Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 27 November 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 27 November 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 27 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
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Attorney General, what the UK's responsibilities are in international law to identify, prevent, suppress and punish acts of genocide and crimes against humanity; and if he will make a statement.
(215972)
2
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
(215953)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the NHS of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
(215642)
4
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on equality of access to postgraduate funding for full-time and part-time students.
(215800)
5
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many postgraduate taught students commenced a course when they were aged over (a) 25, (b) 30 and (c) 40 in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and what proportion of such students were studying part-time in each such year.
(215801)
6
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Student Opportunity Allocation for 2015-16 will be maintained at the same level as in 2014-15.
(215944)
7
Alistair Burt
(North East Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire of 2 September 2014 regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
(215859)
8
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department last discussed with the European Commission dumping in the steel industry.
(215765)
9
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met or spoke to representatives of the UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels regarding the traceability and certification of Chinese and Turkish steel products imported to the UK.
(215766)
10
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men in (i) Scotland and (ii) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have made a statutory application to request flexible working.
(215848)
11
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with the Leader of Shropshire Council the technical and financial assistance that would be required to establish a new university in Shrewsbury.
(215914)
12
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential for a new university to be established in Shrewsbury.
(215915)
13
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to support Shropshire Council's efforts to establish a new university in Shrewsbury.
(215916)
14
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215952)
15
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the timetable within which the Government's consideration of how further targeted enforcement in the care sector can be undertaken through its annual review of the HM Revenue and Customs service level agreement for national minimum wage enforcement.
(215806)
16
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which 10 countries UK trade has increased the most in (a) percentage and (b) absolute terms in the last 12 months.
(215977)
17
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage people from ethnic minorities to apply for apprenticeships.
(215636)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
18
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of changes in real weekly earnings for (a) all workers, (b) male workers, (c) female workers, (d) part-time workers, (e) full-time workers, (f) male part-time workers, (g) male full-time workers, (h) female part-time workers and (i) female full-time workers as defined in the recent Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings in each parliamentary constituency between April 2013 and April 2014.
(215799)
19
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff work for the National Security Council; and where those staff are based.
(215980)
20
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) men and (ii) women in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who earn less than the living wage.
(215864)
21
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215954)
22
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 212539, if he will publish the guidance to local authorities on the effect of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives on procurement by local authorities of school places for children and young people with special educational needs.
(215805)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
23
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations his Department has received on reducing the rate of VAT charged on the refurbishment of domestic dwellings; and if he will make a statement.
(215709)
24
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with the Financial Conduct Authority ways of ensuring that people with personal pensions becoming payable from April 2015 are aware of the potential drawbacks as well as advantages of transferring their pensions.
(215874)
25
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to recover revenue lost to the illicit trade in tobacco.
(215877)
26
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the illicit trade in tobacco.
(215878)
27
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco products on the illicit trade in tobacco.
(215879)
28
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate has he made of the cost to the public purse of organised crime associated with the trade in illicit tobacco.
(215880)
29
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the trade in illicit tobacco of the forthcoming ban on menthol cigarettes and 10-packs of cigarettes.
(215881)
30
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the (a) top rate, (b) higher rate and (c) basic rate of income tax in each Scottish parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(215843)
31
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on external legal fees relating to the case at the European Court of Justice on the cap on bankers' bonuses.
(215715)
32
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215966)
33
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to create a powerhouse for Birmingham and the West Midlands.
(215379)
34
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households had reductions in (a) working tax and (b) child tax credits as a result of an apprentice aged under 18 being resident in the household in 2013-14.
(215634)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
35
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of households in the private rented sector which have been evicted by their landlords in retaliation for asking a landlord to improve poor or dangerous conditions in 2013-14.
(215758)
36
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect renters in the private rented sector from being evicted in retaliation for making complaints to landlords about their properties.
(215759)
37
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
(215710)
38
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to local and central government of industrial action in the fire service since January 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(215653)
39
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215955)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
40
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full report by First Class Partnerships on restoration of the Flying Scotsman conducted for the Science Museum Group and dated 27 February 2014.
(215948)
41
Simon Hart
(Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the UK population has taken-up super-fast broadband that has been funded or partially funded by BDUK or a local authority.
(215911)
42
Simon Hart
(Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the UK population has taken-up super-fast broadband, excluding cable.
(215912)
43
Simon Hart
(Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the UK population has access to superfast broadband.
(215926)
44
Simon Hart
(Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote competition in the provision of superfast broadband.
(215927)
45
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on plans to hold events in Scotland to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
(215842)
46
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Scottish Government steps to increase progress on the roll out of superfast broadband in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
(215844)
47
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are covered by (a) mobile telephone signal and (b) broadband.
(215863)
48
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with ministers of the Scottish government how faster progress can be made on making broadband available to rural communities in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
(215946)
49
Mr David Jones
(Clwyd West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to meet the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of Sianel 4 Cymru before 31 March 2015.
(215923)
50
Mr David Jones
(Clwyd West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he or his predecessor last met the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of Sianel 4 Cymru.
(215924)
51
Mr David Jones
(Clwyd West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Sianel 4 Cymru on future funding for that organisation.
(215925)
52
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215956)
53
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
(906287)
54
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will have discussions with mobile telephone companies on measures to prevent victims of mobile telephone theft having to pay excessive bills on their stolen telephones.
(215886)
55
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to meet the Chief Executive of Premiership Rugby; and if he will make a statement.
(906274)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
56
N
Crispin Blunt
(Reigate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the advertising budget to support reserve recruitment campaigns has been to date; and what the overall budget is for such expenditure in the future.
(215731)
57
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers made redundant under the Army 2020 programme have been evicted from family quarters.
(215849)
58
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the progress made by NATO in training and developing Rapid Reaction Forces in response to the situation in Ukraine.
(215850)
59
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets his Department sets for the time taken to make housing adaptations for wounded service personnel.
(215851)
60
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the awarding of contracts for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.
(215858)
61
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what airfields are owned by his Department; and how many flights took off from each such airfield in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15 to date.
(215979)
62
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many expressions of interest in applying to join the Reserve Forces there were from applicants working in Cardiff South and Penarth constituency in each month since January 2011.
(215762)
63
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which country uniforms for the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy, including the Royal Marines, are manufactured.
(215763)
64
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the number of completed recruitments to the Reserve Forces was from applicants residing in Cardiff South and Penarth constituency in each month since January 2011.
(215764)
65
N
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the size of the armed forces after 2015.
(215732)
66
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been placed for launch tubes for sea-launched Trident nuclear missiles with General Dynamics Electric Boat Company in the US.
(215809)
67
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215957)
68
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on each long lead item for the Successor submarine; and how much his Department has spent on the Successor submarine programme to date.
(215788)
69
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Successor submarine will have 12 missile tubes; whether those submarines will be sent on patrol filled with 12 missiles; whether those submarines will be armed with nuclear warheads; and whether those submarines can set sail with empty missile tubes.
(215789)
70
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the potential cost of procuring (a) 12, (b) 32 and (c) 48 Trident II D5 missile tubes for the Successor submarines.
(215790)
71
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 5 of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, what the saving was to the public purse of reducing the number of operational launch tubes on submarines to eight during the spending review period; and whether the £3.2 billion saving in the 10 years from 2010 was contingent on each Successor submarine having eight missile tubes armed with eight Trident D5 II missiles armed with 40 warheads.
(215791)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
72
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide guidance to supply teachers on the tax and unemployment implications of working for an umbrella company.
(215945)
73
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she had with her international counterparts on best practice for mathematics teaching; and if she will make a statement.
(215797)
74
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers in Brighton and Hove who were trained as part of the Teach First programme; and if she will make a statement.
(215798)
75
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted in Brighton and Hove over the last five years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
(215888)
76
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(215959)
77
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of her Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
(215794)
78
N
Caroline Nokes
(Romsey and Southampton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of not returning VAT costs of sixth form colleges on competition in the market for education provision for 16 to 19 year olds.
(215714)
79
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to support husbands and wives with relationship problems to enable families to stay together.
(215885)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
80
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each council tax band are in receipt of payments under the renewable heat incentive.
(215889)
81
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority are in receipt of payments under the renewable heat incentive.
(215890)
82
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 214561, on the green deal scheme, what confidentiality reasons prevent that data being broken down to a lower geographical area.
(215906)
83
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 214693, when the next Domestic Supplies Obligations annual report will be published.
(215907)
84
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214565, which proxies are used to find low income and vulnerable households at risk of fuel poverty under the Energy Company Obligation.
(215908)
85
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 214562, on the Energy Companies Obligation, when the next quarterly official statistics will be published.
(215909)
86
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings on the UK in the report of the Building Performance Institute Europe on Renovation strategies of selected EU countries, published in November 2014.
(215902)
87
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's climate change strategy of the United Nations Environment Programme report, The Emissions Gap Report 2014, published in November 2014.
(215929)
88
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215960)
89
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on small-scale wind turbine development of the removal of 15kw Fee-in-Tariff bracket in December 2012.
(215973)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
90
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of non-domestic mammals have been imported to the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
(215760)
91
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to collect information on whether animals imported from (a) inside and (b) outside the EU were bred in captivity or caught from the wild.
(215761)
92
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(215961)
93
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
(215795)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
94
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had (a) with his counterparts from Belgium, France and the Netherlands and (b) in EU fora about the incidence of anti-Semitic attacks in those countries.
(215644)
95
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Russian Federation on that country's increased patrols near NATO airspace; and if he will make a statement.
(215796)
96
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(215962)
97
N
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Mexican government on the disappearance of students from their college in Guerrero on 26 September 2014.
(215652)
98
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Palestinian counterparts on levels of incitement to violence against Israel.
(215756)
99
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the statements by the government of Iran that that country's nuclear activities are for exclusively civilian nuclear purposes.
(215771)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
100
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS provides fair access for all to life-extending drugs; and if he will make a statement.
(215834)
101
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve counselling services in the NHS for people under the age of 25 who have a mental illness.
(215904)
102
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve public knowledge of mental health conditions.
(215969)
103
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for treatments for mental health conditions.
(215970)
104
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he and officials in his Department will meet with members of the British Dupuytrens Society to discuss treatments for that condition currently not available on the NHS.
(215971)
105
Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints per 100,000 people were received by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) from (a) members of the public and (b) staff about CQC- regulated services in each social services authority area in England in (i) the last year and (ii) the last five years.
(215812)
106
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of physician associate students who go into employment within the NHS after completing their degree.
(215637)
107
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason bursary and student loan arrangements are different for science graduates who pursue a further degree in medicine and science graduates who pursue a further degree in physician associate studies.
(215638)
108
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physician associate NHS posts are unfilled.
(215639)
109
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215281, how many financial sanctions have been imposed for failure to achieve 95 per cent compliance with Care Programme follow-up within seven days of discharge.
(215768)
110
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of unfilled posts in the mental health workforce in the NHS.
(215775)
111
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the uptake of the influenza vaccine by people with learning disabilities.
(215811)
112
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle inequalities in mental health services in the black and minority ethnic community.
(215813)
113
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Quality Commission's risk register relating to primary care, when primary care practices were informed of their ratings; when national and local media were informed of the ratings relating to specific practices nationally or in their locality; and what rights primary care practices have to appeal against the theoretical assessments undertaken nationally without those specific practices having been inspected or given the opportunity to review the data on which the risk assessment was made.
(215717)
114
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213785, what the terms of reference are for the Pneumococcal sub-committee's review; if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of reference of that review; and if he will make a statement.
(215649)
115
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of hypoglycaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes.
(215645)
116
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency about the prescription of oral medications for type 2 diabetes that carry an increased risk of hypoglycaemia.
(215647)
117
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the relationship between cost savings to the NHS and improved patient safety; and if he will make a statement.
(215712)
118
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will review the Government's funding for pancreatic cancer research following the recommendations of the report, Pancreatic Cancer Research: A roadmap to change, published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer.
(215640)
119
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations in the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Research: A roadmap to change.
(215641)
120
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quality and outcome measures NHS England plans to use to ensure maintenance of clinical quality and quality of service in the proposed transition from specialised to clinical commissioning groups commissioning for dialysis.
(215753)
121
N
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment NHS England has made of the level of need for specialist renal services to deal with the complications and emergencies associated with dialysis; and how such services will be commissioned from April 2015.
(215754)
122
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided to enable access to chemoprevention drugs in the last 12 months.
(215755)
123
N
George Hollingbery
(Meon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts of what value were signed by NHS commissioners with non-NHS providers in 2009-10.
(215711)
124
George Hollingbery
(Meon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications of recent research on the effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis for reducing the spread of HIV.
(215835)
125
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on financial support for victims of thalidomide.
(215976)
126
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve communication support for people with motor neurone disease.
(215757)
127
N
Sir Peter Luff
(Mid Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff are eligible for incremental pay awards; and how many of those will receive at least (a) one per cent and (b) three per cent pay increases this year.
(215716)
128
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of his Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
(215792)
129
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which patient groups and patient representative organisations his Department consulted before publication of Personalised Health and Care 2020: a framework for action.
(215651)
130
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the use of patient experience surveys in the NHS to inform patient safety initiatives; and if he will make a statement.
(215718)
131
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions for (a) hypoglycaemia and (b) diabetic ketoacidosis there were in each local commissioning area of people aged (i) 17 and under, (ii) between 17 and 65 and (iii) 65 and over in each of the last 10 years.
(215808)
132
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of meningitis in children there have been in each of the last five years.
(215882)
133
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the levels of sugar in children's drinks.
(215884)
134
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had to have implants replaced within five years in each of the last five years.
(215887)
135
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an independent inquiry into the performance of acute hospital services in North West London in response to the closure of Hammersmith and Central Middlesex accident and emergency departments.
(215786)
136
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will suspend the implementation of his Department's Shaping a Healthier Future programme until NHS England's investigation into the performance of North West London accident and emergency departments is complete.
(215787)
137
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include in the Social Care Commitment, a statement about employer compliance with minimum wage legislation.
(215814)
138
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on adjudication of disputes over who is responsible for the care of an individual.
(215807)
139
N
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that off-patent bisphosphonate drugs are made routinely available for the new indication of preventing breast cancer spreading to the bone.
(214720)
140
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the findings of the friends and family test are being used to improve patient safety in the NHS.
(215852)
141
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to diabetes research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
(215919)
142
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to heart disease research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
(215920)
143
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to prostate cancer research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
(215921)
144
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to ovarian cancer research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
(215922)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
145
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-European Economic Area students were granted visa extensions under the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland route in each year since 2005.
(215802)
146
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-European Economic Area students were granted visa extensions under the International Graduates Scheme in each year since 2007.
(215803)
147
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many graduate entrepreneur visa holders switched to a skilled workers visa under the new rules announced by her Department on 6 September 2013.
(215804)
148
Alistair Burt
(North East Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female officers were employed by Serco at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in each year from 2010 to 2014 to date.
(215860)
149
Alistair Burt
(North East Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints about Yarl's Wood Detention Centre her Department has received regarding (a) access to healthcare and (b) mental health provision in the last 12 months.
(215861)
150
N
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers received financial support in each local authority in England and Wales in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
(215713)
151
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Scottish Refugee Council; and when the next meeting is planned.
(215845)
152
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have settled in Scotland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(215847)
153
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been employed by her Department's press office in each of the last five years; how many such staff were paid more than (a) £40,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £75,000 and (d) £100,000 in each such year; and what the total cost of her Department's press office was in those years.
(215705)
154
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many human trafficking investigations have been commenced by the National Crime Agency in each of the last five years.
(215706)
155
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public awareness campaigns her Department has run in each of the last five years; how much each such campaign cost; and how much her Department spent on public awareness campaigns in each of the last five years.
(215728)
156
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 210147, what agencies received grants made by central government bodies under the Prevent programme; and whether those grants are included under the central government heading in that Answer.
(215729)
157
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(215963)
158
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from campaign groups on reducing violence against women and young girls; and if she will make a statement.
(215968)
159
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British nationals living abroad are aware of visa requirements for foreign national spouses when they return to the UK.
(215650)
160
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal staff in the Border Force are employed on zero hour contracts.
(215702)
161
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of changes in the number of seasonal staff in the Border Force on (a) queuing times and (b) customs activities.
(215704)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
162
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what direct assistance her Department is providing to refugees from Syrian Kurdistan who are now living in the South East Anatolia region of Turkey.
(215928)
163
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian needs of refugees from Syrian Kurdistan living in Turkey.
(215947)
164
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(215965)
165
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the work of Tawanmandi.
(215857)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
166
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether transmission x-rays are likely to be used in normal search procedures in prisons in the next 12 months.
(215875)
167
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to carry out an equality impact assessment on the effect of the new scheme for recall adjudicators proposed in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
(215782)
168
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse arising from the closure of prisons since 2010.
(215917)
169
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse which will accrue from the closure of prisons in the UK in the next three years.
(215918)
170
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the findings of the recent report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Hewell.
(215380)
171
N
John Robertson
(Glasgow North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of whether the level of tribunal fees acts as a disincentive to women bringing a sex discrimination claim.
(906308)
172
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the economic effect on small businesses of reforms to funding of insolvency litigation implemented by the Legal Act, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
(215769)
173
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215057, if he will make an estimate of the Exchequer effect of the change in the number of serious crimes that will now be dealt with by way of the Criminal Justice System rather than the prison disciplinary system.
(215784)
174
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215057, whether his Department made an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of the proposals in the press release entitled, Crackdown on violence in prisons before making that press release.
(215785)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
175
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether requests for assistance have been made to her Department in the last 12 months by people, now living under protection schemes as a result of their membership of illegal organisations in the past, who have offered information and assistance in the upholding of the law in Northern Ireland.
(215873)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
176
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help prevent drivers with type 2 diabetes losing their licence as a result of hypoglycaemia.
(215646)
177
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has spent on sustainable transport in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last three years.
(215810)
178
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
(215793)
179
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports he has received of operational difficulties arising from the Belfast Coastguard's expanded area of coverage.
(215730)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
180
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have held (i) orally and (ii) in writing with the Welsh Government about the electrification of the North Wales coast mainline.
(215643)
181
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the operation of cross-border rail services.
(215703)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
182
N
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken to promote the use of role models for women in business.
(906309)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
183
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for people with a mental illness at work.
(215903)
184
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who had been waiting more than 90 days to be assessed for employment and support allowance in each of the last 12 months.
(215905)
185
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in Scotland are subject to benefit cap.
(215862)
186
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each month since October 2012.
(215865)
187
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit was withheld from claimants in benefit sanctions in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(215866)
188
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 212396, what the mean number is of front line work coaches involved in testing in each stage of user acceptance testing.
(215648)
189
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation his Department has made of the Job Services Australia model for classifying jobseekers; and what consideration he has given to the introduction of that model in the UK.
(215635)
190
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he responded to the observation of the former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in a lecture at Greenwich University on 28 November 2013 that there is room for more ambition on youth employment policies in the UK.
(215707)
191
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is Department's policy that Jobcentre Plus officials should liaise with Health and Social Service agencies when benefit sanctions are applied to vulnerable individuals.
(215708)
192
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215334 and the Answer of 4 July 2013, Official Report, column 736W, (a) on what date and (b) for what reason his Department stopped estimating the amount of benefit withheld as a result of the application of sanctions.
(215974)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
193
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in employment who are (a) 50 to 59, (b) 60 to 69 and (c) over 70.
[Transferred]
(215975)
194
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Office; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(215958)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
195
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the fuel industry to establish the reasons why the retail price differential between petrol and diesel (a) in the UK favours petrol vehicles and (b) in the Irish Republic favours diesel drivers.
[Transferred]
(215876)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
196
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department plans to publish on the purpose to which proceeds of the single-use plastic bag charge can be put; and when that guidance will be published.
[Transferred]
(215978)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
197
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Northern Ireland on the implementation of the proposed change in the law to prevent 17 year olds being held in custody overnight.
[Transferred]
(215883)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
198
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each Scottish parliamentary constituency use Post Office card accounts.
[Transferred]
(215846)