
140  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding Crawley constituency will receive through the pupil premium in the financial year 2014-15.
       (205712)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
141 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of purchasing and installing smart meters in homes; and how it is intended that the costs will be recouped.
       (205512)
142 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the compulsory installation of smart meters by homeowners.
       (205513)
143 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who is responsible for the cost of repairing or replacing smart meters which develop faults (a) less than 12 months and (b) more than 12 months after installation.
       (205538)
144 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether smart meters will be connected to the internet; and what steps have been taken to ensure that they cannot be hacked into.
       (205611)
145 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from the solar industry and project investors about the commercial impact of the 13 May grace period proposals set out in the consultation on changes to financial support for solar photovoltaic; and if he will make a statement.
       (205693)
146 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost of claims pursuant to his Department's Feed-in Tariffs consultation launched in October 2011; and if he will make a statement.
       (205700)
147 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the Levy Control Framework saving per year delivered by closing the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar PV in 2015.
       (205703)
148 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis is for the statement in his Department’s Consultation on changes to financial support for solar PV that large-scale solar PV poses a substantial risk to managing the Levy Control Framework budget.
       (205704)
149  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 304W, on the Green Deal Scheme, whether the £450 million of financial support for domestic installation of energy efficiency measures announced in the Autumn Statement in December 2013 is in addition to (a) the £125 million allocated to the Green Deal Cashback Scheme announced in January 2013 and (b) the £200 million allocated to the Green Deal Programme in November 2011.
       (205957)
150  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 304W, on the Green Deal Scheme, if he will make it his policy that no household receives more in money back under the Green Deal Home Improvements Fund than the cost of the installation of the energy efficiency measures.
       (205958)
151  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 536W, on the Green Deal Scheme, how much of the £200 million announced in November 2011 has (a) been spent, (b) been allocated for expenditure and (c) not yet been allocated for expenditure.
       (205959)
152  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on housing energy, what programmes, projects and policies were funded under the financial support allocated to the Green Deal Programme in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
       (205960)
153  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on housing: energy, how much of the financial support allocated to the Green Deal Programme in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 was spent in each year.
       (205961)
154  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 304W, on the Green Deal Scheme, how many households have received money from the Green Deal Home Improvements Fund to date.
       (205962)
155  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 304W, on the Green Deal Scheme, what the average amount paid has been to households under the Green Deal Home Improvements Fund to date.
       (205963)
156  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 304W, on the green deal scheme, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of energy efficiency improvements for households that have received money back under the green deal home improvements fund.
       (206000)
157  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) safety and (b) security events were reported to him by the Office for Nuclear Regulation in each 12 month period since May 2010; and what action was taken to correct the problems highlighted in each such case.
       (205875)
158 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the volume of water required in shale gas extraction for (a) a single hydraulic fracture and (b) over the course of a well's lifetime.
       (205583)
159 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost of installing (a) an electricity smart meter, (b) a gas smart meter, (c) an electricity advanced meter, (d) a gas advanced meter, (e) electricity smart-type meters and (f) gas smart-type meters in (i) domestic properties and (ii) small non-domestic properties.
       (205585)
160 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment the Committee on Climate Change has made of the economic costs and benefits of mitigating emissions in Northern Ireland.
       (205519)
161 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount of large-scale solar PV to be deployed in 2015-16.
       (205510)
162 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total cost to consumers over the next 25 years of contract for difference and renewables obligation levy payments for (a) new nuclear, (b) offshore wind, (c) onshore wind, (d) hydro and (e) large-scale solar PV.
       (205511)
163 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will next review the 2.4-4GWp range for large-scale deployment of solar PV to 2020-21 indicated in the Electricity Market Reform delivery plan: solar PV and other technology feed-in tariffs up to 50 kWp; and if he will make a statement.
       (205560)
164  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason a Renewable Obligation Certificate banding review for cuts to the large-scale PV Renewable Obligation band in 2015 and 2016 was ruled out as an option in the recent Renewables Obligation consultation.
       (205719)
165  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to deliver the Government's aim of 20 GWp of solar PV by 2020.
       (205720)
166  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the additional solar PV expected to be deployed to 2020-21 as a result of the measures proposed in the latest feed-in tariff consultation.
       (205721)
167  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total amount of Levy Control Framework budget spent on the Renewables Obligation in 2013-14; and what his forecast is for Renewables Obligation spend in 2014-15.
       (205847)
168  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of National Audit Office analysis indicating that £29 million will be available for Contracts for Difference contracts in 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
       (205848)
169  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the Levy Control Framework budget from closure of the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar from April 2015; what that saving is as a proportion of that budget in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020; and if he will make a statement.
       (205849)
170 N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many installed smart meters do not meet the SMETS 2 standard and will need to be replaced by the 2020 rollout deadline.
       (205576)
171 N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people have received vouchers under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.
       (205577)
172 N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what sanctions suppliers will face if their smart prepayment meters are not ready by the deadline.
       (205578)
173 N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the highest amount is that suppliers can charge an individual customer to recover the cost of installing a smart meter.
       (205579)
174  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205970)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
175 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on increased numbers of infestations of rats in a domestic setting; and if she will make a statement.
       (205590)
176 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the number of water treatment facilities in the UK capable of processing waste water from shale gas extraction; and what the (a) name, (b) location and (c) capacity is of each such site.
       (205582)
177 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the concentration of methane in groundwater in mg/l in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
       (205586)
178 N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 178W, on food supply networks review, and with reference to the statement in the terms of reference for the Elliot review published on 4 June 2013 that the final report of that review would be published in Spring 2014, for what reasons that final review has not been published.
       (205615)
179  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on future-proofing UK and EU standards of consumer and worker protection, animal welfare and environmental sustainability following the conclusion of those negotiations.
       (205724)
180  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on pork and other meats treated with lactic acid and other organic washes entering the UK food-chain; and if she will make a statement.
       (205725)
181  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on meat and dairy products derived from cloned animals in the UK food-chain; and if she will make a statement.
       (205726)
182  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on meat containing ractopamine entering the UK food-chain; and if she will make a statement.
       (205727)
183  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on labelling of products containing GM in the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
       (205728)
184  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on food procurement rules and the ability of the Government to stipulate conditions on procurement which recognise local and regional food and the economic and other benefits of sourcing local and regional food for public procurement; and if she will make a statement.
       (205729)
185  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether measures to achieve regulatory convergence under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership may lead to a lower standard of food production in the UK in respect of (a) food safety, (b) food labelling and transparency, (c) animal welfare, (d) worker protections and (e) consumer protections; and if she will make a statement.
       (205730)
186  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on poultry treated with hyper-chlorinated water entering the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
       (205731)
187  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on meat treated with antibiotics as growth promoters entering the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
       (205732)
188  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on any weakening of farm animal welfare provisions in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
       (205733)
189  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of the CAP reforms on farmers.
       (205877)
190  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department's study to determine whether cage-based breeding can meet the needs of game birds, reference AW1303 has made; what the cost of that study was; and for what reason the findings of that study have not been published.
       (206013)
191 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 727W, on Bovine Tuberculosis, whether planned further research into the use of carbon monoxide as a potential sett-based means of humane culling will be conducted on live badgers.
       (205453)
192  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to simplify existing environmental, marine and agricultural regulations.
       (205985)
193  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the success of steps taken to meet the 2013 and 2020 EU Landfill Directive.
       (205986)
194  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to restore upland peat sites.
       (205987)
195  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to implement the commitments contained in the white paper, The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature published in 2011.
       (206012)
196  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the (a) British Association for Shooting and Conservation and (b) Countryside Alliance on Larsen traps for the control of corvids.
       (205767)
197  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent estimate is of the UK population of each species of bumble bee; and what steps she is taking to increase the numbers.
       (205771)
198  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to maintain the natural balance of numbers of birds of prey, foxes, magpies, grey-back crows and badgers.
       (205772)
199  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by her Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205971)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
200  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chinese counterpart on the health and whereabouts of human rights' lawyer Mr Gao Zhisheng following his further detention by Chinese authorities.
       (205837)
201 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Burmese authorities the arrest and sentencing to 10 years hard labour of journalists in that country.
       (205641)
202 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of recent changes in the Burmese authorities' attitude to freedom of expression.
       (205642)
203  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage freedom of religion in Burma and other South-East Asian countries.
       (205891)
204  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what level of assistance his Department has provided to rebels in Syria; what form such support has taken; and what steps he is taking to prevent its misuse.
       (205892)
205  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support religious tolerance of Christians in India.
       (205995)
206  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other NATO member states on the Middle East.
       (205996)
207  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reasons why Hamas has orchestrated the firing of rockets at Israel.
       (206036)
208  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to substantiate allegations made by Hamas in Gaza that Israel has attacked water wells, water purification plants and sewage treatment plants in Gaza.
       (206037)
209  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the opening of the airport on St Helena does not lead to the development of child sex tourism in that territory.
       (205829)
210  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department has received about allegations of child abuse and police corruption on St Helena since May 2010; when that information was received; and what steps his Department took in response to that information.
       (205830)
211  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Governor of St Helena has received about allegations of child abuse and police corruption in that territory since May 2010; when that information was received; and what steps the Governor took in response to that information.
       (205831)
212  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to tackle offences of child abuse on St Helena.
       (205832)
213  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Twitter accounts are run by his Department; how much his Department spends annually on (a) Twitter accounts and (b) all social media; and how many people in his Department are employed to work on social media.
       (206051)
214  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the newly elected President of the Syrian National Council.
       (205844)
215  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the sale on stolen antiquities to fund violent conflict and terrorism in Iraq.
       (205749)
216  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Sotheby’s Auction House on the sale of conflict antiquities in the UK domestic marketplace.
       (205839)
217  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will bring forward legislation to outlaw the sale of stolen conflict antiquities in the UK.
       (205840)
218  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the theft of antiquities by ISIS and their sale in the international arts market.
       (205842)
219 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the report by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the number of casualties among young people and other civilians during the recent Israeli military operation in Gaza.
       (205657)
220 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the number of Palestinian civilian casualties during the recent Israeli military operation in Gaza.
       (205663)
221  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consular assistance is available to British nationals travelling to and around North Korea.
       (205908)
222  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce tension in the on-going conflict between Israel and Palestine.
       (205911)
223  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on steps to tackle Islamic extremism in Europe.
       (205913)
224  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political stability of Egypt.
       (205914)
225  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Crimea is still internationally recognised as part of the Ukraine.
       (205915)
226  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the importance of the sustainability of the British Overseas Territories.
       (205916)
227  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect biodiversity on the Pitcairn Islands.
       (205917)
228  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Ukraine.
       (205919)
229  
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made about human rights and the humanitarian situation in Kashmir in the last year.
       (205717)
230  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205972)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
231  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS England's specialised commissioning taskforce intends to incorporate work submitted by (a) clinical reference groups and (b) other stakeholders in response to its requests for A3 change proposals to inform the development of its five year strategy for specialised services; and if he will make a statement.
       (205757)
232  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress NHS England has made on development of the (a) mission and vision and (b) service-level planning elements of its five year strategy for specialised services; when publication of that strategy is expected; and if he will make a statement.
       (205758)
233  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England plans to publish its five year strategy for specialised services; and if he will make a statement.
       (205759)
234  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS England evaluates service specific A3 change proposals for its five-year strategy development for specialised services; when authors of those proposals will learn the outcomes of their proposals; and if he will make a statement.
       (205760)
235  
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many repeat abortions were performed on women aged (a) 25 to 30, (b) 30 to 35, (c) 35 to 40, (d) 40 to 45 and (e) 45 years and over by gestation in weeks; and how many abortions those women had previously undergone.
       (205990)
236  
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's publication, Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2013, published in June 2014, which method of stopping the fetal heart besides feticide is referred to in paragraph 2.25.
       (205991)
237  
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women who underwent an abortion in 2013 had previously had an ectopic pregnancy.
       (205992)
238  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations were approached by his Department to join the Responsibility Deal; which such organisations rejected joining the Deal; and what the reasons were for each such rejection.
       (206053)
239  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for midwives on foetal alcohol syndrome.
       (206054)
240  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer on 21 November 2013, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities currently employing acting or interim directors of public health; and what steps he is taking to fill such posts on a more permanent basis.
       (206055)
241  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the amount that the NHS would have saved if the anti-coagulant drug Heparin were used instead of Bivalirudin during cardiac procedures in each year since 2010.
       (206057)
242  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of the anti-coagulant drug Bivalirudin.
       (206058)
243  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports his Department has received of ground C abortions which were permitted for reasons of fetal gender in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
       (206102)
244 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in achieving a sustained downward trend in excess weight in children by 2020.
       (205534)
245 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what form the engagement announced by NHS England on 9 May 2014 at the launch of its specialised commissioning taskforce will take.
       (205535)
246 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 700W, on cancer, what steps he is taking to analyse progress made in achieving the ambition of preventing 5,000 avoidable premature deaths a year by 2014-15 as set out in Improving Outcomes: a Strategy for Cancer.
       (205647)
247 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to reduce the proportion of people with cancer who are diagnosed via an emergency route.
       (205648)
248 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's publication, Improving Outcomes: a Strategy for Cancer, what steps (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) clinical commissioning groups plan to take to ensure that all cancer patients are treated with the highest levels of dignity and respect.
       (205649)
249 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many families are awaiting a decision for continuing healthcare funding where it is claimed that the application applies to an unassessed period of care; and if he will make a statement.
       (205581)
250  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to report to hon Members on the steps he is taking to ensure the continued quality and availability of assistive technology.
       (205835)
251  
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the new Single Operating Model for investigating mental health homicides for the NHS in England will become operational.
       (205925)
252  
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue new guidance to NHS Trusts on the timely provision of information to victims’ families following a mental health homicide.
       (205926)
253  
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS bodies in assisting the families of those killed by people suffering from mental illness.
       (206063)
254 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether officials from his Department consulted their counterparts in the devolved administrations on the contents of the recent publication: Visitor and Migrant NHS Cost Recovery Programme - Implementation Plan.
       (205559)
255 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the report by the King's Fund of May 2014, entitled The NHS Productivity Challenge and its estimate of a £30 billion finding gap for the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
       (205509)
256  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of the beds and what propotion of the facilities planned under the 3Ts redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital are planned to be used by private patients; and if he will make a statement.
       (206060)
257  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) estates maintenance for the Royal Sussex County Hospital remains in-house following the 3Ts redevelopment and (b) (i) catering, (ii) portering, (iii) cleaning and (iv) other soft ancillary services currently outsourced to Sodexo are brought in-house at the end of its contract in 2017 and remain in-house under the redeveloped hospital; and if he will make a statement.
       (206061)
258  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent NHS England is obliged to follow guidance issued by Monitor.
       (205780)
259  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason none of the £42 million his Department has made available for increasing the use of radiotherapy is to be spent on treating cancer patients with Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy this year.
       (205834)
260  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with Transport for London the installation of hand sanitisers on London Underground trains and platforms.
       (205750)
261  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with medical authorities on the use of botox as a painkiller; and whether it is used as such in the NHS.
       (205769)
262  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage parents to prevent the consumption of alcohol by children; and what steps are being taken by schools to assist this prevention work.
       (205770)
263  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department gathers on the number of patients with diabetes who are admitted to hospital each month as a result of a hypoglycaemic episode; and what estimate has been made of the overall cost of hypoglycaemia to the NHS.
       (205903)
264  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the NHS budget allocated to (a) diabetes, (b) cancer, (c) dementia and (d) cardiovascular disease.
       (205929)
265  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England plan to take to reduce premature mortality from respiratory disease.
       (205718)
266  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205973)
267  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust's submission on a new hospital at Wynyard has been considered by his Department.
       (205709)
268  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to make a decision on the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust's submission on a new hospital at Wynyard.
       (205710)
269  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to make a decision on the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust's submission on a new hospital at Wynyard.
       (205723)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
270  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on its tackling tobacco smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
       (206014)
271  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take additional steps to tackle human trafficking within the UK’s borders.
       (205994)
272  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were recorded in Wales in 2013; and how many such infringements led to a prosecution.
       (205734)
273  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i) birds, (j) amphibians, (k) reptiles, (l) fish, (m) cats, (n) dogs, (o) New World primates and (p) Old World primates in 2013; and how many such procedures involved (i) genetically modified animals and (ii) animals with harmful genetic defects.
       (205735)
274  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2013 were performed in (a) public health laboratories, (b) universities and medical schools, (c) NHS hospitals, (d) government departments, (e) other public bodies, (f) non-profit making organisations and (g) commercial organisations.
       (205736)
275  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2013 were carried out for (a) fundamental and applied studies other than toxicity and (b) toxicity tests or other safety and efficacy evaluation.
       (205737)
276  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) genetically-modified animals and (b) animals with a harmful genetic defect were used in regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2013.
       (205738)
277  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales was in the (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity banding at the end of 2013.
       (205739)
278  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences were granted under the Animals (Scientific Pocedures) Act 1986 in Wales in 2013; and how many such licences were in force at the end of 2013 in respect of work to be carried out in Wales.
       (205740)
279  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of procedures regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, which were carried out in Wales, was conducted without anaesthesia in 2013.
       (205741)
280  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places in Wales were designated as a (a) supplying establishment, (b) breeding establishment and (c) scientific procedure establishment under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at the end of 2013.
       (205742)
281  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were used in regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales in 2013.
       (205743)
282  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures were carried out under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales in 2013.
       (205744)
283 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on compensating people who have suffered financial loss as a result of delays by HM Passport Office; and how much compensation her Department expects to pay in such fashion.
       (205515)
284 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department will apply to compensating individuals who have experienced financial loss following recent delays by HM Passport Office delays.
       (205516)
285  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visits by UK police officers in an official capacity to St Helena have taken place since May 2010; what the purpose and cost was of each such visit; and whether the full costs of each visit were met by her Department.
       (205833)
286 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual salary is of the Chief Executive of the Disclosure and Barring Service; what element of that salary is performance-related; and what assessment she has made of the performance of the management team at the disclosure and barring service in the last three years.
       (205540)
287 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where in the public domain the Northern Regional Health Authority report of October 1988 entitled, Action Taken Following the Report of the Judicial Inquiry into Child Abuse in Cleveland may be found; if she will place a copy of this document in the Library; and if she will make a statement.
       (205539)
288 N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that the review by Peter Wanless will include any actions or discussions of government departments other than the Home Office in respect of the handling of the Geoffrey Dickens files.
       (205645)
289 N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds any information indicating that the Geoffrey Dickens files were shared with or seen by any other government department.
       (205646)
290  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime on a global response to the sale of stolen antiquities to fund terrorism.
       (205748)
291  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department gives to police on ensuring that children whose parents have been arrested and detained are taken care of in the interim.
       (205880)
292  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to ensure adults living with children are made aware of convicted sex offenders moving within a close proximity to their residence.
       (205904)
293  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to the police to ensure that riots are stopped as quickly as possible.
       (205905)
294  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect civil liberties whilst tackling Islamic extremism across the UK.
       (205912)
295  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by her Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205974)
296  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications are presently deferred or on hold awaiting the outcome of the legal action in respect of the financial requirement that is presently before the courts.
       (205896)
297  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was for a spouse visa appeal to be heard from the time of being refused to a decision by the tribunal in each of the last five years.
       (205897)
298  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was for a decision on a visa application in each category in (a) Mumbai and (b) Islamabad in the most recent period for which figures are available.
       (205898)
299  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was from a visa appeal being granted at tribunal to the post issuing the visa in (a) Mumbai and (b) Islamabad in the most recent period for which figures are available.
       (205899)
300  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by her Department on legal representation and court costs in respect of action over the financial requirement.
       (205900)
301  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce service standards and set processing time limits for visa applications made at overseas posts.
       (205901)
302  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process the civilian police must follow when attempting to arrest, summons or charge a serving member of the armed forces in connection with indictable offences.
       (205902)
303  
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving military personnel have been arrested and charged with indictable offences by civilian police forces in each of the last five years.
       (205984)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
304  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Southend West of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 459W, on Developing Countries: Abortion, whether the Government's efforts to prevent sex-selective abortion includes investigating organisations that do not recognise the illegality of sex-selection abortion and may be performing such operations under the mistaken belief that they are legal.
       (206100)
305 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will takes steps to adapt her Department's budget to favour Commonwealth countries.
       (205529)
306  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Twitter accounts are run by her Department; how much her Department spends annually on (a) Twitter accounts and (b) all social media; and how many people in her Department are employed to work on social media.
       (206052)
307  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205855)
308 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion of universal health coverage in the goal on health in the Sustainable Development Goals.
       (205607)
309 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report of the High Level panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, what steps she is taking to ensure that the pledge to leave no-one behind is effectively translated into the target language of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.
       (205608)
310 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a standalone goal on climate change, in addition to targets on environmental sustainability integrated across the framework, accompanied by a measure to keep the rise in global temperatures at 2ºC on pre-industrialisation levels.
       (205609)
311 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a target on reducing the number of people living on less than $2 a day under the goal on poverty.
       (205610)
312  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on the VSO ICS programme in each year since 2010.
       (205906)
313  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK aid spending is used in the manner intended.
       (205922)
314  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by her Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205975)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
315  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
       (205779)
316 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female born prisoners have self-declared transgender status since 2011.
       (205537)
317 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male born prisoners have self-declared transgender status since January 2011.
       (205542)
318 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 396W, on prisons: business, what criteria each prison has to meet to be considered to have achieved Steady State.
       (205505)
319 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how old the oldest prison inmate in England and Wales is.
       (205506)
320 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison inmates are aged (a) between 60 and 65, (b) between 66 and 70, (c) between 71 and 75, (d) between 76 and 80 and (e) over 80 years.
       (205507)
321 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total (a) population and (b) usable operational capacity in the adult male secure estate was in each month since August 2013.
       (205508)
322 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraphs 68 and 69 of the National Framework on Staff Transfer and Protections - Staff Assignment Process - Guidance on the Application of the Sifting Criteria published in November 2013 for the Transforming Rehabilitation programme referring to the random assignment of staff, how many probation trusts used a random assignment method; which methods of random assignment were used; and how many staff were affected in each of the trusts using a random assignment method.
       (205541)
323  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205856)
324 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was of sex offenders categorised as very high risk in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
       (205588)
325 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was of sex offenders categorised as high risk in England and Wales, by police force area, in each of the last five years.
       (205619)
326 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was of all offenders in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
       (205706)
327 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for sex offenders in England and Wales by police force area in each of the last five years.
       (205707)
328 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunals have taken place relating to under-payment of the minimum wage in (a) 2013-14 and (b) each of the previous five financial years; and how many such tribunals found in favour of the employee.
       (205523)
329  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205976)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
330  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much land her Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
       (205776)
331  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Electoral Office on steps to ensure that the election count process for European and other elections held in Northern Ireland is faster and more efficient.
       (205894)
332 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff were employed by the Parades Commission on 1 July 2014.
       (205520)
333 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff were employed at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on 1 July 2014.
       (205591)
334  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the level of political stability in Northern Ireland.
       (205918)
335  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by her Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205977)
Questions to the Prime Minister
336  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he received on the decision to give permission to the Russian company Rosoboronexport to exhibit its military technology at the Farnborough International Air show in July 2014.
       (205928)
Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
337  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many employees of the National Audit Office, broken down by grade, have remained at the same grade since 2010 and in that period received pay rises.
       (205745)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
338  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
       (205777)
339  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205858)
340  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205978)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
341  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many employees of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, broken down by grade, have remained at the same grade since 2010 and in that period received pay rises.
       (205746)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
342  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many employees of the Commission, of each grade, have remained at the same grade since 2010 and in that period received pay rises.
       (205747)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
343 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has paid to First Bus, its subsidiaries or companies where First Bus has an ownership stake for the provision of rail replacement bus services in each train operating company area during disruption caused during the recent winter storms.
       (205526)
344 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has paid to First Bus, its subsidiaries or companies where First Bus has an ownership stake for the provision of rail replacement bus services in each train operating company area.
       (205527)
345 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the Part 2 report of the Triennial Review of the British Transport Police Authority.
       (205580)
346 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on concessionary travel in Warrington in each year since 2008-09.
       (205522)
347  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205859)
348  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on rail journeys in (a) Wales and (b) the North West of the upgrade of the Halton Curve.
       (205930)
349  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what works will be undertaken as part of the upgrade of the Halton Curve.
       (205931)
350  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timescale the upgrade of the Halton Curve will follow.
       (205932)
351  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) Secretary of State for Wales on improving rail connectivity with north Wales utilising the Halton Curve.
       (205933)
352 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the definition of 'incidents' on page 18 of the report Sky lanterns and helium baloons, published by his Department in May 2013, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Maritime Coastguard Agency of such incidents in 2013.
       (205658)
353 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Maritime Coastguard Agency on (a) initiatives to increase public awareness of the effects sky lanterns can have on coastguard services and (b) what action can be taken to discourage the use of red sky lanterns.
       (205659)
354 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Coastguard service of the conclusions in the report Sky lanterns and helium balloons, published by his Department in May 2013.
       (205660)
355 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Maritime Coastguard Agency about the effect of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.
       (205661)
356 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the definition of 'incidents' on page 18 of the report Sky lanterns and helium balloons, published by his Department in May 2013, how many such incidents were caused by sky lanterns in 2013.
       (205662)
357 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected passenger numbers are for the Northern and TransPennine franchises for (a) 2014 and (b) each of the next five years.
       (205694)
358 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to introduce smart ticketing for rail services in the North of England.
       (205695)
359 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to (a) close and (b) reduce the opening hours of station ticket offices on the Cumbrian Coast railway line.
       (205698)
360 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to introduce driver-only operation on trains on the Cumbrian Coast railway line in the new Northern franchise.
       (205699)
361  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205979)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
362  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
       (205778)
363  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205860)
364  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205981)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
365  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the auditing by accountancy firms of their appointment of women to their boards.
       (206056)
366  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205841)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
367 N
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for independence payments submitted by people in (a) England, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Barnsley and (d) Barnsley East constituency have taken longer than 11 weeks to be determined.
       (205518)
368 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the most recent information on the amount of time taken by (a) Atos and (b) Capita to process claims for disability benefits in different regions and constituency parts of the UK.
       (205640)
369 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation his Department has conducted of effects of changes made to the Access to Work scheme since 2010.
       (205551)
370 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency were in receipt of pension credit in each year from 2008-09.
       (205521)
371  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
       (205861)
372 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the purpose was of his visit to Wrexham Benefit Centre on 7 July 2014.
       (205530)
373  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to promote the use of IT facilities in public libraries by participants in the Work Programme for job search and preparation; and if he will make a statement.
       (205781)
374 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of universal claimants who will be self-employed once universal credit is fully rolled out.
       (205692)
375  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people out of work suffer from (a) mental health disorder and (b) depression; and what proportion of them have been treated with (i) anti depressants, (ii) talking therapies and (iii) mindfulness.
       (205845)
376 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he or his Ministerial colleagues have had with the Department for Education about the prevalence of asbestos in schools.
       (205638)
377 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Work Programme for young black men.
       (205639)
378 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit since April 2013 have been referred to the Work Programme.
       (205696)
379 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for officials to canvass customer feedback from Work Programme participants; and if he will make a statement.
       (205701)
380 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 to 24 years olds were referred by Jobcentre Plus to the Movement to Work initiative in 2013.
       (205702)
381  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 722W, on conditions of employment, whether current guidelines allow claimants through Jobcentre Plus to be found zero-hours contract jobs which include exclusivity clauses.
       (206038)
382  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
       (205982)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
383  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Deputy Prime Minister's Office paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
   [Transferred]   (205853)
384  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much No. 10 Downing Street paid to (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 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
   [Transferred]   (205857)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
385  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that pay day loan companies are restricted from deliberately intimidating their customers.
   [Transferred]   (205836)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
386  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the UK’s performance towards the targets in the Kyoto protocol on emission reduction targets between 2008 and 2012.
   [Transferred]   (205988)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
387  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 624W, on Floods: Business, how many Repair and Renewal Grant applications have been (a) received and (b) processed.
   [Transferred]   (206039)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
388  
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, With reference to the findings of his Department’s Abortion Statistics 2013, published in June 2014, paragraph 2.4, that 81 per cent of abortions in that year were carried out for single women, if he will take steps to reduce the abortion rate by encouraging couples to stay together.
   [Transferred]   (205993)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
389  
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend victims’ rights to victims of mentally disordered offenders to be more comparable with those rights afforded to victims in the criminal justice system.
   [Transferred]   (205927)
           

Prepared 17th July 2014