Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 12 September 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
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Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 12 September 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 12 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.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of the Law Officers' Departments have been so assessed to date.
(208844)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of pupils from each ethnic group were admitted to (a) the University of Oxford, (b) the University of Cambridge and (c) other Russell Group universities in the last six years for which figures are available.
(208742)
3
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students from each ethnic group were (a) working, (b) studying and (c) unemployed six months after leaving higher education.
(208743)
4
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department will carry out a public consultation on proposed changes to disabled students' allowances.
(208891)
5
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department will publish an assessment of the effect on disabled people of the proposed changes to disabled students' allowances.
(208957)
6
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208843)
7
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what UK Trade and Industry's most recent (a) estimate and (b) target is for business generated for UK companies as a result of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(208831)
8
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many construction workers claimed subsistence allowances in each of the last five years.
(208733)
9
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's planned timeline is for the implementation of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(209011)
10
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the planned transition period for the implementation of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
(209012)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
11
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of births that will take place in England in each of the next 10 years.
(208775)
12
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208845)
13
N
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what savings the Efficiency and Reform Group has identified in each year since 2010.
(208570)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
14
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Funding for Lending Scheme on the lending market in (a) Southend and (b) England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(209063)
15
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution has been made by Barclays Bank to the Funding for Lending Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(209064)
16
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he had with Barclays Bank on the Funding for Lending Scheme; if he will place in the Library all material provided by (a) his Department to Barclays Bank and (b) Barclays Bank to his Department on that scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(209065)
17
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many treat-official letters were dealt with by his Department about Barclays Bank in each month since January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(209066)
18
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters were sent to his Department by (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of the House of Lords about Barclays Bank, in each month since January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(209067)
19
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with Barclays Bank in 2014 to date; and if he will make a statement.
(209068)
20
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Chief Executive of Barclays Bank; what was discussed at that meeting; where that meeting took place; who was present at that meeting; and if he will make a statement.
(209069)
21
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department next plan to meet (i) the Chairman and (ii) Chief Executive of Barclays Bank; and if he will make a statement.
(209070)
22
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) goods and (b) services are provided by Barclays Bank to his Department; what the purpose of each such good or service is; how much his Department paid for each such good or service; and if he will make a statement.
(209071)
23
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has signed with Barclays Bank in each month since July 2010; what each such contract is for; how much his Department paid for each such contract; how many such contracts (a) have expired, (b) have been terminated and (c) are current; and if he will make a statement.
(209072)
24
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on Barclays Bank; and if he will make a statement.
(209073)
25
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Chief Executive and (b) Chairman of Barclays Bank about the role played by that bank in supporting businesses with five or fewer staff; and if he will make a statement.
(209074)
26
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Government voted against United Nations General Assembly UN Resolution A/68/L.57/Rev.1 Towards the establishment of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring process; and whether the Government plans to engage in discussions on establishing a legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes at the UN.
(209075)
27
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 31 July 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Godfrey Jones, transferred by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(208869)
28
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast cost is of tax relief arising from Decommissioning Relief Deeds provided to companies operating in the UK and UK Continental Shelf in each year from 2014-15 to 2017-18.
(208800)
29
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast cost is of tax relief arising from the (a) petroleum revenue tax oil allowance, (b) petroleum revenue tax tariff receipts allowance and (c) Ring Fence Expenditure Supplement and (i) ultra-heavy oil field, (ii) ultra-high pressure/high temperature field, (iii) small or gas field, (iv) deep water gas field, (v) large-deep water oil field, (vi) large-shallow water gas field, (vii) brownfield and (viii) remote deep-water gas field allowances in each year from 2014-15 to 2017-18.
(208801)
30
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of tax relief from the (a) petroleum revenue tax oil allowance, (b) petroleum revenue tax tariff receipts allowance and (c) Ring Fence Expenditure Supplement and (i) ultra-heavy oil field, (ii) ultra-high pressure/high temperature field, (iii) small or gas field, (iv) deep water gas field, (v) large-deep water oil field, (vi) large-shallow water gas field, (vii) brownfield and (viii) remote deep-water gas field allowances in each year from 2014-15 to 2017-18.
(208802)
31
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government spent on bringing a legal challenge against the European Council on the decision to establish enhanced cooperation to implement a Financial Transaction Tax; what proportion of the total cost is (a) costs the UK will have to pay as a result of having lost the legal challenge, (b) staff time, (c) transport to and from Brussels, (d) legal fees and (e) other costs; what the names are of any external lawyers employed on this case; and if he will make a statement.
(208809)
32
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue loss from tobacco smuggling has been prevented as a result of increasing assessments and civil penalties in each year since 2010-11; and what operational targets were set for this activity in each of those years.
(208670)
33
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue loss has has been prevented as a result of targeting and disrupting criminal gangs behind tobacco fraud; and what operational targets were set for this activity in each year since 2010-11.
(208671)
34
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what operational targets were set for the seizure of illicit (a) cigarettes and (b) hand-rolling tobacco in each year since 2010-11; and whether those targets were met in each of those years.
(208672)
35
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what operational targets were set for reducing the supply of genuine tobacco products for fraud in each year since 2010-11; and whether those targets were met in each of those years.
(208673)
36
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Treasury will limit the amount of compensation paid to UK Icesave customers.
(208878)
37
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last reviewed the amount of compensation made available to Equitable Life policyholders and annuitants through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
(208879)
38
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances he would review the amount of compensation made available to Equitable Life policyholders through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
(208880)
39
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he used to calculate the amount of compensation issued to Equitable Life policyholders through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
(208882)
40
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208862)
41
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that companies which may have engaged people wrongly claiming to be self-employed as a means of national insurance and income tax avoidance are investigated by HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
(209030)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
42
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question No. 207861, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 2 September 2014.
(208943)
43
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question No. 207857, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 2 September 2014.
(208944)
44
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question No. 207858, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 2 September 2014.
(208945)
45
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question No. 208029, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 3 September 2014.
(208946)
46
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question No. 208306, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 4 September 2014.
(208947)
47
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question No. 208307, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 4 September 2014.
(208948)
48
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the full-year expenditure in each identified category of the Ring-fenced Public Health Grant was for (a) each local authority and (b) England in 2013-14.
(208799)
49
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to promote community cohesion following the recent anti-Semitic incidents; and if he will make a statement.
(208042)
50
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many shops in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency have benefited from the reduction in business rates.
(208777)
51
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what compensation payments have been made to senior executives of Rotherham Borough Council leaving their posts since 2012.
(209034)
52
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has any plans to strengthen local democratic oversight of planning decisions; and if he will make a statement.
(208798)
53
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208846)
54
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on measures to (a) allow town and parish councils to send agendas electronically and (b) reform parish polls.
(209076)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
55
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208847)
56
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his most recent estimate is for tourist (a) numbers and (b) spend delivered as a result of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(208830)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
57
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to increase military aid being sent to Kurdish fighters in Iraq.
(208740)
58
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) BAE Systems have paid for work on HMS Defender since she was handed over to the Royal Navy.
(208838)
59
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) BAE Systems have paid for work on HMS Duncan since she was handed over to the Royal Navy.
(208840)
60
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) BAE Systems have paid for work on HMS Dragon since she was handed over to the Royal Navy.
(208841)
61
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time between completing online application forms and successful applicants starting training is for each of the reserve forces.
(208824)
62
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208848)
63
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2014, UIN 208084, on Army Reserve, what the current size of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers (RARO) is; if he will encourage RARO to join the Army Reserve as part of the plans to increase the strength of the reserve; and if he will make a statement.
(208829)
64
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work his Department is currently undertaking in relation to the future (a) size and (b) budget of each service; and with which of those studies the relevant Chief of Staff is involved.
(208834)
65
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Chief of the General Staff was informed of the decision to reduce the size of the Army from 94,000 to 82,000; and if he will make a statement.
(208835)
66
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to reply to the letter dated 1 April 2014 from the hon. Member for York Outer to the Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans concerning the Justice for Forces Widows Campaign.
(209028)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
67
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that teaching and guidance is given in schools to ensure that children understand caste discrimination.
(209042)
68
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Ofsted will make recommendations on the role of inspections in monitoring specialist education support services for children with special educational needs.
(208892)
69
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on increasing the use of digital engagement in the development and implementation of policy.
(208680)
70
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of her Department have been so assessed to date.
(208849)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
71
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to ensure progress on international climate change negotiations is made at the Lima conference of the parties.
(209043)
72
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether a Minister from his Department will be representing the Government at the UN Climate Summit 2014.
(209045)
73
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on progress towards securing a global legally-binding treaty on carbon emissions reductions and international climate change.
(209046)
74
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland about licence conditions on energy companies in Northern Ireland which prevent them offering fixed price deals to customers.
(208954)
75
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208850)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
76
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether case trapping is being used in the (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset badger cull.
(208808)
77
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff were dedicated to food authenticity in (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) her Department in each year from 2008 to date; and how much those bodies spent on food authenticity in those years.
(209044)
78
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the incidence of myxomatosis in Britain; what change there has been in such levels in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(208745)
79
Mrs Anne Main
(St Albans):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which statutory authority has responsibility for ensuring public safety during the badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
(208881)
80
Mrs Anne Main
(St Albans):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the time period for the badger cull in Gloucestershire and Somerset will be extended if the minimum number of badgers is not killed.
(208883)
81
Mrs Anne Main
(St Albans):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that the second year of the cull will achieve the aims of Government policy on bovine TB.
(208885)
82
Mrs Anne Main
(St Albans):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of badgers in Somerset and Gloucester for the second year of the culls; and when those estimates were made.
(208886)
83
N
Maria Miller
(Basingstoke):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to institute infraction proceedings where Water Framework Directive river quality standards are not met.
(208674)
84
N
Maria Miller
(Basingstoke):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides on (a) the future funding of catchment management partnerships and (b) the role of water companies; and if she will make a statement.
(208675)
85
N
Maria Miller
(Basingstoke):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides on the level of phosphate discharge allowable from sewage treatment works under the Water Framework Directive; and what plans she has to review this guidance.
(208676)
86
N
Maria Miller
(Basingstoke):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that the best available technology is used to reduce phosphate discharges into rivers at sewage treatment works in England.
(208678)
87
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of areas in the US in which it has been confirmed that water supplies have been contaminated by hydraulic fracturing.
(208842)
88
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of her Department have been so assessed to date.
(208851)
89
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of Russia's ban on EU fish products on the pelagic industry in Northern Ireland.
(208737)
90
N
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to ensure that licence holders not local authorities pay costs arising from fires at waste disposal sites.
(208571)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
91
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which states he has discussed the future of US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe since the Chicago NATO Summit.
(208729)
92
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement was agreed.
(208730)
93
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the implementation of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty has had in any negotiation on the renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement.
(208731)
94
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received an invitation to attend the third conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons in Vienna on 8 to 9 December 2014; and what representation the UK plans to send.
(208732)
95
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Sudanese government in support of raising the legal age of marriage in Sudan from 10 to 18 year in order to comply with international standards on child rights.
(208989)
96
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage female participation in peace processes in Sudan in order to ensure that women from all sections of society are represented in those processes.
(208996)
97
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority about reconstruction in Gaza.
(208679)
98
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on improving the quality and transparency of management information across frontline services within his Department's Digital Service's Performance Platform tool.
(208681)
99
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208852)
100
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department's posts in Africa are taking to promote UK businesses linked to sustainable tourism.
(208997)
101
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to (a) provide and (b) facilitate (i) military and (ii) other training to law enforcement agencies in Africa to tackle wildlife poaching and smuggling.
(208998)
102
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made following the recent reports of further illegal settlement building by the government of Israel in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.
(208803)
103
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations following the ceasefire for an easing of the blockades of Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
(208804)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
104
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the national Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services' budget is for the present financial year.
(208785)
105
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people have attended an NHS Health Check in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway, (c) Kent, (d) the South East and (e) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
(208949)
106
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Health Check.
(208950)
107
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration his Department has given to the involvement of pharmacies in the NHS Health Check scheme.
(208951)
108
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to address the shortage of junior doctors at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
(208823)
109
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times his Department has received applications for (a) additional funding or (b) other support from the funds and trusts which provide support to people with contaminated blood in each of the last five years.
(208727)
110
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to inform people aged 16 and over about joining the bone marrow donor register.
(208837)
111
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the prevalence of self-harm amongst minors.
(209035)
112
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish a new children and young people mental health prevalence survey.
(209036)
113
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 391W, on radiotherapy, when hospitals with contractual arrangements with NHS England are instructed by NHS England to treat patients presenting as clinically urgent at the hospital's own financial risk while NHS England decides whether to fund the patient, what guidelines are in place for those hospitals which have followed that instruction on receiving reimbursement for such expenditure if NHS England subsequently refuses to fund the treatment.
(208935)
114
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 391W, on radiotherapy, whether University Hospital College London included the provision of Gamma Knife Services at its Queen Square site in its notification log to commissioners for the financial year 2012-13.
(208936)
115
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 391W, on radiotherapy, whether individual funding requests to NHS England to provide Gamma Knife treatment at University College Hospital London's Queen Square site are made directly by University College Hospital London.
(208937)
116
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion on page 24 of the Queen's Nursing Institute Report, 2020 Vision: 5 Years On, published in June 2014, that almost 60 per cent of community nurses unequivocally believe they do not have enough appropriately skilled or qualified staff to deliver the patient care they think is needed.
(209008)
117
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies conclusion of paragraph 6 of the Queen's Nursing Institute Report, 2020 Vision: 5 Years On, published in June 2014, that community nursing teams do not have capacity to accommodate any increase in demand for their services.
(209009)
118
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208854)
119
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which locations mental health patients have been sent for out-of-area treatments since May 2010.
(208736)
120
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the prescribing of anti-depressants during the recent recession.
(209039)
121
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) credit reference agencies and (b) supermarkets about the use of loyalty cards to analyse food consumption patterns to improve health.
(209048)
122
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of debt on levels of wellbeing.
(209049)
123
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of debt on levels of clinical depression.
(209050)
124
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with representatives of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the Guideline Development Group working on the draft partial update to Clinical Guidance 43 on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity.
(209077)
125
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guideline Development Group working on the draft partial update to Clinical Guidance 43 on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity is taking fully into account all published studies in relation to the use of very low calorie diets for weight loss to ensure that in the interests of patient care and NHS expenditure all practical alternatives to bariatric surgery are considered prior to such surgery being offered.
(209078)
126
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations the UK has made to the EU on the potential effects of the Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims on the use of folic acid in the NHS; and what steps his Department plans to take to publicise the potential benefits of folic acid in reducing the risk of disease.
(208866)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
127
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her contribution of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 168, on the Modern Slavery Bill, if she will publish the interim review of the National Referral Mechanism before the Committee stage of that Bill is completed; and when she will publish the final review.
(208780)
128
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to address the recent increase in anti-Semitism; and if she will make a statement.
(208041)
129
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number, region and countries of origin of male and female victims of modern slavery and human trafficking who have been referred to the Salvation Army in the last 10 years; if she will publish the data in a medium which hon. Members can readily access; and if she will make a statement.
(208741)
130
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her Answers of 8 September 2014, Official Report, column 467W and 22 July 2014, Official Report, column 1105W, if she will make available the number of victims referred to the Salvation Army in May and August 2014 in a format which can be downloaded and printed.
(208744)
131
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic violence incidents have been reported to the police in the last 12 months; and in how many such cases the police (a) took no further action, (b) charged perpetrators with a criminal offence and (c) secured a prosecution.
(208825)
132
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she gives to UK police forces on using the European Arrest Warrant in respect of people against whom there is no evidence an offence has been committed under UK law; and if she will make a statement.
(208746)
133
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traveller liaison officers are employed by each constabulary.
(209000)
134
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specific training in identifying and intervening on child sexual exploitation within the Traveller, Gypsy and Roma communities is given to police traveller liaison officers.
(209001)
135
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are deployed on Operation Fernbridge.
(209004)
136
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment of a constabulary's child sexual exploitation action plan is involved in inspections by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.
(209005)
137
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what constabularies have so far been inspected by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary on the robustness of their action on child sexual exploitation.
(209006)
138
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the examination of the child sexual exploitation action plans of all constabularies by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.
(209007)
139
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations about ETS tests her Department made to Glyndwr University from February to March 2014.
(208877)
140
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were applied in the decision to grant a renewal of highly trusted status immigration licence to Glyndwr University in March 2014.
(208887)
141
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional information she received between March 2014 and 24 June 2014 which led to her suspending the highly trusted status immigration licence owned by the Glyndwr University on the latter date.
(208888)
142
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she was made aware of concerns relating to ETS tests broadcast by the BBC Panorama programme in February 2014.
(208889)
143
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of her Department have been so assessed to date.
(208855)
144
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rule 35 applications have been submitted by healthcare providers in immigration removal centres, by immigration removal centre, in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
(208963)
145
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases detainees were released automatically as a result of Rule 35 applications from each immigration removal centre in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
(208964)
146
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rule 35 applications submitted by healthcare providers in each immigration removal centre received a response from her Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
(208965)
147
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include in the Quarterly Immigration Statistics figures for the numbers of (a) Rule 35 applications, (b) detainees released automatically as a result of Rule 35 applications, (c) Rule 35 applications refused on exceptional grounds and (d) Rule 35 applications subsequently escalated through the Home Office Enforcement management claim, by immigration removal centre.
(208966)
148
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases detainees were not released automatically as a result of Rule 35 applications because her Department disputed medical evidence; and in how many such cases exceptional grounds were stated, by immigration removal centre, in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
(209029)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
149
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of her Department have been so assessed to date.
(208856)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
150
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the national youth justice budget was in each of the last three years.
(208784)
151
Bill Esterson
(Sefton Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims of 9 September 2014, Official Report, column 748, on victims of crime, if he will publish the notes of his meeting with the Parole Board Group.
(208890)
152
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 711W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
(208682)
153
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on its contract for offender electronic monitoring in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(209057)
154
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on Victim Impact Statements on sentencing decisions made by judges in the criminal justice system.
(208826)
155
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what domestic violence training programmes are available for probation staff; and how many probation staff have undertaken domestic violence training in the last 12 months.
(208827)
156
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal aid his Department makes available for cases involving wardship.
(209037)
157
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court cases involving wardship there were in each of the last five years.
(209038)
158
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he signed the contract with Lend Lease to construct a prison in North Wales.
(208934)
159
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to engage with the voluntary sector in connection with the running of the new prison in North Wales.
(208938)
160
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to engage with training providers in North Wales in connection with the construction of the new prison in North Wales.
(208939)
161
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to monitor and assess the benefit to North Wales of the construction of a prison in North Wales.
(208940)
162
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to keep local elected representatives informed of progress in the construction of a prison in North Wales.
(208941)
163
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the contract to build a prison in North Wales includes a requirement to (a) employ local workers and (b) employ and train apprentices.
(208942)
164
N
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a domestic violence protection order were made to the Bury and Rochdale Magistrates' Court in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
(208677)
165
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208857)
Questions to the Leader of the House
166
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Office have been so assessed to date.
(208858)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
167
N
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason she has declined to disclose the number of recipients of On-The-Run comfort letters who have fled the jurisdiction of the UK since her statement following the Hallett Report on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
(208832)
168
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of her Department have been so assessed to date.
(208859)
Questions to the Prime Minister
169
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Prime Minister, how many times the Open Business Forum that he asked Sir Philip Green to set up in 2012 has met; and whether he plans that minutes of those meetings will be made public.
(209010)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
170
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 53W, on official visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
(208669)
171
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208860)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
172
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) local highways authorities have spent on consultants for cycling programmes, activities or projects in each year since 1997.
(208874)
173
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the applicability of road safety regulations to metric mixers.
(208875)
174
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the cost-benefit ratio of all current Highways Agency minor schemes under development and the applicable Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG) appraisal summary table for all such schemes.
(208884)
175
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) cost-benefit ratio and (b) Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG) appraisal summary table for all Highways Agency major schemes under development.
(208956)
176
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many overseas visits Ministers and officials in his Department have made in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the (i) total cost and (ii) cost of (A) flights, (B) internal travel, (C) hotel accommodation and (D) subsistence was for each such visit.
(209013)
177
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges were issued in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
(208776)
178
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report published by Living Streets and Transport Research Laboratory entitled, A Review of Pedestrian Walking Times and Time Needed to Cross the Road, if his Department will conduct an assessment of the road safety benefits to pedestrians of adjusting the time to cross at signalised crossings.
(208836)
179
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential savings in each control period to 2019 if Network Rail borrowed to invest from the Government rather than the private sector.
(208958)
180
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) total premium Network Rail has paid for borrowing from private financial markets in each year since 2001 and (b) savings Network Rail would have made since 2001 if it had borrowed from the Government and not private financial markets.
(208959)
181
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional annual cost to Network Rail of borrowing from private financial markets rather than the Government in control periods 3, 4 and 5.
(208960)
182
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what interest rate was applied to Network Rail's borrowing from the markets in each year of control periods 3, 4 and 5.
(208961)
183
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what interest rate would have been charged if Network Rail had borrowed from the Government in each year of control periods 3, 4 and 5.
(208962)
184
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to whom the Civil Aviation Authority is accountable.
(209031)
185
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what structures are in place within the Civil Aviation Authority to hold employees to account for (a) incompetence, (b) issuing erroneous advice and (c) malicious actions.
(209032)
186
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of the Civil Aviation Authority have been subject to formal disciplinary action in each of the last five years.
(209033)
187
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208861)
188
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign HGV lorries entered the UK in the last period for which figures are available; and how much revenue has been raised through the HGV Road Levy User since its introduction.
(208828)
189
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of long-term trends in the length of commuting times.
(209047)
190
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on the EU Port Services Regulations; and what discussions he has had on those regulations with the UK Major Ports Group.
(208865)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
191
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208863)
192
Owen Smith
(Pontypridd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the real term change in the Welsh Government's block grant has been since the start of the current Parliament.
(208867)
193
Owen Smith
(Pontypridd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which official engagements have been held in the Wales Office in the last three months.
(208868)
194
Owen Smith
(Pontypridd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent representations he has made to his Cabinet colleagues about the cost of gas and electricity in Wales.
(208870)
195
Owen Smith
(Pontypridd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Wales working (a) for the minimum wage and (b) below the living wage.
(208871)
196
Owen Smith
(Pontypridd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff the Wales Office employs on zero hour contracts.
(208893)
197
Owen Smith
(Pontypridd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many copies of his Department's report, Building a more prosperous Wales: Infrastructure for a modern economy, were distributed; and what feedback he has received on that report.
(208952)
198
Owen Smith
(Pontypridd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what costs arose from the publication of his Department's report, Building a more prosperous Wales: Infrastructure for a modern economy.
(208953)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
199
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government has had with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on research into caste discrimination.
(209040)
200
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when she expects the Government's programme of research into caste discrimination to be completed.
(209041)
201
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 409W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits (a) she and (b) her predecessors have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
(208779)
202
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test applied to all domestic policy, which policies of the Government Equalities Office have been so assessed to date.
(208853)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
203
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of 5 September 2014 by the Minister of State for Disabled People, of 5 September 2014, Official Report, columns 554-64, if he will publish the evidential basis for the statement that implementation of the Affordable Homes Bill would cost £1 billion; when those calculations were made; and by whom they were calculated.
(208796)
204
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process financial assistance claims for specialist equipment through the Access to Work scheme was in each year since 1994.
(208955)
205
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the UK has drawn down from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived to date.
(208734)
206
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the UK was entitled to draw down from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived to date.
(208735)
207
N
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost of a personal independence payment decision, including assessment costs and departmental administration.
(208738)
208
N
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the costs of administering and providing personal independence payment decisions are monitored and value for money reviewed for improvement.
(208739)
209
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made at least one claim for out of work benefits in each region and constituent part of the UK since May 2010.
(208778)
210
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
(208864)
211
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time Health and Safety Executive officers were employed to monitor asbestos removal in each month since May 2010.
(208726)
212
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what records his Department holds on the number of occasions on which Health and Safety Executive asbestos removal inspectors have undertaken visits to sites outside normal business working hours.
(208728)
213
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a claimant refused Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by a decision maker on the grounds that their health had improved by the time of the decision, having obtained sufficient points to receive ESA in an earlier Work Capability Assessment, should be paid ESA in arrears for the period of their ill health; and if he will make a statement.
(208797)
214
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of local authority involvement in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(208805)
215
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme in the 20 Hotspot areas and in other areas.
(208806)
Questions to the Attorney General
216
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of child sexual exploitation have been prosecuted in each of the last five years, involving members of the Traveller, Gypsy and Roma communities.
[Transferred]
(209002)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
217
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, from which organisation complaints have been received about the allocation of funding from the Innovation Fund.
[Transferred]
(208876)
218
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of what proportion of the Spring 2014 electorate have been successfully datamatched for the transition to the Individual Electoral Register using (a) the DWP CIS database and (b) additional datamatching employed by local authorities in each local authority.
[Transferred]
(208872)
219
Stephen Twigg
(Liverpool, West Derby):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of the number of voter registration requests made via the new online registration service in each local authority.
[Transferred]
(208873)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
220
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what multi-agency safeguarding boards are operated by each local authority.
[Transferred]
(208999)
221
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of local safeguarding children boards' child sexual exploitation action plans.
[Transferred]
(209003)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
222
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on implementing the agreed action from the London Summit on International Wildlife.
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(209014)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were allocated a National Insurance number in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
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(208839)