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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 2 September 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 2 September 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Tuesday 2 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.

Tuesday 2 September  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207208)
2  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many self-reports from companies have been made under (a) the Bribery Act 2010 and (b) other corruption legislation in the last 12 months.
      (207305)
3  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many Shawcross exercises have been conducted in relation to the SFO's investigations in the last two years.
      (207315)
4  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, if he will seek a review of the Crown Prosecution Service's decision not to prosecute the Metropolitan Police officers accused of starting sexual relationships with environmental activists.
      (207399)
5  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Attorney General, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010.
      (207252)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
6  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage the growth of a space tourism industry in the the UK.
      (207535)
7  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Overseas Business Risk service is better shared with and promoted to businesses looking to export.
      (207306)
8  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the prosthesis manufacturing industry.
      (207338)
9  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207207)
10  
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date his Department plans to meet pedlar stakeholders to discuss Consultation documents BIS/12/605 and 606 on street trading and pedlar laws as proposed by his Department via email on 19 December 2013.
      (207078)
11  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many decisions on standard individual export licence applications for export to Israel were made between 8 July and 31 July 2014; and what proportion of such decisions were approved.
      (207349)
12  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for standard individual export licences for export to Israel were made between 8 July 2014 and 31 July 2014; and how many such applications were successful.
      (207350)
13  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what end-of-use monitoring is in place to ensure that UK weapons supplied to Saudi Arabia are used for the purposes specified.
      (207361)
14  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government has issued export licences for unmanned aerial vehicle engines for use by the Israeli Defence Force since 2010.
      (207373)
15  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the engines used in the Israeli Defence Forces unmanned aerial vehicles have been developed or enhanced with the assistance of UK technology or components.
      (207381)
16  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many decisions on standard individual export licence applications for export to Israel were made between 1 and 31 August 2014; and what proportion of the decisions on such applications were successful.
      (207393)
17  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for standard individual export licences for export to Israel were made between 1 and 31 August 2014; and how many such applications were successful.
      (207394)
18  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) standard individual export licenses and (b) open individual export licences permitting exports to Israel were suspended between 8 July and 31 August 2014.
      (207395)
19  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on (a) improving access to the EU sugar market for cane sugar suppliers and (b) removal of the CXL sugar import duty.
      (207077)
20  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support is available from UK Trade & Investment to British companies under the Tradeshow Access Programme to attend the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris from 14-16 October 2014; and what criteria are applied in deciding what support to provide.
      (207374)
21  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the UK decided to take part in the negotiations relating to the Trade in Services Agreement.
      (207174)
22  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the text of the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty has not been made public.
      (207175)
23  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on whether the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions to allow or promote the increased privatisation of public services.
      (207176)
24  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on whether the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions to prevent increased regulation of the financial services sector.
      (207177)
25  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on whether the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions that would deny governments the right to require that data is held onshore.
      (207178)
26  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on whether the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions to prevent the regulation of new insurance products.
      (207179)
27  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of UK participation in a Trade in Services Agreement treaty on the Government's ability to regulate the financial services sector.
      (207180)
28  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 246W, on the national minimum wage, how many of the firms named and shamed for breach of the national minimum wage up to 8 June 2014 were issued notices of underpayments once the firm had dissolved; what the time was between each underpayment and the time of issuing of notice; how many of the employers named and shamed (a) paid their employees the underpayment and (b) paid a financial penalty to the Government; and if he will make a statement.
      (207292)
29  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when conducting due diligence on Jackson Square Aviation and JSA International Holdings LP, whether UK Export Finance was aware that their base at Walker House is also the base of Iranian banks on the UK's blacklists.
      (207296)
30  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207251)
31  
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in South Staffordshire constituency obtained places at university in each of the last five years.
      (207311)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
32  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department, (b) the Prime Minister's Office and (c) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office spent on televisions in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (207131)
33  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people enrolled in the National Citizen Service.
      (207123)
34  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Business Appointment Rules for public servants relate to (a) appointments in (i) NGOs, (ii) charities and (iii) other non-commercial organisations and (b) unpaid positions.
      (207503)
35  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister authorised the decision to refer the bids from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
      (207293)
36  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which grade of officials in his Department made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
      (207294)
37  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which officials in his Department made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
      (207295)
38  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department had with the Big Lottery fund prior to that organisation approaching the Big Society Network to apply for a grant.
      (207303)
39  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he willl take steps to revise the criteria for awarding grants to ensure that organisations less than two years old cannot apply for grants from the Big Lottery Fund.
      (207304)
40  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has approached (a) NESTA and (b) Big Lottery to request them to fund the Big Society Network or the Social Network Foundation.
      (207320)
41  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with NESTA on funding the Big Society Network.
      (207321)
42  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to recover the money spent on the Get In project.
      (207322)
43  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which official in his Department authorised the Cabinet Office's payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
      (207323)
44  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister authorised the Cabinet Office's payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
      (207324)
45  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department made a second payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
      (207325)
46  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207253)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
47  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207225)
48  
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to introduce regulation which requires payday lenders and credit reference agencies to contribute data on a real-time basis.
      (207380)
49  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on credit scores of increased data sharing by payday lenders.
      (207339)
50  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prohibit credit reference agencies from selling payday customer details to marketing agencies and lead generators.
      (207340)
51  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct the Financial Conduct Authority to require credit reference agencies to report their data to the Authority for enforcement purposes.
      (207341)
52  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of payday firms that will be in operation and (b) the projected consumer demand for payday loans in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
      (207342)
53  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has made of the performance of credit caps on payday lending firms in operation in (a) the USA, (b) Canada and (c) Australia.
      (207343)
54  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the share of the payday lending market covered by (a) Experian, (b) Equifax, (c) CallCredit (d) CoreLogic and (e) FactorTrust.
      (207344)
55  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HM Revenue and Customs' policy is on recovering tax on benefits in kind received by former employees of a corporation for whom legal fees have been met by that corporation.
      (207352)
56  
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of potential tax revenue to the Exchequer from shale gas and oil products in each region and constituent part of the UK.
      (207431)
57  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207266)
58  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has met representatives of the insurance industry in the last 12 months; and what was discussed at those meetings.
      (207150)
59  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of works of art accepted in lieu of inheritance tax was in each of the last five years.
      (207429)
60  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce VAT to five per cent on hotel rooms.
      (207515)
61  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 121W, on gold prices, if he will request that the review into the operation of the gold market consider the appropriateness of allowing and encouraging gold investments within ISAs.
      (207326)
Questions to the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners
62  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how much the Church Commissioners spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207143)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
63  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives on the weight that should be given to a neighbourhood or village plan that has been submitted to a planning authority when considering planning applications.
      (207308)
64  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207209)
65  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an assessment of the progress of his Department's Together in Service scheme.
      (207108)
66  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds have been made available to organisations under his Department's Together in Service scheme.
      (207109)
67  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an assessment of the performance of his Department's A Year of Service scheme in 2012.
      (207110)
68  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of participants in each event of his Department's A Year of Service scheme in 2012.
      (207111)
69  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of regional variations in participation in his Department's Together in Service scheme.
      (207117)
70  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of regional variations in participation in his Department's A Year in Service scheme in 2012.
      (207118)
71  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that the firefighters' pension scheme be subject to a formal actuarial evaluation every three years.
      (207278)
72  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce transitional protection in the proposed 2015 pension scheme for those firefighters who joined the service and the pension scheme at age 18 years, and will have made a full contribution before the earliest age at which they could retire within the scheme.
      (207279)
73  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to encourage the ownership and management of park homes on a cooperative model.
      (207404)
74  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of holding council tax referendums.
      (207133)
75  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations made in the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
      (207398)
76  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207254)
77  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many town and parish councils have breached their statutory responsibility to publish minutes in the last three years.
      (207130)
78  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints his Department has received in the last five years of town and parish councils breaching their statutory responsibility to publish minutes; and which such councils have been the subject of the most complaints.
      (207161)
79  
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what cost heading Eastbourne Pier has been granted money to help in its reconstruction.
      (207426)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
80  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in (i) the UK, (ii) the South East, (iii) Berkshire and (iv) Windsor constituency was on the latest date for which figures are available.
      (207534)
81  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207210)
82  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many requests for funding have been made to the Arts Council by brass bands in each of the last three years; and how many such requests were (a) accepted in full, (b) accepted in part and (c) rejected.
      (207353)
83  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207255)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
84  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207211)
85  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of Elbit's performance in the Watchkeeper programme.
      (207383)
86  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK's security of the Saudi government's promotion of intolerant religious teachings internationally.
      (207389)
87  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects a decision to be made on the naming of the new Type 26 frigates.
      (207163)
88  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the process is for the naming of Royal Navy ships.
      (207164)
89  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name one of the new Type 26 frigates HMS Plymouth.
      (207165)
90  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in establishing pals reservists regiments as part of Army 2020.
      (207368)
91  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were recorded as AWOL in each of the last five years; and how many such soldiers were aged (a) 18, (b) 19 and (c) 21 years at the time of going absent.
      (207407)
92  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will review regulations to allow unmarried partners with children to live together in service family accommodation.
      (207076)
93  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount of military equipment supplied to Iraq by NATO states that has been appropriated by ISIS in 2014.
      (207376)
94  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of policing the NATO summit in Newport.
      (207377)
95  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any British military personnel have been deployed to (a) Northern Iraq, (b) Iraqi Kurdistan and (c) Northern Syria since June 2014.
      (207379)
96  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many files have been lost by TNT archive services in each year of the existing contract.
      (207299)
97  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of JSP 411-Defence Records Management Policy and Procedures, versions 4.3 and 4.2.
      (207302)
98  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 728W, on medical equipment, how the equipment referred to in that note was disposed of; how much was raised from any re-sale; and which such equipment was donated.
      (207408)
99  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 722W, on the armed forces: training, how many personnel have passed (a) CYBP (b) CYIP and (c) CYAP courses in each year of those courses operating.
      (207410)
100  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 637W, on travel, how much was paid to staff in receipt of the excess fares allowance in each year since 2007-08.
      (207411)
101  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 726W, on armed forces: vehicles, how many insurance claims relating to Ministry of Defence vehicles were (a) made and (b) paid by his Department on each of the last 10 years.
      (207501)
102  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207256)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
103  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the damaging effects of moving in and out of care for looked-after children.
      (207514)
104  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions in the last 12 months decision-makers within her Department have issued sanctions to teachers after disciplinary hearings that have differed from the sanctions recommended by the Professional Conduct Panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership; and in what respects those sanctions have differed from the recommended sanctions.
      (207201)
105  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207212)
106  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children's centres receive live birth data from local authorities.
      (207114)
107  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities require parental consent in order to share live birth data with Sure Start children's centres.
      (207115)
108  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities share live birth data with children's centres in their areas.
      (207116)
109  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools provide subject-specific continuing professional development for science teachers.
      (207364)
110  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will increase the funding available for bursaries for chemistry Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses.
      (207365)
111  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) pre-ITT and (b) post-ITT Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses were taken in (i) chemistry, (ii) biology and (iii) physics in the last five years.
      (207366)
112  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the provision of post-ITT Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses for chemistry teachers.
      (207367)
113  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to encourage more universities to provide chemistry subject knowledge enhancement courses which are 24 weeks or longer.
      (207387)
114  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 551W, on pupils: disadvantaged, whether her Department holds records on how much of the Pupil Premium is used to fund support for those pupils with special educational needs who are economically deprived, looked after by the local authority or who have left care via adoption or other routes.
      (207080)
115  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department's policy to collate and record the numbers of special educational needs co-ordinators in maintained and independent schools.
      (207096)
116  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to what additional vetting procedures special educational needs co-ordinators are subject.
      (207098)
117  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted a financial impact assessment of the effects of the most recent Education Financial Settlement on students with special educational needs.
      (207188)
118  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported by teachers and staff in school in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (207194)
119  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department offers guidance to teachers and staff on addressing cases of female genital mutilation amongst female students.
      (207195)
120  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times children have been transferred to a pupil referral unit for behavioural problems in each of the last five years.
      (207363)
121  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting times for students referred to educational psychologists were in each region of England in each of the last five years.
      (207388)
122  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to implement the recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
      (207396)
123  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 551W, on pupils: disadvantaged, from which experts and organisations her Department received representations when drafting the 0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (a) in general and (b) on its recommendation that the SENCO, headteacher and governing body or proprietor of a school should consider their strategic approach to meeting special educational needs in the context of the total resources available to the school, including any resources targeted at particular groups, such as the Pupil Premium.
      (207430)
124  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new academies and studio colleges have been closed by her Department on the basis of lack of student numbers within their first year of trading.
      (207508)
125  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies and studio colleges created from a pre-existing education institution were closed by her Department in the first year of trading.
      (207509)
126  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies and studio colleges which were entirely new businesses were closed by her Department in the first year of trading.
      (207510)
127  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library all assessments her Department has conducted on the planning and implementation of providing free school meals to all infants; and if she will make a statement.
      (207301)
128  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207257)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
129  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207213)
130  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the policy document entitled, Helping households to cut their energy bills, supporting pages on smart meters, updated online on 24 July 2014, who incurs the costs of £10.9 billion for the installation of smart meters in homes.
      (207542)
131  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the policy document entitled, Helping households to cut their energy bills, supporting pages on smart meters, updated online on 24 July 2014, who receives the benefits of £17.1 billion for the installation of smart meters in homes; and what form those benefits take.
      (207543)
132  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to table 4.6 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report 2014, published by his Department on 12 June 2014, what proportion of the total fuel poverty gap is made up of (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association households.
      (207537)
133  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to chart 4.6 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report 2014, published by his Department on 12 June 2014, what proportion of the (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association households are in fuel poverty.
      (207538)
134  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of households with an energy performance certificate of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F and (g) G are (i) owner-occupied, (ii) private rented, (iii) local authority and (iv) housing association households.
      (207539)
135  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) owner-occupied, (b) private rented, (c) local authority and (d) housing association households have an energy performance certificate rating of (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C, (iv) D, (v) E, (vi) F and (vii) G.
      (207540)
136  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to section 4.2.4 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report, published by his Department on 12 June 2014, what proportion of fuel-poor households live in (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association housing.
      (207541)
137  
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK economy of the supply of gas from Russia to Europe being cut off.
      (207362)
138  
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps are being taken by his Department to invest in tidal energy development in north-west England.
      (207512)
139  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207258)
140  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of homes in flood risk areas covered by the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency 25 Year Insurance-backed warranty.
      (207172)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
141  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207214)
142  
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish a scheme to provide affordable insurance cover for leasehold dwellings and small businesses in areas at high risk of flooding modelled on the existing Flood Re scheme for freehold dwellings.
      (207550)
143  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission a study to assess the extent of mis-stunning at the point of animal slaughter in the UK.
      (207157)
144  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce new guidelines to protect the welfare of dogs in cars; and if she will make a statement.
      (207134)
145 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has any plans to introduce minimum welfare requirements for keeping pet rabbits.
      (206868)
146 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement notices were served under the Weeds Act 1959 in respect of ragwort in each of the last three years; and to whom they were served in each such year.
      (206870)
147 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the code of practice on how to prevent the spread of ragwort published in July 2004.
      (206871)
148  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
      (207259)
149  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the review led by Professor Elliott into the food system and food contamination.
      (207532)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
150  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Kurdistan Regional Government or its representatives in the UK on the situation in that region.
      (207428)
151  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207215)
152  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK which have discussed the situation in Israel and Palestine since 1 July 2014; which organisations attended each such meeting; and when each such meeting took place.
      (207285)
153  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he or Ministers in his Department have had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine since the start of July 2014; and which such groups have met on what dates.
      (207414)
154  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the use of components for Paveway II bombs manufactured by Raytheon in Scotland by Israeli military forces during Operation Protective Edge.
      (207102)
155  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2014, Official Report, column 1050W, on the Middle East, when his Department will conduct a full assessment of whether Israeli military action during Operation Protective Edge has complied with its international legal obligations.
      (207156)
156  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that the so-called Bahrain 13 were tortured during 2011.
      (207345)
157  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Saudi government about the funding of ISIS by Saudi citizens since 2012.
      (207360)
158  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the alleged torture of Waleed Abu al-Khair while imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.
      (207390)
159  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the imprisonment of Waleed Abu al-Khair.
      (207391)
160  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014.
      (207392)
161 N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Iraq government to sign the Ministry of Justice's draft Prison Transfer Agreement.
      (207014)
162  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) British citizens, (b) British residents holding dual passports and (c) British residents holding foreign passports who left the UK in 2014 to fight for the (i) Israeli Defence Force in Gaza, (ii) Koma Komalên Kurdistan in Syria and Iraq and (iii) ISIS Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in 2014; and what his policy is in each such case.
      (207355)
163  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on each of the executions by public beheading carried out in that country in August 2014.
      (207513)
164  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the human rights situation in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
      (207297)
165  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help protect people living in ISIS-controlled areas of Iraq.
      (207202)
166  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the appointment of a team of experts led by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist the investigation into alleged abuses in Sri Lanka.
      (207273)
167  
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety of Christians in those parts of Iraq controlled by ISIL.
      (207276)
168  
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to international organisations on the protection of Christians in those parts of Iraq controlled by ISIL.
      (207277)
169  
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety of Christians in those parts of Iraq currently controlled by ISIL.
      (207424)
170  
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to international bodies on the protection of Christians in those parts of Iraq currently controlled by ISIL.
      (207425)
171  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in St Lucia; and if he will make a statement.
      (207082)
172  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Kiribati; and if he will make a statement.
      (207083)
173  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Seychelles; and if he will make a statement.
      (207084)
174  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.
      (207085)
175  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.
      (207086)
176  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in St Vincent and the Grenadines; and if he will make a statement.
      (207087)
177  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Guyana; and if he will make a statement.
      (207093)
178  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Trinidad and Tobago; and if he will make a statement.
      (207094)
179  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Cook Islands; and if he will make a statement.
      (207095)
180  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Botswana; and if he will make a statement.
      (207141)
181  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Malawi; and if he will make a statement.
      (207168)
182  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Namibia; and if he will make a statement.
      (207169)
183  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in India; and if he will make a statement.
      (207170)
184  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Maldives; and if he will make a statement.
      (207171)
185  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Malaysia; and if he will make a statement.
      (207189)
186  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.
      (207190)
187  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Brunei; and if he will make a statement.
      (207191)
188  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Antigua and Barbuda; and if he will make a statement.
      (207192)
189  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Belize; and if he will make a statement.
      (207205)
190  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Dominica; and if he will make a statement.
      (207206)
191  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Solomon Islands; and if he will make a statement.
      (207226)
192  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Tonga; and if he will make a statement.
      (207227)
193  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Tuvalu; and if he will make a statement.
      (207228)
194  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Cameroon; and if he will make a statement.
      (207229)
195  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Ghana; and if he will make a statement.
      (207230)
196  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Kenya; and if he will make a statement.
      (207231)
197  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Mauritius; and if he will make a statement.
      (207232)
198  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Swaziland; and if he will make a statement.
      (207233)
199  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Tanzania; and if he will make a statement.
      (207234)
200  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Uganda; and if he will make a statement.
      (207235)
201  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Zambia; and if he will make a statement.
      (207236)
202  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement.
      (207237)
203  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Grenada; and if he will make a statement.
      (207238)
204  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Jamaica; and if he will make a statement.
      (207239)
205  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in St Kitts and Nevis; and if he will make a statement.
      (207240)
206  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Singapore; and if he will make a statement.
      (207244)
207  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
      (207245)
208  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Barbados; and if he will make a statement.
      (207246)
209  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Nauru; and if he will make a statement.
      (207247)
210  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Papua New Guinea; and if he will make a statement.
      (207248)
211  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Samoa; and if he will make a statement.
      (207249)
212  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on exploring potential funding options for the Causeway British-Irish Exchange Programme.
      (207497)
213  
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether anyone from his Department will attend the third international Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna in December; and what discussions he has had with international counterparts about that Conference.
      (207351)
214  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the political activities of MQM in Pakistan.
      (207126)
215  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2014, Official Report, column 726-8W, on Conflict Resolution: Females, if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes of the inter-departmental meetings referenced in that Answer.
      (207409)
216  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207260)
217  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what fines have been levied on the UK Government for non-compliance with EU directives since November 2012.
      (207280)
218  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether recent Israeli military operations in Gaza are in breach of international law.
      (207151)
219  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to protect Christians in northern Iraq.
      (207401)
220  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation for Christians in northern Iraq.
      (207402)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
221  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that foreign nationals pay for healthcare they receive in the UK.
      (207406)
222  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of appointments booked through the NHS Choose and Book service in each of the last 12 months.
      (207281)
223  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) NHS bodies and (b) patients' groups on the effectiveness of the NHS Choose and Book service.
      (207282)
224  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the levels of patient satisfaction with the NHS Choose and Book service.
      (207283)
225 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the General Dental Council on its proposal to increase the annual retention fee by 64 per cent; and what his Department's response is to that proposal.
     [R] (207011)
226  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of fybromyalgia sufferers in the UK.
      (207312)
227  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on research into fybromyalgia in the last three years; and what guidance his Department gives on support to be given through the NHS for fybromyalgia sufferers.
      (207313)
228  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulances in (a) the East Midlands and (b) High Peak constituency failed to respond within their targeted response times in each of the last five years.
      (207318)
229  
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance calls from (a) the East Midlands and (b) High Peak constituency were responded to in each of the last five years.
      (207319)
230  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have taken to ensure that accessible information is produced about multiple sclerosis treatment options.
      (207186)
231  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase the role of people with multiple sclerosis in decision-making processes relating to their treatment.
      (207193)
232  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that all people with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis are invited to talk with a specialist about potential treatment options arising from new disease-modifying drugs.
      (207203)
233  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the provision of licensed treatments for multiple sclerosis in the NHS in England; and if he will take steps to increase the availability of such treatments.
      (207242)
234  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that regular reviews of treatment and care by multiple sclerosis (MS) specialists are available for all people with MS in England.
      (207243)
235  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the practicality and safety of the recycling of prosthesis components issued by the NHS.
      (207347)
236  
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of repairs to prostheses in each of the last five years.
      (207348)
237  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans to create a nationally agreed structure for medical teachers.
      (207155)
238  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207216)
239  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress on the Cancer Strategy target of saving an additional 5,000 lives from cancer per year by 2014-15.
      (207197)
240  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Palliative Care Funding Review pilots are due to report.
      (207198)
241  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to address weaknesses in cancer patient experience and staff engagement.
      (207199)
242  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that NHS staff can access training and development on providing care with dignity and respect.
      (207200)
243  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents in which non-patient egg donors had (a) severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and (b) ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome were categorised as (i) Grade A incidents and (ii) Grade B incidents in each year since 2009 for which records are available.
      (207298)
244  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support research into neuroblastoma.
      (207129)
245  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve public awareness of neuroblastoma.
      (207162)
246  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014, Official Report, column 406W, on Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review, how much was spent under each cost-heading during the life of the Review.
      (207354)
247  
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have access to oxygen therapy when travelling abroad; for what reason the NHS contractor in England no longer provides that service; and if his Department will instruct the contractor to fully inform COPD patients about the provision of oxygen therapy when they are travelling abroad.
      (207504)
248  
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff were employed on administrative tasks in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014; and what proportion of the total NHS wage bill they represented in each year.
      (207369)
249  
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests have been made by dental practices in England for their Unit of Dental Activity price to be increased in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such requests have been granted.
      (207204)
250  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve compliance in (a) hospitals and (b) care homes with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines that people with Parkinson's disease should have their medication given at appropriate times and should be allowed to self-administer if necessary.
      (207493)
251  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the new NHS safety action team plans to take to reduce avoidable harm resulting from delays or omissions in medication for hospital patients with Parkinson's disease.
      (207494)
252  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the NHS trusts involved in the Sign up to safety campaign have a policy of stocking medicines for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in their emergency medications cupboards.
      (207495)
253  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cycles of IVF treatment are offered free of charge to patients by each clinical commissioning group in England.
      (207079)
254  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207261)
255  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the Food Standards Agency to assess the level of food contamination at chicken abattoirs in Northern Ireland.
      (207147)
256  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is providing to King's College London to assist the development of the MAP vaccine for Crohn's disease from animal testing to human trials.
      (207271)
257  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is giving to King's College London to work on developing the MAP vaccine for Crohn's disease from animal testing to human trials.
      (207417)
258  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the General Dental Council's proposed increase to the annual retention fee for dentists.
      (207132)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
259  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 General Visas have been issued to international students since the withdrawal of the Tier 1 Post-Study Work Visa.
      (207120)
260  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 post-study work visas were issued in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012.
      (207121)
261  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in each (a) district, (b) county and (c) unitary authority hold a Tier 2 general sponsor licence.
      (207370)
262  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers in the creative industries, as defined in the Government's 2001 Creative Industries Mapping Document, hold a Tier 2 general sponsor licence.
      (207371)
263  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many University-sponsored Graduate Entrepreneur Tier 1 visas have been issued since 6 April 2013.
      (207372)
264  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of settlement were given to Tier 1 (Post Study Work) visa holders since 2009; and what the countries of origin were of those granted settlement.
      (207375)
265  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the full Standard Occupational Code groups for all international students employed under the former Tier 1 Post Study Work visa for 2011 referrred to in her Department's Impact Assessment, Reform of the Points Based Student System, published on 1 June 2011.
      (207378)
266  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's assessment of the effect of the Tier-1 Post Study Work route on domestic graduate unemployment levels; and what steps she took to ascertain the effect on employment amongst that group before her decision to close that scheme.
      (207413)
267  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207217)
268  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been deported to other European countries in each of the last four years.
      (207405)
269  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in August 2014; in which (a) region and (b) county each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to the Scheme; in which town was the shelter to which they were placed for the relevant period; and what contact is had with each victim after they exit the shelter to ensure they are not re-trafficked.
      (207358)
270  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports her Department has commissioned into child abuse in the last 25 years; and what steps her Department took in response to the conclusions and recommendations in each such report.
      (207502)
271  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been transferred to HM Passport Office from other Government departments and agencies in each of the last 12 months.
      (207328)
272  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK Border Force is taking to reduce queuing and improve the passenger experience at Stansted Airport.
      (207268)
273  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force personnel have been deployed at (a) Gatwick, (b) Heathrow, (c) Luton, (d) Stansted and (e) Southend airport in each year since 2008.
      (207274)
274  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much UK Border Force has spent at Stansted Airport in the last five years.
      (207422)
275  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans are in place to handle electronic failures at e-passport gates at Stansted Airport.
      (207423)
276  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis her Department has undertaken of the reasons for visa refusals arising from unconditional and conditional offers of student places; and if she will place this analysis in the Library.
      (207346)
277  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she intends to take to implement the recommendations made in the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
      (207397)
278  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident within the ML postcode area were (a) issued with passports for collection and (b) called for interviews at offices outside Scotland in each of the last four years for which information is available.
      (207359)
279  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish the review of the operation of sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales.
      (207125)
280  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that all victims of domestic violence are given equal protection irrespective of gender or sexual orientation.
      (207382)
281  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether the cost of acquiring the Security Industry Authority licence acts as a barrier to people entering the private investigation trade.
      (207498)
282  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides support to people with (a) disability and (b) other special needs in meeting the cost of acquiring a Security Industry Authority licence.
      (207499)
283  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to tackle the problem of companies offering bogus or limited alternatives to the Security Industry Authority licence.
      (207500)
284  
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she proposes to take to improve the efficiency of the process of returning passports to applicants within the UK.
      (207146)
285  
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether it would be cost-effective and secure to allow visa applicants within the UK the option of collecting documents from a designated office instead of relying on second class post.
      (207148)
286  
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of paying compensation for missing passports dispatched within the UK from her Department and departmental offices in 2013-14.
      (207154)
287  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
      (207262)
288  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether staff answering calls to the UK Visas and Immigration MPs' Hotline who are not directly employed by the Home Office receive the same training and have access to the same information as staff who are directly employed.
      (207384)
289  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff answering enquiries to the UK Visas and Immigration MPs' Hotline have been directly employed by the Home Office in the last six months.
      (207385)
290  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what private companies have been contracted to answer enquiries to the UK Visas and Immigration MPs' Hotline in the last six months.
      (207386)
291  
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election held on 21 August 2014.
      (207187)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
292  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Commission spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207218)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
293  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207219)
294  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK is taking to end aid dependency in countries which receive UK aid; and if she will make a statement.
      (207088)
295  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effects on her Department's aid programme in Nepal of the formation of the new government in that country.
      (207089)
296  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to provide humanitarian assistance in Eastern Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.
      (207090)
297  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.
      (207135)
298  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies and programmes her Department has to tackle female genital mutilation and early forced marriage; and what progress has been made in this area following the Prime Minister's Girl Summit held in July 2014.
      (207136)
299  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on (a) the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic and (b) the humanitarian implications of broader insecurity in the Sahel.
      (207137)
300  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to help the Philippines recover and build resilience after Typhoon Haiyan.
      (207138)
301  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many young people are involved in the International Citizens Service in (a) Brighton and Hove, (b) East Sussex and (c) South East England; and if she will make a statement.
      (207139)
302  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the negotiations towards achieving a post-2015 set of millennium development goals; and if she will make a statement.
      (207140)
303  
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian and medical support the Government is providing to the population of Gaza.
      (207241)
304  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
      (207263)
305  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure vulnerable people in Gambia are not affected by the decision of the EU to suspend aid to that country.
      (207272)
306  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that vulnerable people in Gambia are not affected by deteriorating conditions as a result of the suspension of aid and human rights violations.
      (207416)
307  
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
      (207287)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
308  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207220)
309  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in each prison in England and Wales were working in industrial activity in each year since 2010-11.
      (207329)
310  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Service spent on subsidising its retail canteen service contract in each year since 2010.
      (207330)
311  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many determinate sentence prisoners with more than two years to serve to their earliest release date were moved to open prisons in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12.
      (207334)
312  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in unemployment pay to offenders in each prison in England and Wales under paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
      (207335)
313  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each prison in England and Wales were eligible for unemployment pay as set out in paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
      (207336)
314  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women aged 18 years and above from each ethnic group were sentenced to custody for a first offence, broken down by (a) offence type and (b) sentence length in the last two full years for which data is available.
      (207307)
315  
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 377W, on courts: Sunderland, what progress has been made on plans to rebuild Sunderland court.
      (207412)
316  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207264)
317  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on building, refurbishment and maintenance in Crawley Magistrates' Court in each year since 2009-10.
      (207403)
318  
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what timetable his Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
      (207291)
319  
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repeat offenders in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Wolverhampton were cautioned or sentenced for recordable offences in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of total offences were attributable to such offenders in that period.
      (207309)
320  
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repeat juvenile offenders in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Wolverhampton were cautioned or sentenced for recordable offences in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of total offences were attributable to such offenders in that period.
      (207310)
Questions to the Leader of the House
321  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207221)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
322  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207222)
323  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on extending the Warm Homes Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland.
      (207152)
324  
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
      (207290)
Questions to the Prime Minister
325  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK which have discussed the situation in Israel and Palestine since 1 July 2014; which organisations he has met; and when each such meeting took place.
      (207286)
Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
326  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how much the Public Accounts Commission spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207145)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
327  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207223)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
328  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207142)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
329  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207144)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
330  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the process is for the review of the National Rail Conditions of Carriage; when that review will be completed; and whether there will be consultation with (a) consumer groups and (b) the general public about the outcome of that review.
      (207166)
331  
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (207224)
332  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) annual budget was for promoting the UK Shipping Register internationally to encourage ship owners to register their ships in the UK in each year since 2009-10; and what the MCA's budget is for such work in 2015-16.
      (207097)
333  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials from the UK Chamber of Shipping have been seconded to work in his Department since May 2010; and in what areas of maritime policy each such member of staff has been so employed.
      (207103)
334  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many overseas visit trips (a) Ministers, (b) officials in his Department and (c) officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have undertaken in each year since 2009-10 to promote the UK Shipping Register to ship owners; and what the (i) destination and (ii) cost was of each such trip.
      (207104)
335  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) annual budget for promoting seafarer safety to ship owners operating in the UK was in each year since 2009-10; and what the MCA's budget for such work is in 2015-16.
      (207105)
336  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current level of compliance is with the (a) Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) Regulations 1988, (b) Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and (c) Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1989 at each UK port licensed to operate passenger ferry services.
      (207124)
337  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current level of compliance is with the Merchant Shipping (Emergency Equipment Lockers for Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 1988 amongst ship owners operating licensed passenger ferry services from UK ports; what the penalties are for non-compliance; and if he will publish a list of all instances of non-compliance with these regulations recorded by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency since 1988.
      (207127)
338  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licence (a) applications and (b) renewals breached the target timeframe for processing in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases the breach arose as a result of delays in medical assessments.
      (207167)
339  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licence (a) applications and (b) renewals the DVLA has received in each of the last five years.
      (207184)
340  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current target timeframe is for processing of driving licence (a) applications and (b) renewals; and whether the same timeframe applies in the case of licences that have a medical test as part of the application.
      (207185)
341  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a charge of killing or injuring someone through a hit and run.
      (207099)
342  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded hit and run incidents where the driver was (a) caught and (b) not caught there have been in each of the last five years.
      (207106)
343  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded hit and run incidents involving (a) injury and (b) death there have been in each of the last five years.
      (207107)
344  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers charged with dangerous driving offences were made to surrender their licence as a condition of bail in the last year.
      (207113)
345 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Highways Agency is taking to remove ragwort from (a) roadsides and (b) other land for which the Highways Agency is responsible.
      (206869)
346  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 of 10 February 2014, reference F0001198, for what reasons the Maritime and Coastguard Agency cannot attribute incidents to any particular Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.
      (207419)
347  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207265)
348  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions he has met representatives of the insurance industry in the last 12 months; and what issues were discussed at those meetings.
      (207149)
349  
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what timetable his Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
      (207289)
350  
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to each local authority in the West Midlands for road improvement in each of the last five years.
      (207314)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
351  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for personal independence payments assessments in each of the last 12 months.
      (207356)
352  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants for personal independence payments who have waited longer than 26 weeks for an assessment in each of the last 12 months.
      (207357)
353  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations on employment and support allowance and eligibility for free dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
      (207505)
354  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to assist employment and support allowance claimants with medical costs including dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
      (207506)
355  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has taken steps to inform people moving to contribution-based employment and support allowance that they may no longer be entitled to free dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
      (207507)
356  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been moved to contribution-based employment and support allowance (ESA) from a combination of incapacity benefit and income support since ESA was introduced.
      (207511)
357  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 180W, on social security benefits, if he will conduct an estimate of the saving to the public purse generated by the reduction of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit for individuals in receipt of a pension income of more than £85 per week in 2013-14.
      (207081)
358  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a reduced rate of employment and support allowance as a result of receiving a pension income of more than £85 in 2013-14.
      (207181)
359  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a reduced rate of incapacity benefit as a result of receiving a pension income of more than £85 in 2013-14.
      (207182)
360  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mean length of time between a personal independence payment claim being registered and a decision being made was on (a) claims not made under special rules for terminally ill people and (b) claims made under special rules for terminally ill people where the decision was taken between April 2013 and March 2014.
      (207331)
361  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the comparative performance of Capita and Atos in conducting personal independence payment assessments.
      (207332)
362  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (a) registrations and (b) decisions were made in the (i) KA and (ii) PA postcode areas between April 2013 and March 2014.
      (207333)
363  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on making statistics on mandatory reconsiderations for jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance publicly available.
      (207337)
364  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of (a) the amount of savings accruing to the public purse through penalties incurred on housing benefit arising from the under occupancy penalty to date and (b) the amount paid in discretionary housing payments in that time.
      (207317)
365  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure his Department allocated to universal credit (a) between April 2013 and May 2014 and (b) to date.
      (207112)
366  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is which a caller to a Department for Work and Pensions telephone line which is not free to call is made to wait while on hold, when listening to a pre-recorded message or selecting options at the start of a telephone call; and what the financial gain is to his Department from the charge levied for a call of that length.
      (207173)
367  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial gain his Department has made arising from the use of telephone lines which are not free to call in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (207183)
368  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to permit jobseeker's allownce claimants who follow their advisor's instructions to attend a jobcentre course instead of signing on to be sanctioned or have their claim stopped because they did not sign on.
      (207548)
369  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department monitors the number of employment and support allowance claims which are awaiting action by (a) a work capability assessment provider and (b) his Department.
      (207549)
370  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) work capability assessments and (b) personal independence payment assessments has been undertaken by Atos in (i) the South West, (ii) Gloucestershire and (iii) Gloucester in the last 12 months; and how many assessments resulted in the claimant being found fit for work.
      (207128)
371  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance targets his Department has set for Atos's contract under the work capability assessment; and whether such targets have been met.
      (207158)
372  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of Atos's performance in carrying out personal independence payment assessments.
      (207159)
373  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many medically qualified staff have been employed by Atos in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Gloucester in each of the last five years.
      (207160)
374  
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial information is sent to his Department from individual local authorities on the administrative costs incurred in the preparation for, and the processing of, the under-occupancy penalty; and if he will make a statement.
      (207327)
375  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects of the benefits cap on reducing unemployment in Brighton, Kemptown constituency; and if he will make a statement.
      (207091)
376  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects of the under-occupancy penalty on social housing tenants in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) East Sussex; and if he will make a statement.
      (207092)
377  
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to work with HM Treasury to ensure that, where future savings in the attendance allowance budget result from greater numbers of care home residents starting to qualify for local authority-funded care, those savings could be used to help local authorities with their wider responsibilities to meet care and support needs.
      (207196)
378  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease (a) have applied for personal independence payments (PIPs), (b) are receiving PIPs and (c) have been refused PIPs.
      (207496)
379  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
      (207267)
380  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what right of appeal claimants will have against reports and decisions made through doorstep interviews where their benefits are affected; and by what legislative means that system of appeals will be introduced.
      (207153)
381  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when applications for personal independent payment will be available online.
      (207270)
382  
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what timetable his Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
      (207288)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
383  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of regional variations in participation in the National Citizen Service.
   [Transferred]  (207119)
384  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has allocated to the National Citizen Service in the 2014-15 financial year.
   [Transferred]  (207122)
385  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current claimant rate is for jobseeker's allowance in Thirsk and Malton constituency.
   [Transferred]  (207427)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
386 N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the level of employment.
   [Question Unstarred]  (905064)
387 N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has made to institutions of the EU on the cap on bank bonuses.
   [Question Unstarred]  (905051)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
388  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) self-employed, (d) casual, (e) fixed-term or contract, (f) apprenticeship and (g) commission-only workers there are in each local authority in Lancashire.
   [Transferred]  (207432)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
389  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations working with veterans in the South West have received money under the Armed Forces Covenant Fund to date.
   [Transferred]  (207533)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
390  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards have been put in place to prevent undercover police officers from forming sexual relationships with those they are investigating.
   [Transferred]  (207400)
391  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in each region and constituent part of the UK for use of hand-held mobile telephones whilst driving in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (207100)
392  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traffic police officers were employed in each police force area in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (207101)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
393  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been made against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in the last three years; and how many such complaints have been upheld.
   [Transferred]  (207284)
394  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been (a) made and (b) upheld against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in the last three years.
   [Transferred]  (207300)
395  
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's Review of Motoring Offences will be published.
   [Transferred]  (207433)
396  
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on reform of the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (207316)

Prepared 2nd September 2014