Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 13 October 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 13 October 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 13 October 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
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals were made to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police regarding child sexual offences in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases there were subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions.
(209019)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the integrity of the marketing of IVA products; and what steps his Department is taking to regulate that practice.
(209197)
3
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish draft regulations for the proposed changes to disabled students allowance; and for how long a consultation on such changes will run.
(208899)
4
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance he has issued on how the amended Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 should comply with Directive 2011/7/EU in helping to combat late payments in commercial transactions.
(208911)
5
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what export licences for defence and strategic equipment to Israel (a) were applied for, (b) were granted and (c) are still being considered for (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15 to date.
(209222)
6
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what process is used to monitor the eventual destination of strategic equipment and arms sold to Saudi Arabia; and what recent discussions he has had with the government of Saudi Arabia on such sales.
(209223)
7
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to publicise the Pay and Rights Helpline.
(209185)
8
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which sectors of the economy he estimates to have the lowest compliance with national minimum wage legislation.
(209186)
9
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those estimated not to be in receipt of the national minimum wage call the the Pay and Rights Helpline.
(209187)
10
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on national minimum wage and travel time; and if he will take steps to publicise guidance on travel time and the national minimum wage.
(209188)
11
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to tackle non-payment of the national minimum wage in the home care sector; and what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the estimate of the numbers not in receipt of the national minimum wage in paragraph 2.20 of the National Audit Office report, Adult social care in England: overview, HC 1102.
(209189)
12
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the profitability of the home care sector of the economy and (b) the proportion of home care providers which do not pay their employees the national minimum wage.
(209190)
13
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish all gender-specific data held by his Department on the effect of his Department's schemes to promote business and enterprise.
(209193)
14
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many extant arms export licences there are for the government of (a) Ukraine and (b) Russia.
(209087)
15
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what has been the value of UK arms sales to the government of (a) Ukraine and (b) Russia since February 2014.
(209089)
16
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met (a) officials and (b) trades union representatives from Portsmouth International Port.
(209206)
17
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Tomlinson report.
(209195)
18
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the independence and impartiality of the Institute of Chartered Accountants as regulator of insolvencies.
(209200)
19
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to establish an agricultural technology catapult centre.
(209248)
20
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from the (a) research councils and (b) Technology Strategy Board was allocated to agricultural research in the financial years 2005-06 to 2013-14.
(209252)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
21
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the average earnings of people aged (a) 16 to 18 and (b) 19 to 24 in each year since 2010.
(209151)
22
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly earnings were for the (a) richest and (b) poorest five per cent of earners in each of the last five years (i) in real terms and (ii) as a proportion of all UK earnings.
(209147)
23
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he intends to publish the findings of his Department's defence medal review.
(209141)
24
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his private office were previously (a) political appointees in the Cabinet Office and (b) employed by a political party since 2010.
(209109)
25
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, into how many charities the Charity Commission has opened an inquiry in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date; and in how many of those cases the Charity Commission (i) did and (ii) did not make a public statement.
(209230)
26
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many alcohol related deaths there were in (a) Preston and (b) other local authority areas in Lancashire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Cheshire in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013.
(209166)
27
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children were born underweight in (a) Preston and (b) other local authority areas in Lancashire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Cheshire in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
(209168)
28
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all requests for information on files covered by the Official Secrets Act 1989 receive a standard response or are considered on a case by case basis.
(208991)
29
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the proposed ban on contractors applying for government contracts if they have committed certain specified offences applies to offences committed in other legal jurisdictions.
(209184)
30
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, about how many charities which were the subject of regulatory cases the Charities Commission has not published statements in each quarter of (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014 to date.
(209210)
31
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, about how many charities the Charities Commission has made a public statement when opening an inquiry in each quarter of (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014 to date.
(209211)
32
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, about how many charities on which the Charities Commission has opened an inquiry the Commission has not made a public statement when opening an inquiry in each quarter of each of the last four years.
(209212)
33
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings his special advisers had with NESTA from 2010 to 2012.
(209173)
34
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister in his Department authorised the Society Network Foundation to move the unspent Social Action Fund grant into general funds.
(209174)
35
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he made the decision to recover funds from the Big Society Network.
(209175)
36
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers in his Department instructed special advisers to ask NESTA or BIG Lottery to fund the Big Society Network or the Social Network Foundation.
(209176)
37
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what the funds not spent in line with the grant agreement which his Department is seeking to recover from the Big Society Network were spent.
(209178)
38
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he made the decision to recover £33,994 from the Big Society Network.
(209215)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
39
N
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give guidance to public bodies on the pay of chief executives.
(209086)
40
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Gross Domestic Product the Government spent on nationally significant infrastructure projects in each year since 1997.
(208915)
41
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many home care providers were investigated by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last four years; and what proportion of those providers was found not to be paying the national minimum wage.
(209191)
42
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue loss has been prevented as a result of all initatives to reduce trade in and import of illicit tobacco since 2010-11; and what operational target was set for this spending review period.
(209080)
43
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all Equitable Life policyholders and annuitants will be compensated for their full relative loss.
(209106)
44
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requirement there is for EU member states to exchange information on tax agreements between them and international companies.
(209221)
45
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, why the UK voted against United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/68/L.57/Rev.1 Towards the establishment of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes.
(209159)
46
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to improve online customer service in the last 12 months.
(209234)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
47
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Annex A of his Department's Explanatory Memorandum to the Main Estimate 2013-14, how much of the money allocated for Community Rights, Integration and Big Society was allocated to (a) community rights, (b) integration and (c) the Big Society in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
(208912)
48
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) projects and (b) groups are funded through his Department's Community Rights, Integration and Big Society programme.
(208970)
49
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his contribution of 8 September 2014, Official Report, column 649, which groups funded by his Department are working in (a) mosques, (b) churches and (c) synagogues.
(209056)
50
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 407W, on housing, what plans his Department has to disseminate the code of practice for the management of residential property to (a) people who manage residential property and (b) tenants.
(208967)
51
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 407W, on housing, whether his Department asked the industry to seek the views of tenants in creating a code of practice for the management of residential property and the process of letting.
(208968)
52
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about naming social care providers who do not pay their employees the national minimum wage.
(209125)
53
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on ensuring they do not commission home care services from organisations which are not compliant with national minimum wage legislation.
(209127)
54
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received about the ethical care charter initiated by UNISON.
(209128)
55
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities about commissioning social care providers who are compliant with the national minimum wage.
(209129)
56
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have commissioned home care providers which are non-compliant with the national minimum wage legislation.
(209136)
57
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on the effect of non-payment of the national minimum wage in the social care sector on care standards.
(209137)
58
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs about launching proactive investigations into the non-payment of the national minimum wage in the home care sector.
(209138)
59
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support is available to councils and housing associations to (a) modernise and (b) demolish tower blocks; and what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on tower blocks.
(209196)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
60
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much lottery funding has been allocated to the Deaflympics programme in each year since 1997.
(209156)
61
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total investment was for each podium place won by the GB (a) Olympic Team, (b) Paralympic Team and (c) Deaflympics Team in the most recent games in which each team competed.
(209157)
62
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to raise the profile of deaf sport.
(209158)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
63
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers made redundant as a result of Army 2020 have been evicted from army barracks; and how much notice those soldiers were given before eviction.
(209209)
64
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations in the South West received funding from the Veterans Accommodation Fund in 2014.
(209104)
65
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Israeli Defence Force officers have visited UK defence establishments since 1 July 2014; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
(209218)
66
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel have had official meetings with the Israeli Defence Force since 1 July 2014; and what the purpose of each such meeting was.
(209226)
67
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of financial assistance to the government of Ukraine for the improvement of its command, control and communication capabilities was in the last five years.
(209088)
68
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) armed forces and (b) civilian personnel have been deployed to assist the government of Ukraine with the improvement of its command, control and communication capabilities in the last three years.
(209093)
69
N
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the federal government in Iraq on allowing inspections of aid and arms shipments to be made by their officials in the international airports of the Kurdistan region in Iraq.
(208916)
70
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of veterans who were homeless in each year since May 2010.
(208984)
71
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) private and (b) state schools have a Combined Cadet Force unit.
(209251)
72
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the (a) Sea Cadets, (b) Army Cadet Force, (c) Air Training Corps and (d) Combined Cadet Force subsequently joined the armed forces in financial years 2005-06 and 2013-14.
(209254)
73
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Air Training Corps squadrons are in operation.
(209255)
74
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all Sea Cadets units.
(209256)
75
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Army Cadet Force detachments are in operation.
(209258)
76
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) Sea Cadets, (b) Army Cadet Force, (c) Air Training Corps and (d) Combined Cadet Force in the financial years 2005-06 to 2013-14.
(209259)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
77
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the further education free schools' meal allowance.
(208975)
78
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of all further education institutions to provide free meals to qualifying 16 to 18 year old students.
(208993)
79
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the statutory entitlement for free transport for young people in education and training beyond the current age threshold of 16.
(209015)
80
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of students aged between 16 to 18 unable to participate in education, jobs or training because they are unable to afford the associated transport costs.
(209148)
81
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of young people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 who have been recorded as being in jobs without training in each year since 2010.
(209172)
82
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of advertising for initial teaching training courses in each year since 2010.
(209179)
83
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children held in secure children's homes who have not been convicted of any crime in each of the last five years.
(208979)
84
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release dated 14 June 2014, entitled New freedoms to help local areas to support vulnerable children, when she plans to publish new regulations on powers to delegate social core functions for vulnerable children.
(209051)
85
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of child sexual exploitation action plans by local safeguarding children's boards.
(209052)
86
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local safeguarding children's boards have failed inspections on their child sexual exploitation action plans.
(209053)
87
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities operate multi-agency safeguarding hubs.
(209054)
88
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the minutes of all the meetings of the Serious Case Review Panel.
(209055)
89
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years settings have not been inspected by Ofsted in the last (a) four years, (b) five years and (c) six years.
(208919)
90
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many safeguarding concerns Ofsted has identified in early years settings in the last year; and in what proportion of inspections have such concerns been raised.
(208920)
91
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of early years settings have not been assessed by Ofsted within the 47 month limit.
(208921)
92
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of inspected settings of early years providers were judged (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires improvement and (d) failing in each of the last five years.
(208929)
93
N
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will publish her Department's response to the consultation, Improving Permanence for Looked After Children; and if she will introduce an entitlement to support for all children returning home from care.
(208987)
94
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will call an independent public inquiry into events at Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust.
(209208)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
95
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) large scale, (b) small scale and (c) micro-scale hydroelectric schemes are in operation in (i) the High Peak, (ii) England and (iii) the UK.
(209194)
96
Andrew Bingham
(High Peak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's (a) total and (b) renewable energy generating capacity is provided by hydroelectric power stations.
(209201)
97
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of EU competition regulations on the ability of the Government to actively support UK content in the UK Continental Shelf.
(209099)
98
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of applying the alliance contracting concept to (a) the UK fabrication sector and (b) operators in the UK Continental Shelf.
(209100)
99
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the ability of the UK fabrication industry to deliver UK Continental Shelf projects; and what capacity and capability constraints he has identified on that ability.
(209105)
100
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to ensure UK Continental Shelf tendering processes are open, transparent and accountable.
(209110)
101
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his proposals are for maximising North Sea resources within the Infrastructure Bill.
(209121)
102
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the Renewables Obligation Scheme to energy consumers since 2002.
(208908)
103
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much subsidy has been given to (a) power generation by biomass in the UK and (b) domestic combustion of biomass in the UK in the last three years for which figures are available.
(208922)
104
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the tonnage of carbon dioxide emitted by (a) the production processes, including drying, of biomass destined for UK power generation, (b) the transportation of biomass from all origins to power generation plants in the UK and (c) the transportation and disposal of fly ash arising from biomass combustion in the UK in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(208923)
105
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of (a) the implication for his Department's policies of the paper Quantifying the Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming in the Scientific Literature and (b) allegations of fraud in that paper.
(208969)
106
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State in his Department of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 425, what recent progress he has made on the provision of a commercial loan to UK Coal; and if he will make a statement.
(209111)
107
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 411, on energy security, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the possible closure of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines would not affect UK energy security.
(209112)
108
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 425, on UK Coal, what assistance his Department has made available to UK Coal for the preparation of an application for state aid.
(209113)
109
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 411, on energy security, what his Department's policy is on the provision of state aid to UK Coal in respect of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines.
(209114)
110
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proposals he plans to make at the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) second session sixth part in Bonn in October 2014.
(209198)
111
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the budget is for the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil for each of the years 2014-15 to 2017-18.
(209161)
112
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a scheme aimed at bring every house in England up to a national minimum standard for energy efficiency.
(208903)
113
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a scheme to bring pre-1919 housing stock up to a national standard of energy efficiency.
(208906)
114
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a policy to bring homes in deprived local authority wards up to a national minimum standard for energy efficiency.
(208907)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
115
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset is intended to test the safety, humaneness and effectiveness of freeshooting as a culling method.
(208913)
116
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason seafood manufacturers are precluded from applying for regional structural aid; and for what alternative funding they can apply.
(209181)
117
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish the report of the inquiry into the wrongful selling of horsemeat; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that report.
(209182)
118
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for implementation of the EU ban on fish discards; and what representations she has received on the sale or disposal of fish discarded before that ban comes into effect.
(209183)
119
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on agricultural research in each year from 1997-98 to 2009-10.
(209241)
120
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ecological effect of ash dieback disease on the countryside.
(209246)
121
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in identifying ash trees with resistance to ash dieback disease; and if she will make a statement.
(209247)
122
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish Sir Mark Walport's study on the UK's future needs for capability in animal and plant health.
(209249)
123
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies responded to the Food and Environment Research Agency market sounding exercise.
(209250)
124
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) geographical spread and (b) effect of ash dieback disease.
(209260)
125
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of how many and what proportion of ash trees are likely to die from ash dieback disease.
(209261)
126
Mrs Caroline Spelman
(Meriden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Dutch government about its planned incineration tax.
[R] (209192)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
127
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of whether the actions and policies of the government of Burma are consistent with the commitments that government made when it signed the declarations on ending sexual violence in conflict.
(209150)
128
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to raise the arrest of two French journalists in West Papua for breach of immigration rules with the Indonesian authorities.
(209101)
129
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he or officials in his Department have had with the Indonesian authorities on securing greater access to Papua for journalists and non-governmental organisations.
(209102)
130
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure women from caste communities are taken into account in the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative and the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 National Action Plan.
(209217)
131
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will propose at the next NATO Leaders Summit extending that alliance's support for the principles of weapons ban conventions, which are outlined in the Wales Declaration, to nuclear weapons.
(209098)
132
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2014 to Question 191665, if his Department will respond in writing to the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism dated 28 February 2014 by the Human Rights Council expert meeting on 22 September 2014 concerning the use of armed drones.
(209216)
133
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average cost is of repatriating a victim of forced marriage stranded outside the UK; and who is responsible for paying that cost.
(208976)
134
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many habitual British residents, British dual nationals and British nationals have been rescued by British consular staff from forced marriages abroad and repatriated to the UK since 2010.
(208977)
135
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department implemented at the Newport NATO Summit its responsibility under the UK National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 to ensure that women are fully and meaningfully represented at any international peacebuilding event or summit hosted by the UK.
(209243)
136
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of the role of terrorist organisations in the illegal ivory and wildlife smuggling trade.
(209107)
137
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of compliance by Israel with the human rights provisions of the EU-Israel Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
(208980)
138
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues as part of the process of approval of marine protection for the Pitcairn Islands; and if he will make a statement.
(209219)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
139
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many treatments have resulted from research conducted upon animal-human admixed embryos in each year since 2009.
(209229)
140
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many research licences were (a) granted and (b) refused by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in each of the last 10 years.
(209231)
141
N
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the Veritas report into the Leeds Children Heart Surgery Unit.
(208909)
142
N
Sir Paul Beresford
(Mole Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin report on sunbed regulation, published in May 2014; when he plans to announce his Department's response to that report; and whether his Department is preparing secondary legislation to implement the conditions of that report.
(209022)
143
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce national standards for hepatitis C treatment.
(209122)
144
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to align the NHS Outcomes Framework with the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
(209124)
145
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the sale of the Bexsero form of meningococcal group B vaccine to GlaxoSmithKline on (a) his Department's negotiations with Novartis on a price for the vaccine and (b) the roll out of that vaccine.
(209253)
146
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote the value of antenatal education to expecting mothers, expecting fathers and newborn babies.
(208898)
147
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will support the Dementia Friendly Parliament initiative.
(208902)
148
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to secure earlier diagnosis of brain tumours in children; and if he will make a statement.
(208985)
149
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has received any evidence on the effect of non-payment of the national minimum wage in the social care sector on care standards.
(209199)
150
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues about early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis among people with Parkinson's disease.
(209095)
151
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of possible links between Parkinson's disease and osteoporosis.
(209096)
152
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides for research into better diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis among people with Parkinson's.
(209097)
153
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on draft regulations to permit the use of new treatment techniques to prevent the transmission of a serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child, published in July 2014, whether his Department consulted (a) Dr Andy Greenfield, (b) Professor Peter Braude and (c) Professor Robin Lovell-Badge on the formulation of the statement on page 15 that (i) mitochondrial donation techniques do not alter personal characteristics and traits of the person and (ii) the proposed mitochondrial donation techniques do not constitute genetic modification.
(209135)
154
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private equity owned firms which are commissioned by local authorities to provide social care services; and if he will make a statement.
(209126)
155
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings his Department has had with North West Ambulance service since June 2010; and in how many such meetings (a) lack of ambulance cover, (b) ambulance waiting times and (c) use of Chloe Care and other private operators were discussed.
(209165)
156
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there were for malnutrition in (a) Preston and (b) other local authority areas in Lancashire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Cheshire in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
(209167)
157
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all mothers who give birth to a premature baby receive the necessary psychological support.
(209103)
158
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many permanent director of public health posts there were in England (a) in 2010 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
(209023)
159
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many directors of public health in England were qualified members of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine in 2010; and how many such directors are such members now.
(209024)
160
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many directors of public health in England were directly line-managed by the chief executive or chief officer of either the former primary care trust or the relevant local authority in 2010; and how many such directors are so line-managed now.
(209025)
161
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many directors of public health in England were qualified in medicine to MB or BM level in 2010; and how many such directors are so qualified now.
(209026)
162
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many director of public health posts in England were filled with a permanent appointment in 2010; and how many such directors are so filled now.
(209027)
163
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department offers to people who were abused as children.
(209084)
164
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2014, to Question 206600, in which clinical commissioning group each of the 617 incidents between 20 March 2014 and 21 July 2014 took place; and what assessment he has made of (a) patient harm, (b) excess days in hospital and (c) additional costs to the NHS resulting from those incidents.
(209177)
165
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many endoscopists there were in the NHS in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
(209081)
166
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many endoscopy rooms there were in the NHS in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
(209082)
167
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many flexible-sigmoidoscopy tests were commissioned by GPs in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(209083)
168
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health patients in England have been sent for out of area treatment more than 30 miles from their trust in each year since May 2010.
(208904)
169
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken between a mental health patient being referred for counselling and their first appointment with a specialised mental health counsellor.
(208905)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
170
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) capital and (b) revenue costs are of operating a body scanning machine at a single point of entry over a 24-hour period.
(208897)
171
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, column 596W, on automatic number plate recognition, how many body-scanning machines UK Border Agency owns; and how many of these are operational.
(208971)
172
Mr Jeremy Browne
(Taunton Deane):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce new powers to close shops selling legal highs.
(209220)
173
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to introduce legislative proposals to criminalise the legal high known as gocaine.
(209170)
174
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many business visitor visas were granted in 2013.
(209240)
175
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many business visitor visas were granted to (a) Indian and (b) Chinese nationals in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(209242)
176
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 397W, on police: St Helena and the Answer of 1 September 2014 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley, Official Report, column 151W, on police: St Helena, how many deployments of UK police officers to St Helena there were in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013; and how many officers were involved in each deployment.
(208990)
177
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were handed over to UK authorities from each EU state as a result of the successful execution of a European Arrest Warrant in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(209160)
178
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to introduce full cost recovery for (a) firearms and (b) alcohol licences.
(209018)
179
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which local authorities people have been referred to the Channel programme in each of the last five years.
(209020)
180
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the financial sustainability of the National Police Air Service in the event that the Metropolitan Police Service does not join the scheme.
(209144)
181
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the change in the number of flying hours above London that will take place if the Metropolitan Police Service joins the National Police Air Service.
(209145)
182
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will take the lead role for air support in the result of a terrorist-related incident if the Metropolitan Police Service joins the National Police Air Service.
(209146)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
183
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether House of Commons human resource officers provided advice on the content of the final offer letter sent to Ms Mills for the post of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
(209155)
184
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether Mr Speaker interviewed any (a) internal and (b) external candidates engaged in the selection process for the Clerk of the House and Chief Executive, before their interviews with the selection panel for that post.
(209171)
185
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2014 to Question 207921, which panel members chose to declare their prior knowledge of external candidates; and to which external candidates such declarations related.
(209224)
186
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what communication the House has received from Mr David Natzler regarding the questionnaire stage of Employment Tribunal proceedings by Mr Natzler in relation to the appointment of the Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
(209225)
187
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, in respect of the selection process for the Clerk of the House and Chief Executive, whether external candidates for the post of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive were offered an informal meeting with the Speaker before they made their application.
(209263)
188
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether selection panel members were aware that Mr Speaker was writing to the Prime Minister recommending that Carol Mills be appointed Clerk of the House and Chief Executive before or at the time that Mr Speaker did so.
(209264)
189
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, when is it intended that the front exterior of St Stephen's Entrance will be restored to its former state; and if he will make a statement.
(208914)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
190
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will require staff in her Department to report on (a) consultations with disabled people and their organisations, (b) measure to increase inclusion in bilateral aid projects and (c) measures to increase inclusion in funding agreements with partner organisations.
(208973)
191
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the co-hosts of the Gaza donor conference.
(209153)
192
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid commitments her Department intends to make at the Gaza donor conference.
(209154)
193
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza is contingent on progress in the peace process between Israelis and the Palestinians.
(209180)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
194
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights by other states on the deportation of people from the UK to prisons in (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries.
(209123)
195
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley in 2014 which were answered with a promise to place information in the Library that information has (a) been and (b) not been placed in the Library.
(209236)
196
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men have been unable to pay employment tribunal fees in the last year.
(209108)
197
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men have pursued discrimination cases against their employers in employment tribunals in each of the last five years.
(209140)
198
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unclaimed funeral urns containing human ashes there are at each council owned crematorium in England.
(209162)
199
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings officials in his Department have had with the Sentencing Guidelines Council since June 2010; and (a) who was present and (b) what was discussed at each such meeting.
(209163)
200
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of driving without insurance in each local justice area in the North West were fined under £200 plus costs and victim surcharge in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(209164)
201
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many alcohol treatment orders were ordered in each local justice area in the North West in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(209169)
202
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 398W, on electronic tagging, what progress he has made on involving police and crime commissioners in the stakeholder group for offender electronic monitoring technology; and if he will make a statement.
(209058)
203
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 398W, on electronic tagging, what progress he has made on engaging police forces as early adopters of the new arrangements for offender electronic monitoring technology; and if he will make a statement.
(209059)
204
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce a new preferred bidder for the national contract for electronic offender-monitoring technology.
(209060)
205
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of the contract awarded to Capita for the continuation of electronic monitoring contracts on an interim basis.
(209061)
206
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, to the hon. Member for Barnsley Central, Official Report, column 528W, on electronic tagging, whether the anticipated roll-out of satellite tagging by the end of the year will be on a full or pilot basis.
(209062)
207
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will establish a fund to enable longer-term support for people who were abused as children.
(209085)
208
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young offenders released in the last 12 months are not in education, employment or training.
(208978)
209
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of victims who have made personal statements at criminal trials in each of the last 10 years.
(209132)
210
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Witness Care staff were employed at each Crown court in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
(209133)
211
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of victims who made personal statements at parole hearings in each of the last 10 years.
(209134)
212
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jury inquests were carried out in each of the last 10 years.
(209139)
213
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines for licensing offences have been charged at the higher rate since the maximum fine was increased in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011; and what total amount has been raised from the increased fines.
(209021)
214
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library copies of all representations he has received on the consequences of excluding low risk offenders under community service orders from the payment by results model; and what estimate he has made of the potential effect of that conclusion on re-offending rates.
(208833)
215
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were transferred from magistrates' courts to Crown courts in each magistrates' courts bench area in North Wales in the last five years for which records are available.
(208994)
216
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were dealt with by Crown courts in North Wales in the last five years for which records are available.
(208995)
217
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultation has taken place between his Department and interested parties on custody facilities at Wrexham Police Station currently used by Wrexham Magistrates' Court.
(209016)
218
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the future availability of custody facilities at Wrexham Magistrates' Court in the next three years.
(209017)
219
N
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had on ensuring that victims of crime are adequately compensated.
(905432)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
220
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the performance of the Special EU Programmes Body in administering the PEACE 111 Programme.
(208930)
221
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of how the Special EU Programmes Body is meeting its UNSCR 1325 and CEDAW obligations.
(208931)
222
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will assess how the Special EU Programmes Body has assisted in the promotion of women's involvement in PEACE 111 funding projects.
(208932)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
223
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the data protection implications of the new DVLA online vehicle check service.
(209130)
224
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2014, to Question 207751, on repairs and maintenance, how many problems were identified at Stage 1 of the feasibility work undertaken into the A47, presented at the study reference group meeting on 19 May 2014; and if he will publish the detailed work into the economic benefits, capacity and safety issues that led the Highways Agency to choose the current 10 schemes for feasibility work.
(208972)
225
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents in England resulting in serious head injuries involved (a) cyclists and (b) cyclists under 16 in each of the last three years.
(209090)
226
N
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 of all current Highways Agency schemes in the planning or scoping phase.
(208974)
227
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies spent on refreshments in each year since 2010.
(208986)
228
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of the cost of (a) adding a third lane on the A1(M) north from Scotch Corner to Edinburgh, (b) dualling of the A66 on all single carriage sections between Middlesborough and Carlisle, (c) dualling of the A1 north through Northumberland, (d) extending the metro to Washington, through Gateshead and Whickham to Consett, to Durham, (e) building a new bridge over the Wear at Sunderland, (f) building a Durham bypass, (g) building an Allerdene bridge over the A1(M) at Low Fell and (h) introducing integrated Oyster-style ticketing across the North East region and across buses, metro and trains.
(209214)
229
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value is of the support provided by his Department to the Norwich in 90 campaign; and what proportion of such support has been spent on (a) secretarial support and (b) external consultants.
(208894)
230
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many level crossings there are on the London to Norwich rail route; what assessment has been made of the number of level crossings that could be closed to improve passenger journey times; and what assessment has been made of the cost of closing level crossings as part of the Norwich in 90 proposals.
(208895)
231
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has held with freight operating companies on the transfer of freight services from the Great Eastern Main Line to the Nuneaton to Felixstowe line.
(208896)
232
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 402W, on directly operated railways, what the mobilisation costs incurred by directly operated railways were in each franchise competition since 6 May 2010.
(208918)
233
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence there has been between (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department with Condor Ferries Ltd since 1 May 2010; and what the subject of each instance of correspondence was.
(209202)
234
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of Condor Ferries Ltd since 1 May 2010.
(209204)
235
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on ferry companies operating from Portsmouth International Port of (a) port and (b) local transport infrastructure investment under the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership.
(209205)
236
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met (a) officials and (b) trades union representatives from Portsmouth International Port.
(209207)
237
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the figures for overcrowding are on the First Transpennine Express routes between (a) Manchester Airport and Sheffield, (b) Sheffield and Doncaster and (c) Scunthorpe and Doncaster.
(209203)
238
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which British and European tyre manufacturing experts have contributed to his Department's research into tyre ageing on buses and coaches since December 2013.
(208900)
239
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which individuals have been commissioned to undertake research into tyre ageing on buses and coaches; and when he will publish the results of such research.
(208901)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
240
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals have been made against the application of the shared accommodation rate; and how many of those appeals have been successful.
(209232)
241
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of local housing allowance claimants receive discretionary housing payments; what proportion of such claimants on the shared accommodation rate receive discretionary housing payments; and how many such shared accommodation rate claimants who were (a) female, (b) male and (c) persons aged over 25 years receive discretionary housing payments.
(209233)
242
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the effect of the shared accommodation rate on (a) pregnant women, (b) those fleeing domestic violence, and (c) other vulnerable people; and what research he has commissioned on those issues.
(209235)
243
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female claimants of each cohort have had the shared accommodation rate rule applied to their claim since its introduction.
(209237)
244
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who have had the shared accommodation rate applied to their claim have subsequently moved home; and whether his Department has commissioned research to find out their eventual destinations.
(209238)
245
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide longer-term discretionary housing payments to those affected by the extension of the shared accommodation rate who have not found suitable alternative accommodation to help with their housing costs.
(209262)
246
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will implement the increase in the Pension Protection Fund compensation cap.
(209091)
247
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter dated 15 July 2014 from the then Minister of State for Disabled People to the hon. Member for Stockton North, ref. POS(5) 10214/92, if the Minister of State for Disabled People will uphold his predecessor's personal commitment to ensuring that personal independence payment claims for people who are terminally ill will be assessed within seven days where possible; and what the timeframe is for achieving this target.
(209152)
248
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued on the use of e-cigarettes in the workplace.
(208910)
249
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has given to the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency about parents who repeatedly report changes in circumstances.
(209116)
250
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency of repeated changes of circumstances in child support maintenance by either parent in each year since 2010.
(209117)
251
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what income the (a) Child Maintenance Service and (b) Child Support Agency received from telephone calls to its hotlines in each year since 2010.
(209118)
252
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases involving parents who did not give the right information to the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency were (a) successfully taken to court and (b) received the maximum fine in the last five years.
(209119)
253
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency has dealt with of either parent changing their circumstances more than 10 times in 18 months in the last five years.
(209120)
254
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual change of circumstances the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency has processed in each year since 2010.
(209149)
255
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Government is using the money it has drawn down from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; whether the Government is drawing down its remaining entitlement from that fund through a reallocation of structural funds; and how the Government plans to use that remaining entitlement.
(208917)
256
N
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for an Atos medical assessment in (a) Cornwall and (b) the UK.
(209131)
257
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 583W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
(209079)
258
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to improve the Access to Work scheme for people with mental health problems (a) overall and (b) for work interviews; and what plans his Department has to guarantee equal access to the scheme for people with mental and physical health problems.
(209092)
259
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to increase the number of people with mental health problems who are supported by the Access to Work scheme.
(209094)
260
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Workplace Mental Health Support Service funding reflects demand from people with mental health problems who are out of work; and whether his Department plans to increase funding for the Workplace Mental Health Support Service.
(209115)
261
N
Mr David Lammy
(Tottenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process new claims for (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independent payment has been since the introduction of those payments.
(209239)
262
N
Mr David Lammy
(Tottenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce processing times for employment and support allowance.
(209244)
263
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents with (a) care commitments and (b) children were in receipt of child maintenance paid via the Child Support Agency on 29 June 2014.
(208924)
264
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly child maintenance payment received via the Child Support Agency was for parents with care commitments in 2013-14.
(208925)
265
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of parents (a) in receipt of child maintenance paid via the Child Support Agency (CSA) who will elect not to use the Child Maintenance Service's Collect and Pay service and (b) who currently use the CSA but who will elect to reach their own child maintenance arrangements following the changes introduced from 30 June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(208926)
266
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care commitments and (b) non-resident parents have (i) registered with the Child Maintenance Service since 30 June 2014 and (ii) chosen to use the new Collect and Pay service since 11 August 2014.
(208927)
267
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of children in poverty affected by the changes to the child maintenance system introduced from 30 June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(208928)
268
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 8 September 2014 from the hon. Member for Harrow West about Mr Ashok Pandya of Harrow.
(209213)
269
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the median age of people (a) entering the Work Programme, (b) securing six months of employment through that programme and (c) completing two years on that programme and returning to their jobcentre.
(208981)
270
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on job outcome payments for Work Programme participants aged (a) 18 to 24, (b) 25 to 34, (c) 35 to 44, (d) 45 to 49, (e) 50 to 54, (f) 55 to 59 and (g) 60 and over since June 2011.
(208982)
271
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on job outcome payments for each Work Programme Payment Group since June 2011.
(208983)
272
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants was in the (a) Support group and (b) Work Related Activity group in each quarter since October 2008.
(208992)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
273
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that the list of regulated markets subject to specified disclosure obligations in the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group's guidance on the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 does not pose a barrier to inward investment in the UK.
[Transferred]
(209245)