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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 26 November 2014

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Wednesday 26 November 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Wednesday 26 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.

Wednesday 26 November  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, for what reasons the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to proceed with some of the charges against Harry Street during hearings in his case at Birmingham Crown Court in October 2014.
      (215700)
2  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Law Officers' Departments are taking to ensure their services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215656)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215655)
4 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212005, what assessment he has made of the effect of the length of time for which grants are awarded on the diversity of their recipients.
      (215537)
5 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to keep the people who lost money following the failure of firms involved in Scottish Power's cashback warranty scheme updated on progress on the review of whether there will be further investigations of that matter.
      (215591)
6  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students in Suffolk local education authority area applied for student (a) loans and (b) grants in the (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11 academic years.
      (215720)
7  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans have been made by the British Business Bank to companies based in Northern Ireland.
      (215629)
8  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value is of loans made to businesses in Northern Ireland by the British Business Bank.
      (215630)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
9  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his role is in public appointments.
      (215701)
10 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time work in each (A) local authority area and (B) parliamentary constituency earning less than the living wage.
      (215175)
11  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215657)
12 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) generalist and (b) technical employees and contract staff in the Government Digital Service are (i) Black and minority ethnic and (ii) female.
      (215569)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
13  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings to businesses resulting from the Government's national insurance changes in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber region and (c) the UK
      (215626)
14  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215671)
15  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many properties sold in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk County Council area attracted stamp duty land tax levied at (i) zero per cent, (ii) one per cent, (iii) three per cent and (iv) four per cent in each of the last three years.
      (215719)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
16  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance his Department provides to local authorities on replacing trees in pavements.
      (215690)
17  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by his Department's public bodies on employees partly or wholly employed on trade union duties in each of the last three years.
      (215623)
18  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215658)
19 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the scope and range of the business interests and landholdings of local authorities; and if he will introduce restrictions on the scope of acquisition, expenditure and activity by local authorities in areas which bear no relation to their functions.
      (214934)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
20  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current BBC funding model; and if he will make a statement.
      (215689)
21  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has made of the next BBC licence fee settlement.
      (215628)
22  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215659)
23  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when and on what grounds Nominet was granted the exclusive authority to administer the .uk namespace.
      (215677)
24  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Nominet's licence to grant .uk domain names on the competitiveness of the domain registration market.
      (215678)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
25  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215660)
26 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has conducted or reviewed into the effect of military naval sonar on the navigation of whales and other cetaceans since 2004.
      (215488)
27  
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what D-notices have been issued by the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee since April 2012; and if he will place copies of such notices in the Library.
      (215699)
28  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what ships have been assigned to Atlantic Patrol Tasking North for what duration in the last five years.
      (215776)
29  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are currently billeted with the US Marine Corps at (a) MAG-26, (b) VMFAT-101, (c) MAG-39 and (d) MAWTS-1; and what are their roles.
      (215777)
30  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when each of the initial production batch of four F-35B aircraft will be delivered to the UK.
      (215778)
31  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Talent and HMS Triumph will be based at HMNB Clyde; and when and where those vessels will be decommissioned.
      (215779)
32  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much ammunition was allocated to courses involving the training of artillery personnel and forward observation officers to call in fire in each year since 31 March 2011; and what the cost of such ammunition was.
      (215780)
33  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more women into the Ministry of Defence Police.
      (215736)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
34  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to encourage schools to provide students with hands-on programming experience.
      (215688)
35 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214915, who the representatives from religious and non-religious communities were that she consulted about proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE.
      (215570)
36  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if she will make a statement.
      (215661)
37  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 211963, if she will provide a list of the specified derogations from the Admissions Code that have been made by 54 free schools.
      (215695)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
38  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of energy production accounted for by micro-generation in the next three years.
      (215625)
39  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215662)
40  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to sign a contract with EDF for Hinkley C nuclear power station before April 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (215723)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
41  
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which government departments were given advice by her Department in its role overseeing sustainable development across central government in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
      (215631)
42  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if she will make a statement.
      (215663)
43  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage supermarkets to better support the UK dairy industry.
      (215735)
44  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage exports of powdered milk to China.
      (215737)
45  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a timetable for the preparation of an action plan to improve air quality.
      (215674)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
46  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the arrest of Zainab Al-Khawaja in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
      (215740)
47  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the arrest and torture of 13 women in Bahrain for organising a public referendum; and what assessment he has made on the prevalence of the use of torture in Bahrain.
      (215741)
48  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take following the recent death of Hasan Al-Shaikh in Bahrain as a result of alleged police torture; and how the use of torture in Bahrain will change his policy towards that country.
      (215742)
49  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recent finding of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that Tagi Al Maidan is being arbitrarily detained in Bahrain, if he will make representations to the government of that country seeking the release of Mr Al Maidan.
      (215783)
50  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts on a resolution to the situation in Kashmir.
      (215726)
51  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the German government on securing funding for British victims of thalidomide.
      (215770)
52  
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assistance the UK has provided to Intergovernmental Authority on Development monitoring and verification teams in South Sudan to ensure that they enjoy freedom of movement in that country.
      (215696)
53  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports or assessments have been commissioned on child protection proceedings in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies since 1994; when each such report or assessment was commissioned; which jurisdiction was the subject of each such report or assessment; and what external agency was used in each case.
      (215722)
54  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215664)
55 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had about democratic reform in the United Arab Emirates.
      (214857)
56  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Government is taking to promote religious respect and the safety of Christians in the Central African Republic.
      (215734)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
57 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to develop a long-term replacement for the Cancer Drugs Fund.
      (215535)
58  
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information (a) his Department and (b) NHS England holds on the cancer survival rate of people aged over 75; how this information is being used to improve cancer survival rates of such people; what assessment his Department has made of the quality if this information; and what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of this information.
      (215684)
59  
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he and Ministers in his Department have had with NHS England about the implications for re-evaluating the Cancer Drugs Fund list on breast cancer patients; what the content of those discussions was; and if he will make a statement.
      (215686)
60  
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to consult (a) charities and (b) patients during the two month notice period for de-prioritisation of drugs from the Cancer Drugs Fund list.
      (215687)
61 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate the Physicians' Associate profession.
      (215605)
62 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate health visitors and entry to that profession.
      (215606)
63  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's publication, Flu Plan Winter 2014, published in April 2014-15, if he will introduce free flu vaccinations to people with learning disabilities on the same terms as for other clinical risk groups.
      (215772)
64  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the uptake of the flu vaccine among people with learning disabilities.
      (215773)
65  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to tackle inequalities in access to mental health services in the BAME community.
      (215774)
66 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of accidents caused by hypoglycaemia annually and (b) cost to the NHS of those accidents.
      (215536)
67 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence about improving clinical guidelines on managing hypoglycaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes.
      (215539)
68 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance calls outs there have been that involved patients with type 2 diabetes suffering hypoglycaemia in each of the last five years.
      (215540)
69 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of emerging novel antibiotics in order to prove their value and inform the appropriate adoption of such products within the parameters of local and national NHS antibiotic stewardship programmes.
      (215553)
70 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will assess the effect that the creation of a centrally maintained list of priority pathogens would have on encouraging innovation within the field of antibiotic research and development.
      (215593)
71  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support the Health Research Agency in its efforts to harmonise and streamline the regulation and governance of research in the NHS.
      (215632)
72  
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase investment in pancreatic cancer research in the UK.
      (215620)
73  
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will commission early diagnosis research projects specific to pancreatic cancer.
      (215621)
74 N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 212409, whether any clinical policies developed in the last three years have not followed this process.
      (215616)
75  
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to consult (a) charities and (b) patients after the Cancer Drugs Fund panel meets on 15 and 16 December 2014 and before decisions on which drugs remain on the Cancer Drugs Fund list are made public.
      (215694)
76  
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff will receive a one per cent or higher pay award through non-consolidated increases or incremental pay awards this year.
      (215693)
77  
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to amend its drug approval system to ensure (a) more cancer drugs and (b) more drugs for cancers of unmet need pass its appraisal process.
      (215751)
78  
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to his German counterpart on thalidomide damage in the UK.
      (215750)
79  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of transposition of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Quality Standard on Fertility into a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) outcome indicator as a means of encouraging adherence to NICE's recommendation that all CCGs should fund three full cycles of IVF for eligible couples.
      (215676)
80 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when it was decided to delay the publication of winter pressure weekly reports.
      (215603)
81 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any NHS and Foundation Trusts have submitted data to NHS England for winter pressure weekly reports.
      (215604)
82  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's press release dated 28 August 2014, entitled Thousands more patients to benefit from additional £160 million for cancer drugs, whether the funding referred to (a) is new funding for medicines or (b) has been diverted from the purchase of other medicines.
      (215781)
83  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted on links between aggressive teenage behaviour and the use of violent video games.
      (215743)
84  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce NHS waiting lists for psychological treatments and reduce the number of patients who commit suicide while on such lists.
      (215745)
85  
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rates of (a) pulmonary embolism, (b) blood-stream infection and (c) foreign body left in after procedure has been in England in each year since 2000.
      (215682)
86  
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals have been rated poor with regards to open and honest reporting of patient safety incidents in each month since May 2010.
      (215683)
87  
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Berwick report into Improving the Safety of Patients in England, published in August 2013.
      (215725)
88  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of 7 November 2014 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Official Report, column 116, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the restraining factor is the lack of information for clinicians about off-label use.
      (215692)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
89  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
      (215618)
90  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussion she has had with social media companies about anti-Semitic comments on social media forums.
      (215619)
91  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that a person's criminal record as used by the police and the courts includes convictions made under any previous names; and if she will make a statement.
      (215746)
92  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if she will make a statement.
      (215665)
93  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average length of time is taken to process Disclosure and Barring Service applications in each police area.
      (215752)
94 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) the budget and (b) staffing is for the Police ICT Company in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
      (215531)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
95  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that a Gaza donor conference takes place in the near future; and what additional steps she has taken to (a) provide support for Palestinian children and (b) raise the importance of such support with her international counterparts.
      (215698)
96  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect on the health services in developing countries of doctors and nurses being recruited to work in the UK instead of their own country.
      (215691)
97  
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports or assessments have been commissioned into child protection proceedings in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies since 1994; when each such report or assessment was commissioned; which jurisdiction was the subject of each such report or assessment; and which external agency was involved in each case.
      (215721)
98  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid has been given to countries affected by the Ebola epidemic in each of the last three years.
      (215624)
99  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if she will make a statement.
      (215666)
100  
Sir Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the salary was at each payband used in her Department in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (215749)
101  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the humanitarian situation within the civilian population of eastern Ukraine.
      (215739)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
102  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley in 2014, and answered with a promise to write a letter, a letter has (a) been and (b) not been sent.
      (215747)
103  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215667)
104 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of the reforms to insolvency litigation in Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on tackling director misconduct and the return of money owed to small businesses.
      (215538)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
105  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps her Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if she will make a statement.
      (215668)
Questions to the Prime Minister
106  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the number of sham marriages in the UK.
      (215733)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
107  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215669)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
108  
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what route options have been considered for the new railway between Bedford and Cambridge.
      (215633)
109 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on driving and hypoglycaemia.
      (215533)
110 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency about oral medication for type 2 diabetes and the risk of hypoglycaemia.
      (215534)
111 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve daytime and overnight facilities for road freight drivers.
      (215438)
112 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to bring scooters and motorcycles under present regulations on low emission zones.
      (215439)
113 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assistance the Government is providing to port companies and shipping operatives in responding to the introduction of the EU low-sulphur fuel regulation.
      (215489)
114  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much government financial support has been budgeted for cycling initiatives in each of the next five years.
      (215622)
115  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215670)
116 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of pedal cyclists ignoring traffic lights and committing other road offences; and if he will make a statement.
      (214935)
117 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguards have left the service since the Coastguard Reform programme began; and how many entrants to the Coastguard service there have been in that period.
      (215589)
118 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff currently employed at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham (a) received the amount of training and (b) attained the level of qualification required in order to carry out their duties when the centre takes on its full operational responsibilities in December 2015.
      (215590)
119 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the employment grades are of (a) coastguards who have left the service since the Coastguard Reform programme began and (b) new entrants to the Coastguard service in that same period at the time of their first employment.
      (215594)
120 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours of shift time were staffed below risk-assessed level at (a) Humber, (b) Belfast, (c) Liverpool, (d) Swansea and (e) Dover maritime rescue coordination centres in October 2014.
      (215595)
121 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of staffing the Maritime and Coastguard Agency had in place at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham on 1 November 2014; and what levels of staffing the Agency expects to be in place at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham in (i) January 2015 and (ii) March 2015.
      (215596)
122 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213231, what Digital by Default Service his Department has developed; and what Assisted Digital support is in place for each such service.
      (215530)
123 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to enable people to request that data referring to them held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is not shared with organisations outside government.
      (215532)
124  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Irish government on the joint operation of the UK and Irish coastguard services.
      (215724)
125  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what traffic flow data his Department holds for each section of the A14 in the most recent period for which figures are available.
      (215697)
126  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have failed MOT tests because of the removal of diesel particulate filters in each of the last three years.
      (215675)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
127  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the case for electrification on the North Wales coast mainline.
      (215617)
128  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215672)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
129  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent steps she has taken to reduce levels of domestic violence.
      (215627)
130  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle discrimination of disabled people in the UK workforce.
      (215738)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
131  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce poverty among (a) adults and (b) children in Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.
      (215727)
132  
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former workers of the Remploy factory in Aberdare are (a) looking for work, (b) currently in work, (c) retired, (d) in receipt of employment and support allowance and (e) in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
      (215748)
133 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209437, what the limit is on the transfer fee included in the procurement agreement; and what the costs of that fee are.
      (215554)
134  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
      (215673)
135 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage recipients of universal credit to use jam jar accounts.
      (215528)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
136  
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) one year and (b) five year mortality rates are for cancer patients aged over 75 years.
   [Transferred]  (215685)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
137  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to amend the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to enable local authorities to take action on nuisance odours in residential properties alongside industrial, trade or business premises.
   [Transferred]  (215679)
138  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what criteria products are granted exemption from the prohibition on smoky fuels in a controlled area.
   [Transferred]  (215680)
139  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received about the burning of smoky fuels in residential properties.
   [Transferred]  (215681)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
140  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to protect synagogues from terrorist attacks.
   [Transferred]  (215744)

Prepared 26th November 2014