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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 1 September 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 1 September 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 1 September 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.

Monday 1 September  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Attorney General, if he will review the Law Officers' Departments departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206681)
2  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 184W, on consultants, who the consultants were; what they were contracted to do; and how much each was paid.
      (206676)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of recipients of (a) grants or (b) loans underwritten by the Government were female in the last five years.
      (206822)
4  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what requirements there are for delivery partners to monitor the gender of (a) applicants for and (b) recipients of government-backed (i) grants and (ii) loan schemes.
      (206824)
5  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of applicants for (a) grants or (b) loans underwritten by the Government were female in the last five years.
      (206825)
6 N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 11 December 2013, Official Report, column 247W, on students: loans, how many complaints (a) he and (b) the Office of Fair Trading has received about changes to the conditions of student loans sold to Erudio Student Loans Limited for loan holders (i) nationally and (ii) in Greater Manchester; what steps he has taken to remind Erudio of its responsibility to uphold the original conditions of the loan; what guidance he has issued to purchasers of the student loan book on how student loans impact credit ratings; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that guidance.
      (206948)
7  
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to make a decision about future funding of students and recognition of courses at the 23 private colleges which it suspended from recruiting further students in November 2014.
      (207043)
8  
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued to the 23 private colleges which it suspended from recruiting further students in November 2013 on their ability to advertise and recruit students to commence courses in September 2014.
      (207044)
9  
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to widen access to and inclusion in further and higher education for mature, disadvantaged and other harder to reach students.
      (207045)
10  
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what allowance his Department makes for the proportion of mature, disadvantage and harder to reach students any college has on its student rolls when assessing the adequacy of the college's student attendance rates.
      (207046)
11  
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has for increasing the role of private colleges in provision of further and higher education; and if he will make a statement.
      (207047)
12  
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any official in his Department amended, or caused to be amended, the report of the Internal Audit Investigation Team which visited the London School of Science and Technology between 30 June and 2 July 2014; who made such amendments; and what amendments were so made.
      (207048)
13  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students at schools in (a) Preston constituency and (b) each other constituency in Lancashire applied for higher education places in each of the last five years.
      (206749)
14  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206680)
15 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the decision was taken to set the limit the public offering of Royal Mail shares to those applying for shares of a value of less than £10,000.
      (206646)
16 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date banks were informed of the decision to limit Royal Mail shares to people applying for shares of a value less than £10,000.
      (206647)
17  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on mutually-recognised standards in financial services as part of negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
      (206894)
18  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between financial sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206895)
19  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between agricultural sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206896)
20  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between pharmaceutical sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206897)
21  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between chemical sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206898)
22  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between manufacturing sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206899)
23  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between energy sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206900)
24  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between insurance sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206901)
25  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
      (206910)
26  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumers of the inclusion of an investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
      (206911)
27  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with trades unions on the inclusion of an investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
      (206913)
28  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with consumer groups on the inclusion of an investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
      (206914)
29  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with health campaigners on the inclusion of an investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
      (206915)
30  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with environmental campaigners on the inclusion of an investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
      (206916)
31  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether cross-border use of personal data is being discussed as part of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
      (206920)
32  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which existing regulations will not be part of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
      (206921)
33  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether negotiators are discussing (a) the harmonisation of standards between the EU and US and (b) mutual recognition of standards between the EU and US in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
      (206922)
34  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will give a formal response to the report published by LSE Enterprise entitled, Costs and Benefits of an EU-US Investment Protection Treaty.
      (206923)
35  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the rigorousness of the US judicial system towards business; and under what circumstances he would support a dispute settlement mechanism being included in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
      (206924)
36  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will give hon. Members access to the draft text of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
      (206925)
37  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the total funds allocated via intermediaries as part of the Regional Growth Fund have been drawn down in each round and was allocated via intermediaries to date.
      (206774)
38  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value is of funds not yet drawn down by winning bidders in each round of the Regional Growth Fund including the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund in each region.
      (206775)
39  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assurances the Government sought from (a) its financial adviser and (b) the syndicate of banks in advance of the privatisation of Royal Mail.
      (206785)
40 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's Major Projects Portfolio September 2013, published on 23 May 2014, if he will place in the Library the lessons learned document in respect of the Royal Mail sale of shares.
      (206815)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
41 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in household debt between 6 May 2010 and 27 June 2014.
      (206725)
42 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government departments do not pay all employees the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and how much less than the living wage those departments pay.
      (206840)
43  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206682)
44 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost to the public purse was of holding a Cabinet meeting in Aberdeen on 24 February 2014.
      (206772)
45 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government's review of enforcement of anti-corruption legislation will begin; how long that review is expected to last; and in what format the results of the review will be published.
      (206604)
46 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government departments will be involved in the Government's review of enforcement of anti-corruption legislation.
      (206605)
47 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the continuity of its anti-corruption work across each relevant department following the change in post of the Government's anti-corruption champion.
      (206642)
48 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Brigg and Goole constituency who are paid at a rate below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
      (207032)
49 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research he has commissioned on the number of people who volunteer and the reasons for people not volunteering since May 2010.
      (206707)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
50  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of foreign direct investment generated since 2010 as a direct result of the lower rate of corporation tax.
      (206722)
51  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has received any requests from the Welsh Government for loans or grants for the construction of the Circuit of Wales.
      (206834)
52 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on addressing the challenges faced by people who are not yet retired who hold personal pensions which commenced between 1970 and 2000, and who are no longer contributing, but are being charged annual fees which reduce the amount in their pensions.
      (206726)
53 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely reduction to the block grant for Northern Ireland in the current financial year arising from lack of progress on welfare reform difficulties.
      (206837)
54  
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 355W, on consumers: protection, what assessment he has made of the effect on consumers of the limits on the Financial Conduct Authority's powers to issue fines in cases which involve (a) breaches before April 2014 and (b) investigations begun by other agencies before April 2014.
      (206826)
55 N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each Scottish parliamentary constituency by sub-contractors or agencies working on behalf of National Savings and Investments.
      (206752)
56 N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed by National Savings and Investments in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each Scottish parliamentary constituency.
      (206753)
57  
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many leaflets produced by his Department promoting the Government's policy on the Scottish independence referendum have had to be amended, altered or destroyed; and at what cost to the public purse.
      (207049)
58  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) North Yorkshire no longer pay income tax as a result of changes in the personal income tax threshold introduced since 2010.
      (206808)
59  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206696)
60  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will request the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England to provide them with their most recent assessment of risks to UK financial stability arising from investment in high-carbon assets; and if he will place in the Library that request and the FPC response.
      (207056)
61  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce legislative proposals to require all retail banks to offer a secure automated messaging services for customers.
      (206966)
62  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff worked in the Personal Tax (Operations) Directorate in July 2014; and what his forecast is of the number working in that Directorate in (a) October 2014, (b) January 2015, (c) April 2015, (d) July 2015, (e) October 2015, (f) January 2016 and (g) April 2016.
      (206677)
63  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has made to the European Commission on the removal of VAT on sanitary products; and if he will make a statement.
      (206878)
64  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to provide help for mortgage holders in the event of an increase in interest rates.
      (206796)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
65  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses have been completed in each local authority area in each of the last five years; how many such houses are affordable houses built under a section 106 agreement; and what proportion of the total number of houses on each scheme built in that time are houses built under section 106 agreements.
      (206859)
66  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have a Community Infrastructure Levy (a) approved and (b) in operation.
      (206860)
67  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in England and Wales have been required to increase the amount of housing they will permit in their local plans.
      (206853)
68  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes Tendring Council must allow for in its local plan.
      (206877)
69  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers his Department has made available to councils to deal with illegal Traveller sites; and if he will make a statement.
      (206832)
70  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206683)
71  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to implement the EU proposal to replace the royal coat of arms with the EU emblem on birth, death and marriage certificates; and if he will make a statement.
      (206993)
72  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he will update his Department's Information Sharing Guidance.
      (206970)
73  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Information Sharing Guidelines on providing professionals with information about sharing data in the interests of child protection; and if he will make a statement.
      (206971)
74  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with counterparts in the Department for Education on his Department's Information Sharing Guidelines and child protection.
      (206972)
75  
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many first-time buyers have (a) bought properties in Worcester and (b) been helped by the help-to-buy scheme to purchase properties in each of the last five years.
      (206968)
76 N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives planning authorities on the extent to which they should assess the cumulative effect of intensive chicken units on the environment and local communities in determining planning applications relating to such units.
      (206643)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
77 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Football League on Coventry City Football Club returning to play in Coventry.
      (206700)
78 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Lord Justice Hickinbottom's judgement in Sisu v. Coventry City Council, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Football Creditors' Rule.
      (206702)
79 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications of Lord Justice Hickinbottom's judgement in Sisu v. Coventry City Council and others for football governance in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (206703)
80 N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects that the Triennial Review of the British Film Institute will be published.
      (206926)
81 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department pays the London living wage to cleaners working in its London office.
      (206771)
82  
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will investigate the time taken by Ofcom to come to a decision on complaints submitted in 2013 about unapproved format changes to the Choice FM radio station now operated by Global Radio; and what information he holds on when Ofcom plans to respond to those complaints.
      (206764)
83  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206684)
84 N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the research being conducted by Lincoln University on fixed odds betting terminals will assess the potentially addictive nature of those machines.
      (207030)
85 N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the research being conducted by Lincoln University on fixed odds betting terminals will help determine an appropriate stake level for those machines.
      (207031)
86  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency with which mobile companies make use of the radio spectrum to which they currently have access; and if he will make a statement.
      (206817)
87  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will request Ofcom to undertake an independent analysis of (a) the need of mobile network operators to be granted access to additional radio spectrum and (b) the quantity of spectrum currently allocated to mobile network operators of which they are not making use to provide mobile connectivity for consumers; and if he will make a statement.
      (206819)
88  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the validity of mobile network operators' requirement for access to an increased quantity of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
      (206820)
89  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason his Department did not identify an alternative spectrum for use by the programme making and special events sector before the proposals to withdraw this sector's access to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
      (206821)
90  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the costs likely to be incurred by the programme making and special effects sector through having to complete research and development into new equipment of the re-allocation of the 700 MHz band; and if he will make a statement.
      (206823)
91 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC Trust on accounting for the BBC's contribution to spending on local television.
      (206835)
92  
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Lottery Distribution Fund has allocated to each parliamentary constituency in Scotland in the last five years.
      (206973)
93  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what occasions Ministers from his Department have met (a) representatives of society lotteries and (b) representatives of Camelot or the National Lottery since December 2012.
      (206678)
94 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the development by ISPs and copyright owners of Creative Content UK, a programme of education about legal entertainment services, and alerts to subscribers found to have been uploading content illegally online; and what effects he expects the development to have on the implementation of the Digital Economy Act 2010.
      (206927)
95 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) film industry and (b) television production industry of a loss of access by wireless microphone users to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
      (206945)
96 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK's ability to host future major sporting or cultural events of a loss of access by programme making and special events users to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
      (206946)
97 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the programme making and special events (PMSE) sector of a loss of access by PMSE users to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
      (206947)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
98  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what checks and balances he has put in place to ensure that Veterans UK is accountable to his Department.
      (207033)
99  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints Veterans UK has received since its creation; and whether those complaints have been categorised.
      (207034)
100  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the guideline period is in which an application for an armed forces pension should be (a) processed and (b) delivered; and how many applications have exceeded that guideline period to date.
      (207035)
101  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when designing the application process for the armed forces pension, what weight his Department gave to the ease of use of the system.
      (207036)
102  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency received in each year since 2010; and whether those complaints have been categorised.
      (207037)
103  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what checks and balances he put in place to ensure that the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency was accountable to his Department.
      (207038)
104  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206685)
105 N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical downgrades there have been in the Submarine Service since the removal of retention and recruitment pay, in each month for which figures are available.
      (207018)
106  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration his Department has given to integrating the Brimstone 2 missile onto Apache AH.1 attack helicopters MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles.
      (206984)
107  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of expanding the capabilities of the Sentinel R.1.
      (206985)
108  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the new common jamming pod for the Tornado aircraft; and when the requirement for that pod was first identified.
      (206987)
109  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communication (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with the Boeing Company regarding the lease of four P-8A aircraft.
      (206988)
110  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the integration of the Storm Shadow missile on the Typhoon aircraft.
      (206989)
111  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the introduction of the (a) Heavy and (b) Light Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon Systems on AW159 Wildcat Helicopters; and if he will make a statement.
      (206994)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
112  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their top-choice school in (a) the UK, (b) Berkshire and (c) Windsor constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
      (206723)
113  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the approved Academy sponsors for primary and secondary schools are in Sheffield.
      (206858)
114  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what audit arrangements apply to schools in receipt of School Direct funding; and what steps her Department takes to ensure that such funding is used only to support teacher trainees.
      (206762)
115  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which subject areas School Direct places have been relinquished.
      (206763)
116  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department will take to consult specialists in the field of educational psychology before the publication of her Department's planned review of its guidance on mental health and behaviour in schools.
      (206790)
117  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to assess the effect of her Department's guidance on managing mental health and behaviour in schools and ensure that schools identify and manage children with mental health problems.
      (206791)
118  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that teachers, pastoral leaders, special educational needs co-ordinators and others working to support children in schools are able to support the identification and management of children with mental health issues.
      (206792)
119  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many initial teacher training places originally allocated to School Direct were offered to higher education providers in June 2014; and how many additional places have been allocated to those providers compared to their original allocations.
      (206810)
120  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she made for planning purposes of the number of initial teacher training (ITT) places that would be offered by all ITT providers in (a) early years, (b) primary and (c) specialist subjects in 2014-15; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who will take up ITT places in those categories in that period.
      (206928)
121  
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much financial and in-kind support, including staff time, has been provided to each of the events entitled the Academies Show held in London and Birmingham since May 2010; and what the cost was of (a) venue hire, (b) catering, (c) promotion and advertising, (d) presentations, (e) work performed by officials in his Department in preparing, promoting and visiting these events and (f) other costs in respect of those events.
      (206999)
122 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 63W, on schools: land, whether academy trusts which are granted the use, loan or ownership of publicly-funded school lands are charged for that use.
      (206811)
123  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places were available in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency in each year since 2010.
      (206807)
124  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review her departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if she will make a statement.
      (206686)
125 N
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to retain the international GCSE on school league tables in order to encourage take-up of that qualification.
      (207008)
126 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2014, Official Report, column 63W, on teachers: offences against, what information her Department holds and in what format on cases considered by the National College for Teaching and Leadership.
      (206836)
127  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of 16 have been excluded from school as a result of possession of illegal substances in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (206952)
128  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching staff were dismissed as a result of unsatisfactory attendance in each year since 2010.
      (207000)
129  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the national curriculum highlights the importance of British history.
      (207001)
130  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to allow a relaxation of up to four additional places in the maximum number of pupils in an infant class in areas where the demand exceeds the number of places available at the local catchment area school.
      (206793)
131  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on providing psychiatric support for pupils aged between four and 11.
      (206794)
132 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to reduce levels of asbestos in school buildings.
      (206773)
133  
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish all information her Department has collated on attainment at Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 in all GCSE subjects for all pupils eligible for the pupil premium in maintained schools in the last four years.
      (206748)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
134  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of whether the accessibility online of energy usage and efficiency data means that in-home energy displays are no longer needed.
      (206721)
135  
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that Green Deal companies employed by the Government are not making nuisance calls under the contract.
      (206980)
136  
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department are employed full-time in connection with implementing the Eco Design of Energy Related Products Directive, 2009/125/EC.
      (206765)
137  
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the energy savings opportunity scheme proposed in his consultation document of July 2013, what estimate he made at the time of publication of that document of the maximum potential value of savings to the UK economy arising from that scheme by 2020; and what his current estimate is of such savings.
      (206766)
138  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206687)
139  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on the maintenance of the current 20-year duration support level for accredited solar PV plants and the Renewables Obligation order; what his policy is on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
      (206960)
140  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he has made an assessment of the potential effect of automatic energy imports from the US to the EU arising from the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on EU carbon emission targets.
      (206908)
141  
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding from the Green Deal has (a) Tivium Limited, (b) Green Deal Marketing Services Limited, (c) Tivium Green Deal Installers Limited and (d) Nationwide Green Deal Installers Limited received; and whether the actions of the directors of each company are under investigation.
      (206961)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
142 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will task the Environment Agency to produce a prioritised list of locations where dredging would improve conveyance and reduce flood risk.
      (206754)
143 N
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): 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 dairy farming, how many complaints her Department has received on the Dairy Code of Conduct.
      (206975)
144  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review her departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if she will make a statement.
      (206688)
145  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with manufacturers of sanitary and cosmetic products on (a) the provision of clear advice on disposal to avoid blockages in drainage systems and (b) research into improving the biodegradeability of sanitary products in the sewerage system.
      (206750)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
146  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions on which Russian state servants or military personnel are believed to have committed offences against national security in the UK, or to have infringed UK airspace, territorial waters, land or cyberspace without the legal right to do so, or otherwise to have challenged or threatened UK sovereign interests in the last five years; on what date each such event occurred; what the nature of each such event was; and if he will make a statement.
      (206777)
147 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what value of wine from the Government's wine cellar was consumed by each government department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) the first quarter of 2014-15.
      (206705)
148 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further assistance is being offered to the Nigerian authorities following the latest reported Boko Haram massacre in Damboa township.
      (206727)
149  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to resolve the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.
      (206861)
150  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the right to self-determination of Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement.
      (206864)
151  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to publicise internationally the UK's position on the conflict in Gaza.
      (206865)
152  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to protect residents of Gaza and the West Bank.
      (206866)
153 N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that British Embassy staff in Iraq make contact with Danny Fitzsimon, who is held prisoner in that country.
      (207002)
154 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent Israeli actions in Gaza and that country's compliance with international law and its obligations under the Geneva Conventions.
      (206812)
155 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the legality under international law and the Geneva Conventions of Israel's current actions in Gaza.
      (206816)
156 N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the treatment of the Bahá'í community in Iran.
      (206751)
157  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Burma on the recent violence against Muslims in Mandalay and the growth of Buddhist extremism in that country.
      (206733)
158  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to the European Union Force's presence in the Central African Republic.
      (206841)
159  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that the UN-led MINUSCA peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic is well-resourced and fully deployed with the UN authorised number of troops by September 2014.
      (206850)
160  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Ukrainian government on assisting Ukrainian nationals to obtain external passports.
      (207039)
161  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine.
      (206730)
162  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to improve trade relations with the Republic of Macedonia.
      (206950)
163  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on imposing sanctions against Russia in relation to that country's response to the crash of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine.
      (206986)
164  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine.
      (206995)
165  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that West Nile virus is not introduced from the US to Ascension Island.
      (206997)
166  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will place in the Library a copy of the commercial tuna-fishing licences sold by the British Indian Ocean Territory Government in 2010.
      (206998)
167  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Kenyan counterpart on the safety of UK tourists to that country.
      (206803)
168  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Egyptian, (b) Syrian and (c) Iraqi counterparts on preventing UK nationals becoming involved in terrorist groups.
      (206805)
169  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will share information with other European countries to prevent people becoming involved in terrorist groups in Syria, Egypt and Iraq.
      (206806)
170  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between insurance sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206879)
171  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between financial sector professionals and Ministers or Senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206902)
172  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between agricultural sector professionals and Ministers or Senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206903)
173  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between pharmaceutical sector professionals and Ministers or Senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206904)
174  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between chemical sector professionals and Ministers or Senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206905)
175  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between manufacturing sector professionals and Ministers or Senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206906)
176  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between energy sector professionals and Ministers or Senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
      (206907)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
177  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS dentistry contracts that were in place between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014; and what the (a) name and (b) location was of each provider.
      (206851)
178  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what area is covered by each NHS dentistry contract commissioned between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014; what the start and finish dates are of each contract area; what the value of each contract is; and how many units of dental activity were (a) contracted to be completed and (b) completed between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014 under each contract.
      (206876)
179 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards meeting the commitment in the Government's 2010 cancer strategy of saving an additional 5,000 lives from cancer each year.
      (207003)
180 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the British Dental Association's recent letter to him expressing concern at the regulatory ability of the General Dental Council and condemning its proposed annual retention fee increase of 64 per cent.
     [R] (207010)
181 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures his Department has put in place to deal with the consequences of a failure by the General Dental Council to meet key tests set by the Professional Standards Authority.
     [R] (207016)
182 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on top-level pay at the General Dental Council.
     [R] (207017)
183  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made any plans for the future of the Colindale Health Protection Agency site.
      (207040)
184  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet with the author of Mindfulness in Clinician Therapeutic Relationships to discuss the ways in which mindfulness-based practices can be disseminated to NHS staff for the purposes of improving staff well-being and patient care.
      (207041)
185  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the article Mindfulness in Clinician Therapeutic Relationships by Razzaque et al. published in the Journal Mindfulness, Volume 4, September 2013; and if he will make a statement.
      (207042)
186  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to introduce the meningitis B vaccine.
      (207051)
187  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the support that people at the end of life receive so that they can die in their preferred place of care.
      (206833)
188 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there were in the number of people diagnosed with diabetes between 2004 and 2014.
      (206839)
189  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of paramedics and emergency care assistants employed by the East of England Ambulance Trust.
      (206854)
190 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve the reassessment process for people with progressive and non-improving conditions who are in receipt of NHS Continuing Care funding.
      (206724)
191 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to routinely collect data on the number, outcome and details of applications for NHS Continuing Care.
      (206728)
192 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to Answer of 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 440W, on health services: private sector, whether there are requirements regarding what proportion of the surplus made by private companies by providing NHS services must be reinvested in those services.
      (206814)
193  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average amount a full-time NHS worker spends on car parking on NHS sites each year.
      (206831)
194  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is available to allow NHS patients to access specialised medication and drugs only available in the US.
      (206731)
195  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department provided to (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last six years.
      (206732)
196  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical nurse specialists are employed by each health trust in England.
      (206737)
197  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what diseases are routinely screened for in antenatal screening in NHS hospitals.
      (206738)
198  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on antenatal screening in the last year.
      (206739)
199  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) widen NHS antenatal screening to cover more diseases and (b) offer the option of further screening to more women.
      (206741)
200  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what system his Department has put in place to carry out sample checks on imported fat; and what assessment he has made of the risks of imported fat being passed off as a meat product.
      (206747)
201  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the agreed assessment for, and supply of, wheelchair needs will remain within the remit of the NHS; and if he will introduce national criteria and standards for those assessments.
      (206675)
202  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206689)
203  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2014, Official Report, columns 766-7W on NHS: funding, if he will estimate the cost of the challenge posed by the pressures posed by the pressures of an aging population and the cost of new investment.
      (206873)
204  
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department's Complaints Programme Board has taken to improve the handling of complaints by people with Parkinson's disease who do not receive their medication on time in hospital or a care home.
      (206743)
205  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were naturally stillborn before 24 weeks' gestation in each of the last five years.
      (206755)
206  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on changing the law relating to designation of babies born before 24 weeks' gestation as stillborn.
      (206760)
207  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the establishment of a register of babies stillborn before 24 weeks' gestation.
      (206761)
208  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a register of babies naturally born before 24 weeks gestation.
      (206929)
209  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014, Official Report, column 1007W, on radiotherapy, when data relating to individual funding requests per indication for radiotherapy treatment made to NHS England and the number of such requests refused will be available from NHS England.
      (206964)
210  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014, Official Report, column 1007W, on radiotherapy, in what respects University College Hospital London has failed to meet NHS England's service specifications for gamma knife services.
      (206965)
211  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the reasons why NHS England is instructing hospitals with patients presenting as clinically urgent to treat such patients with innovative radiotherapy at the hospital's financial risk while it decides whether to fund the patient; and if he will issue guidelines on how hospitals which have followed that instruction will receive reimbursement for such expenditure if NHS England subsequently refuses to fund the treatment.
      (206974)
212  
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken since 2009 to review policy on addiction to prescription medication; and what the total identifiable costs have been of this review process.
      (206669)
213 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis among healthcare professionals.
      (207026)
214 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in England and Wales are currently considered eligible for lung transplantation.
      (207027)
215 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has designated for research into idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2014-15.
      (207028)
216 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what processes are in place to ensure that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients in the NHS and their families have access to high quality information about that condition.
      (207029)
217 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the prevalence and efficacy of the procurement and use of off-patent drugs in the NHS.
      (206976)
218  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in Scotland on funding for research into motor neurone disease.
      (206931)
219  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to research into motor neurone disease in each of last 10 years.
      (206942)
220  
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedics were working in each ambulance service in England in each month since May 2010.
      (207054)
221  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of local authorities who have or who plan to (a) reduce, (b) freeze, (c) increase spending on child and adolescent mental health in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
      (206729)
222  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential of the Men's Sheds movement to have a positive impact on health and wellbeing.
      (206875)
223  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on providing psychiatric support for children aged (a) four to 11 and (b) 11 to 18 years old.
      (206776)
224  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) diagnosed with and (b) living with diabetes in (i) Torbay constituency and (ii) England in each of the last five years.
      (206783)
225  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to enable contact lenses that can monitor blood sugar level to be made available to diabetics on the NHS.
      (206795)
226  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of homeopathy on the NHS.
      (206797)
227  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association on the prescribing of salbutamol to treat congenital myasthenia.
      (206798)
228  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had age-related macular degeneration in the UK in each of the last five years.
      (206799)
229  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make eye implants available on the NHS to treat blindness.
      (206800)
230  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women had post-natal depression in the UK in each of the last five years.
      (206801)
231  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support women with post-natal depression in the UK.
      (206802)
232 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to make employment a clinical commissioning group outcome indicator; and if he will make a statement.
      (207022)
233  
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people referred for mental health care received out-of-area treatment from Mid Yorkshire Hospitals trust; and how many such people were (a) children and (b) adults.
      (206938)
234  
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what health services have been privatised in Mid Yorkshire in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of tendering those services.
      (206939)
235  
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time in the Mid Yorkshire NHS trust is.
      (206940)
236  
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has spent on hiring temporary nursing staff in each year since 2010.
      (206981)
237  
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has spent on permanent nursing staff in each year since 2010.
      (206982)
238  
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the current safe staff-to-patient ratio on elderly and dementia wards in the Mid Yorkshire NHS trust.
      (207012)
239  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will conduct a consultation, separate to that carried out by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco on the Government's long-term economic plan.
      (206715)
240  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to conduct its consultation on the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco on the small retail sector; and if he will make a statement.
      (206716)
241  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will await the outcome of the ongoing WTO trading dispute concerning Australia before making a final decision on standardised packaging of tobacco.
      (206717)
242  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in New Zealand on the standardising of tobacco packaging.
      (206787)
243  
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will conduct a consultation on the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco on down-trading to cheaper products.
      (206788)
244  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural, remote and small settings will continue to receive milk under the Nursery Milk scheme.
      (206967)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
245 N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the effect of data breaches of sensitive immigration information on people whose details have been accidentally published online.
      (207005)
246  
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were used in (a) between two and five, (b) between six and 10, (c) between 11 and 15, (d) between 16 and 19 and (e) more than 20 scientific procedures in 2013; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for increases in the number of animals being used in more than one scientific procedure.
      (206983)
247  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 17 June 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms S Rasheed.
      (206847)
248  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 16 June 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr F M Bondoki.
      (206848)
249  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 10 June 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Zabada Begum.
      (206849)
250  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review her departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if she will make a statement.
      (206690)
251 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Joshua Kulei of Kenya has ever been banned from entering the UK.
      (206645)
252  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were murdered by people classified as severely mentally ill in each of the last 15 years.
      (206742)
253  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (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 were used in regulated procedures conducted in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2013.
      (206674)
254  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide for whistle-blowers to report concerns over breaches of animal experimentation licences.
      (206756)
255  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that research scientists are given appropriate training to understand the terms of their animal experimentation licences.
      (206757)
256  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for the regulatory regime for animal experimentation of the findings of the Animals in Science Committee report into Imperial College, published in July 2014.
      (206758)
257  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department has conducted or assessed on the level of comprehension among research scientists conducting animal experiments about the terms of animal experimentation licences which they hold.
      (206759)
258  
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the numbers of inspectors in post to monitor animal experiments.
      (206930)
259  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to provide a substantive answer to Question number 204223, tabled for Answer on 14 July 2014.
      (206963)
260 N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the recent letter from the hon. Member for Wigan on the remit of the inquiry into child abuse recently announced by her Department.
      (207059)
261  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information that were fulfilled by other EU member states were made by the UK's financial intelligence unit under (a) Council Decision 2000/642/JHA and (b) other means of co-operation in each of the last five years.
      (207057)
262  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of information exchange with other EU member states on the relevant financial matters that would be likely to continue through other means should the UK cease to be bound by Council Decision 2000/642/JHA on 1 December 2014.
      (207058)
263 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the possibility of the UK connecting to the Schengen Information System II via a bilateral treaty with the EU instead of remaining bound by Decision 2007/533/JHA.
      (207060)
264 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the possibility of the UK concluding a bilateral treaty with the EU on extradition instead of remaining bound by Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA.
      (207061)
265 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK of possible future interpretations and applications of Article 4(3) of Council Decision 2000/642/JHA by the Court of Justice of the EU should the UK continue to be bound by that Decision after 1 December 2014.
      (207062)
266 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of extraditions of British nationals from the UK under the European Arrest Warrant that would not have proceeded had the proportionality test that has been introduced by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 been in force at the relevant time.
      (207063)
267 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that UK authorities are not overburdened by alerts issued by other EU member states in the event that UK connects to the Schengen Information Systems II.
      (207064)
268  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the implementation of the UK's strategy against indecent images of children online of placing that strategy within the full jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU, including its human rights jurisprudence, should the UK remain bound by Council Decision 2000/375/JHA after 1 December 2014.
      (207065)
269  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA requires the competent authorities of member states to have discretion to establish joint investigation teams under that Framework Decision rather than under the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, where that Protocol is available.
      (207066)
270  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK authorities would take to carry out the specific checks required under Chapter VIII of Decision 2007/533/JHA if the UK connects to the Schengen Information System II.
      (207067)
271  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps UK authorities would take to carry out discreet checks required under Chapter VIII of Decision 2007/533/JHA if the UK connects to the Schengen Infromation System II.
      (207068)
272  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the UK would be required to pass on to other EU member states under Chapter VII of Decision 2007/533/JHA if the UK connects to the Schengen Infromation System II.
      (207069)
273  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether Article 3 of Joint Action 98/700/JHA will put the UK's national systems on the relevant documents within the scope of EU law for the purposes of the human rights jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU, if the UK continues to be bound by that Joint Action from 1 December 2014.
      (207070)
274  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK could continue to provide information to other EU member states currently provided under Council Decision 2002/348/JHA if the UK ceases to be bound by that decision on 1 December 2014.
      (207071)
275  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of the relevant authorities of other EU member states ceasing to provide information shared under Council Decision 2002/348/JHA if the UK ceases to be bound by that Decision on 1 December 2014.
      (207072)
276  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, through what means the UK can take part in the sharing of advice and best practice between EU member states on fighting organised crime other than being bound by Joint Action 97/827/JHA.
      (207073)
277  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Egmont Group in promoting and enabling international co-operation between financial intelligence units.
      (207074)
278  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, through what legal means Norway, Iceland and Switzerland have access to the False and Authentic Documents Online database established under Joint Action 98700/JHA.
      (207075)
279  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants to the UK have received full UK citizenship in each year since 2010.
      (206951)
280  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2013, published on 10 July 2014, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the large number of procedures involving (a) sheep and (b) mice relative to the number of other animals used.
      (206786)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
281  
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the arrangements were for the selection of the recommended candidate to be Clerk of the House and Chief Executive on each of the last three occasions; and who was on the interviewing board in what capacity on each such occasion.
      (206827)
282  
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Chelmsford of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 725-6W, on Clerk of the House, who initiated the changes to the previous arrangements.
      (206828)
283  
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether Mr Speaker has a casting vote on the interviewing board for the selection of a recommended candidate to be Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
      (206829)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
284 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she will make any changes to aid allocations as a result of the violence in Gaza.
      (206838)
285  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will increase financial aid for Palestine.
      (206867)
286  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK gave in aid to Burma in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013; and how much aid it plans to give aid to Burma in 2014; and what pre-conditions have been applied to such aid donations for Burma receiving aid.
      (206734)
287  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK aid agencies are currently operating in Rakine State, Burma.
      (206735)
288  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will review her departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if she will make a statement.
      (206691)
289  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 414W, on Afghanistan and with reference to the Answer of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 461W, on Afghanistan, for what reasons she considers the publication of official agreements signed by her Department to be covered by her Department's policy on the publication of internal discussions.
      (206959)
290  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what Memorandum of Understanding was reached between USAID and her Department on the transfer of the Bost Agri Park and Bost Airfield from USAID control to her Department's control in 2009.
      (206962)
291  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the social and environmental effect of conditions imposed on UK Government loans to the Turks and Caicos government.
      (206996)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
292 N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to enforce the payment of costs awarded against off-shore hedge funds by the courts in civil cases decided in the UK.
      (206701)
293  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies have entered the competition to run probation services in Essex.
      (206744)
294  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role his Department had in (a) recruiting and (b) assessing the suitability of the board and directors at Essex Community Rehabilitation Company.
      (206745)
295  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it a condition of his Department's contract with Essex Community Rehabilitation Company that the salaries of the chief executive, deputy chief executive and non-executive directors do not in real terms exceed the salaries paid to holders of the equivalent posts in probation services in Essex before 1 June 2014.
      (206746)
296  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the balance between benefit and risk of permitting prisoners to have access to steel strung guitars in their cells.
      (207013)
297  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many indeterminate sentenced prisoners were held in open prisons in the years ending 31 March (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (206954)
298  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what types of indictable-only offence a caution was issued in each year since 2009; and how many cautions were issued for each type of offence in that period.
      (206955)
299  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average direct resource expenditure cost per prisoner in (a) male young offenders institutions and (b) male adult prisons was for the latest period for which figures are available.
      (206956)
300  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206692)
301  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been sentenced to prison as a result of possession of illegal substances, by class of substance, since 2010.
      (206953)
302  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of possession of an illegal substance, by class of substance, since 2010.
      (206957)
303  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of failing to produce a valid train ticket on demand in each year since 2010.
      (206958)
304 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department had with the Health and Safety Executive before the introduction of the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill.
      (206699)
305 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he expects the bringing into force of the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill will lead to workers taking out personal insurance cover to protect them if they are injured at work.
      (206706)
306 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the insurance industry on the need for the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill.
      (206712)
307 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the judiciary on the need for the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill.
      (206713)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
308  
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the report of the Hallett Review, how in the absence of the lost records a beneficiary of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy prior to 1997 is able to demonstrate the grant of the exercise of the Royal Prerogative; and if she will make a statement.
      (206670)
309  
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 2.58 of the report of the Hallett Review, whether the individual x has been prosecuted; and if she will make a statement.
      (206671)
310  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will review her departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if she will make a statement.
      (206693)
Questions to the Prime Minister
311  
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to recommend to HM The Queen a person to be appointed Clerk of the House and Chief Executive of the House of Commons.
      (206830)
312  
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects (a) to have concluded consideration of the report of the Honours and Decorations Committee's Medal Review and (b) to publish the Government's response to that report.
      (207055)
313  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to answer parliamentary questions on intelligence matters.
      (206949)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
314  
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many leaflets produced by his Department promoting the Government's policy on the Scottish independence referendum have had to be amended, altered or destroyed; and at what cost to the public purse.
      (207009)
315  
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 208W, on sovereignty, whether the figure provided in the Answer includes the cost of any amendments, alterations or destruction of any printed material promoting the Government's policy on the Scottish independence referendum.
      (207050)
316  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206694)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
317  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the cost including postage to (a) the voter and (b) the Electoral Commission, of producing and processing an identity card for the purpose of voting.
      (206672)
318  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the cost of Bite the Ballot.
      (206673)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
319  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on improved performance of services between London and Clacton.
      (206852)
320  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue sanctions against Network Rail for its performance in granting access to tracks for rail operators.
      (206855)
321  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that Network Rail improves service reliability.
      (206856)
322  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will initiate a study into adding a halt on the Lichfield Trent Valley to Redditch cross-city line at Curzon Street in Birmingham adjacent to the proposed Birmingham High Speed 2 (HS2) station to enhance connectivity with HS2 and with Birmingham City University and Millennium Point; and if he will make a statement.
      (206679)
323 N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions the DVLA has brought for (a) possessing and (b) driving an uninsured and untaxed vehicle in (i) Llanelli constituency, (ii) Wales and (iii) the UK since 2011.
      (206708)
324  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicle accidents occurred in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Preston and (c) Lancashire in each month in 2013.
      (206740)
325  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been invested in road infrastructure in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) North Yorkshire in each of the last four years.
      (206809)
326  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206695)
327  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information and estimates his Department gave to Rail North in respect of (a) passenger numbers on existing services, (b) the spending envelope for the new franchise, (c) changes in staff numbers required and (d) stations closures or transfer of control of those stations to local authorities.
      (206718)
328  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which councillors from North East Lincolnshire and Northern Lincolnshire councils were represented in the preparation of Rail North's consultation paper on the TransPennine and Northern Rail franchises; and whether such councils were consulted by Rail North before it issued the document.
      (206719)
329  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many representatives of each local authority are in Rail North; and what the name is of each such representative.
      (206720)
330 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the minimum and maximum (a) start-up and (b) annual running costs of establishing a government-owned company to bid for rail service contracts.
      (206644)
331  
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the Highways Agency keeping motorways out of action for any longer than necessary in the aftermath of incidents.
      (206842)
332  
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the management of traffic in the aftermath of motorway incidents.
      (206843)
333  
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he is making available to improve the reliability of rail signalling.
      (206844)
334  
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on improving rail signalling.
      (206845)
335  
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what future discussions he has planned with Network Rail on improving rail signalling.
      (206846)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
336  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on State Aid rules and the Circuit of Wales.
      (206857)
337  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206697)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
338 N
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Justice and (b) other interlocutors about the Law Society's inclusion of Sharia succession rules in its guidance and its compatibility with existing equalities legislation; and if she will make a statement.
      (206704)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
339 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014, Official Report, columns 587-8W, on public expenditure, how many times and for what occasions senior civil servants had given express prior written permission for expenses to be claimed in the last year.
      (206709)
340 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior civil servants in his Department can authorise the purchase of alcohol for official purposes.
      (206710)
341 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances senior civil servants are required to give express prior written permission for expenses; and what such expenses are.
      (206711)
342  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether disability employment advisers will remain part of the support offered to claimants under universal credit.
      (207052)
343  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on retaining disability employment advisors as part of the support offered to clients by jobcentre plus.
      (207053)
344 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 176W, on the Independent Living Fund, whether funding provided to local authorities and devolved administrations in 2015-16 to meet their additional responsibilities to former Independent Living Fund users will be ring-fenced for that purpose.
      (206813)
345 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria he uses to decide whether people who have to wait more than a certain time for the medical assessment for access to benefits should be eligible for compensation.
      (207004)
346 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to compensate people who wait more than a certain amount of time for assessments for personal independence payment or other benefits to be carried out by Atos or Capita.
      (207006)
347 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to compensate people whose assessment appointments for personal independence payment or other benefits are cancelled more than a certain number of times by Atos or Capita.
      (207007)
348 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues to his departmental staff on how long it should take to process a challenge to jobseeker's allowance.
      (207019)
349 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long it takes for (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful challenges to jobseeker's allowance sanctions to be processed.
      (207020)
350  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
      (206698)
351  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on fast-tracking benefits for terminally ill people.
      (206932)
352  
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it takes for terminally ill people to receive a decision on their benefits claim.
      (206941)
353  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Men's Sheds movement in building confidence and skills to help people back into work.
      (206874)
354  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding investigations for benefit fraud there were of over (a) three, (b) six or (c) 12 months duration in each region and constituent part of the UK on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (206784)
355  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met Jobcentre Plus to discuss investigations into benefit fraud.
      (206789)
356 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was transferred from his Department to HM Treasury as part of the Budget Exchange scheme in each financial year since 2010-11.
      (206767)
357 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he is making on reducing the number of incorrectly completed sanction referral forms submitted by Work Programme providers; and if he will make a statement.
      (206768)
358 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to publicise the risks associated with asbestos.
      (206769)
359 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time claimants over 50 spent on jobseeker's allowance in each year since 2009.
      (206770)
360 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget of the Health and Work Service will be in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
      (207021)
361 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what companies have expressed an interest to his Department in tendering for the Health and Work Service.
      (207023)
362 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he estimates he will (a) receive and (b) publish the findings of the Health and Safety Executive Review Panel on Fee for Intervention.
      (207024)
363 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 market shift mechanism in the Work Programme.
      (207025)
364  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 722W, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) has commissioned on the number of jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs.
      (206778)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
365  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the annual budget of the UK Defence Solution Centre will be in each of the next five years.
   [Transferred]  (206779)
366  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which overseas markets the UK Trade & Investment Defence and Security Organisation will set up joint teams.
   [Transferred]  (206780)
367  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what companies will have representation on the Steering Committee of the Defence Growth Partnership.
   [Transferred]  (206781)
368  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much each company in the defence industry will provide to the UK Defence Solutions Centre; and how much each such company will receive in single source Ministry of Defence contracts in each of the next three years.
   [Transferred]  (206782)
369  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between financial sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206880)
370  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between agricultural sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206881)
371  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between pharmaceutical sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206882)
372  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between chemical sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206883)
373  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between manufacturing sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206884)
374  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between energy sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206885)
375  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between insurance sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials of his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206886)
376  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between financial sector professionals and himself or senior officials in 10 Downing Street the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206887)
377  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between agricultural sector professionals and himself or senior officials in 10 Downing Street the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206888)
378  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between pharmaceutical sector professionals and himself or senior officials in 10 Downing Street the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206889)
379  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between chemical sector professionals and himself or senior officials in 10 Downing Street the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206890)
380  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between manufacturing sector professionals and himself or senior officials in 10 Downing Street the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206891)
381  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between energy sector professionals and himself or senior officials in 10 Downing Street the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206892)
382  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings in the last year between insurance sector professionals and himself or senior officials in 10 Downing Street the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.
   [Transferred]  (206893)
383  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from his counterpart in (a) South Africa, (b) Ecuador, (c) India and (d) Indonesia on the investor state dispute mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
   [Transferred]  (206909)
384  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that DG Trade in the European Commission meets more public interest groups from the UK to discuss the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
   [Transferred]  (206917)
385  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that DG Trade in the European Commission meets more environmental interest groups from the UK to discuss the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
   [Transferred]  (206918)
386  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that DG Trade in the European Commission meets more trades unions from the UK to discuss the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
   [Transferred]  (206919)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
387  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women are known to have died of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in each year since 2000.
   [Transferred]  (206969)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
388  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which film productions claimed a tax rebate from the Government for production costs in the UK; and how much tax was so claimed back in each year since 2010.
   [Transferred]  (206736)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
389  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of international harmonisation of the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum on domestic small and medium-sized enterprises operating within (a) the programme making and special events sector and (b) the creative industries; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206818)
390  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential safety and security risks at major national events arising from a loss of access by wireless microphone users to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if she will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206933)
391  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) places of worship and (b) community centres of loss of access by wireless microphone users to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206934)
392  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on (a) schools and (b) universities of loss of access by wireless microphone users to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if she will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206935)
393  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the continuation to the UK economy by (a) West End theatres, (b) the UK theatre industry and (c) the Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) sector of a loss of access by the PMSE sector to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206936)
394  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the economic contribution to the UK economy of (a) West End theatres, (b) the UK theatre industry and (c) the Programme Making and Special Events sector in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206937)
395 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on small and medium-sized enterprises operating within the (a) programme making and special events sector and (b) creative industries of reallocation of the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum to use by mobile network operators; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206943)
396 N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the corporate events and conference industry of a loss of access by wireless microphone users to the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (206944)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
397  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to increase voter turnout in local elections among 18 to 25 year-olds.
   [Transferred]  (206863)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
398  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of residents of St Helena in fuel poverty.
   [Transferred]  (206991)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
399 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that no rogue batches of e-cigarettes and liquid reach the UK market.
   [Transferred]  (206977)
400 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to announce the implementation of industry standards for those e-cigarettes regulated as consumer products.
   [Transferred]  (206978)
401  
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will veto the inclusion of NHS services in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
   [Transferred]  (206912)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
402  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to access DNA databases from other European countries to aid with crime detection in the UK.
   [Transferred]  (206804)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
403  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much energy prices on St Helena have increased in each of the last four years; and what estimate she has made of the likely change in such prices in each of the next three years.
   [Transferred]  (206990)
404  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of (a) the current cost of transporting a container of goods to St Helena and (b) the future cost of transporting a container of goods after the RMS St Helena has been decommissioned.
   [Transferred]  (206992)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
405  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) taking the Highways Agency out of public ownership and (b) rebranding the Highways Agency, including (i) the replacement of uniforms and equipment of the staff of the Highways Agency and (ii) the replacement of liveries on the vehicles operated by the Highways Agency.
   [Transferred]  (206862)

Prepared 29th August 2014