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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 11 September 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Thursday 11 September 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Thursday 11 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.

Thursday 11 September  
Questions to the Attorney General
1 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions for forced labour there were in each of the last three financial years.
      (208480)
2 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many times prosecutions have been brought against those who have had their licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in each of the last three years.
      (208482)
3  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014, Official Report, column 32W, on Crown Courts, what the reasons were for the (a) Crown Prosecution Service offering no evidence and (b) judge ordering acquittals in each of the cases in the homicide category.
      (208789)
4  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2014, Official Report, column 678W, on Crown Courts, how many defendants included in the figures for each of the years from 2008 to 2013 were charged with homicide.
      (208790)
5 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of offences under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 there have been in each year between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
      (208553)
6 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, when the Crown Prosection Service last (a) issued and (b) reviewed guidelines for prosecutions under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981; and whether a further review of those guidelines is planned.
      (208554)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
7 N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards for (a) the NHS and (b) other UK public services the Government is seeking to secure within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
      (905326)
8  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the UK manufacturing sector since 2010.
      (208722)
9  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Russian-owned companies are currently located in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (208819)
10  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the letter he received in February 2014 from the law firm Hodge Jones and Allen setting out alleged breaches of law at the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair in 2013; whether any enforcement actions have been taken in response to this letter; and if he will make a statement.
      (208783)
11  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 348W, on arms trade: trade fairs, what consideration his Department gave to any previous breaches of arms control legislation by exhibitors during the process of agreeing the Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and Clarion; and if he will make a statement.
      (208807)
12 N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to widen access to higher education.
      (905330)
13 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment since 1 October 2013; and of those how many have been identified under the Department's National Minimum Wage naming scheme.
      (208599)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
14 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many interns each Department has accepted as part of the Summer Diversity Internship Programme who were (a) from each black and minority ethnic background, (b) socio-economically disadvantaged and (c) disabled in each year since that programme started.
      (208562)
15 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what monitoring his Department carried out on the Summer Diversity Internship Programme.
      (208563)
16 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what town or city each intern on the Summer Diversity Internship Programme was from in each year since that programme started.
      (208564)
17 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many interns each department has accepted as part of the Summer Diversity Internship Programme; and how many such interns have been (a) women and (b) men in each year since that programme started.
      (208565)
18 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices each department has accepted as part of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme; and how many such apprenticeships were taken up by (a) women and (b) men in each year since that scheme started.
      (208566)
19 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) violent and (b) other crime was attributable to alcohol in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (208552)
20 N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister's Office about the decision to fund the Big Society Network and its charity arm, the Society Network Foundation, by the Social Investment Business and the Big Lottery Fund.
      (208555)
21 N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Investigation into grants from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation, HC 572, paragraph 3.13, for what reason his Department did not request details of the actual expenditure incurred on the Get In project.
      (208556)
22 N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations the Social Investment Business made to his Department about its proposal to alter the criteria which ensured that the Get In project of the Society Network Foundation received funds when they already had been turned down.
      (208557)
23 N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason a second payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project was made when the Get In project had a surplus of £60,800 in October 2012.
      (208598)
24 N
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he issues to companies delivering publicly-funded projects on taking the national interest into account when awarding contracts and sub-contracts.
      (905311)
25 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to reduce waste across Government.
      (208558)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
26  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider including information about bone marrow donation within correspondence informing people of their National Insurance number.
      (208684)
27  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the economy of the North East since 2010.
      (208721)
28  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) size and (b) potential risk posed to the economy from (i) the UK and (ii) the international shadow banking system.
      (208723)
29  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent change there has been in the average wage of UK workers.
      (208724)
30  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring adequate levels of funding for public services in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
      (208821)
31  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle excess credit card charging; and if he will make a statement.
      (208770)
32  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government supported the recent invitation from the Financial Action Task Force for Israel to become a member of that body.
      (208651)
33  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the Government's representative is on the Financial Action Task Force.
      (208652)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
34  
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Openness of Local Bodies Regulations 2014 on bureaucracy and the cost of services provided by town councils.
      (208759)
35  
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from town councils regarding paragraph 7(2) of the draft Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014.
      (208760)
36  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have a policy requiring that some or all homes in their area should be built to Lifetime Homes Standards, or to a comparable standard; and if he will make a statement.
      (208792)
37 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress the Permanent Secretary of his Department has made on his objective for delivery of information and transactional services to his Department's users by taking the Digital by Default approach.
      (208589)
38 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues on using the planning system to prevent concentrations of fast food outlets in deprived areas in order to reduce obesity.
      (208593)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
39 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide protection to people suffering from nuisance telephone calls.
      (208547)
40 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ensure that a single Minister in his Department is responsible for tourism.
      (208548)
41 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of homophobic incidents that have occurred in professional football in each year since 2010; and what steps he is taking to improve access to football for LGBT people.
      (208617)
42 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote competition in the provision of 4G services.
      (208600)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
43 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 13, what progress has been made on the Partner Employment Project; and if he will make a statement.
      (208498)
44 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 67, what progress has been made on the review of public transport issues affecting service families living in remote areas; and if he will make a statement.
      (208502)
45 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 25, when his Department plans to publish the initial findings of its study of the causes of death of veterans of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
      (208503)
46 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 7, what progress has been made on the introduction of pupil information profiles to help with the transfer of key information when service children move from one school to another; and whether he plans to introduce that programme on a nationwide basis.
      (208504)
47  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency planning has been undertaken by his Department for any potential UK military involvement to tackle Islamic State in (a) Iraq and (b) Syria; and if he will make a statement.
      (208813)
48  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether funds have been allocated for the purchase of new F-35s for the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales; and if he will make a statement.
      (208814)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
49  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's budget for Electoral Registration Transformation Programme has been spent on registering additional citizens to vote in the current financial year; and what assessment he has made of the performance of that Programme in that function.
      (208701)
50  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's Parliament and Constitution Division's budget has been spent on registering additional voters in the 2014-15 financial year.
      (208703)
51  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's Election and Democracy Division budget has been spent on registering additional voters in the 2014-15 financial year.
      (208725)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
52 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the significance is of the award of an ICT Mark to a school; and how many schools received such an award in 2013.
      (208621)
53 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools are currently open; and what the admission number of each school was planned for September 2014.
      (208473)
54 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools are pre-approved to open; and what the planned admission number is for each school in the first year of opening.
      (208474)
55 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools that had planned to open in September 2014 have had their opening delayed (a) since they were pre-approved and (b) since 1 March 2014.
      (208475)
56 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools that had planned to open in (a) September 2011, (b) September 2012, (c) September 2013 and (d) September 2014 have had their funding withdrawn between their intended day of opening and 1 March in that year.
      (208476)
57 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how may teachers in state-funded schools did not hold a degree in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
      (208477)
58 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on young people in (a) Wirral, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) England of devolving the duty to deliver careers guidance.
      (208499)
59 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the National College of Teaching and Learning will publish the final initial teacher training allocations for 2014-15.
      (208627)
60 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the final number of trainee teachers recruited in each region was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
      (208628)
61 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of trainee teachers required through the School Direct programme in 2014-15.
      (208629)
62 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of trainee teachers required in each region in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
      (208630)
63 N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's response to the consultation on Looked-after children: improving permanence, will include undertaking to strengthen regulations to provide that a robust assessment takes place to ensure that children only return home from care when it is safe to do so.
      (207520)
64  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she issues to (a) maintained and (b) independent schools on recording instances where staff have verbally abused a special educational needs student.
      (208631)
65  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance is given by her Department to (a) maintained schools and (b) independent schools on what action to take when a student attempts suicide as a result of bullying.
      (208632)
66  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fostered children have been separated from their siblings in each of the last five years.
      (208773)
67  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reunite siblings who have been placed in separate foster homes.
      (208774)
68  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fully qualified teachers who have completed their studies within the last three years in England have not obtained a permanent teaching post.
      (208690)
69 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects her Department to meet its target of all 16 year olds being in employment, education or training.
      (208596)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
70 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State at his Department on 2 September 2014 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, that in winter 2013-14 average bills being paid by British Gas customers were £90 lower, what the evidential basis was for that statement.
      (208471)
71  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much oil and gas the UK purchased from the Russian Federation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
      (208820)
72 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Green Deal Home Improvement funding that has been allocated to deprived areas.
      (208505)
73  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of solar farms on nearby wildlife.
      (208643)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
74  
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will seek a derogation from the proposed prohibition on driftnet fisheries, amending Council Regulations (EC) No. 850/98, (EC) No. 812/2004, (EC) No. 2187/2005 and (EC) No. 1967/2006 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 894/97 for the purpose of preventing the elimination of local inshore herring fishery in northern Devon.
      (208758)
75 N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library an unredacted copy of the Rural Community Policy Unit report on Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts, published in March 2014.
      (208622)
76  
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides on the determination of allowable increases in phosphate pollution levels in English rivers.
      (208635)
77  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the future of the country sports industry in Scotland after 2014.
      (208645)
78  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on the future of deer hunting in Scotland after 2014.
      (208646)
79  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on land reform in Scotland after 2014.
      (208647)
80  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of paroxysms in puppies.
      (208769)
81  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of stray dogs in each of the last three years.
      (208771)
82  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many stray dogs were put down in each of the last three years.
      (208772)
83  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the likelihood of nations to which the UK exports for incineration introducing similar measures to the Dutch government's planned incineration tax.
     [R] (208718)
84 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of changes to safety requirements for the 2014 badger cull on the safety of that cull.
      (208550)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
85  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has met representatives of the Women's League of Burma to discuss rape and sexual violence in that country.
      (208754)
86  
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will allocate funding to support the work of UN Women UK.
      (208687)
87  
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what future plans he has to continue engaging with non-governmental organisations concerned with gender equality and women's rights over the next year.
      (208689)
88  
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the commitments given by his Department during the Girls Summit 2014.
      (208693)
89  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure all UN member states commit not to take military action in Iraq or Syria without either the consent of the governments of those countries or a supporting UNSC Resolution.
      (208633)
90  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist persecuted Christians around the world; and if he will make a statement.
      (208812)
91  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his French and German counterparts about assistance to the Kurdistan regional government.
      (208638)
92  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security threat to Israel from Hamas.
      (208639)
93  
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to protect the health of UK diplomatic staff and their dependents in West African nations affected by the ebola outbreak; and what monitoring of their health is available to them on their return to the UK.
      (208755)
94  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli authorities on the entry to Gaza of construction materials.
      (208640)
95  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to help to end the blockade of Gaza.
      (208648)
96  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the role of international observers in monitoring ceasefire arrangements in Gaza and protecting the security of Palestinians and Israelis.
      (208649)
97  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Israel on implementation of the findings of the Turkel Commission.
      (208650)
98  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution his Department made to the Egyptian-mediated negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on achieving a sustainable ceasefire.
      (208656)
99  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking (a) unilaterally and (b) multilaterally to achieve the aims set out in the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of 15 August 2014 of (i) immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza and (ii) the lifting of the Gaza closure regime.
      (208657)
100  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for the study of options for an internationally-supervised mechanism to enable full access and movement through all Gaza ports of entry agreed at the Foreign Affairs Council of 15 August 2014.
      (208658)
101  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to the efforts of the Palestinian National Unity Government to reconnect Gaza and the West Bank.
      (208659)
102  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli government on an end to the blockade of Gaza.
      (208662)
103  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to the UN's call for accountability from the Israeli authorities for deaths in Gaza of UNRWA personnel, medical staff, firefighters and technicians, injuries to aid workers and the damage or destruction of UN premises and hospitals and clinics.
      (208663)
104  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will work with other EU member states to address any legitimate security constraints affecting Israel that could prevent the lifting of the Gaza blockade.
      (208664)
105 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle religious persecution internationally.
      (208594)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
106 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on cancer services per capita in (a) real terms and (b) cash terms in each of the last five years.
      (208470)
107  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of stem cell donation among 16 and 17 year olds.
      (208683)
108 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have (a) submitted satisfactory Statements of Assurance, (b) submitted unsatisfactory Statements of Assurance and (c) failed to submit Statements of Assurance for the Public Health Grant for 2013-14.
      (208590)
109 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in each Agenda for Change band in (a) May 2010 and (b) May 2014.
      (208591)
110 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute, elderly and general nurses were employed in (a) each NHS region and (b) each Agenda for Change band in (i) May 2010 and (ii) May 2014.
      (208592)
111 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in each NHS region in May (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
      (208624)
112  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 382W, on General Practitioners, for what reason the figure for financial year 2009-10 (the figure as at September 2009) was not included in that answer.
      (208788)
113 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of children diagnosed with diabetes between 2005 and 2013.
      (208620)
114 N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the recent Royal College of Midwives report, Postnatal Care Planning; and what steps he is taking to address shortages of midwives and ensure that the care received is based on clinical need of the mother.
      (208501)
115 N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of Midwives 2020: Delivering Expectations, published in September 2010; and if he will make a statement.
      (208595)
116 N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent trends in annual statistics on unexplained deaths in infancy; what steps his Department is taking to encourage further reductions in the rates of such deaths; and if he will make a statement.
      (208602)
117  
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the role of mitrochondrial DNA in addition to energy-related functions.
      (208700)
118  
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has paid out for wrongful birth claims in each year between 2003 and 2013; how many successful claims for wrongful birth were made in each year between 2008 and 2012.
      (208750)
119  
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the neonatal conditions were that accounted for successful wrongful birth claims between 2003 and 2013.
      (208751)
120 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people were estimated to be binge-drinkers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (208551)
121 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Public Health Responsibility Deal in reducing alcohol-related harms.
      (208561)
122 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waiting for a (a) hip replacement, (b) cataract operation and (c) knee replacement in May (i) 2010 and (ii) 2014 were on the imcomplete waiting list or zero to one week..
      (208601)
123  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers or officials in his Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people about NHS services for and the needs of intersex people.
      (208810)
124 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of young people hospitalised as a result of legal highs in each year since May 2010.
      (208619)
125  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve recruitment and retention in NHS community and district nursing.
      (208748)
126  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate staffing levels and skill mix within NHS community nursing teams.
      (208749)
127  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the additional 10,000 primary and community health and care professionals which his Department plans to make available by 2020 will be (a) existing NHS staff and (b) new starters.
      (208752)
128  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to set national recruitment targets for NHS community and district nurses.
      (208753)
129  
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which clinical commissioning groups have awarded contracts to provide community services to non-NHS providers or consortia that include non-NHS providers; and what the estimated or confirmed lifetime value of each of those contracts is.
      (208791)
130 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many privately-funded (a) knee replacement procedures, (b) hip replacement procedures and (c) cataract operations were conducted in NHS hospitals in England in each year since 2009-10.
      (208625)
131  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome in each of the last three years.
      (208761)
132  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of carpal tunnel syndrome (a) to the NHS and (b) in terms of employee days lost.
      (208762)
133  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with gout in each of the last five years.
      (208763)
134  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of drug treatments for gout in each of the last five years.
      (208764)
135  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many people with gout subsequently develop arthritis in their joints.
      (208765)
136  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the NHS has to introduce stem-cell treatment as a substitute for hip and knee replacements.
      (208766)
137  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have suffered sporting injuries that have led to cartilage problems in each of the last five years.
      (208767)
138  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on plans to develop a new prevalence survey for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
      (208642)
139  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on interpreters in England and Wales in the last three years.
      (208666)
140  
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what annual funding per head of population was provided to the South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group in each of the last five years; and what the average such spend was on all Clinical Commissioning Groups in England.
      (208786)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
141 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences have been revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in each of the last three years.
      (208481)
142 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent in detention for the purposes of immigration control by (a) women and (b) men in each category of detainee was in each of the last five years.
      (208559)
143 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum time spent in a detention centre for the purpose of immigration control by (a) women and (b) men in each category of detainee was in each of the last five years.
      (208560)
144 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Chinese nationals visited the UK on tourist visas in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
      (208546)
145  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in her Department took the decision to terminate the contract with Raytheon to build an immigration computer system; and if she will make a statement.
      (208634)
146  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representation her Department will have on the On-The-Runs Oversight Board established after the publication of the Hallett Report on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
      (208815)
147  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investor visas have been granted by the UK Government to Russian citizens since May 2010; how many of those visas were issued after January 2014; and if she will make a statement.
      (208816)
148  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve security between the UK and the Republic of Ireland to prevent the return through Ireland of British-born jihadists; and if she will make a statement.
      (208817)
149  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for setting remuneration for police and crime commissioners; and if she will make a statement.
      (208818)
150 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 112W, what progress has been made on the review by an expert panel of the UK's response to new psychoactive substances announced on 12 December 2013.
      (208618)
151  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an assessment of the effect on civil liberties of current statutory definitions of terrorism and the proportionality and necessity of the range of those definitions.
      (208686)
152 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) thefts and (b) attempted thefts from vehicles have been (i) reported to and (ii) attended by the police in each local authority in Cumbria in each of the last five years.
      (208478)
153 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his letter to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration of 4 August 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M11054/14.
      (208487)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
154  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department provides to ethnic Chin refugees in India who are victims of sexual violence.
      (208756)
155 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.
      (208479)
156  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will raise with her Somali counterpart allegations of sexual exploitation and rape including against young children by African Union soldiers who were on peacekeeping duties during 2013.
      (208782)
157  
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s funding is spent on providing adequate housing; and how much such funding is available to be spent in Sierra Leone.
      (208747)
158 N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on media monitoring in each of the last five years.
      (208568)
159  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of the Girl Effect Art Installation in her Departmental offices.
      (208704)
160  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on projects solely for the benefit of (a) males and (b) females in each of the last five years.
      (208716)
161  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, UIN 206962, on Afghanistan, what memoranda of understanding have been signed between her Department and the Afghan Investment Support Agency in regards to the Bost Agri and Bost Airfield projects covering the period 2009 to present; and if she will place in the Library copies of such memoranda.
      (208787)
162  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects funded by her Department in Gaza have been (a) damaged and (b) destroyed as a result of Israeli military action during Operation Protective Edge.
      (208653)
163  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department will offer at the donors' conference on the reconstruction of Gaza.
      (208654)
164  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the importance to a sustainable economy in Gaza of the re-opening of (a) Gaza airport and (b) the sea-port.
      (208655)
165  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the increase in UK aid to Gaza (a) directly and (b) through contributions to UK non-governmental organisations and to international organisations has been since the start of Operation Protective Edge.
      (208660)
166  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Israeli government on reparations for the damage caused by Operation Protective Edge to UN and civilian facilities in Gaza.
      (208661)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
167  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve conditions for prisoners with mental health problems in prisons in England; and if he will make a statement.
      (208641)
168  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in victim surcharge has been (a) imposed and (b) collected on all Crown Court sentences (i) since 1 October 2012 and (ii) for the equivalent period up to that date.
      (208705)
169  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Brixton for what offences were (a) over 70, (b) in a wheelchair, (c) using a walking frame and (d) recorded as having hernia problems from 9 January 2014 to 7 February 2014.
      (208706)
170  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age and (b) offence type of prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh who were under the age of 21 from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014 is.
      (208707)
171  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh for what offences were first time offenders from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014.
      (208708)
172  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh for what offences were (a) over 70, (b) in a wheelchair, (c) using a walking frame and (d) recorded as having hernia problems from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014.
      (208709)
173  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a caution for the possession of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drugs in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (208710)
174  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced for what offence have been released from prison in error while (a) being held on remand and (b) serving a custodial sentence in each of the last five years; and what the nature of the error was in each case.
      (208711)
175  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in victim surcharge has been (a) imposed and (b) collected in cases involving Crown Court sentences of imprisonment since 1 October 2012.
      (208712)
176  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many previous convictions at the time of sentence each offender sentenced to immediate custody for a single offence of possession of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drugs had in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (208713)
177  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of what offence and with what period of sentence left to serve who were released from prison in error (a) have and (b) have not been returned to custody in each of the last five years.
      (208714)
178  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of a single offence of possession of class C drugs received (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended prison sentence and (e) an immediate prison sentence in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (208715)
179  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) sentenced and (b) remand prisoners were held in HMP Belmarsh for the offence of criminal damage from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014.
      (208717)
180  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what grounds offenders who received the maximum prison sentences for the possession of (a) class A and (b) class B drugs received those sentences in 2012.
      (208719)
181  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of a single offence of possession of class B drugs received (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended prison sentence and (e) an immediate prison sentence in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (208720)
182 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 256W, on courts: video conferencing, if he will publish a list of the remote sites for giving evidence in England and Wales that are located away from court buildings.
      (208616)
183 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment of the Major Projects Authority on his plans for the Probation Service.
      (208483)
184 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are still unallocated to either the National Probation Service or to a community rehabilitation company in (a) the North West, (b) Cheshire and (c) Warrington.
      (208484)
185  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more people to make a will.
      (208644)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
186  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answers of 4 September 2014, to UIN numbers 207794, 207797 and 207798, who the individual members of the On-The-Runs Policy Oversight Board will be; and if she will make a statement.
      (208822)
187  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive about measures to bring the level of car insurance premiums in Northern Ireland in line with those in the rest of the UK.
      (208768)
188  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of potential direct consequences for the Northern Ireland economy of a Scottish vote in favour of independence.
      (208665)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
189 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of pedestrians who are (a) male, (b) female, (c) children and (d) over 65 suffered (i) fatal and (ii) serious injuries in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
      (208623)
190 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he or Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the proposed reform of apprenticeships and its potential effects on his Department's projects and the work of its supply chain; and whether officials in his Department sit on programme boards managing that reform.
      (208615)
191 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether electrification of the South Wales Main Line will include electrification of the relief lines between Severn Tunnel Junction and Cardiff Central stations.
      (208485)
192 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to limit changes to rail fares for commuters in 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (208569)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
193  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's publication entitled Appointments to Boards and Equality Law, published in August 2014.
      (208793)
194  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people.
      (208685)
195  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessments have been made since 2010 of the potential merits of establishing the Government Equalities Office within a permanent parent department or as a standalone department.
      (208811)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
196  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of (a) capital cost and (b) maintenance and upgrading costs of a new IT system which would be required by the Northern Ireland Assembly's Department of Social Development to administer welfare-related matters in the event of Northern Ireland not proceeding with the current UK-wide welfare reform programme.
      (208781)
197 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for short benefit advances in 2013-14; how many such applications were successful; what average amount was awarded to successful claimants; and what reason was given for the rejection of each unsuccessful application.
      (208472)
198 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the tools, processes and techniques used by Monster on its commercial job search website to protect users from fraudulent activity are not used on Universal Jobmatch; and what changes Monster has proposed to his Department to improve anti-fraud protection on his Department's website.
      (208500)
199  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people are using Access to Work support for a (a) work trial, (b) work experience opportunity under the Youth contract, (c) supported internship, (d) traineeship and (e) pre-employment training work placement.
      (208692)
200  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have received new support from the Access to Work scheme to participate in internships, traineeships and work placements in each month since September 2013.
      (208695)
201  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new beneficiaries of the Access to Work scheme had (a) mental health conditions, (b) physical impairments and (c) sensory impairments as the main disabling condition recorded by his Department in each of the last 24 months.
      (208696)
202  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of assessing the eligibility of (a) people with learning disabilities, (b) deaf people, (c) blind people, (d) people with primary or secondary MS, (e) people with Alzheimer's disease, (f) people with motor neurone disease, (g) people with muscular dystrophy and (h) deafblind people who are in receipt of disability living allowance for the personal independence payment (PIP); and how often each will be expected to be reassessed for continued eligibility for PIP.
      (208667)
203  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to release work programme provider performance data according to the age of participant.
      (208688)
204  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow early entry to the work programme for unemployed older people.
      (208691)
205  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals for a new Work Programme payment group for older jobseekers.
      (208694)
206  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to prioritise funding for second qualifications for those with the lowest levels of work experience and skills.
      (208697)
207  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support older jobseekers in going through online recruitment processes.
      (208698)
208  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help Jobcentre Plus, Work Programme and voluntary providers to tackle age discrimination.
      (208702)
209  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Flexible Support Fund in supporting older jobseekers.
      (208757)
210 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming employment and support allowance who were previously self employed.
      (208597)
211 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to benefit offices on referrals to food banks.
      (208567)
212 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Walsall North's letters of 6 August 2014 and 20 August 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
      (208486)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
213 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of finance for small firms and the level of lending by banks to small businesses.
   [Question Unstarred]  (905314)
214  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the relationship between the construction industry and colleges in providing courses that meet the skills requirements of employers within the construction industry.
   [Transferred]  (208668)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
215  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the report by Sir John Jenkins on the Muslim Brotherhood.
   [Transferred]  (208636)
216  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the report by Sir John Jenkins on the Muslim Brotherhood.
   [Transferred]  (208637)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
217  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will have discussions with religious groups on reintroducing a National Day of Prayer to reflect on the terrorist threats the UK faces.
   [Transferred]  (208699)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
218  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the decision-making process was for the distribution of his Department's £4.2 million Innovation Fund to improve voter registration.
   [Transferred]  (208794)
219  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if his Department will consider using powers under Section 5 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the purpose of ensuring that Electoral Registration Officers are covered by the provisions of that Act.
   [Transferred]  (208795)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
220 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much a UK tourist visa costs a Chinese national.
   [Transferred]  (208545)
221 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to enable Chinese nationals to make a single application for a UK and a Schengen visa.
   [Transferred]  (208549)

Prepared 11th September 2014