Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 28 October 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 28 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
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a table of Crown Prosecution Service child-abuse flagged (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions for each financial year since 2006-07.
(211679)
2
N
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a list of the local authorities who have adopted the information-sharing protocol launched by the Crown Prosecution Service in January 2014.
(211680)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on the recent round of discussions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
(211894)
4
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of paying a one-off payment to the staff of his Department in lieu of their entitlement to annual increments was.
(211898)
5
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the payback period is in relation to the one-off payment to staff in his Department who have opted to forego their entitlement to annual increment payments.
(211910)
6
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of HM Revenue and Customs launching pro-active investigations into the non-payment of the national minimum wage.
(211865)
7
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands received disabled students' allowance in each of the last five years.
(211838)
8
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Investment staff worked in each of the industrial sectors on 1 April 2014; and what the budget for each such sector is in 2014-15.
(211850)
9
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff worked for the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) on 1 April 2014; and what the budget of the UKTI DSO is for 2014-15.
(211851)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
10
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue in the form of Class 1 National Insurance contributions was collected from people earning less than the threshold for income tax in the 2012-13 tax year.
(211895)
11
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) Class 2 and (b) Class 4 National Insurance his Department collected from individuals earning less than the threshold for income tax during the 2012-13 tax year.
(221892)
12
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits and disbenefits of HM Revenue and Customs launching pro-active investigations into the home care sector and the non-payment of the national minimum wage.
(211863)
13
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs plans to launch any further pro-active investigations into non-compliance with the national minimum wage in the social care sector.
(211864)
14
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 643W, on tax allowance pensions, what proportion of income tax relief on contributions accrued to, or is expected to accrue to, individuals with an annual income of (a) up to £19,999, (b) between £20,000 and £44,999, (c) between £45,000 and £74,999, (d) between £75,000 and £99,999, (e) between £100,000 and £149,999 and (f) over £150,000 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.
(211726)
15
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce his response to the consultation on removing the personal allowance for people living abroad.
(211841)
16
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount that will be saved by the non-issuing of vehicle excise discs.
(211358)
17
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason it is his Department's policy to collect vehicle excise duty from both the vendor and the purchaser of a motor vehicle for the full month in which that motor vehicle is sold.
(211359)
18
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of additional revenue will be raised by the recent change to the law that results in both the vendor and the purchaser of a motor vehicle paying vehicle excise duty on that vehicle for the whole month in which it is sold.
(211360)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
19
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in providing (a) adequate fire safety and (b) appropriate fire drills, including evacuations, for (i) airport termini and (ii) hospitals.
(211861)
20
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology his Department recommends for the calculation of five year land supplies; whether planning authorities are required to use regional spatial strategy figures in such calculations; and if he will make a statement.
(211685)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
21
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will co-operate with the Department for Communities and Local Government over potential actions to reduce the costs associated with planning regulations and other barriers in relation to the rollout of high-speed broadband.
(211848)
22
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will hold discussions with local authorities to encourage uptake of narrow trenching techniques in order to lower deployment costs for high-speed broadband connections and expedite its rollout to more homes and businesses.
(211849)
23
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage infrastructure-based competition across the market for high-speed broadband connections; and if he will make a statement.
(211867)
24
N
Sir Peter Luff
(Mid Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2014 to Question 206821, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of PMSE market failure if PMSE users are not allocated alternative spectrum in which to operate before the 799 MHz band is cleared; what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom regarding mitigating that risk; and if he will make a statement.
(211778)
25
N
Sir Peter Luff
(Mid Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2014 to Question 206821, how many meetings (a) his Department and (b) Ofcom have had with HM Treasury on compensation for the Programme Making and Special Events sector if the 700 MHz band was cleared of such users; and if he will make a statement.
(211779)
26
N
Sir Peter Luff
(Mid Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2014 to Question 206823, what assessment his Department has made of the future possibility of mobile network operators demanding access to more spectrum; what steps his Department is taking to test the validity of such future demands; and if he will make a statement.
(211780)
27
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to facilitate the deployment of fixed and mobile broadband networks; and when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the review of the Electronic Communications Code.
(211852)
28
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Law Commission's report on the Electronic Communications Code, published on 27 February 2013, what his response is to the proposals set out in that report for reform of the Electronics Communications Code.
(211916)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
29
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Armed Forces Day national event in Guildford on 27 June 2015; how much of that cost is being met by (a) his Department and (b) Guildford Borough Council; whether any public funding so provided is dependent on match funding from industry or other sources; and if he will make a statement.
(211802)
30
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service leavers resident in Northern Ireland have received further and higher educational support under the Service Leavers Scheme funded by his Department.
(211681)
31
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to address the issues raised with him by the First Minsiter of Northern Ireland concerning the transfer of the former St Lucia barracks in Omagh to the Northern Ireland Executive.
(211682)
32
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Northern Ireland is defined as an overseas location for the purposes of offering further and higher educational support under the Service Leavers Scheme.
(211683)
33
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on teaching English in each year since 2010.
(211774)
34
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nursery places his Department offers; how many applications there have been for those places in each year since 2010; and how many of the nursery places are occupied.
(211775)
35
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 to Question 210743, when the changes to the habitation of offenders legislation came into force; when his Department became aware of this change; and if he will make a statement.
(211772)
36
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 to Question 210743, what the nature is of the disciplinary action taken against the four serving members of the armed forces who lodged complaints which were subsequently and remain stayed; and if he will make a statement.
(211773)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
37
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013 to Question 210316, if she will publish the minutes of her meetings with her Cabinet colleagues on the proposed contents of the Family Test announced by the Prime Minister on 18 August 2014.
(211723)
38
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools to the Earl of Listowel, Official Report, House of Lords, column 553, what estimate she has made of the number of schools that do not prioritise looked-after children.
(211783)
39
Ian Mearns
(Gateshead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new school applications have been processed by regional school commissioners; how many such applications were (a) approved and (b) refused; and what the reasons for such approval or refusal were in each case.
(211862)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
40
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will estimate the potential change in annual household energy bills arising from government subsidies to Drax for biomass power generation over the next 13 years.
(221889)
41
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government about the re-instatement of former opencast coal sites in East Ayrshire.
(211771)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
42
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to ban puppy farming.
(211911)
43
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made towards meeting the recovery target for construction and demolition waste in the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC); and what steps she is taking to meet and enforce that target.
(211686)
44
N
Maria Miller
(Basingstoke):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2014 to Question 208409, what the maximum level of fine and sanction available for illegal tree felling was in each year since 1982; and when the level of fine or sanction was last reviewed and last increased under provisions in the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
(211724)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
45
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with government officials in Pakistan on the allegations made against Aasia Bibi.
(211909)
46
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014, to Question 209580, whether he and his EU counterparts gave specific consideration to settlement construction in Givat Hamatos, E1 and Har Homa, and to the relocation of 12,500 Bedouin from E1, and to the implications of those developments for future relations between the EU and Israel.
(211912)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
47
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of (a) furniture, (b) crutches and (c) other equipment given out to people with a short-term need in each of the last three years.
(211696)
48
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that more young people are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(211897)
49
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on public awareness campaigns on cancer in each of the last five years.
(211804)
50
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff are helping with Ebola in West Africa; and what steps he has taken to provide cover for those staff.
(211805)
51
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England, (c) NHS England and (d) each non-departmental public body spent on (i) iPads and (ii)iPhones in each of the last five years; and how many of each were purchased in each of those years.
(211806)
52
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 210930, when the final independent market survey will report.
(211834)
53
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer of 21 October 2014 from the Minister of State for Care and Support, Official Report, column 749, on mental health nurses, what significant improvements to perinatal mental services have been made.
(211840)
54
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of waiting times for young people attempting to access child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will publish average national waiting times in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.
(211725)
55
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have lost their sight as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years.
(211699)
56
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had their feet amputated as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years.
(211700)
57
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 were diagnosed with type two diabetes in each of the last five years.
(211701)
58
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished hospital admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of asthma there were among people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 in each of the last five years.
(211702)
59
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 were diagnosed with asthma in each of the last five years.
(211703)
60
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died as a result of (a) malignant melanoma and (b) other forms of skin cancer in England and Wales in the last five years.
(211893)
61
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce a screening programme for people who have previously had treatment for skin cancer.
(211914)
62
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what rationale lies behind NICE's advice that end-of-life criteria should only apply to medicines that extend life by at least three months.
(211807)
63
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to health technology appraisal committees on application of NICE's end of life criteria when appraising treatments for patients with terminal illness.
(211809)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
64
N
Sir Roger Gale
(North Thanet):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases currently under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been live for more than 11 months.
(211361)
65
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to expand the scope of the sex offenders' register to include serial stalkers and domestic violence perpetrators.
(211842)
66
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on commissioning the Child Abuse Image Database; whether this database will include all image-data known to Interpol; what steps she has taken to ensure that police forces can access this database; what specialist software regional police forces will require to access this database; and what additional funds she is making available to cover the costs of such software.
(211721)
67
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the future of the Childbase database of known online child abuse; how she envisages this database interacting with the Child Abuse Image Database; and if she will make a statement.
(211722)
68
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the report of the Wanless Review.
(211868)
69
N
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to prevent the illegal importation of bushmeat into the UK.
(211776)
70
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether G4S records (a) telephone calls made to it by asylum seekers who have ended the call as they have not been able to explain that they need an interpreter and (b) all other telephone calls received in connection with its contract to deliver accommodation for asylum seekers.
(211808)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
71
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014, to Question 208653, what proportion of the cost of building each school was funded by her Department; when that funding was provided; and what the amount of funding was in each case.
(211913)
72
N
Mr Graham Stuart
(Beverley and Holderness):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of the dangers of eating bushmeat in those countries where it is currently practised.
(211777)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
73
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there are in each local authority area; what the gender and ethnic composition is of magistrates in each such area; and what recruitment of magistrates there has been in each such area in the last five years.
(211837)
74
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the guidelines for sentencing of people convicted of stalking.
(211915)
75
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service Reserve Band 4 staff have been employed at each prison establishment in each of the last five years.
(211648)
76
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff employed in the Prison Service Reserve are classed as mobile grades as defined by the Civil Service Management Code.
(211649)
77
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff employed in the Prison Service Reserve can be ordered to perform detached duty.
(211650)
78
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of probation staff have received training in sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
(211651)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
79
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department plans to spend on improving the road network (a) in Devon and Cornwall and (b) within a 30 mile radius of the centre of Plymouth in each of the next five years.
(221888)
80
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on his Department's plan in Rail Fares and Ticketing published in October 2013 to trial flexible ticketing; when he expects flexible ticketing to be rolled out and available across the whole rail network; what recent representations he has received from train operating companies on such tickets; and if he will make a statement.
(211803)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
81
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many (a) men and (b) women her Department has publicly appointed in each of the last five years; and how much has been paid to each (i) man and (ii) woman.
(211836)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
82
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.
(221890)
83
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
(221891)
84
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will initiate a review of the operation of the shared accommodation rate.
(221887)
85
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments to universal credit claimants have been made directly to a landlord in Ashfield local authority area.
(211835)
86
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in (a) the support group, (b) the work-related activity group and (c) overall in Ashfield local authority area will be affected by the social sector under-occupancy penalty.
(211839)
87
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of former disability living allowance claimants who use a Motability vehicle have had the vehicle removed after being moved to personal independence payment; and what savings have accrued to the Exchequer as a result.
(211782)
88
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in East Ayrshire had had housing benefit capped since the introduction of the benefit cap at the latest date for which figures are available.
(211769)
89
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in East Ayrshire are currently subject to housing benefit being capped as a result of the benefit cap introduced in April 2013.
(211770)
90
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to waive the habitual residency test for jobseeker's allowance claimants when the claimant has lived abroad because of a parent being posted as a memember of the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
(211684)
91
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Health and Safety Executive inspectors have received training on the removal of asbestos from licensed premises since 2009.
(211717)
92
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mentors are working to assist the delivery of the New Enterprise Allowance.
(211718)
93
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the exposure of armed forces to the risks of asbestos.
(211719)
94
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) qualifications and (b) experience are required to be an adviser on the New Enterprise Allowance programme.
(211720)
95
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recommendations the Work Programme Building Best Practice Group has made to help the over 50s back to work.
(211781)
96
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments were made in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 in compensation for delays to claimants arising from the Atos assessment process (a) nationwide and (b) in the Stoke-on-Trent area; what steps he is taking to ensure that no further such delays are incurred; and if he will make a statement.
(211896)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
97
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of or received evidence on the effect on care standards of non-payment of the national minimum wage in the social care sector.
[Transferred]
(211866)