Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Notes:
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Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 29 October 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 29 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
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Attorney General, how many private finance initiative projects the Law Officers' Departments contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212091)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices will be affected by the Network Transformation Programme in each region and constituent part of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(212039)
3
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding given to high education institutions to recruit and support disabled children.
(212025)
4
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many appeals have been (a) made to and (b) upheld by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator by disabled pupils about a failure by a higher education institution to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.
(212026)
5
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has sought views from individual disabled pupils about the impact of proposed changes to disabled students allowance.
(212119)
6
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria his Department used to determine which bodies should be consulted over proposed changes to disabled students allowance.
(212120)
7
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have been employed by companies in Fareham constituency in each of the last five years.
(212137)
8
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212090)
9
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made with the Smart Cities programme; and if he will make a statement.
(211921)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
10
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to members of the public of copycat websites which charge extra for government services.
(212074)
11
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current legislation in tackling websites which copycat government services.
(212075)
12
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made with internet service providers to tackle copycat websites which charge extra for government services.
(212076)
13
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the investigation by Trading Standards into copycat websites which charge extra for government services.
(212077)
14
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the extent of public awareness of copycat websites which charge extra for government services.
(212078)
15
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the campaigns by (a) Transport for London, (b) the Advertising Standards Agency and (c) Trading Standards to raise public awareness of copycat websites of government services.
(212079)
16
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made in ensuring that people only use gov.uk to access and pay for government services.
(212080)
17
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of consolidating all government websites into gov.uk as means of reducing the use of copycat websites which charge extra for government services.
(212081)
18
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have used copycat websites of government services.
(212082)
19
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of websites which copycat government websites.
(212083)
20
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 died as a result of asthma in each of the last five years.
(211917)
21
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212092)
22
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department were assigned to work with Lord Wei when he was a government adviser.
(211877)
23
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Wei was an adviser to his Department; and whether he held a pass that allowed him to access the Cabinet Office.
(211880)
24
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful registrations of identity there have been through the Gov.uk Verify programme.
(211873)
25
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in introducing the Government identity assurance programme, Gov.uk Verify; and if he will make a statement.
(211881)
26
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has received representations on a public sector provider of identity assurance during the Gov.uk Verify programme.
(211904)
27
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all departments make use of relevant wellbeing evidence to inform policy.
(211945)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
28
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) company headquarters and (b) jobs have been reshored in the UK since the reduction in corporation tax rates.
(211930)
29
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employment and support allowance recipients received a payment for income tax for 2012-13.
(212040)
30
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has issued to vendors accepting digital currencies as payment for goods and services.
(212138)
31
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212105)
32
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2012 to Question 292135, what was the average tax paid by those people in each of the top (a) 10, (b) five, (c) one, (d) 0.1 and (e) 0.01 per cent of the population.
(212142)
33
Robert Neill
(Bromley and Chislehurst):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each region earn between the 2014-15 higher rate threshold and £55,000.
(211931)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
34
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department has implemented the relevant recommendations from Exercise Senator in 2011 on nuclear accident emergencies.
(212073)
35
Mike Gapes
(Ilford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Depatment's press release of 3 July 2013, entitled Government removes volunteering tax on councillors, what progress his Department has made in implementing the proposal set out in that press release.
(212132)
36
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how often checking and monitoring of (a) the Deposit Protection Service, (b) the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and (c) My Deposits take place; and what that process involves.
(212086)
37
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who is responsible for checking and monitoring (a) the Deposit Protection Service, (b) the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and (c) My Deposits.
(212087)
38
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who audits My Deposits; and whether that audit is submitted to his Department.
(212088)
39
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department takes to assess the adequacy of My Deposits compliance procedures.
(212089)
40
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212093)
41
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was of contracts awarded by his Department to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
(211932)
42
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was of contracts awarded by his-her= Department to the Big Society Network since 2010.
(211933)
43
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) financial and (n) non-financial support provided by his-her= Department to the Big Society Network since 2010.
(211934)
44
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided office space to the Big Society Network since 2010.
(211935)
45
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided any office space to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
(211936)
46
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has seconded any officials or special advisers to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
(211937)
47
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has seconded any officials or special advisers to the Big Society Network since 2010.
(211938)
48
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) financial and (n) non-financial support provided by his-her= Department to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
(211939)
49
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) self-employed, (d) casual, (e) fixed-term or contract, (f) apprenticeship and (g) commission-only workers there were in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
(211952)
50
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many small firms and shops have benefited from reductions in business rates in (a) England and (b) Crawley constituency.
(212013)
51
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the take-up of the Help to Buy has been in (a) England and (b) Crawley constituency.
(212014)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
52
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212094)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
53
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department has implemented the recommendations from Exercise Senator in 2011 on nuclear accident emergencies.
(212042)
54
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear weapons emergency exercises his Department's defence nuclear emergencies organisation has conducted since May 2010; and if he will publish on his Department's website the reports of such exercises.
(212043)
55
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies to implement recommendations arising from the 2011 Exercise Senator on nuclear accident emergencies.
(212045)
56
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if two non-cooperating aircraft operating in the same Class G airspace at the same time can be regarded as a Risk to Life.
(212060)
57
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events there were at HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport, by category, in each of the last six years.
(212061)
58
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events there were at HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport involving (a) Class A and (b) Class B incidents involving (i) nuclear propulsion and (ii) nuclear weapons; and what the details were of each such incident.
(212062)
59
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014 to Question 207562, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that ex-service personnel in receipt of disablement pensions with conditions related to mental disorders receive adequate treatment for their condition.
(212009)
60
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have spent more than six months studying with the Defence Cultural Specialist Unit; and how many are studying now.
(211968)
61
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether regular service personnel who take out the standard Pax Policy life insurance are covered in the event of death in non-war fighting operations.
(211970)
62
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the armed forces are in receipt of a Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 language allowance in Arabic.
(211971)
63
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the armed forces are in receipt of a Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 language allowance in Pashto.
(211972)
64
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the armed forces are in receipt of a Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 language allowance.
(211973)
65
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the armed forces are in receipt of a Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 language allowance in Dari.
(211974)
66
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many weeks of cultural and historical training the average graduate of the Defence Cultural Specialist Unit course receives in addition to their language training.
(211975)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
67
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the appropriateness of the key success measure for completeness of the electoral register contained in the Electoral Commission's Corporate Plan 2014-15 to 2018-19.
(211944)
68
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answers of 11 September 2014 to Questions 208200 and 208199, which local authorities have informed his Department that the capability of their computer systems to deal with individual electoral registration poses a threat to the successful implementation of individual electoral registration.
(212008)
69
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208273, what (a) guidance and (b) sanctions (i) his Department and (ii) the Electoral Commission provides for electoral registration officers who refuse to undertake door to door canvassing.
(212010)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
70
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics there were in UK secondary schools in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(212006)
71
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the merits of extending the Pupil Premium to all children educated at home.
(212017)
72
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the Pupil Premium to children who are education at home and have (a) foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and (b) other special needs.
(212018)
73
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when considering a payment through the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, whether the personal circumstances of a student undergoing financial hardship should be taken into account by a sixth form college.
(211959)
74
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new places at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been created in Fareham constituency in the last 12 months.
(212141)
75
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private finance initiative projects her Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212095)
76
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent changes to the nursery milk scheme on the ability of schools to fulfil the requirements of the School Food Standards in relation to milk.
(212127)
77
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to mindfulness programmes in schools.
(211943)
78
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will reinstate references to child wellbeing in the Ofsted inspection framework.
(211946)
79
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the education system gives due consideration to the promotion of child wellbeing.
(211951)
80
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the core target group of 16 to 19-year olds have (a) applied for and (b) been accepted onto a traineeship to date in Bury St Edmunds constituency.
(211953)
81
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspections were carried out in Suffolk local education authority area in (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) straight-through, (d) nursery and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
(211958)
82
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted have made of the consistency with which free schools are operating in accordance with the School Admissions Code.
(211963)
83
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of free schools which do not operate in accordance with the School Admissions Code.
(211964)
84
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made contact with the 100 free schools which failed to respond to her Department's questionnaire for the research report, Are free schools using innovative approaches? published in September 2014.
(211965)
85
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to establish why 100 free schools failed to respond to her Department's questionnaire.
(211966)
86
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's research report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what data has been gathered on the length in days of (a) terms and (b) school years from the 74 free schools which responded to her Department's questionnaire.
(211967)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
87
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to help businesses and individuals to switch their gas and electricity suppliers more quickly.
(211929)
88
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212096)
89
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that statements by his Department on energy efficiency are made when the House is in session.
(211961)
90
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how long he expects the round of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund due to open in November 2014 to remain open.
(211962)
91
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which measures the latest round of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund will cover.
(212046)
92
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the savings energy companies have passed onto consumers following the changes to the Energy Company Obligation that were announced in the Autumn Statement 2013.
(212047)
93
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the £100 million announced for the latest round of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) is in addition to the funding previously announced for the GDHIF budget.
(212048)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
94
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the comparability of the data used to assess the effectiveness from year 1 and year 2 of the badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
(211905)
95
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department's calculations of badgers per sett as a means of estimating badger populations took of (a) the movement by badgers between setts and (b) the effect of peturbation.
(211906)
96
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for year 2 of the badger culls, published in August 2014, for what reason different methods of estimating badger population were used in Gloucestershire and Somerset for determining the numbers of badgers to be removed in year 2 of the pilot culls in those areas.
(211907)
97
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for year 2 of the badger culls, published in August 2014, for what reason the methodology used to calculate the number of badgers to be culled changed from year 1 to year 2.
(211908)
98
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many private finance initiative projects her Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212097)
99
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made in implementing its commitment to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses; and if she will make a statement.
(212065)
100
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on which EU member states are leading on the EU Make It Work initiative; which industries are providing input; what the timetable is for public consultation; and what the objectives of the UK are in relation to that initiative.
(212067)
101
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take unilateral steps to manage bass stocks in UK waters until EU agreement is reached; and if she will make a statement.
(212128)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
102
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote dialogue between the Moldovan government and Transnistria; and if he will make a statement.
(212015)
103
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he took with his international counterparts to ensure that the recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine were free and fair; and if he will make a statement.
(212016)
104
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212098)
105
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Malaysia on the trial of the leader of the opposition in that country, Anwar Ibrahim; and if he will make a statement.
(211845)
106
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Bahrain on that government's recent decision to revoke the nationality of 31 Bahraini political activists.
(212125)
107
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Colombian government about the killing on 7 October 2014 of Norman Ortiz.
(211960)
108
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received about allegations of a reduction in protection afforded to (a) Senator Ivan Cepeda and (b) other opposition politicians and human rights and peace campaigners in Colombia.
(212049)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
109
N
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the retention of cervical cancer indicators in the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
(211899)
110
N
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the inclusion of (a) breast and (b) bowel cancer indicators in the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
(211903)
111
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211152, which terms used to describe mental health conditions experienced by women during pregnancy and in the first year after their child is born are classifiable within the ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) classification system used to identify diagnoses in the Hospital Episode Statistics database.
(211869)
112
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2014 to Question 211354, which official at NHS England has the lead responsibility for perinatal mental health services.
(211870)
113
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the emphasis placed on tackling and preventing lifestyle-related diseases in the NHS Five Year Forward View, published in October 2014, whether he has any plans to review and reform the voluntary responsibility deal.
(211871)
114
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 13 October 2014, Official Report, column 30, on bed capacity for dealing with potential Ebola patients, how many additional beds will be made available; and at which hospitals they will be made available.
(211872)
115
Mike Gapes
(Ilford South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to ensure more effective regulation of providers of cosmetic laser treatments; and whether it is his policy to introdude a register of such providers.
(212131)
116
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of Health Education England's third round of recruitment for general practice training posts.
(211940)
117
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department allocated to the Health Reform Evaluation Programme for 2014-15; and how much was allocated in each of the five previous years.
(211976)
118
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on orphan medicines in each of the last three years; and what proportion of total medicines expenditure that represented in each year.
(211977)
119
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of blood bikes for the transportation of blood to hospital trusts.
(212022)
120
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide figures showing how much money has been saved by the NHS by the use of blood bikes for the transportation of blood (a) nationally and (b) in the North West region in each of the last three years.
(212023)
121
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of adults in (a) Fareham constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England have been diagnosed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.
(212133)
122
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults in (i) Fareham constituency, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England were classed as (A) overweight and (B) obese in each of the last 10 years.
(212134)
123
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time for treatment in Queen Alexandra Hospital's accident and emergency department was in each year from 2009-10.
(212136)
124
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the prescription of asthma drugs in the NHS in each of the last five years.
(211846)
125
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating asthma in each of the last five years.
(211847)
126
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on the development of new drugs to treat the symptoms of asthma in each of the last five years.
(211885)
127
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding was allocated to research into asthma in each of the last five years.
(211918)
128
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has held with disability campaigners on securing compensation from Grünenthal for people affected by thalidomide; and if he will make representations to his German counterpart on that matter.
(212130)
129
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes to the nursery milk scheme on the supply of milk.
(212126)
130
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health has visited (a) Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, (b) Royal Brompton Hospital, (c) King's College Hospital and (d) St Thomas's Hospital in her ministerial capacity.
(211900)
131
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health has visited Ipswich Hospital in his ministerial capacity.
(211901)
132
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to NICE-recommended mindfulness-based therapies on the NHS.
(211947)
133
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of training doctors and nurses in mindfulness.
(212007)
134
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206875, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential of Men's Sheds movement to improve mental health and reduce loneliness; and if he will meet representatives of Men's Sheds to discuss those issues.
(212117)
135
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206875, what funding his his Department has made available for research into the effect of loneliness and isolation on health and wellbeing; and what research his Department has commissioned on that issue.
(212118)
136
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of compulsory redundancy payments for staff of all NHS employers in England was in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
(212063)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
137
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions visa bans have been used to prevent people considered to be involved in corruption or organised crime from travelling to the UK in each year between 2005 and 2009, by country of origin; and on how many occasions such bans have subsequently been revoked.
(211853)
138
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent members of staff were employed by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
(212019)
139
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions were made for cybercrimes reported to Action Fraud in each year since 2009.
(212020)
140
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the national fraud indicator statistics for 2013 will be published.
(212021)
141
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cybercrimes reported to Action Fraud have been referred to regional police forces for investigation in each year since 2009.
(212024)
142
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private finance initiative projects her Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212099)
143
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the report of the Wanless Review.
(211876)
144
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will bring forward proposals to introduce self-financing photo identity cards on a voluntary basis to establish citizenship status.
(212066)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
145
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, who the candidates were for the post of Serjeant at Arms on the last occasion on which it was advertised.
(211941)
146
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to reward the teams who have installed and successfully delivered digital television feeds including BBC local news and European Parliament, Committee Room, Welsh Assembly, and Scottish Parliament proceedings to offices on the Estate.
(211942)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
147
N
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the value of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership as a mechanism for co-ordinating research into (a) a new tuberculosis vaccine and (b) paediatric formulations for antiretroviral treatment.
(211854)
148
N
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK has taken as Chair of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) General Assembly to encourage other member states of EDCTP to increase their contributions to and investment in the partnership.
(211855)
149
N
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the value of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership as a mechanism for co-ordinating research into global health goods.
(211856)
150
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many private finance initiative projects her Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212100)
151
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to encourage long-term measures to bring about systemic changes required to better cope with future Ebola outbreaks.
(212085)
152
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to promote strengthening of the health systems in those countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak.
(211843)
153
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion of a reference to universal health coverage in the Health Goal in the Sustainable Development Goals.
(211844)
154
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that, in the countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak, health services to treat other preventable diseases are not negatively affected.
(211874)
155
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that, in the countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak, maternal and childbirth health services are not negatively affected.
(211875)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
156
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest time is that any prisoner has been on the run in the last 30 years; for what offence that prisoner was sentenced; what the length of that sentence was; and how long that prisoner had served before absconding.
(211884)
157
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 202782, on prisoner escapes, tabled on 26 June 2014 for answer on 30 June 2014.
(211919)
158
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at which courts people with 15 or more previous convictions were not sent to prison on conviction for burglary in the latest period for which figures are available.
(211920)
159
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212101)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
160
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many private finance initiative projects her Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212102)
161
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on her Department's review of the exemption to the publication of party political donations in Northern Ireland.
(211922)
Questions to the Prime Minister
162
Mr Pat McFadden
(Wolverhampton South East):
To ask the Prime Minister, what political content has been removed from the version of his January 2013 speech on the future of the European Union hosted on the gov.uk website.
(211948)
163
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Prime Minister, how many discussions he and his advisers had with (a) NESTA and (b) the Big Lottery Fund prior to those organisations awarding funds to the Big Society Network.
(211878)
164
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he or his advisers approached (a) NESTA and (b) Big Lottery Fund to request them to fund the Big Society Network or the Society Network Foundation.
(211879)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
165
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212103)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
166
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208311, what the most significant reason was for the increase in the numbers of people registered to vote in Northern Ireland between 2012 and 2013.
(212011)
167
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 206672, what discussions the Commission has had with Liberty on the Electoral Commission's proposals to introduce electoral identity cards.
(212012)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
168
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the training of HGV drivers; and what steps he is taking to encourage young people to enter the logistics industry in support of the manufacturing, engineering, food production and retail sectors.
(212084)
169
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Exceptional Hardship Scheme applications in each parliamentary constituency (a) were approved, (b) were rejected and (c) are still under consideration since the scheme came into operation in August 2010.
(211902)
170
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the energy requirement figures for the plans of HS2 (Phase 2) are.
(212003)
171
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212104)
172
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of vessels licensed to operate in the UK ferry industry are fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS); and what registration process shipowners must follow to convert a vessel to an EGCS which is compliant with the new sulphur dioxide emission regulations for commercial ships.
(211923)
173
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to produce formal guidance to the shipping industry on the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems to comply with new sulphur dioxide emission regulations.
(211924)
174
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the enforcement approach that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will take on introduction of the sulphur dioxide emission regulations for shipping companies from 1 January 2015; and what meetings the MCA has had with other port state control authorities in Europe on this issue since May 2010.
(211925)
175
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the effect that the introduction of sulphur dioxide emission regulations from 1 January 2015 will have on the number of (a) UK and (b) non-UK seafarer (i) ratings and (ii) officers active at sea in each of the five years from 2014-15.
(211926)
176
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the effect that the introduction of sulphur dioxide emission regulations from 1 January 2015 will have on the number of (a) UK and (b) non-UK seafarer (i) ratings and (ii) officers employed on ships in the (A) North Sea and (B) Channel.
(211927)
177
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ferry companies operating in the UK have announced (a) job and (b) route cuts in the last year in response to the introduction of sulphur dioxide emission regulations for shipping on 1 January 2015.
(211928)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
178
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212106)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
179
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the level of income disregard threshold for employment and support allowance will be reviewed prior to the Autumn Statement 2014.
(212041)
180
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014 to question 201294, for what reason it was decided not to change the income disregard threshold for employment and support allowance; and if he will make a statement.
(212050)
181
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing sought reconsideration of their case from (a) a regional Access to Work manager, (b) a senior operational manager, (c) a national AtW delivery manager, (d) a customer services director responsible for AtW and (e) an independent case examiner in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(212121)
182
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of the Access to Work scheme with each primary medical condition received reductions to their support package after a review of their support in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(212122)
183
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing received an award for (a) communication support at interview, (b) special aids and equipment and (c) a support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(212123)
184
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value of Access to Work awards provided to people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing for (a) communication support at interview, (b) special aids and equipment and (c) a support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(212124)
185
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who had no prior pension savings have been enrolled under automatic enrolment into workplace pension schemes.
(212139)
186
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people enrolled under automatic workplace pension schemes have chosen to opt out after (a) six, (b) nine and (c) 12 months.
(212140)
187
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(212107)
188
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the decision maker is in the case of a DVLA review; and what the assessment process is.
(212004)
189
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available for people with progressive conditions; and to what extent the assessment process for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments takes into account the fluctuating and progressive nature of conditions such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis.
(211882)
190
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department makes available to staff who assess people with progressive health conditions for employment and support allowance or personal independence payment on the nature of those conditions.
(211883)
191
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department makes available to ensure that people with (a) Parkinson's and (b) other progressive conditions are able to adequetely heat their home; and if he will make a statement.
(212129)
192
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) maximum and (b) average length of time was for processing a new claim for disability living allowance for children in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2014 to date.
(211950)
193
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206874, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Men's Sheds movement on (a) increasing confidence and volunteering, (b) reducing isolation and mental ill health and (c) improving job readiness for the unemployed.
(212116)
194
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people are using Access to Work support for a (a) work trial, (b) work experience opportunity under the Youth Contract, (c) supported internship, (d) traineeship and (e) pre-employment training work placement in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) the East of England.
(211954)
195
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk have received new support from the Access to Work scheme to participate in internships, traineeships and work placements since September 2010.
(211955)
196
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made at least one claim for out-of-work benefits in (a) Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) the East of England since 2010.
(211956)
197
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk to support older jobseekers in using online recruitment processes.
(211957)
198
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on bank transfer transactions for each type of benefit and pension payment in the last financial year; and what the total cost was of those transfers.
(211429)
199
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of universal credit access to childcare accounts equivalent to those proposed in the Childcare Payments Bill for claimants of tax-free childcare.
(211857)
200
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Mid-life Career Review Project.
(211858)
201
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in benefit payments; and if he will make a statement.
(211859)
202
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 210464, what metrics are used to track and manage timeliness of payments within the benefits system.
(211860)
203
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Barrow and Furness constituency he expects to have transferred to universal credit by 1 January 2015.
(212064)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
204
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the funding that higher education institutions receive to recruit and support disabled students is ring-fenced for that purpose.
[Transferred]
(212002)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
205
Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mortality rate from cancer was in (a) Fareham constituency and (b) Hampshire in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred]
(212135)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
206
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to develop a cross-government concept of operations in emergency response plans to deal with a radiological emergency.
[Transferred]
(212044)
207
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent lessons his Department has learned from Japan on how to implement a nuclear emergency action plan.
[Transferred]
(212072)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
208
Mr Jeremy Browne
(Taunton Deane):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of legal highs upon public health.
[Transferred]
(212051)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
209
Rory Stewart
(Penrith and The Border):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014 to Question 202954, how many Afghan locally engaged civilians have been granted asylum in the UK since the Minister's reply.
[Transferred]
(211969)
Questions to the Prime Minister
210
Mr Pat McFadden
(Wolverhampton South East):
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a full copy of the Prime Minister's January 2013 speech on the future of the European Union in the Library.
[Transferred]
(211949)