Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 6 November 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 6 November 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 6 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.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been made for non-benefit-related fraud in each year since 2009; and how many such prosecutions were for offences against an individual victim.
(213310)
2
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2014, to Question 212020, how many successful prosecutions were made for cybercrimes in each year since 2009.
(213370)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage offers of apprenticeships to adults without GCSEs.
(213292)
4
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to offer training to adults without GCSEs.
(213293)
5
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on allowing employers to pay the apprenticeship wage for longer than 12 months.
(213294)
6
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers were named for breaking the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each month of 2014 to date.
(212933)
7
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the effect on spending by his Department of abolition of the cap on higher education student numbers announced in the Autumn Statement 2013.
(213239)
8
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward assistance for energy intensive industries from 2016 to 2015.
(905913)
9
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether licences grated to companies to export dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons to Syria remain in place.
(213006)
10
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make public the names of the companies which had licences approved to export dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons to Syria.
(213007)
11
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he took to ensure that the export licences approved to export to Syria dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons would not be used for this purpose.
(213138)
12
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington have been (i) named and (ii) prosecuted since 1 October 2013.
(212902)
13
N
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of shale gas extraction on the industrial supply chain.
(905935)
14
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the company registration number is of (a) Master Distribution Limited, Essex and (b) Zoom Limited, Havant, named for non-payment of the national minimum wage in his Department's press notice of 8 June 2014.
(212931)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
15
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the job specification for the role of the Anti-corruption Champion; and what dedicated resources there are to support that role.
(213128)
16
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women over the age of 50 in Scotland have been classed as economically inactive in each of the last four years.
(213311)
17
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women over the age of 50 in Scotland had been unemployed for six months or more in September (a) 2014, (b) 2013, (c) 2012, (d) 2011 and (e) 2010.
(213341)
18
Fabian Hamilton
(Leeds North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that the new Conflict, Stability and Security Fund will publish annual reports.
(213398)
19
Fabian Hamilton
(Leeds North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that the new Conflict, Stability and Security Fund will be used only for non-military peacebuilding efforts; and if he will make a statement.
(213399)
20
Fabian Hamilton
(Leeds North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that the new Conflict, Stability and Security Fund implement the report of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the Conflict Pool, published in July 2012.
(213407)
21
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent analysis of the performance of the Community Organisers Programme has been conducted.
(213129)
22
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the funding of the Community Organisers Programme was allocated from the Office of Civil Society's budget.
(213130)
23
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in spending per houshold in (a) the top 10 most deprived local authority areas in England and (b) the 10 least deprived local authority areas in England since May 2010.
(213379)
24
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion 16 to 17 year olds in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 were BME.
(213016)
25
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the need to provide access to his Department's services in Welsh.
(213416)
26
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that cleaners of all Government offices are paid the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
(213135)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
27
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in work did not pay any income tax as a result of changes to the personal allowance threshold in each of the last three financial years.
(213291)
28
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on collating, distributing and mailing the recently sent annual tax summary letter.
(213257)
29
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were fined the maximum penalty for breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each month of 2014 to date.
(212979)
30
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2014 to Question 210913, when he plans to begin public information campaigns in Scotland to inform taxpayers and businesses about changes to the tax system in Scotland.
(213287)
31
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of tidal energy to the economy.
(213400)
32
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of UK tax which was lost to tax avoidance practices adopted by multinational technology companies in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(213383)
33
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent estimate is of the cost of tax incentives and tax relief currently available to UK-based multinational companies.
(213384)
34
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the corporate tax regime to prevent UK-based multinational companies from practising tax avoidance in developing countries.
(213385)
35
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle tax avoidance by global technology firms.
(213386)
36
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many audit checks on the records of landfill sites have been conducted by HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months.
(213276)
37
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many audit checks on the records of landfill sites in the North East of England have been conducted by HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months.
(213277)
38
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many visits to landfill sites have been conducted by HM Revenue and Customs to check landfill tax payments in the last 12 months.
(213278)
39
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HM Revenue and Customs has received of non-payment of landfill tax in each year since 2010.
(213279)
40
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many visits to landfill sites in the North East of England have been conducted by HM Revenue and Customs to check landfill tax payments in the last 12 months.
(213280)
41
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many criminal prosecutions for non-payment or other breaches of the law related to the landfill tax there have been in each year since that tax's introduction.
(213281)
42
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of landfill tax outstanding from landfill operators.
(213282)
43
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget is of HM Revenue and Customs to investigate landfill tax fraud.
(213284)
44
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2014 to Question 207058, if he will discuss with (a) the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and (b) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills the implications for his policies on financial stability of the statements given to the World Bank seminar on integrated reporting on 10 October 2014 by the Governor of the Bank of England on unburnable carbon and market failures; and if he will make a statement.
(213226)
45
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2014, to the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury to Question 197359, if he will make it his policy that HM Revenue and Customs collects statistics at a regional level for the purposes of completed inspections and non-compliance.
(212932)
46
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HM Revenue and Customs employs; and how many and what proportion of such staff have been allocated to the enforcement of the national minimum wage in each of the last 10 years.
(213375)
47
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2014 to Question 205614, what proportion of the penalties imposed in each year have been successfully enforced; and how much of the amount of penalty imposed is outstanding.
(213409)
48
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the need to provide access to his Department's services in Welsh.
(213419)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
49
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to assist local authorities build more sustainable homes.
(212393)
50
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to promote environmental and sustainable housebuilding following the abolition of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
(212394)
51
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will prepare and publish a new draft code for sustainable homes.
(212607)
52
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to enable local authorities to promote sustainable house building.
(212608)
53
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Rushmoor Borough Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many of these (a) have waited longer than three years, (b) are single and (c) have five or more children.
(213204)
54
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in New Forest District Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many of these (a) have waited longer than three years, (b) are single and (c) have five or more children.
(213205)
55
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Havant Borough Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many of these (a) have waited longer than three years, (b) are single and (c) have five or more children.
(213206)
56
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Gosport Borough Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many of these (a) have waited longer than three years, (b) are single and (c) have five or more children.
(213207)
57
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Hart District Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many of these (a) have waited longer than three years, (b) are single and (c) have five or more children.
(213208)
58
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide that solar panels may not be sited on agricultural land.
(905914)
59
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the affordable housing budget was in each of the last 15 years.
(213381)
60
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) number and (b) proportion of households affected by the bedroom tax have fallen into rent arrears since the introduction of the bedroom tax.
(213382)
61
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social homes in London have been built under section 106 agreements in each of the last 10 years.
(213422)
62
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish any correspondence between his Department and the Planning Inspector Ava Wood on the Shepherd's Bush Market development scheme and the compulsory purchase order granted by Hammersmith and Fulham local authority.
(213394)
63
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish any correspondence between his Department and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham before June 2014, on the Shepherd's Bush Market development scheme and the compulsory purchase order granted by Hammersmith and Fulham local authority.
(213395)
64
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what has been the current take-up of the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England and (b) Bradford.
(213099)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
65
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the members of the Creative Industry Council have their principal workplace outside London.
(212977)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
66
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received on the movement of illegal arms in and out of Libya.
(213240)
67
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the threat posed to the UK by extremist training camps in southern Libya.
(213295)
68
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent reports he has received on the extent of the circulation of illegal weapons in Libya.
(213296)
69
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward the timescale for the revision of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
(212981)
70
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the commitments in the Armed Forces Covenant have been implemented in Northern Ireland to date.
(212982)
71
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of hiring external consultants to aid with defence procurement in the latest period for which figures are available.
(213389)
72
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many external consultants are involved in defence procurement.
(213390)
73
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defence agreements exist between the UK and Bahrain.
(212871)
74
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on discharging a soldier aged under 18 if parental consent to enlistment is withdrawn; and if he will make a statement.
(213312)
75
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the policy is of the Army Foundation College, Harrogate on providing a discharge form to any trainee soldier aged under 18 who asks to leave the army; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that policy.
(213315)
76
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all new trainees aged under 18 at all army training establishments are informed on arrival (a) orally and (b) in writing that they have a right of discharge at any point up until their 18th birthday.
(213316)
77
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the policy is of the Army Foundation College, Harrogate on allowing all soldiers to access welfare services on their own initiative at any time during their training; and if he will place in the Library a copy of all written policies concerning access to welfare services in that college.
(213317)
78
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Libyan service personnel training in the UK have broken local protocol and guidelines whilst training at the Bassingbourn Base; and what internal disciplinary procedures followed each such breach.
(213401)
79
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when future tranches of Libyan service personnel planned to come to the UK to receive military training are scheduled to arrive; for how long such training programmes will last; and how many such people have received criminal convictions in Libya.
(213403)
80
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is to his Department under each cost heading of training Libyan service personnel in the UK in each year since 2011.
(213404)
81
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Libyan service personnel have received military training in the UK since June 2014.
(213405)
82
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has had with authorities and bodies from (a) the Libyan government, (b) other departments, (c) the police, (d) local authorities and (e) other relevant bodies on the training of Libyan service personnel in UK military facilities.
(213406)
83
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the review being conducted by his Department into the training of Libyan security forces in the UK will conclude; and if he will ensure that his Department publishes the central conclusions of this review.
(213408)
84
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) criminal convictions and (b) criminal charges are held by members of the Libyan armed forces receiving training in the UK.
(213410)
85
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what screening procedures his Department undertakes in order to assess the suitability of any foreign military personnel to receive service training in the UK.
(213411)
86
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Libyan soldiers previously in receipt of UK military training at Bassingbourn have been withdrawn; and how many such people are (a) facing criminal charges and (b) have received convictions (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad.
(213412)
87
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Sahel region on (a) terrorism, (b) arms, drugs and people trafficking and (c) other key challenges.
(213189)
88
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to enhance cyber-defence policy across all NATO member states since the NATO summit.
(213192)
89
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent support and advice on defence and security institution building has his Department given to the Libyan government (a) bilaterally and (b) with international partners.
(213193)
90
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the UK work in the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn; and how their work contributes to the National Security Strategy.
(213195)
91
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force since the NATO summit in September 2014.
(213196)
92
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of the programme to train Libyan soldiers in the UK.
(213247)
93
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent to date on training Libyan soldiers in the UK.
(213248)
94
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Libyan soldiers training in the UK have withdrawn from the training programme voluntarily; and how soon after withdrawing from the programme each such soldier returned to Libya.
(213340)
95
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of expenditure on defence procurement contracts was placed with small and medium-sized enterprises based in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in the last two years for which figures are available.
(213334)
96
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first Libyan armed forces personnel began their basic infantry training at Bassingbourn Barracks; what facilities Libyan armed forces personnel have visited in the UK as part of their training; how many such soldiers have completed the training; and how many soldiers are to be so trained in total.
(213335)
97
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount that will be received from the Libyan government in recompense for the training of Libyan armed forces personnel in the UK.
(213336)
98
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse has been of training Libyan armed forces personnel in each of the last three years.
(213337)
99
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Libyan armed forces personnel have been (a) arrested and (b) charged with any crimes during their time training at Camp Bassingbourn; and what crime was involved in each case.
(213338)
100
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage school and college students to become submariners.
(213349)
101
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of potential implications for his policy on the defence of the Falkland Islands of the sale of Gripen fighters to Argentina; and if he will make a statement.
(213297)
102
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Swedish government about the possible sale of Gripen fighters to Argentina.
(213298)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
103
N
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the results of the Government's 2009 consultation on the edited version of the electoral register and the Government's response to it.
(212872)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
104
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential costs and benefits of the introduction of universal infant free school meals in the UK.
(213397)
105
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make a comparative assessment of the rates of pay of (a) agency supply teachers and (b) teachers employed in schools under the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions document.
(213209)
106
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will estimate the average (a) daily and (b) weekly cost to a school of employing a supply teacher (i) through a supply teacher agency, (ii) through a local authority supply pool and (iii) directly by the school.
(213210)
107
Mr Bob Ainsworth
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to extend participation in the Teachers' Pension Scheme to teachers employed by or through supply teacher agencies.
(213211)
108
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in each region and constituent part of the UK are on the Priority School Building Programme.
(213309)
109
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff members in all open free schools were paid a salary for their work with that school before its opening; and how much has been paid to such staff in total.
(213342)
110
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which free schools have paid how many staff members a salary for their work at that school before its opening; and how much has been spent in total on salaries for such staff.
(213343)
111
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum amount of time is that a salary has been paid to a staff member of a free school before that school opened.
(213344)
112
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in each region and constituent part of the UK have had construction work (a) started and (b) completed in the Priority School Building Programme.
(213345)
113
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places from the initial allocation were relinquished by School Direct in the 2013-14 admissions year.
(213003)
114
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were allocated to School Direct for recruitment in the 2014-15 acacemic year.
(213004)
115
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 in accordance with the families test as recently announced by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(213252)
116
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the requirement for primary school places in Warrington in the next five years.
(212903)
117
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to assist non-UK minors who are trafficked for sex.
(213215)
118
Mr Michael Thornton
(Eastleigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of school places in Hampshire; and what steps she is taking to allow children in Hampshire to walk to school.
(213388)
119
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increasing number of 16 to 18 year olds whose destinations are unknown in her Department's statistics on 16 to 18 year olds not in education, employment or training.
(213442)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
120
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the security of the electricity supply for (a) businesses and (b) data centres in winter 2014-15.
(212978)
121
N
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
(905920)
122
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the overall budget for Renewable Heat Incentive in the next comprehensive spending review needed to meet the 2020 renewable heat target.
(213224)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
123
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Repair and Renew grant scheme.
(213290)
124
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with farming organisations in Wales about changes in the price of milk.
(212929)
125
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the causes of recent changes in the price of milk.
(212930)
126
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what methods will be used to assess whether the levels of radon contained in shale gas gathered by hydraulic fracturing are safe enough to allow the shale gas to be burned on gas hobs in poorly ventilated kitchens.
(213318)
127
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which CITES-listed species her Department has given approval for export from the Turks and Caicos Islands in the last year; and at what level each such export quota has been set.
(213325)
128
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals for the installation of independently-monitored CCTV cameras in slaughterhouses in the UK.
(213447)
129
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with animal welfare groups on commissioning an independent assessment on the installation of CCTV cameras inside UK slaughterhouses to deter illegal practices.
(213448)
130
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency takes to ensure that landfill sites practices are in line with environmental regulations.
(213274)
131
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement notices have been taken out against landfill operators in the (a) UK and (b) North East of England in the last 12 months.
(213275)
132
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on vaccinating cattle against bovine TB; and what progress has been made on reaching an agreement on the criteria for field trials of cattle vaccinations at EU level; and if she will make a statement.
(213300)
133
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the UK's main mobile flood pumps are based; and what time is taken to mobilise such pumps.
(213377)
134
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much farmers in each local authority area in Wales have received in Common Agricultural Payments in each year for which data is available.
(213380)
135
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to control squirrel pox in the red squirrel population.
(213348)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
136
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consequences of President Abbas' statement that the temporary closure of Temple Mount was a declaration of war.
(212897)
137
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Iran's support for international terror groups has been raised in talks between Iran and the P5+1.
(212898)
138
Sir Alan Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what targets have been set for the release of his Department's records to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in his Department are engaged in reviewing records for this purpose.
(213243)
139
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to paragraph 58 of the Respondents' Open Response to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal Case No. IPT/13/92/CH and Case No. IPT/13/77/CH, and to paragraph 4 of the summary of a closed door meeting held as part of the IPT given to Privacy International, what formal arrangements are in place to ensure the Wilson Doctrine is not infringed in cases where a foreign intelligence agency intercepts unanalysed material which may be passed on to UK intelligence agencies.
(212901)
140
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on which UK companies operate in Colombia.
(212980)
141
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet the hon. Member for Lagan Valley to discuss the refusal of the government of Iran to accept a delegation of UK parliamentarians in October 2014.
(212983)
142
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on reopening the Iranian Embassy in London.
(212984)
143
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what priority his Department accords to (a) human rights and religious freedoms and (b) other matters in its bilateral negotiations with Iran.
(212985)
144
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much income the Turks and Caicos Islands government derived from (a) tourism and (b) fisheries in the last five financial years for which figures are available.
(213321)
145
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of Chikungunya disease being introduced from the Caribbean into Ascension Island.
(213322)
146
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the expenditure of the Turks and Caicos Islands government was spent on health and health-related debts in the last five financial years for which records are available.
(213323)
147
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many commercial fishing licences have been sold to UK-registered vessels to fish in the waters of Ascension Island in each of the last five years.
(213324)
148
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the annual operating budget of the Turks and Caicos Islands government Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs has been in each year since 2007.
(213332)
149
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Vietnamese counterpart on the effect on the international reputation of Vietnam of the killing of domestic dogs in that country for the dog meat industry.
(213305)
150
Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has raised the cases of Farshid Fathi and Alireza Seyyedian with his Iranian counterparts.
(213225)
151
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether sale of Swedish Gripen fighters to Argentina would be contrary to the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports.
(213299)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
152
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers have become dementia friends; and on what date they became a dementia friend.
(212899)
153
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014 to Question 205866, on legal costs, if he will break that data down by type of legal service.
(213017)
154
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the implementation framework for hepatitis C being developed by Public Health England, NHS England, the Department of Health and voluntary bodies will be published.
(213415)
155
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets he has set for providing influenza jabs for (a) medical and health care workers and (b) social care workers this winter; and what progress has been made against such targets to date.
(213254)
156
Alistair Burt
(North East Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from the Caxton Foundation about increases in funding to cover the costs of winter fuel payment in 2014.
(213218)
157
Alistair Burt
(North East Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Caxton Foundation about the level of winter fuel payment in 2014.
(213219)
158
Alistair Burt
(North East Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beneficiaries of the Caxton Foundation received winter fuel payments in each of the last three years; and how much was paid out in each of those years.
(213220)
159
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating invasive pneumococcal disease in each year from 2008 to 2013.
(213011)
160
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department's pneumococcal vaccination targets are met.
(213012)
161
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of invasive pneumococcal disease which were preventable in each of the last five years.
(213013)
162
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in defined at risk groups who were eligible for pneumococcal vaccinations were vaccinated against pneumococcal disease in each of the last five year for which figures are available.
(213014)
163
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people have records contained in the General Practice Research Database; how many patients whose records are in the Database have at least one record of pneumococcal disease (a) in total and (b) in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(213015)
164
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken at regional and local level to reduce prescribing errors.
(213306)
165
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment Public Health England has made of the hazards to young children of eating rice and rice products contaminated by natural inorganic arsenic.
(213250)
166
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the criteria of assessment for awarding dispensing appliance contractor licences.
(213273)
167
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in ensuring that NHS England's definitions of commissioning responsibilities have been applied consistently across the country; and what assessment he has made of whether steps to ensure the consistency of such definitions will be complete by April 2015.
(213283)
168
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will take up responsibility for the commissioning of specialised services for the treatment and care of people with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) once the definitions have been standardised; what steps he is taking to improve care and treatment for people in England with HoFH; and if he will make a statement.
(213285)
169
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct Health Education England to make a placement in General Practice compulsory for all F1 and F2 trainee doctors.
(213001)
170
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of admissions to hospital via accident and emergency departments were related to dental problems in each of the last four years.
(212900)
171
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the provision in NHS hospitals of kidney transplantation through keyhole surgery.
(213346)
172
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government about measures to implement a public health approach to musculo-skeletal health.
(213351)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
173
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrant requests levied against British citizens have been refused in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(213255)
174
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of European Arrest Warrant requests made against UK citizens by other countries were refused in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(213339)
175
N
Sir Tony Baldry
(Banbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Hassan Haydari, previously detained at HMP Bullingdon, was deported.
(213177)
176
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on implementing the commitment in paragraph 6.44 of the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, published in October 2013, to review the financial incentives provided to support whistle blowers in cases of fraud, bribery and corruption.
(213146)
177
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 18 people affected by the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, named by the US administration in April 2013, are banned from entering the UK.
(213148)
178
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan, announced by the Prime Minister at the Open Government Partnership Summit in October 2013.
(213149)
179
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to strengthen evidence-based policy-making in her Department; and what recent assessment she has made of the performance of evidence-based policies implemented by her Department since May 2010.
(213319)
180
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time is taken to process applications from UK citizens waiting to return to the UK with surrogate children from outside the EU.
(213313)
181
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target has been set for time taken to process applications from UK citizens waiting to return to the UK with surrogate children from outside the EU; and how many such applications made in the last three years were processed within that time.
(213314)
182
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Libyan service personnel receiving military training in the UK (a) have been granted political asylum in the UK and (b) are applying to be granted political asylum in the UK.
(213402)
183
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what effect project Disputed has had on the (a) Shylock malware variant and (b) theft of online banking credentials.
(213186)
184
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cyber-crime cases the Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted since 2012.
(213190)
185
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where National Crime Agency international liaison officers have been deployed.
(213191)
186
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to encourage awareness of cyber-crime in small and medium-sized enterprises.
(213194)
187
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which person in her Department issued the D-notice imposed on the journalist Don Hale in 1984 in relation to a list of hon. Members allegedly named as being involved in child abuse.
(213253)
188
Maria Miller
(Basingstoke):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to assist police officers handling allegations of sexting in cases where the perpetrator is under the age of 18.
(213258)
189
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were extradited from the UK to each other state party to the European Convention on Extradition under that Convention in each of the last five years; what allegations or offences each such person was extradited for; whether each such person was convicted of the extradition offence; if they were extradited for prosecution; and what sentences were imposed upon each.
(213178)
190
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were extradited from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant to each other EU member state in each of the last five years; what allegations or offences each such person was extradited for; whether each such person was convicted of that extradition offence; if they were extradited for prosecution; and what sentences were imposed upon each.
(213179)
191
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British nationals and (b) other persons were extradited from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant for conduct that took place in whole or part within the UK but was not a crime under the law of the relevant part of the UK in each of the last five years; and under which provisions of sections 64 or 65 of the Extradition Act 2003 prior to its amendment by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 such extraditions took place.
(213182)
192
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK has given the notification described in Article 28(1) of EU Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA on the European Arrest Warrant.
(213183)
193
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of extraditions of (a) British nationals and (b) other persons sought from the UK under the European Convention on Extradition and its additional Protocols were blocked for reason of incompatibility with Convention rights in each of the last five years.
(213184)
194
N
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is permissible for the UK under (a) the European Convention on Extradition and (b) that Convention's additional Protocols that have been ratified by the UK to require satisfactory prima facie evidence of an alleged offence before extraditing a person for that offence.
(213185)
195
N
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days have been lost to long-term sick leave (a) in total and (b) for reasons related to mental health in each police force in each of the last three years.
(212840)
196
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the need to provide access to her Department's services in Welsh.
(213417)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
197
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to rice farmers in Bangladesh to purify irrigation water of organic arsenic contaminants.
(213249)
198
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) an environmental impact assessment and (b) a planning application were prepared prior to the clearing and infilling of the Pipers Pond wetland in Montserrat; and if she will place in the Library a copy of such documents.
(213301)
199
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) an environmental impact assessment and (b) a strategic environmental assessment has been prepared for the Marine Village Project on Montserrat; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each such document.
(213320)
200
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what scientific advice she has received on the sustainability of the export quota for the Queen conch species in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(213326)
201
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many permanent full-time equivalent staff in her Department are working full-time on environmental sustainability matters with the UK Overseas Territories (a) currently and (b) in each of the last five years.
(213327)
202
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the annual expenditure of the government of Montserrat is provided by her Department.
(213328)
203
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are taken to minimise the environmental effects of sand mining in Montserrat.
(213329)
204
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether a Landscape Impact and Mitigation Assessment has been conducted on the Carr's Bay Port development funded by her Department in Montserrat.
(213330)
205
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what infractions of the Montserrat physical planning regulations have occurred on construction projects financed by her Department on that island in each of the last four years.
(213331)
206
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the success of (a) coral translocations and (b) mangrove planting conducted in Montserrat in the last two years as part of environmental mitigation for development projects funded by her Department.
(213333)
207
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart following the decision of that country to restrict foreign funding to civil society organisations operating in India.
(213002)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
208
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in contracted-out prisons were eligible to have access to subscription channels provided by British Sky Broadcasting in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(212934)
209
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving did not receive a custodial sentence in the latest period for which figures are available.
(213391)
210
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there were of death by dangerous driving in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
(213392)
211
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the reoffending rate for prisoners who serve custodial sentences of (a) less than 12 months, (b) between 12 months and two years and (c) more than two years.
(213393)
212
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have represented themselves in court in each year since 2010; and what proportion of such people had previously applied for legal aid for that case.
(213131)
213
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of police cautions issued for (a) rape, (b) sexual offences and (c) violent crimes in each year since 2010.
(213132)
214
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 212299, how many witnesses have received support from the court-based Witness Service in each year since 2010.
(213136)
215
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who have taken voluntary early departure since 2010 have been re-recruited.
(213133)
216
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent incidents of each type there have been in the prison system in each month since May 2010.
(213139)
217
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2010.
(213140)
218
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cell searches have taken place in each month since May 2010.
(213141)
219
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to discourage aggressive and nasty tweeting.
(213347)
220
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to prevent the identity of rape victims becoming known to (a) their alleged assailants and (b) the families of their alleged assailant.
(213350)
221
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of funding changes in insolvency litigation in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on HM Revenue and Customs.
(212986)
222
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on external legal advice in each of the last four years.
(213366)
223
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last four years; and how much funding was provided to each such body.
(213367)
224
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each year since 2010.
(213368)
225
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms undertook criminal legal aid work in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
(213369)
226
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times magistrates' courts hearings in each district have had to be postponed for lack of (a) prosecution preparedness, (b) the failure of Capita interpreters' contract, (c) lack of availability of court and (d) any other reason in the last year.
(213387)
227
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on public relations in each year since 2010.
(213414)
228
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases were defended in the Crown Court by litigants-in-person in each year since 2010.
(213424)
229
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the need to provide access to his Department's services in Welsh.
(213418)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the Members Estimate Committee
230
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the Members Estimate Committee, when it was determined to shred documentation on expenses claims submitted by hon. Members before 2010; and at what committee or decision-making body such a decision was taken.
(213008)
231
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the Members Estimate Committee, which documentation relating to expenses claims submitted by hon. Members in which years have been shredded in the last 12 months.
(213009)
232
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the Members Estimate Committee, when the decision to destroy documentation relating to hon. Members' expenses claims from before 2010 was reported to the House.
(213010)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
233
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Scotland living in poverty in each year since 2010.
(213245)
234
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014, HC Deb, 15 October 2014, column 286, what details regarding the implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax are still under discussion; when he expects those discussions to conclude; and which government department will have responsibility for providing information to income tax payers about changes to the tax system in Scotland.
(213288)
235
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and if he will place in the Library any such representations.
(213289)
236
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met with his ministerial counterparts in HM Treasury to discuss implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
(213396)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
237
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 recent research the Electoral Commission has conducted into the reasons why individuals who are (a) entitled to vote do not register and (b) on the electoral register do not vote.
(212987)
238
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 steps the Electoral Commission is taking to increase the take-up of postal votes.
(213172)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
239
N
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of passenger journeys in the UK were made by bicycle in each of the last five years; and what share of his Department's spending related to cycling in that time period.
(213147)
240
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what function the National Maritime Intelligence Organisation's Vessels of Interest (VOI) list performs in alerting ports to ships with potential cases of Ebola onboard; and how many ships have been listed on the VOI list in the last two months because of possible Ebola cases.
(213173)
241
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has produced for people working in port pilotage on protocol for dealing with ships entering the UK from regions affected by the Ebola virus.
(213174)
242
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what independent checks are made on the validity of reports on crew health which ships submit to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on entering UK waters.
(213175)
243
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether extra resources have been made available to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to support its response to the Ebola outbreak; and what estimate he has made of the number of staff hours in the MCA which have been spent on responding to the Ebola outbreak.
(213176)
244
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new miles of motorway and trunk road are planned for the next five years.
(213197)
245
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the temporary lower speed limit on the A4 Hammersmith flyover will be lifted.
(213198)
246
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget is for new camera installations on national motorways and trunk roads this year.
(213199)
247
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was raised in fines for road traffic offences in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2013-14.
(213200)
248
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the speed limit west on the M3 beyond the M25 junction has been set at 50 mph.
(213201)
249
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of national motorway are subject to speed restrictions of under 70 mph.
(213202)
250
Mr John Redwood
(Wokingham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the purpose is of the new cameras being installed on the M4.
(213203)
251
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the fleet of trains his Department has procured through the Intercity Express Programme for service on the (a) Great Western and (b) East Coast Main Lines are fitted with the full catering provision of galley kitchen, restaurant service, at-seat first class service with meals cooked on board, re-generated meals served at-seat, buffet and trolley service.
(213212)
252
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the likely effect on rail (a) guards, (b) maintenance and (c) catering jobs from the introduction of the Intercity Express Programme fleet on the (i) Great Western and (ii) East Coast Main Lines.
(213213)
253
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail (a) guards, (b) maintenance and (c) catering jobs will be created on the (i) Great Western and (ii) East Coast Main Lines as a result of the procurement of new rolling stock through the Intercity Express Programme.
(213214)
254
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reasons his Department specified only two of the four available levels of catering provision for the mock-ups of Intercity Express Programme train sets inspected by bidders and others stakeholders.
(213241)
255
Mr Michael Thornton
(Eastleigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that motorways violating EU noise emissions are resolved within a two-year timescale; and if he will take steps to speed-up the resurfacing work on the areas of M27 between Fareham and Eastleigh.
(213413)
256
Mr Michael Thornton
(Eastleigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve air quality on roads where air quality management zones have been designated.
(213423)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
257
Sir Alan Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what targets have been set for the release of his Department's records to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in his Department are engaged in reviewing records for this purpose.
(213244)
258
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what changes there have been in Welsh language provision at Departments providing services to residents of Wales since the judicial review of the National Savings Scheme.
(213221)
259
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made for the need for further provision for access to government services in Welsh.
(213222)
260
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many Government departments have a Welsh language service.
(213223)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
261
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of the widowed parent's allowance claimed that allowance for less than one year in each year from 2001 to 2014.
(213371)
262
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of years is which claimants of the widowed parent's allowance have received payments for.
(213372)
263
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly amount received by claimants of the widowed parent's allowance was in each year from 2001 to 2014.
(213373)
264
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of eligible pensioners that do not receive pension credit.
(213005)
265
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was made available through the Social Fund in each year since 2010.
(212935)
266
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made for Budgeting Loan have been made in each year since 2010; and how many such applications were rejected.
(213137)
267
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants died during or after their work capability assessment in each of the last two years.
(212728)
268
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) moved to and (b) not yet moved to the personal independence payment from the disability living allowance.
(212976)
269
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is that a personal independence payment claim takes (a) to receive an appointment for assessment, (b) for the report to be completed by the provider after the date of the assessment, (c) for his Department to receive a report from the provider and (d) for his Department to make a decision from the date they received the provider's report.
(213018)
270
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time is taken between Personal Independence Payment claim from claimants in (a) Wales and (b) the UK receiving a decision from his Department from the date that the claim is first received.
(213134)
271
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what way his Department participates in the Two Ticks Positive About Disabled People scheme.
(212974)
272
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of people being injured or made ill at work; and if he will make a statement.
(212975)
273
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the need to provide access to his Department's services in Welsh.
(213420)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
274
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions for breaches of national minimum wage legislation there have been since 1997.
[Transferred]
(213421)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
275
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) private and (b) public sector homes have been built in each of the last 30 years.
[Transferred]
(213376)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
276
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that people who purchase domain names are doing so to use them for legitimate purposes and not simply to sell on at profit.
[Transferred]
(213256)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
277
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effect the 2014 EU Procurement Directives will have on the procurement by local authorities of places in academy schools for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
[Transferred]
(213216)
278
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the procurement obligations of local authorities are when seeking school places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
[Transferred]
(213217)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
279
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish on his Departmental website all correspondence between the governments of the UK and US on the negotiations of the proposed amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation on the Use of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes, Cm 8947, which was laid before Parliament on 16 October 2014.
[Transferred]
(213456)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
280
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce limits on the amount of trace arsenic permitted in foodstuffs intended for (a) children and (b) adults.
[Transferred]
(213251)
281
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration his Department has given to introducing child protection checks for parents commissioning surrogacy from abroad before being permitted to do so.
[Transferred]
(213374)
282
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of meat (a) from the UK and (b) from outside the UK was (i) physically inspected and (ii) visually inspected in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred]
(213378)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
283
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution the National Crime Agency international liaison officers have made to a cohesive international approach to cyber-crime.
[Transferred]
(213187)
284
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of business awareness of cyber-crime; and what information her Department holds on financial loss resulting from cyber-attacks.
[Transferred]
(213188)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
285
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) adults and (b) children were living in poverty in each UK parliamentary constituency in Scotland in each year since 2010.
[Transferred]
(213246)