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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 3 November 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 3 November 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 3 November 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.

Monday 3 November  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212493)
2  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Attorney General, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout the Law Officers' Departments' buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in the Law Officers' Departments which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212618)
3 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the usefulness of the European Arrest Warrant as a prosecutorial tool.
      (212405)
4 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the usefulness of the European Arrest Warrant as a prosecutorial tool.
      (212406)
5  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, for which offences the Crown Prosecution Service routinely monitors the number and proportion of cases that fail because of victim issues.
      (212435)
6  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in Crown Courts in Wales in each of the last five calendar years.
      (212436)
7  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought on breaches of immigration law arising from sham marriages in each of the last five financial years.
      (212437)
8  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what reports he has received on whether the Serious Fraud Office will apply for additional funding from HM Treasury to finance its investigation into Tesco.
      (212438)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
9  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's proposed changes to Disabled Students' Allowances on access by disabled students to assistive technology.
      (212759)
10  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's proposed changes to Disabled Students' Allowances on rates of entry by disabled people to further and higher education.
      (212760)
11  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) disability charities and organisations and (b) universities and colleges on the effects of his Department's proposed changes to Disabled Students' Allowance.
      (212761)
12  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with specialist subcontractors in the construction industry on tackling late payment to small and medium-sized businesses.
      (212762)
13 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2014 to Question 211397, what plans the Government has to increase the proportion of Technology Strategy Board funds allocated to the video games sector.
      (212346)
14 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds distributed by UK Trade and Investment were allocated to the video games sector in each of the last three years; and what proportion of the total funding from UK Trade and Investment that represented in each such year.
      (212362)
15  
Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the time taken for the general release of data from European Science Agency (ESA) projects; and if he will make future UK contributions to ESA projects conditional on full and immediate release of all data.
      (212454)
16  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the number of higher education students purchasing assignment writing services.
      (212580)
17  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that signatories of the Prompt Payment Code adhere to its regulations; and if he will make a statement.
      (212559)
18  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote the Prompt Payment Code as a means of ensuring that small and medium-sized businesses do not suffer financial hardship as a result of late payments.
      (212560)
19  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measures are in place to enable the Prompt Payment Code is effective in preventing late payments.
      (212561)
20  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote the UK as a hub for global trade to foreign investors involved in the telecoms industry.
      (212747)
21  
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeships were created in (a) Cumbria and (b) South Lakeland in each year since 2005.
      (212460)
22  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the UK has supported inclusion of the investor-state dispute settlement system in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
      (212541)
23  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the (a) UK, (b) France, (c) Germany, (d) China and (e) US life science industry.
      (212635)
24  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what structures his Department has in place to ensure that (a) the Life Sciences Organisation and (b) the Office for Life Sciences co-ordinate with the MHRA and National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.
      (212636)
25  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote the UK as a location of choice for life science investment in trade missions.
      (212638)
26  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in each region and constituent part of the UK which are supported by the life science industry.
      (212639)
27 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arms the UK has sold to the government of Bahrain since 2010; what licence conditions were imposed on exporters; and what due diligence was undertaken to ensure those weapons would not be used on Bahraini citizens.
      (212305)
28 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent officials of what grade in his Department have been assigned to assist UK Coal in the drafting of a state aid bid.
      (212484)
29  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of the practice of retentions as a means of insurance in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement.
      (212581)
30  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department issues on the use of retentions as insurance in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement.
      (212687)
31  
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to increase the level of access to credit to businesses in Fareham constituency in the last 12 months.
      (212666)
32  
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in Fareham constituency.
      (212667)
33 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of potential relationships between employee wellbeing, productivity and levels of absenteeism.
      (212301)
34  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps Post Office Ltd is taking to encourage banks to expand availability of their services through the Post Office network.
      (212738)
35  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, at what locations in the UK Post Office Ltd has installed applicant enrolment identification machines.
      (212739)
36  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the increased accuracy in weather forecasting arising from the new Met Office supercomputer.
      (212467)
37  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of the network relocation programme on rural post offices.
      (212643)
38 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which publications the Insolvency Service has placed advertisements about Farepak unclaimed funds.
      (212231)
39 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Insolvency Service has spent on advertising relating to Farepak unclaimed funds to date.
      (212232)
40 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many advertisements the Insolvency Service has placed about Farepak unclaimed funds in (a) newspapers, (b) magazines, (c) television, (d) social media, (e) transport and (f) radio.
      (212233)
41 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that mobile telephone operators and other companies display the total cost of consumer contracts over the contracts' lifetime, including predicted inflation rises at the point of sale.
      (212259)
42 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted in Brigg and Goole constituency since that scheme's inception; and how much has been granted through such loans.
      (212263)
43  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will carry out an international comparative assessment of the ease of registering for the new .uk domains as a UK business.
      (212645)
44  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212492)
45  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will issue guidance to higher and further education institutions on implementing a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in their buildings.
      (212609)
46  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212617)
47  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he agrees that responsible and sustainable investment practices are beneficial to businesses, the wider economy and society as a whole.
      (212534)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
48  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that government departments pay contractors on time and in full; and if he will take steps to ensure that all future payments to subcontractors who work on government projects are paid on time and in full.
      (212730)
49 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has carried out a risk assessment of the threat posed to the UK by the Ebola epidemic.
      (212358)
50 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many alcohol-related deaths there were in Brigg and Goole constituency in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
      (212260)
51  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Office spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212497)
52  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent by (a) 10 Downing Street, (b) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, (c) the Office of the Leader of the House and (d) the Cabinet Office on (i) focus groups and (ii) surveys in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
      (212513)
53  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to intriduce LED lighting throughout buildings and sites used by (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office and (c) 10 Downing Street; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in such sites which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212616)
54  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how often (a) pneumococcal disease and (b) pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia was mentioned on death certificates in England and Wales in each of the last 15 years.
      (212755)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
55  
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings the Exchequer Secretary has had with representatives of the tobacco industry since his appointment.
      (212455)
56 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of households claiming (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit are (i) in work and (ii) have dependent children.
      (212371)
57 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date (a) new and (b) existing claims to tax credits will end.
      (212374)
58  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecasts he has made of the long-term trends in house-building in each region and constituent part of the UK.
      (212748)
59 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will exempt charitably-funded rapid response vehicles from VAT.
      (212407)
60  
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2014, to the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan, Official Report, column 26W, on Bitcoin, what his policy is on the regulation of Bitcoin derivatives and other securities paired to digital currencies.
      (212665)
61  
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his speech of 6 August 2014 on FinTech, what progress his Department has made on its programme of work exploring the potential of virtual currencies and digital money.
      (212668)
62  
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the ability of businesses using digital currencies to open a UK bank account.
      (212669)
63 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of income inequality on national wellbeing.
      (212385)
64 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the recommendation of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics that stable and secure employment for all should be the primary objective of economic policy.
      (212387)
65  
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his officials had with the Office for National Statistics between January and October 2014 on provision for backdating of payments of European contributions to accord with the European Statistics Agency reconciliation of the European Budget under ESA95.
      (212527)
66  
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the progress of arrangements to secure compliance with the requirements of ESA 2010 with respect to future calculation of the UK's European Budget contribution.
      (212528)
67  
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of the European Statistics Agency's calculation of UK's contribution liability in respect of the European Budget under ESA 95 between 27 May and 13 October 2014.
      (212529)
68  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts about measures to reduce tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement.
      (212452)
69  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his G7 counterparts about measures to reduce tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement.
      (212453)
70 N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department have had responsibility for monitoring gross national income accounting changes and their effect on the UK contribution to the EU in the last 12 months.
      (212226)
71 N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department was first made aware of the EU Statistical Office revisions to the UK's gross national income and value added tax balances and subsequent calculation of an EU member state's contribution to the 2014 Amending Budget.
      (212227)
72  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to monitor practices in the banking sector.
      (212470)
73  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212510)
74 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the research conducted by the Nevin Economic Research Institute in Ireland on the rate of VAT on tourism-related goods and services.
      (212224)
75  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been successfully awarded employment allowance in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England and Wales.
      (212563)
76  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of introducing fiscal incentives to more widespread use of LED lighting.
      (212613)
77  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212632)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
78 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the planning system addresses (a) size and quality of housing, (b) opportunities for physical activity such as cycling and walking, (c) air and noise pollution, (d) access to green space, (e) isolation and loneliness and (f) other factors known to affect wellbeing.
      (212386)
79 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the planning systems helps to promote physical activity, including cycling and walking; what assessment he has made of the wellbeing benefits of such measures; and what assessment he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from public health improvements arising from such measures.
      (212306)
80 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what housing tenure was held by women upon entering refuge accommodation in England and Wales in each year since 2010-11.
      (212220)
81 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of refuge places available in England and Wales.
      (212222)
82 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of refuge places available in England and Wales in each year since 2010-11.
      (212271)
83 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council home tenants in Brigg and Goole constituency have bought their property under the right to buy scheme in each of the last 10 years.
      (212262)
84  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212494)
85 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the declaration of interests requirements for people on parish councils on the number of people who serve on those councils; and if he will make a statement.
      (212241)
86  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the level of street lighting they should have in place.
      (212384)
87  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) fire and rescue authorities that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in their buildings.
      (212615)
88  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212619)
89  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding is allocated to the Local Government Ombudsman; how many staff the Ombudsman employs; and how many enquiries were received by the Ombudsman in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
      (212525)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
90  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase media coverage and commercial investment in women's sport; and if he will make a statement.
      (212578)
91 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's estimate is of the proportion of video games sector employees who are women.
      (212360)
92 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what change there has been in the number of households in Northern Ireland holding a black and white television licence between 2003 and 2013.
      (212404)
93 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in improving 3G and 4G mobile telephone signals (a) nationally and (b) in Cumbria since 2011.
      (212408)
94 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on mobile telephones and mid-contract price increases.
      (212261)
95  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212495)
96  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212620)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
97  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) HM service personnel and (b) civilians have been seconded by the UK Government to (a) MINUSMA and (b) the EU Training Mission in Mali; and how many such personnel speak both English and French.
      (212440)
98  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military personnel and (b) UK personnel there will be in the NATO training, advice and assistance mission in Afghanistan in 2015.
      (212584)
99 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the merits of Army Technical Operations personnel in Northern Ireland being based closer to locations where the majority of explosive devices have been found in the last five years.
      (212401)
100  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the direct military aid his Department provided to Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
      (212390)
101  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group receive (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
      (212425)
102  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cost his Department (a) has and (b) will incur for the (i) design and (ii) editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
      (212451)
103  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much in total is paid to claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group claiming (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
      (212520)
104  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much on average is received each week by claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group who claim (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard or Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
      (212521)
105  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to enable war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005 to keep their pensions.
      (212562)
106  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms of engagement are of the deployment to Sierra Leone to tackle Ebola.
      (212680)
107  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen and women from Northern Ireland were injured in Afghanistan.
      (212471)
108  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legacy the Armed Forces leave in Afghanistan.
      (212475)
109  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212496)
110  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) assets and (b) personnel are taking part in NATO Exercise Iron Sword.
      (212731)
111  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what upgrades the Sentinel R1 aircraft is receiving; and what the (a) purpose, (b) cost to the public purse and (c) completion date of those upgrades is.
      (212732)
112  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where Sentinel R1 aircraft will be based in their maritime surveillance role.
      (212733)
113  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the upgrades to the Sentinel R1 aircraft will include the ability to collect and process (a) magnetic anomaly and (b) bathymetric data.
      (212734)
114  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of a sonic boom over the outer-Hebrides on 29 October 2014; and what assessment he has made of the likely cause.
      (212735)
115  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212621)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
116 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average cost to the public purse was of parliamentary by-elections since May 2010.
      (212402)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
117 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies provide boarding places for paying overseas students.
      (212302)
118 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many overseas students are paying for boarding places in academies.
      (212303)
119 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours per week of education juvenile boys in Hindley and Cookham Wood young offender institutions had in each week in June 2014.
      (212297)
120 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people without a recognised teaching qualification are employed as teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) the north west and (ii) Warrington.
      (212264)
121  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many SENCO-accredited courses are being run in (a) colleges and (b) universities in 2013-14.
      (212540)
122  
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children's Commission on Poverty report, At What Cost? Exposing the impact of poverty on school life, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that poverty does not prevent children and young people taking full advantage of school life.
      (212664)
123  
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that schools do not use charges for uniform, school trips and other activities as a means of selection.
      (212670)
124  
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit schools from taking a commission on the sale of school uniform to parents.
      (212672)
125  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212498)
126  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children at secondary school are being efficiently grouped according to their academic ability.
      (212550)
127  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase digital engagement by local education authorities.
      (212383)
128  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will issue guidance to schools and sixth form colleges that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in their buildings.
      (212610)
129  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout her Department's buildings and sites; if she will estimate the proportion of lighting in her Department which is LED; and if she will make a statement.
      (212622)
130  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made on improving financial education in schools.
      (212533)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
131  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing being adopted in the Welsh valleys on seismic activity in that area.
      (212766)
132  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the use of water for hydraulic fracking on the general supply and cost of water.
      (212767)
133  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the mode of storage and containment of water that has been used for the hydraulic fracking permitted by the Government to date; and whether any sites have been designated for this purpose.
      (212768)
134  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contingency plans his Department has in place for clean-up after fracking activity in the event that small fracking companies go bankrupt or refuse to take responsibility for any necessary cleaning.
      (212769)
135  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what courses of action are available for people to raise concerns about suspected contamination of water as a result of fracking.
      (212770)
136  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that independent monitoring of drill sites and their effect on public health and local geology takes place.
      (212771)
137  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the ratio of energy used in extraction, including to energy produced, taking into account transportation costs and possible damage to infrastructure.
      (212772)
138  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effect the investor protection clause of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will have on the number of legal challenges to the fracking industry.
      (212773)
139  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on requiring companies to inform people about fracking under their home or land.
      (212774)
140  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to put in place a planning process for fracking which diverges from existing planning rules.
      (212775)
141  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to make Government subsidies available to the fracking industry during exploration, gas extraction and land reclamation.
      (212776)
142 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that no child living in poverty grows up in a cold home.
      (212423)
143  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what chemical additives with a prospective use in hydraulic fracturing have been assessed for toxicological risk and other prospective health hazards by the Joint Agencies Groundwater Directive Advisory Group (JAGDAG); and if he will publish the URL where the minutes of JAGDAG meeting may be found.
      (212543)
144 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many bids were received in the 14th licensing round for onshore oil and gas.
      (212485)
145 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he intends to announce the awarding of licences arising from the 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing round.
      (212486)
146  
Robert Jenrick (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind turbine applications in Nottinghamshire were (a) approved and (b) rejected in 2010.
      (212587)
147 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales have received Green Deal funding.
      (212234)
148  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to improve competition in the wholesale energy markets.
      (212544)
149  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with power companies on their preparations for bad weather events in Northern Ireland.
      (212545)
150  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212499)
151  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212623)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
152  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to check and certify the online selling of Chlorpyrifos.
      (212586)
153  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been put down in each of the last five years under section 1 orders of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 by each police authority in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
      (212526)
154 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release of 19 October 2014 entitled Subsidies for solar farms to be cut to help safeguard farmland, whether her Department holds evidence that shows that solar farms compromise the success of the UK agriculture industry.
      (212382)
155  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the Government review of the Forestry Commission's policy on grey squirrels.
      (212535)
156  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the use of warfarin in controlling grey squirrel numbers.
      (212536)
157  
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what statutory instruments the Government can regulate historic landfill sites if it is suspected that they could be contaminated with poisonous gases or chemicals.
      (212427)
158  
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 potential effect of greening measures included in reform of the Common Agricultural Policy on UK farming.
      (212642)
159  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to meet farming organisations in Northern Ireland.
      (212547)
160  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much in Single Farm Payment was paid to farm businesses in each county of Northern Ireland in the last year for which data is available.
      (212648)
161  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps alongside the food industry to institute a voluntary code for installing CCTVs in slaughter houses.
      (212424)
162  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212500)
163 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assess and mitigate the effect of Japanese knotweed.
      (212225)
164  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout her Department's buildings and sites; if she will estimate the proportion of lighting in her Department which is LED; and if she will make a statement.
      (212624)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
165  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the misselling of and corruption related to mortgages for properties for UK citizens buying in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.
      (212434)
166  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) total Allied and (b) UK financial contribution to the Afghan National Security Forces will be in the current year; and how much is pledged for each contribution in each of the next three years.
      (212689)
167  
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether agreement has been reached with the President of Afghanistan on the role and status of (a) foreign and (b) UK military personnel in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
      (212690)
168 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the reasons were for the time taken by his Department to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on Virunaga National Park.
      (212379)
169 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the conviction against Anwar Ibrahim, Leader of the Opposition of Malaysia; if he will raise his conviction for sodomy with his Malaysian counterpart; and if he will assess whether the charge and conviction of Anwar Ibrahim is a case of political persecution.
      (212489)
170  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Kenyan counterpart on the threat of Islamist militants in that country.
      (212676)
171  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to end sexual violence against women in Somalia.
      (212678)
172  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of human rights in Nepal.
      (212679)
173  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's financial share is of the EU's contribution to fighting the spread of Ebola.
      (212743)
174  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Iranian government on the imprisonment of (a) Ebrahim Firouzi, (b) Shahin Lahooti, (c) Suroush Saraie and (d) Mohammad Roghangir.
      (212637)
175 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had with Prince Nasser bin Hamad of Bahrain since 2010.
      (212218)
176 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he has had with Bahraini human rights advocates.
      (212219)
177 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Bahraini government on its (a) human rights record and (b) allegations of torture against political prisoners.
      (212308)
178 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance on OECD guidelines the UK Government gives to UK companies operating abroad.
      (212307)
179 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records his Department keeps of UK companies' compliance with OECD guidelines for multinational companies; and what steps his her Department takes when a company is known to be acting contrary to those guidelines.
      (212309)
180  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts about offering a Membership Action Plan for Montenegro; and if he will make a statement.
      (212391)
181  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Macedonian counterpart about the possibility of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia joining NATO; and if he will make a statement.
      (212392)
182  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on the possibility of offering a Membership Action Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement.
      (212442)
183  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on the possibility of offering a Membership Action Plan for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; and if he will make a statement.
      (212443)
184  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with NATO counterparts about offering a Membership Action Plan for Georgia; and if he will make a statement.
      (212462)
185  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to address the situation of religious minorities in India following the recent elections.
      (212429)
186  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in collaboration with Deputy Special Representative of MINUSCA, Diane Corner, to ensure that a comprehensive and inclusive disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration process is planned and prioritised in the Central African Republic.
      (212432)
187  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure MONUSCO peace-keepers are implementing their mandate.
      (212433)
188  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Burmese counterparts on ratification of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights.
      (212572)
189  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the draft religious conversion law proposed by the government of Burma.
      (212573)
190  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Sudanese government about lessons to be learnt from the case of Meriam Ibrahim.
      (212574)
191  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Guinea-Bissau on dealing with Ebola.
      (212548)
192  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is satisfied with the speed of border crossings between Spain and Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement.
      (212549)
193  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212501)
194  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212625)
195  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on deforestation of uncontacted Indians' land in the Chaco region of Paraguay; and if he will make it his policy to liaise with other governments and international agencies to make representations to the government of Paraguay to halt that deforestation.
      (212736)
196 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to co-ordinate the rescue of girls and women kidnapped by Boko Haram; what steps he is taking to help prevent further such abductions; and if he will make a statement.
      (212480)
197 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Nigerian counterpart on alleged human rights abuses by the Nigerian military; and if he will make a statement.
      (212481)
198 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Iranian authorities on the imprisonment of Maryam Naghash Zargaran.
      (212410)
199  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the short term objectives are of the Indian Diaspora Champion.
      (212444)
200  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to appoint a diaspora champion for (a) Pakistan and (b) other countries.
      (212445)
201  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Indian Diaspora Champion is taking to implement the Government's goal of stronger ties with India.
      (212446)
202  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the purpose is of domestic visits by the Indian Diaspora Champion.
      (212447)
203  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many candidates there were for the role of Indian Diaspora Champion; and how that Champion was selected.
      (212448)
204  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits the Indian Diaspora Champion has made.
      (212449)
205  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost is of the Indian Diaspora Champion.
      (212450)
206  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Indian Diaspora Champion is taking in response to the changes in numbers of Indian students enrolling in UK university courses.
      (212459)
207  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what overseas visits the India Diaspora Champion has made; and what the cost of those visits was.
      (212461)
208 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the Government of Pakistan about security threats and terrorism in the Quetta region.
      (211132)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
209  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase spending on mental health; and if he will make a statement.
      (212577)
210  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of the public health budget in (a) Hackney local authority area, (b) London and (c) England is spent on mental health.
      (212579)
211 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the costs of treating in England patients resident in Wales are recovered from NHS Wales.
      (212355)
212 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support and screening facilities his Department has provided for health service volunteers assisting with the Ebola virus crisis in West Africa.
      (212400)
213  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths of people with a learning disability there have been in (a) assessment and treatment units and (b) other inpatient units in the last five years.
      (212764)
214  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish guidance on the timeline for a successor to the National Dementia Strategy for England and the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia.
      (212582)
215  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an official review of the National Dementia Strategy has taken place.
      (212671)
216  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department expects to announce the timetable for developing a successor strategy to the National Dementia Strategy for England and the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia.
      (212685)
217  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what detailed assessments he has made of the effectiveness of the National Dementia Strategy; and if he will publish the full results of that assessment.
      (212686)
218  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many radiologists are due to finish their training in the next 12 months.
      (212380)
219  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many increases to the annual salaries of Chairs of NHS Trusts that were over the limit set by him have been authorised by the NHS Trust Development Authority in each of the last three years.
      (212381)
220 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had on ensuring that the payments made by the pharmaceutical industry under the current Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme will be used to improve access to innovative medicines.
      (212417)
221 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that payments made by the pharmaceutical industry under the current Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme are used to NHS England to achieve measurable and improved access to new medicines by NHS patients.
      (212418)
222 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to use the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme to make the UK (a) a global leader in providing patients access to the most innovative appropriate medicines and (b) an attractive place for pharmaceutical companies to locate and invest.
      (212419)
223 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the payments made by the pharmaceutical industry under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme will be apportioned to each of the devolved health administrations, whilst securing that the mechanism in place for determining apportionment ensures that patients in all four constituent parts of the UK receive benefits from the payments made throughout the duration of the scheme.
      (212420)
224  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness and merits of (a) the recently announced New Medicines Fund in Scotland and (b) other funding models aimed at driving improved patient access to innovative medicines in the context of the payments made by the pharmaceutical industry under the current Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulation Scheme.
      (212458)
225  
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant radiologist posts in NHS trusts are (a) vacant and (b) covered by locums.
      (212519)
226 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether health technology appraisal committees can apply the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's end-of-life criteria flexibly when appraising treatments for patients with terminal illness.
      (212351)
227 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer drugs approved by the Cancer Drugs Fund have subsequently been (a) approved and (b) rejected by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
      (212352)
228 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's health technology appraisals on pancreatic cancer research.
      (212353)
229 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advises that end-of-life criteria should only apply to medicines that extend life by at least three months.
      (212356)
230 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for talking therapies in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) nationally.
      (212411)
231  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on a co-ordinated strategy to stem the increase in the number of overweight children.
      (212675)
232  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent an upsurge in measles; and what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on that issue.
      (212677)
233  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on the effectiveness of alcohol addiction treatment facilities.
      (212744)
234 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the active time of the North West Ambulance Service ambulances stationed in South Lakeland District is spent outside that district.
      (212421)
235 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the active time of North West Ambulance Service ambulances stationed outside South Lakeland District is spent inside that District.
      (212422)
236  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies have been commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies which report to his Department on the potential health effects of radon concentrations found in shale gas obtained from hydraulic fracturing in the UK.
      (212542)
237  
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to increase awareness and early diagnosis of prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.
      (212583)
238 N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) process and (b) timelines followed by the NHS to determine a specialised clinical commissioning policy are; and what the roles and responsibilities are of the NHS committees involved.
      (212409)
239  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the insurance industry on cover for NHS buildings in the last three years.
      (212749)
240  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS trusts do not have buildings insurance cover in excess of £5 million.
      (212750)
241  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS trusts do not have buildings insurance cover in excess of £1 million.
      (212751)
242  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS trusts which do not have adequate buildings insurance.
      (212752)
243 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2014 to Question 210807, what the anticipated payments were in respect of England in 2014-15; whether the anticipated payments have been passed to NHS England through the mandate; and whether the actual rebate payments for 2014-15 are on course to match or exceed those anticipated payments.
      (212300)
244 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the opioid-related deaths which occurred in Wales in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 occurred in people who had been released from prison in the four weeks prior to their death.
      (212342)
245 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the opioid-related deaths which occurred in England in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 occurred in people who had been released from prison in the four weeks prior to their death.
      (212343)
246 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2014 to Question 210807, what the anticipated payments in England were in 2014-15; whether those anticipated payments have been passed to NHS England through the mandate in full; and whether the actual rebate payments for 2014-15 are on course to match or exceed those anticipated payments.
      (212344)
247 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase his Department's budget for research and development.
      (212377)
248  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the NHS of providing treatment to visitors from (a) the European Economic Area and (b) other non-permanent residents in 2013-14.
      (212681)
249  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the amount (a) recoverable and (b) recovered for the cost of medical treatment of foreign visitors by the UK through its reciprocal arrangements with non-EU countries was in 2013-14.
      (212683)
250  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the amount (a) recoverable and (b) recovered by the UK through the European Health Insurance Card scheme was in 2013-14.
      (212684)
251  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the Northern Ireland Executive on the 24 Hour Domestic and Sexual Violence Helpline in Northern Ireland; and what assessment he has made of the success of that service.
      (212463)
252  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been removed from GPs' lists in each of the last three years.
      (212464)
253  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices have not been able to replace doctors who have retired in each of the last three years.
      (212465)
254  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) obese patients and (b) smokers have been denied routine operations in each of the last three years.
      (212466)
255  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include in the new NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles reduced fees for families of long-term hospital patients.
      (212468)
256  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations about the availability of free diabetes tests.
      (212469)
257 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014, to Question 209177, which reporting organisations reported each of the 617 incidents; and which reporting organisations reported each of the (a) 94 incidents resulting in low harm and (b) 17 incidents resulting in moderate harm, between 20 March and 21 July 2014 involving Parkinson's disease and medicines used to treat Parkinson's disease.
      (212310)
258 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on minimum standards of care in situations where patients who have been engaged in prostitution have been referred by the NHS for counselling or therapeutic services.
      (212221)
259 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who have been engaged in prostitution were referred by the NHS for counselling or therapeutic services in each year since 2010-11.
      (212223)
260  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212502)
261 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to provide (a) further funding for and (b) expanded provision of paediatric cardiac surgery services in Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement.
      (212240)
262  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on RU486 in each year since January 2011.
      (212552)
263  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been carried out on patients who are over 24 weeks pregnant since January 2014.
      (212763)
264 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual public health budget is for (a) Birmingham City Council, (b) Manchester City Council, (c) Leeds City Council, (d) Newcastle City Council, (e) Bristol City Council, (f) Southampton City Council, (g) Sunderland City Council and (h) the London Assembly.
      (212270)
265  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of mindfulness-based (a) cognitive therapy teachers and (b) stress reduction teachers in England.
      (212428)
266  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding NHS England makes available for promoting staff wellbeing.
      (212439)
267  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on NHS staff in terms of (a) wellbeing levels, (b) stress levels, (c) levels of care and compassion, (d) staff absence and (e) productivity.
      (212522)
268  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the average age of the onset of depression in young people over the last 30 years.
      (212523)
269  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to all NHS organisations that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in all NHS premises.
      (212614)
270  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212626)
271  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that women who have just given birth in hospital are not sent home between 11pm and 8am.
      (212737)
272  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the benefits to the NHS of a preventative public health approach to musculoskeletal conditions.
      (212742)
273  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median length of hospital stay was for a person diagnosed with (i) pneumococcal disease and (ii) pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia (A) in total, (B) for people aged 65 and over and (C) adults aged under the age of 65, as recorded by the hospital episodes statistics database in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (212753)
274  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed days were taken by people diagnosed with (a) pneumococcal disease and (b) pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia (i) in total and (ii) in each age group, as recorded by the hospital episodes statistics database in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (212754)
275  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) invasive pneumococcal disease and (b) pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia were diagnosed in each (i) NHS England local area team area and (ii) clinical commissioning group area in the last 12 months; and how many such cases involved people aged (A) under and (B) over 65.
      (212756)
276  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 0 to five, (b) six to 15, (c) 16 to 64 and (d) 65 and over contracted invasive pneumococcal disease in each (i) NHS England local area team area and (ii) clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (212757)
277  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 0 to five, (b) six to 15, (c) 16 to 64 and (d) 65 and over contracted pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in each (i) NHS England local area team area and (ii) clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (212758)
278  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of physical activity in reducing the prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions.
      (212765)
279  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans the Government is making for quarantine procedures for people entering the UK from countries where the Ebola virus is present in the event of a further spread of that virus.
      (212378)
280  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging for NHS services required because of injuries caused by alcohol or drug misuse.
      (212524)
281  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received from Health and Wellbeing Boards on improvements in raising diabetes awareness.
      (212457)
282  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes in England has taken to promote local awareness of diabetes.
      (212660)
283  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP Super-Practices he plans to set up by the end of 2014.
      (212661)
284  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes is taking to achieve the priorities in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
      (212662)
285  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking in response to the prioritisation of diabetes and obesity prevention in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
      (212663)
286 N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23 October 2014 to the Urgent Question on Five Year Forward View, Official Report, column 1044, if he will ensure that Hartlepool constituency is a pilot area for (a) the introduction of Multispecialty Community Providers and (b) such a provider taking over the running of the local hospital.
      (212365)
287 N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23 October 2014 to the Urgent Question on Five Year Forward View, Official Report, column 1044, if he will ensure that Hartlepool constituency is a pilot area for the pooling of health and social care budgets between the NHS and the local authority delegated to Multispecialty Community Providers.
      (212366)
288 N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23 October 2014 to the Urgent Question on Five Year Forward View, Official Report, column 1044, if he will ensure that Hartlepool constituency is a pilot area for the introduction of Primary and Acute Care Services.
      (212367)
289 N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23 October 2014 to the Urgent Question on Five Year Forward View, Official Report, column 1044, what the process is that will ensure that the local NHS Foundation Trust is able to open GP surgeries with registered lists.
      (212368)
290 N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23 October 2014 to the Urgent Question on Five Year Forward View, Official Report, column 1044, what steps he has taken to ensure that NHS England and Monitor work together to consider whether adjustments are needed to the NHS payment regime to reflect the costs of delivering safe and efficient services for smaller hospitals providers relative to large providers.
      (212369)
291 N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 23 October 2014, Official Report, columns 1044-5, on Five Year Forward View, if he will ensure that any Multispeciality Community Providers are NHS providers; and if he will make a statement.
      (212491)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
292 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to secure professional photo industry accreditation, sanction and support for plans to allow digital images to be used in future passport applications, and if she will make a statement.
      (212313)
293 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her speech of 23 October 2014 in Central Hall, Westminster, entitled Home Secretary at the Policing and Mental Health Summit, whether the package of measures announced in that speech was recommended by her Department and the Department of Health's review of powers under the Mental Health Act 1983.
      (212258)
294 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to implement the recommendations in paragraph 12.2 of the report of the Commission on Devolution in Wales published in March 2014 in relation to the Welsh language registration of births, marriages and deaths and cremations and burials.
      (212347)
295 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contributions the Government made to the Mare Nostrum rescue program before the decision to no longer support it.
      (212389)
296  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level and effectiveness of the UK's co-operation with the Irish Republic in tackling cross-border organised crime.
      (212745)
297  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of co-operation between the devolved administrations and her Department in tackling animal cruelty crimes.
      (212746)
298 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is towards making a contribution to Operation Triton; and if she will make a statement.
      (212228)
299 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been returned to France under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.
      (212266)
300  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people attempting to enter the UK illegally who were intercepted at (a) Calais, (b) Zeebrugge and (c) Ostend in each of the last three years; and how much her Department has spent on measures to help prevent the entry of illegal immigrants to the UK through each such port in each of the last three years.
      (212640)
301  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrant applications have been granted for extradition (a) from the UK and (b) to the UK for each type of offence in each year since 2010.
      (212641)
302 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2014 to Question 207807, whether a date has been set for commencement of section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014.
      (212456)
303 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014 to Question 200545, from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree, when she plans to publish her Departments review of the UK's legislative, educational and health review of psychoactive substances.
      (212312)
304 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014, to Question 210147, if she will (a) list which agencies are classified as frontline agencies, (b) provide a breakdown of Government spending by Department and (c) provide a brief explanation of the projects on which the funds were spent.
      (212215)
305 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014, to Question 211467, what capability has existed for police forces to electronically match seized child abuse images against known such images seized (a) in the UK and (b) by Interpol partners in the period since the Childbase image database was disbanded in 2011; and what technological process is required in order to produce such a match.
      (212216)
306 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times digitally stored photographs seized by police forces in England and Wales investigating online child abuse were checked against the National Hash Set Database electronic database of known abuse images in each of the last four years; and how many times that database was used by each police force in England and Wales in that time.
      (212265)
307  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees have been settled in the UK during the last six months; and how many such refugees she expects to arrive in the next six months.
      (212431)
308 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of each institution have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of Educational Testing Service investigations in each month since February 2014.
      (212476)
309 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the country of origin was of each student deported as a result of the BBC Panorama investigation broadcast in February 2014; and to which country was each such student returned.
      (212477)
310 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of investigations into Educational Testing Service since February 2014.
      (212478)
311  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2014 to question 209897, how many of the 88 minors who are non-UK nationals and were recorded as victims of sexual trafficking in the most recent figures still reside in the UK.
      (212426)
312  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has in place to assist non-UK minors who are trafficked into the UK for sex.
      (212441)
313  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will carry out an inquiry into personal protection for the Prime Minister.
      (212474)
314 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department has transferred responsibility for the procurement of HOLMES 3 to police and crime commissioners; and what steps she is taking to provide the requisite procurement skills to police and crime commissioners.
      (212229)
315 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the development of the Police ICT Company.
      (212230)
316 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) suspected of and (b) charged with terrorism-related offences were extradited to the UK from the Republic of Ireland in each of the last 30 years.
      (212267)
317 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) suspected of and (b) charged with terrorism offences have been surrendered by the Republic of Ireland to the UK in each of the last 30 years.
      (212268)
318 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last European Arrest Warrant was issued by the UK to the Republic of Ireland in relation to an offence or offences related to terrorism.
      (212487)
319 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrants issued by the UK to the Republic of Ireland for terrorism-related offences remain outstanding.
      (212488)
320  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212503)
321  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2014 to Question 207075, on what legal basis Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein have access to the False and Authentic Documents Online database through their participation in the Schengen acquis.
      (212697)
322  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence her Department holds on extraditions of British nationals from the UK that took place over the period April 2009 to April 2014 under the European Arrest Warrant which led to the bringing into force of section 12A of the Extradition Act 2003.
      (212701)
323  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent people performing citizens' arrests being prosecuted.
      (212551)
324  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers are protected when handling dangerous calls alone.
      (212553)
325  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to check whether applicants for British citizenship have criminal records.
      (212555)
326  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle harassment on social media.
      (212688)
327  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost in each budgetary category of national police recruitment campaigns was in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
      (212564)
328  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their vehicle stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each of the last five years; and how many of those were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of a (i) notifiable and (ii) terrorism-related offence in each police force area.
      (212565)
329  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were fined for speeding in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
      (212647)
330  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of young people between 16 and 25 years were not in work, training or education in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
      (212682)
331  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to operators of police forces that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in all police premises.
      (212612)
332  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout her Department's buildings and sites; if she will estimate the proportion of lighting in her Department which is LED; and if she will make a statement.
      (212627)
333 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia on the decision to end funding for search and rescue missions for migrants in danger of drowning in the Mediterranean; and if she will make a statement.
      (212357)
334 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to countries of origin and transit in North Africa to tackle smugglers and criminal gangs who transport migrants across the Mediterranean; and if she will make a statement.
      (212361)
335 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support countries of origin and transit in North Africa to assist them to prevent migrants from attempting dangerous sea crossings to travel to Europe; and if she will make a statement.
      (212363)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
336 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to (a) the European and Devoloping Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, (b) other innovative financing partnerships to develop new global health commodities for diseases of poverty including HIV/Aids and tuberculosis, (c) the TB Alliance, (d) the International Aids Vaccine Initiative and (e) other product development partnerships.
      (212341)
337 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she received of the use of UN humanitarian helicopters to transport military personnel in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; whether such transport is in accordance with the MONUSCO mandate; whether such transport is funded by her Department; and what assessment she has made of the effect of such transport on the (a) safety and (b) effectiveness of humanitarian personnel.
      (212416)
338  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many British military and NHS personnel are in Sierra Leone to deal with Ebola; and what plans the Government has to increase their numbers.
      (212430)
339  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that its programmes in West Africa do not create perverse incentives which prioritise short-term outcomes rather than longer-term strengthening strategies.
      (212576)
340 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has (a) pledged for and (b) deposited in the UN Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund; and how much such funds represent as a proportion of the amount requested by the UN.
      (212269)
341  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212504)
342  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout her Department's buildings and sites; if she will estimate the proportion of lighting in her Department which is LED; and if she will make a statement.
      (212628)
343 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what practical support her Department has provided to help women who were kidnapped and subsequently escaped from or were released by Boko Haram to deal with psychosocial trauma; and if she will make a statement.
      (212479)
344  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has given to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in each of the last three years.
      (212530)
345  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition on the effect of their policy on seed law on small farmers.
      (212531)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
346 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are serving custodial sentences in open prisons, broken down by the most serious offence for which they were imprisoned, in the most recent period for which figures are available.
      (212354)
347  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what services aimed at giving victims of crime practical and emotional support have been introduced since 1 October 2012.
      (212538)
348 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014 to Question 200960, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Coventry South to provide the information he omitted to provide in that Answer.
      (212532)
349  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisoners have been on the run since April 2004; what offence each such prisoner had committed; how long each prisoner's sentence was; and how long each prisoner had served before absconding.
      (212585)
350 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many witness care staff were employed at each Crown court in each year since 2010.
      (212299)
351 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in forfeiture because of the Prison Service's use of barbed and razor wire in each of the last four years.
      (212304)
352 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he sought the approval of the European Commission for pension proposals in the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.
      (212311)
353 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what grounds his Department's Transforming Rehabilitation reforms provide a guarantee to the administering authority of the Local Government Pension Scheme in respect of past service liabilities that will become the responsibility of community rehabilitation companies, and future accrual of benefits for transferring staff in the event of a failure by those companies to pay those contributions or amounts.
      (212314)
354 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the relocking of prisons since May 2010; and at what cost.
      (212348)
355 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys there have been in prisons in each year since May 2010.
      (212349)
356  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212505)
357  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many on-the-spot fines have been issued in each police area to date.
      (212566)
358  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of each category of fixed penalty notices were (a) issued and (b) paid in each month since their introduction in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England and Wales.
      (212567)
359  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers convicted of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs had previous convictions for the same offence in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
      (212568)
360  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) convictions and (b) fixed penalty notices there have been following arrests for speeding offences in England and Wales (i) in total and (ii) on (A) the A143 and (B) the A14 in each year since 1997.
      (212569)
361  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issue guidance to operators of (a) courts and (b) prisons that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in those buildings.
      (212611)
362  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212629)
Questions to the Leader of the House
363  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212506)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
364 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to ensure that the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland holds additional registration clinics before March 2015 in areas remote from any electoral offices.
      (212403)
365  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to arrange a service of thanksgiving for people from Northern Ireland who served in Afghanistan and a commemoration for those members of the armed forces from Northern Ireland who died in that country on active service; and if she will make a statement.
      (212514)
366  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to secure funding for the Ulster Orchestra; and if she will make a statement.
      (212515)
367  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will hold discussions with her ministerial colleagues on including parading rights in a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
      (212516)
368  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many drug-related arrests have been made in Northern Ireland since 2010.
      (212546)
369  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212507)
370  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make it her policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout her Department's buildings and sites; if she will estimate the proportion of lighting in her Department which is LED; and if she will make a statement.
      (212630)
Questions to the Prime Minister
371  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will erect a memorial to honour the memory of the servicemen and women who lost their lives in Afghanistan.
      (212472)
372  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals to enable an early date for the referendum on membership of the EU.
      (212473)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
373  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212508)
374  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212631)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
375  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assistance is offered to households where residents may not have the capability or capacity to complete individual electoral registration forms.
      (212646)
376 N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the Electoral Commission's policy is on referral to the police of electoral registration officers who do not fulfil their legal obligations.
      (212217)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
377 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many collisions involving a vehicle hitting a bridge resulted in a delay to train services on the King's Cross to King's Lynn line in each of the last two years.
      (212482)
378 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential saving to the public purse arising from placing collision protection beams at bridges which have a high incidence of strikes from lorries or other vehicles.
      (212483)
379  
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement in HM Treasury's paper, Cm 8669, Investing in Britain's Future, page 13, that £15,145 million will be allocated to the Highways Agency between 2015-16 and 2020-21, to what schemes and use that funding has been allocated; and how that allocation is apportioned over time.
      (212729)
380  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to tackle wrongful use of unmanned aircraft operating within the airspace over Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
      (212517)
381  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions have been brought against operators of unmanned aircraft in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northern Ireland in the last 12 months; how many such prosecutions were successful; and if he will make a statement.
      (212518)
382 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to enable local authorities to retain information on sex offenders to inform the granting of licences to taxi drivers.
      (212298)
383  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the security regime in the Port of Belfast.
      (212575)
384  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212509)
385  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of acoustic fencing on reducing traffic noise levels.
      (212556)
386  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of trees and vegetation in reducing traffic noise levels.
      (212557)
387  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of different types of road surfaces on traffic noise levels.
      (212558)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
388  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212511)
389  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212633)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
390  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014 to Question 203682, whether the Government has met its expectation that no-one is waiting longer than 26 weeks for a personal independence payment assessment.
      (212537)
391 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) universal credit, (c) income support, (d) the work-related activity group component of employment and support allowance and (e) local housing allowance rates in housing benefit are (i) in work and (ii) have dependent children.
      (212370)
392 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the potential effect on child poverty of a freeze on (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) universal credit, (c) income support, (d) the work-related activity group component of employment and support allowance and (e) local housing allowance rates in housing benefit in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
      (212372)
393 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the potential effect on child poverty of a freeze on (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
      (212373)
394 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of Universal Credit have applied for (a) budgeting advances and (b) alternative payment arrangements; how many such applications were successful; and what the average amount awarded for a successful application has been to date.
      (212235)
395 N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a conclusion has been reached on infringement proceedings generated by the European Commission against the Government of the United Kingdom, with regard to the application of the 'Past Presence' test for disability benefit purposes as it affects ex-patriate citizens of the United Kingdom now resident in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement.
      (212388)
396 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funds the Government has provided to Motability in each of the last five years.
      (212415)
397 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's projected expenditure on (a) disablity living allowance and (b) personal independence payment is in each year up to 2017-18.
      (212399)
398 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in employment and support allowance and personal independence payments on people with progressive conditions such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's.
      (212345)
399  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the new Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive on implementation of welfare reform.
      (212740)
400  
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department expects to announce its decision on the future of the Post Office card account.
      (212741)
401  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claimants there are in each constituency in Northern Ireland.
      (212673)
402  
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants there are in each constituency in Northern Ireland.
      (212674)
403  
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
      (212512)
404  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the costs of Clause 3 of the Affordable Homes Bill; and if he will make a statement.
      (212658)
405 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what metrics were used to determine whether the IT systems developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit pathfinders were fit for purpose.
      (212395)
406 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many front line job centre advisers took part in user acceptance testing of the IT systems developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit pathfinders.
      (212396)
407 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the programme management of universal credit made use of the Prince2 methodology.
      (212397)
408 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many front line job centre advisers will take part in user acceptance testing of the IT systems developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit.
      (212398)
409 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what metrics will be used to determine whether the IT systems that have been developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit roll out from early 2015 are fit for purpose.
      (212490)
410 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211684, whether the planned exemption from the three month residency test for people claiming jobseeker's allowance will apply to the family members of people posted abroad while serving in the armed forces.
      (212350)
411  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many violent incidents have occurred in UK jobcentres in each year since January 2011.
      (212554)
412  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud committed in respect of each benefit which was attributable to identity fraud in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
      (212570)
413  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual cases of customer overpayment debt there have been in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years; and what the total monetary value was of customer overpayment debts in this period.
      (212571)
414  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
      (212634)
415 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects Jobcentre Plus to deploy an IT solution for the calculation of universal credit for those other than single people; and if he will make a statement.
      (212412)
416 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to inform residential training colleges for disabled people whether their funding will be extended beyond August 2015.
      (212413)
417 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit applications can be processed on average manually by an adviser in a day.
      (212414)
418 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on rectifying benefit sanctions found to have been wrongly applied.
      (905816)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
419  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that procurement regulations do not increase the administrative burden (a) on local authorities seeking to procure education services and (b) on providers seeking to tender for contracts for education services.
   [Transferred]  (212539)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
420  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the system for registering new .uk domains with Nominet is accessible and straightforward.
   [Transferred]  (212644)
421  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on Nominet's policy of first offering the new .uk domain names to the holder of the equivalent .co.uk domain.
   [Transferred]  (212691)

Prepared 31st October 2014