Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 17 October 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
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 17 October 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 17 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 about child abuse to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police in each of the last five years; and how many such cases resulted in subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions.
(210322)
2
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were in child abuse cases in each year since 2006-07.
(210545)
3
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of local authorities in England and Wales have adopted the new information-sharing protocol between the Crown Prosecution Service, police and councils.
(210546)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
4
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the progress being made to offset job losses and the cost to the economy resulting from the collapse of mobile telephone retailer Phones 4U.
(210713)
5
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that a conscience clause is included within equality legislation affecting UK businesses.
(210714)
6
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations his Department has received on large publishing firms coercing smaller publishing houses to sign contracts with anti-competitive clauses.
(210716)
7
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to support the aerospace industry following the announcement of 440 job losses at British Aerospace.
(210590)
8
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy that the National Minimum Wage should apply to seafarers working on ferry services from (a) Portsmouth to the Channel Islands, (b) Weymouth to the Channel Islands, (c) Poole to the Channel Islands and (d) Portsmouth to Cherbourg.
(210660)
9
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has (a) commissioned or (b) conducted research on the effects on a business's competitiveness of building sustainability into its core strategy.
(210679)
10
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to protect small businesses from vexatious claims by employees; and if he will make a statement.
(210557)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
11
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 253W, on Shared Services Connected Limited, if he will publish the impact assessment for the Shared Services Connected Limited venture when it is complete.
(210638)
12
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what average of mortality rates is due to (a) cardiovascular disease, (b) respiratory disease, (c) lung cancer and (d) breast cancer in (i) England and (ii) Liverpool.
(210457)
13
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of births where one or both parents were born outside the UK there were in (a) London and (b) Greater London in 2013.
(210759)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
14
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of his Department's proposed changes to the definition of qualifying materials for the lower rate of landfill tax on the remediation of contaminated brownfield land.
(210613)
15
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much extra total revenue HM Revenue and Customs expects to raise in standard rate landfill tax as a result of the implementation of his Department's proposed changes to the definition of qualifying materials for the lower rate of landfill tax.
(210614)
16
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Ministers in his Department were made aware of HM Revenue and Customs' proposed changes to the definition of qualifying materials for the lower rate of landfill tax.
(210616)
17
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation has taken place between his Department, HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the effect of changing the definition of qualifying material for the lower rate of landfill tax on (a) achieving the Best Overall Environment Outcome, (b) disruption to markets and (c) levels of waste crime.
(210617)
18
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he expects bottom ash from municipal waste incinerators to continue to qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax under his Department's proposed changes to the definition of qualifying material; and what estimate he has made of the additional annual landfill tax revenue that HM Revenue and Customs will receive from local authorities as a consequence of that change.
(210636)
19
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to permit parents to leave more of their own money to their children.
(210769)
20
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive regarding his long-term economic plan.
(210815)
21
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further plans he has to protect vulnerable groups while tackling the deficit.
(210816)
22
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on tackling child poverty.
(210817)
23
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to decrease the price of fuel throughout the UK.
(210818)
24
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase opportunities for full-time employment across the UK.
(210819)
25
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further steps he plans to take to encourage banks to lend money to small and medium-sized businesses.
(210820)
26
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of self employed people are earning less than the personal allowance of £10,000.
(210821)
27
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of living for people on the lowest incomes.
(210826)
28
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to help businesses in the construction sector outside London.
(210830)
29
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the evidential basis of the decision by the Financial Conduct Authority to list the Cayman Islands as a high-risk country for financial crime.
(210622)
30
N
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that Financial Conduct Authority disciplinary proceedings relating to Stewart Ford, formerly of Keydata Investment Services, are concluded as quickly as possible.
(210312)
31
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost per child of providing childcare accounts for households in receipt of Tax Free Childcare will be; and how much funding the Government has set aside for the administration and running costs of the tax free childcare system.
(210465)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
32
Gareth Johnson
(Dartford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the 10 per cent commission payable on the sale of a mobile or park home to the site owner under the Mobile Homes Act 1983.
(210659)
33
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential for planning to increase active and sustainable travel to improve the well-being of communities; what steps his Department is taking to make roads safer for people on foot and bikes; and if he will make a statement.
(210760)
34
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the availability of social housing of excluding properties in small rural settlements from the Right to Acquire scheme.
(210423)
35
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to include properties in small rural settlements in the Right to Acquire scheme.
(210424)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
36
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what statistics his Department holds on trends in the number of people who work full time as writers; and if he will take steps to encourage people to pursue careers as writers.
(210715)
37
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on refurbishment projects and national events first announced by the Government in 2012 to mark the UK's centenary commemoration of the start of the First World War.
(210717)
38
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to increase the size of fines the Information Commissioner's Office can give to companies and individuals who do not comply with nuisance call legislation.
(210591)
39
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to reform the Telephone Preference Service; and what plans his Department has to give better protection and more choice to people who receive nuisance telephone calls.
(210612)
40
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC Trust on its role in monitoring accusations of bias by the BBC in its reporting of events in Israel and the Occupied Territories.
(210621)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
41
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions bomb disposal units have been deployed to an incident in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years where the incident was more than 40 miles from their usual base.
(210555)
42
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, during what hours MOD St Athan is available for use by private companies.
(210321)
43
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the automatic landing equipment at MoD St Athan is in full working order.
(210448)
44
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints his Department has received about the use of facilities at MoD St Athan in the last 12 months.
(210449)
45
N
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet Cardiff Aviation to discuss access to the landing facilities at MoD St Athan.
(210450)
46
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many targets the Royal Air Force has hit in Iraq since 26 September 2014; how many casualties have occurred as a result; and if he will make a statement.
(210712)
47
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the policy on keeping the documentation of failed citations for military honours was last changed; and what the reasons were for that change.
(210594)
48
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of suicide by serving armed forces personnel resulted in a full service enquiry between 2002 and 2012.
(210678)
49
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were based in Northern Ireland in each year from 2010 to 2013.
(210829)
50
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Conditioning report commissioned from Babcock International, dated 3 February 2011, on the approximate costs of repairing his Department's site at Ashchurch; and if he will make a statement.
(210595)
51
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what options his Department is considering in seeking agreement on the future delivery of controlled humidity environment capability and related projects; and if he will make a statement.
(210596)
52
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place copies of all reviews carried out by his Department into the phased site closure of MoD Ashchurch in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
(210722)
53
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library details of his Department's land release programme; and if he will make a statement.
(210781)
54
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where his Department's primary vehicle storage and distribution site is for all types of (a) military equipment, (b) Royal Engineering bridging, (c) boats and (d) construction plant; and if he will make a statement.
(210794)
55
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Ashchurch relocation assessment study along with details of its impact assessment and housing start number; and if he will make a statement.
(210795)
56
Sandra Osborne
(Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long each claimant has waited for the review and completion of a compensation claim under the War Pension and the Armed Forces Compensation System Schemes since the inception of those schemes.
(210757)
57
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on (a) the Tornado TCAS trials at BAE Warton and (b) the embodiment programme for the Tornado fleet as a whole.
(210783)
58
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) assets and (b) personnel are taking part in Exercise Noble Justification.
(210784)
59
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the housing targets within the Land Release Programme of not selling DSG Ashchurch under the Controlled Humidity Environment Capability and related projects programme.
(210761)
60
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's (a) category A, (b) category B and (c) category C defence projects.
(210645)
61
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's category D defence projects.
(210646)
62
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding on US coast guard sailors serving on Royal Navy warships signed by the US Coast Guard Commandant and Admiral Sir George Zambellas in July 2014.
(210648)
63
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the order of battle is of the Commando Brigade.
(210649)
64
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter of intent signed at the NATO Summit on 4 September 2014 on the development of a NATO Joint Expeditionary Force.
(210651)
65
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of BR3 - Naval Personnel Management.
(210675)
66
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of Joint Service Publication 755.
(210676)
67
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the crew complement of (a) HMS Albion, (b) HMS Bulwark and (c) HMS Ocean by (i) rank and (ii) specialisation is.
(210751)
68
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 1993, Official Report, column 52W, on security services, how much expenditure by the security and intelligence agencies was contained in his Department's vote for financial years 1990-91 to 1993-94.
(210752)
69
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the crew complement of the Daring class destroyers is by (a) rank and (b) specialisation.
(210753)
70
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) service liability, (b) funded strength and (c) total paid service strength is for the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army and (iii) Royal Air Force.
(210754)
71
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the crew complement of Duke class frigates is by (a) rank and (b) specialisation.
(210755)
72
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned crew complement of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier is by (a) rank and (b) specialisation.
(210756)
73
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the crew complement of the Hunt class minehunters is by (a) rank and (b) specialisation.
(210758)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
74
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities to keep a part of the funding they receive from issuing fixed penalty notices for non-registration in order to pay for that element of enforcement.
(210787)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
75
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to implement a young person impact assessment for future policy proposals and funding changes.
(210316)
76
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department has used to decide which schools will receive Priority School Building Programme funding.
(210420)
77
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its detailed condition survey of schools in England.
(210421)
78
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the application for Priority School Building Programme funding by Balaam Wood Academy; and what phase of the programme the Academy is at.
(210422)
79
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure greater consistency in educational outcomes (a) from each stage of provision and (b) across all regions.
(210718)
80
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of how many infant pupils (a) are eligible to receive pupil premium and (b) have been registered to receive pupil premium in the school year 2014-15.
(210677)
81
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide help to missing children.
(210779)
82
N
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation was carried out with serving teachers before the decision to remove iGCSEs from school league tables was taken.
(210326)
83
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the promotion of sexual education for Key Stage 3 pupils.
(210623)
84
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching schools bid for funds from the early years self-improvement fund; how many of each type of teaching school applied; how much was available in that fund; what the average award was from that fund; and if she will publish a list of all applicants for that fund and their location.
(210320)
85
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that personal, social, health and economic matters are taught in schools; and if she will make a statement.
(210419)
86
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made towards the introduction of a national funding formula for schools; and if she will make a statement.
(210556)
87
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that secondary education provides children with adequate skills for working life.
(210705)
88
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that teaching assistants in schools have the correct qualifications.
(210706)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
89
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013 to Question 159990, how many Green Deal apprentices had (a) begun and (b) completed their training on 1 October 2014.
(210584)
90
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government has taken to unify carbon mitigation strategies between (a) the public and private sectors and (b) different industrial sectors.
(210587)
91
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the forecast levelised costs for nuclear power generation with a date of commission in (a) 2020, (b) 2025, (c) 2030 and (d) 2035.
(210537)
92
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the operator's liability for decommissioning costs are capped in the contract for difference for Hinkley Point C, or whether these will be passed on to EDF in full.
(210538)
93
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what compensation mechanisms are in place for EDF in the event that the Government closes Hinkley Point C for reasons other than safety or immediate environmental reasons.
(210539)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
94
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prevent degradation and deforestation of woodland.
(210585)
95
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on reduction of the virtual footprint of UK water usage.
(210586)
96
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to reduce carbon dioxide release from agricultural practices while maintaining and increasing crop yields.
(210588)
97
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to reduce the import of any hardwood timber from tropical forests.
(210589)
98
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the removal of the derogations in the EU Landfill Directive will deliver the Best Overall Environmental Outcome; and how her Department made that assessment.
(210615)
99
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which existing derogations in the EU Landfill Directive the UK applies.
(210618)
100
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which derogations in the EU Landfill Directive the Government is planning to remove from application in the UK.
(210619)
101
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the Grocery Code Adjudicator to extend the scope of its remit to relations between milk producers and processors.
(210674)
102
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the statement of 6 February 2013, Official Report, column 15WS, on irresponsible dog ownership, what representations she has received on regulations relating to compulsory microchipping of dogs in England; and what response she has given to those representations.
(210701)
103
N
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the financial return from her Department's investment in agricultural research and development since 2010.
(210429)
104
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to prevent the spread of the beehive beetle through produce imported from Italy.
(210631)
105
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the beehive beetle on the honey bee population in the UK.
(210632)
106
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Irish government to prevent the spread of the beehive beetle.
(210633)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
107
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he or officials of his Department have had with Rabbi David Saperstein in his capacity as US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
(210721)
108
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Attorney General and (b) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) about Saudi concerns over the SFO's investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd.
(210317)
109
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department has discussed the Serious Fraud Office's investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd with the Saudi government.
(210318)
110
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese government concerning the treatment of protestors in Hong Kong.
(210824)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
111
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the transfer of commissioning responsibilities for public health for 0 to five year olds to local authorities.
(210463)
112
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the updated guidance for commissioners, GPs and providers on patients' choice in mental healthcare scheduled for release in September 2014 will be published.
(210580)
113
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the statement from the Chief Executive of Public Health England that the number of cases of tuberculosis in Britain will soon exceed the number in the US for the first time; and what steps he is taking to tackle the increasingly antibiotic-resistant form of tuberculosis.
(210582)
114
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2014 to Question 206057, on anticoagulants, what plans the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has to update that guidance.
(210583)
115
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review his policy on polypropylene transvaginal mesh implants in response to recent court judgements in the US.
(210655)
116
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the commissioning by government departments of services from organisations which advise that gender abortion is not illegal; and if he will make a statement.
(210748)
117
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to cease distributing guidance that gender selective abortion is not illegal.
(210749)
118
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has requested that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service alter its guidance that gender-selective abortion is not illegal.
(210750)
119
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provides for businesses and organisations conducting research into the benefits of natural products in cancer therapy and treatment.
(210719)
120
N
Michael Dugher
(Barnsley East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the third stage of the review into the closure of surgery at Leeds children's heart unit.
(210458)
121
N
Michael Dugher
(Barnsley East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the third stage of the review into the closure of surgery at Leeds Children's Heart Unit will be published.
(210459)
122
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on waiting lists for talking therapies.
(210672)
123
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he or (b) officials in his Department have had on reinvesting the industry rebate payments under the current Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme into (i) healthcare services and (ii) medicines expenditure.
(210807)
124
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that homecare workers are paid for time spent travelling between clients; and if he will make a statement.
(210315)
125
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all local authorities include (a) arthritis and (b) other musculoskeletal conditions in their joint strategic needs assessment; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on this issue.
(210533)
126
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which clinical commissioning groups in the North West have a fracture liaison service linked to their local hospital.
(210536)
127
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median time between arrival and departure from accident and emergency was in (a) London and (b) each London trust in each year since 2010.
(210540)
128
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median time was from arrival to assessment in accident and emergency units in (a) all of London and (b) each London trust in each year since 2010.
(210541)
129
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median time was from arrival to treatment in accident and emergency units in (a) all of London and (b) each London trust in each year since 2010.
(210542)
130
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median waiting time for GP appointments was in (a) London and (b) each London trust in each year since 2010.
(210543)
131
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median ambulance response time was for each category of call in (a) London and (b) each London trust in each year since 2010.
(210544)
132
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on Ebola screening at airports.
(210768)
133
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has held with the devolved administrations on the standard of care provided for dementia patients across the UK.
(210823)
134
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on sharing good practice concerning the treatment of people diagnosed with diabetes.
(210827)
135
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of treating a patient in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northern Ireland.
(210828)
136
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Huntingdon's Disease Association on the care of people with Huntingdon's disease.
(210624)
137
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of providing free prescriptions to people with diabetes in (a) England and (b) Havering in 2013-14.
(210702)
138
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of providing free prescriptions to people with myxodema in (a) England and (b) Havering in 2013-14.
(210703)
139
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children aged between five and 18 are classified as obese in (a) England and (b) Havering.
(210704)
140
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase self-care education in public health campaigns in Liverpool.
(210454)
141
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase cancer screening rates in Liverpool; and how much he has spent on public health campaigns to increase cancer screening rates in Liverpool in each year since 2010.
(210455)
142
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the public health budget is in each core city in England.
(210456)
143
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that NHS bursaries are funded for the full degree course; and if he will make a statement.
(210657)
144
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that obese and overweight patients receive expert advice on weight loss and weight management as early as possible.
(210634)
145
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that healthcare practitioners routinely check obese patients for signs of osteoarthritis.
(210635)
146
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to protect the future of local breast network groups should his Department's proposal for discontinuing the National Cancer Peer Review programme from 2015 go ahead.
(210723)
147
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of compulsory redundancy payments for staff in NHS England was for each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
(210785)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
148
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department took into account the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill when drafting the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill.
(210654)
149
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the time taken for the disembarkation of passengers at Londonderry Airport on 27 August 2014 as a result of the unavailability of Border Force personnel is not repeated.
(210554)
150
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 13 January 2014 to Question 181067, how many identified victims of trafficking who (a) participated and (b) did not participate in criminal proceedings were granted discretionary leave to remain on the grounds of personal circumstances in 2013; and if she will make a statement.
(210551)
151
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many copies of her Department's publication Modern Slavery: how the UK is leading the fight have been printed to date; at what cost; and to whom that publication has been distributed.
(210597)
152
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual potential victims of trafficking the NSPCC Modern Slavery Helpline offered advice or information to during August 2014; and how many of those people were (a) adults and (b) children.
(210598)
153
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enquiries were made to the NSPCC Modern Slavery Helpline during August 2014; and how many of those calls were from (a) frontline professionals, (b) members of the public and (c) potential victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
(210599)
154
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for passports for those found living illegally in the UK without documentation from (a) India, (b) Bangladesh, (c) Pakistan, (d) Nigeria and (e) China were refused in each of the last five years.
(210319)
155
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders recommended by the courts for deportation in each of the last 10 years have not been deported; in which city each such offender lives; and for what reasons each such offender has not been deported.
(210710)
156
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on securing the removal of Mr Joland Giwa from the UK.
(210711)
157
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter of 9 September 2014 from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East.
(210428)
158
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers flew into private airfields and were unchecked by immigration officers in each year since 2010.
(210775)
159
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many flights into private airfields were unchecked by immigration officers in each year since 2010.
(210776)
160
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have spent a night in a hotel under the Compass contract for asylum seeker accommodation in each month of 2014 to date.
(210777)
161
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) investigations of and (b) prosecutions for illegal gangmaster activity there have been in each year since 2010.
(210778)
162
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made of suspects affiliated to ISIL in London during the last three months.
(210762)
163
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to limit the free movement of people into the UK from other EU countries.
(210822)
164
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to identify and implement future crime prevention measures in relation to race hate crime.
(210620)
165
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the UK may be obliged to provide sensitive security or law enforcement information to EU evaluation teams under Joint Action 97/827/JHA if it opts back into that Joint Action after it has come under full CJEU jurisdiction.
(210426)
166
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether Chapter VIII of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA will place police and border control checks conducted by UK authorities within the scope of EU law for the purposes of EU fundamental rights, if the UK connects to the Schengen Information System II.
(210427)
167
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2014 to Question 207071, for what reasons the correct agencies for exchanging information relevant to policing international football matches would be difficult to identify if the UK ceased to be bound by Council Decision 2002/348/JHA.
(210782)
168
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of exit checks at UK borders.
(210644)
169
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date exit checks at the UK border will enable an analysis of overstayers by nationality, visa type and sponsor.
(210647)
170
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date exit checks at the UK border will be used to identify migrants who have overstayed their leave to remain.
(210650)
171
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers receive face-to-face advice when making or following up a complaint.
(209289)
172
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are being held in prisons solely under immigration powers.
(210460)
173
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been deprived of their British Citizenship under subsection (2) of section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in the last six months; how many such cases fell within subsection (4A) of that section; and if she will make a statement.
(210461)
174
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian people have been resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since the launch of that scheme.
(210553)
175
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has used the provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to access communications data, in each year since the coming into force of that Act.
(210772)
176
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether since May 2010 her Department has requested any foreign government to carry out surveillance activities that would be unlawful in that government's jurisdiction.
(210773)
177
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any additional restrictions have been recently placed on the granting of visitors' visas for applicants from the Sudan.
(210630)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
178
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent humanitarian assistance the UK has provided to communities affected by the monsoon floods in Western Nepal.
(210720)
179
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to ensure that teacher training funded by her Department promotes the inclusion of children with disabilities in education.
(210658)
180
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether a country should receive aid from the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(210662)
181
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to continue to oppose loans to Argentina from international institutions including the World Bank and IDB.
(210639)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
182
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in unemployment pay to offenders in each prison in England Wales under paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the latest (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
(210451)
183
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each prison in England and Wales were eligible for unemployment pay under paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the latest (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
(210452)
184
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were working in industrial activity in each public sector prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010-11.
(210453)
185
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many maximum custodial sentences were awarded for class (a) A, (b) B and (c) C drugs in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(210652)
186
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth custodial sentences have been awarded for drug offences in the last five years; and how many of those sentences are for (a) primary offences and (b) non-Class A offences.
(210653)
187
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department (a) has made or (b) plans to make any policy changes in response to the decisions in Weller vs. Associated News in 2014.
(210558)
188
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to issue revised sentencing guidelines in respect of new offences of stalking.
(210707)
189
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review sentences handed down to people convicted of stalking.
(210709)
190
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to develop programmes for perpetrators of stalking in (a) the community and (b) custody.
(210770)
191
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to expand the sex offenders register to include serial stalkers and domestic violence perpetrators.
(210771)
192
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many referrals have been made to Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Approved Hostels and Interventions, including Programmes in each month of the last two years.
(210462)
193
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the level of staff shortage was in the probation service (a) at the latest date for which data is available and (b) in October 2013.
(210547)
194
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the opening and closing dates are for the Government's consultation on Secure College rules; and when he expects that the Government's response to that consultation will be published.
(210592)
195
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to award the education contract for the Secure College; and if he will publish those criteria.
(210593)
196
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases the victim was a child.
(210323)
197
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under sections 57 and 59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases the victim was a child.
(210324)
198
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases the victim was a child.
(210325)
199
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to sign and ratify Protocol 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights.
(210425)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
200
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she anticipates that the National Crime Agency will be full operational in Northern Ireland.
(210764)
201
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with Sinn Fein and the SDLP on the issue of the National Crime Agency operating in Northern Ireland.
(210765)
202
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further steps she plans to take to resolve the parade dispute at Twaddell Avenue.
(210766)
203
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress she has made on the Government's plan to devolve corporation tax to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(210767)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
204
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many responses were received to IPSA's public consultation on MPs staffing allocations; of these, how many related to internships; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of that consultation.
(210656)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
205
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will issue advice to hon. Members on the procedures for registering electors who do not have a national insurance number under individual electoral registration.
(210786)
206
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the proportion of (a) male and (b) female electors in each ethnic grouping for which data is held who do not have a national insurance number.
(210788)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
207
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the change in the number of (a) road fatalities and (b) serious incidents resulting from collisions between vehicles and pedestrians was in each of the last 10 years.
(210780)
208
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Class 3 mobility scooters have been registered for road use in London in each of the last three years.
(210763)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
209
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he made of the effect of the introduction of contribution-based employment and support allowance on the income of people previously receiving disability living allowance or incapacity benefit.
(210661)
210
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014 to Question 205882, what the full cost, including apportioned indirect costs, is of initiating payment of employment and support allowance (ESA) at the assessment rate; what the full cost is of an ESA change; and how many changes ESA claimants require on average per year.
(210313)
211
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014 to Question 205883, what the full cost, including apportioned indirect costs, is of processing a new claim for jobseeker's allowance; and what the full cost is of a jobseeker's allowance interview.
(210314)
212
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide support from the Access to Work scheme to people with mental health problems before (a) the offer of a job or (b) a job interview to ensure parity with people with other impairments.
(210637)
213
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances local authorities are permitted to suspend housing benefit payments.
(210724)
214
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on steps to take when a claimant of housing benefit who retains an award of employment and support allowance reports a change of circumstance in the form of Permitted Work.
(210725)
215
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the effect of a claimant becoming self-employed is on awards of housing benefit.
(210726)
216
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy that an award of housing benefit should be suspended when Permitted Work is reported as a change of circumstance.
(210727)
217
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the time limit is for local authority decisions on determining reported changes of circumstances.
(210728)
218
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether housing benefit claimants who have become self employed must use a self employment declaration form, as the means of reporting that information.
(210729)
219
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a housing benefit claimant who undertakes permitted work on a self-employment basis is required to complete a self employment declaration form.
(210730)
220
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is responsible for repaying an overpayment of housing benefit in cases where the local authority makes that payment direct to a landlord.
(210731)
221
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements his Department makes for disabled people to contact his Department by email.
(210732)
222
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants in Warrington have been sanctioned for failure to attend a mandatory work placement after they have reported a change of circumstances but before they are advised of their entitlement to another benefit.
(210534)
223
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken by Warrington Jobcentre Plus is to review the conditionality group of a universal credit claimant who reports a change of circumstances.
(210535)
224
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times in the last three years Ministers in his Department have met executives from Motability.
(210548)
225
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to his Department of the mobility element of personal independence payments.
(210549)
226
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about Motability have been raised with his Department in the last three years.
(210550)
227
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he uses to assess the timeliness of payments in the benefits system.
(210464)
228
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people stopped claiming employment and support allowance (ESA) in 2013 after gaining insufficient points in a Work Capability Assessment; and how many such people were claiming jobseeker's allowance within four weeks of their ESA claim ending.
(210472)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
229
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the suitability of local commissioning for specialist domestic violence refuges.
[Transferred]
(210581)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
230
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 February 2014 to Question 902388, how many victims of human trafficking received pre-trial therapy and counselling in accordance with the victims' code service in each of the last three years; what the cost to the public purse was of such therapy; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(210552)
231
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to introduce legislative proposals for orders to place a positive obligation on (a) serial stalkers and (b) domestic violence perpetrators.
[Transferred]
(210708)