Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 28 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.
[N]
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 28 November 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 28 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
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the review into the death of Eleanor de Freitas.
(216213)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
N
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many skills shortage vacancies are expected in each employment sector in each of the next 10 years.
(215817)
3
N
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of undergraduates studying in universities are of each social grade.
(215818)
4
N
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of students in further education colleges aged (a) 19 to 24 and (b) 25 and over are of each social grade.
(215819)
5
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with the major supermarkets on measures to reduce the practice of suppressing retail milk price as a loss leader.
(215894)
6
Mr Ronnie Campbell
(Blyth Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to the impact the proposed changes to the Disabled Students Allowance, set out in the written ministerial statement on 7 April 2014, will have on the job prospects of disabled students during and after higher education.
(216037)
7
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential risk that the development of Hinkley Point C power station may cause a shortage of nuclear engineering skills at Devonport dockyard.
(216006)
8
N
Wayne David
(Caerphilly):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what investment in regeneration projects the Regeneration Investment Organisation has secured in the last six months.
(215654)
9
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information has been provided to his Department since May 2014 by the Royal Bank of Scotland in respect of the running of its Global Restructuring Group.
(216222)
10
Mr Tom Harris
(Glasgow South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that European Commission proposals for reform of the European Copyright Framework do not undermine the principle that writers and other creators should be rewarded for their work.
(216032)
11
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 27 of his Department's Research Strategy 2014-15, when the outcome of the survey of small businesses to assess the impact of the Bribery Act 2010 on small and medium-sized enterprises will be published.
(215901)
12
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses eligible for compensation for the indirect costs of (a) the EU Emissions Trading System and (b) the carbon price floor.
(215932)
13
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have been compensated to date for the indirect costs of (a) the EU Emissions Trading System and (b) the carbon price floor; what the average award per eligible business was; and what the total monetary value of such compensation was.
(215933)
14
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of compensation that will be available for eligible companies for the indirect costs of (a) the EU Emissions Trading System and (b) the carbon price floor in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
(215934)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
15
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216089)
16
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216180)
17
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office have spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216206)
18
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what rules govern the use of government slogans by political parties.
(215869)
19
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what assessment he has made of the propriety of the use of the phrase 'long-term economic plan' by organisations outside government.
(215870)
20
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the term 'long-term economic plan' as a description of government economic poicy was developed by civil servants.
(215871)
21
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he issues to government departments on best practice to adopt when approaching (a) independent charities and (b) non-departmental public bodies for funding for departmental programmes or policies.
(215831)
22
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, if he will publish all correspondence between (a) Lord Wei and NESTA and (b) Paul Twivy, Steve Moore, Giles Gibbons and Martyn Rose and his Department on NESTA funding for (i) the Big Society Network, (ii) Big Society Capital and (iii) any other project NESTA has been requested by his Department to support since May 2010.
(215996)
23
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, under what criteria it was decided to make a request to NESTA to support (a) the Big Society Network and (b) other similar projects.
(215997)
24
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, who authorised the approach by Lord Wei to NESTA on the funding of the Your Local Budget project; and which other bodies Lord Wei approached on the funding of that project.
(215998)
25
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies and procedures of the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network; and what changes he plans to make to his Department's procedures and processes as a result.
(215999)
26
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes, redacted if necessary, of any discussions between his Department, the Big Society Network and NESTA on the funding of the Big Society Network.
(216076)
27
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance and best practice is available for government departments on providing feedback to small and medium-sized enterprises on unsuccessful submissions to government invitations to tender.
(215854)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
28
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216101)
29
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216192)
30
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect UK businesses from additional paperwork arising from measures by the European Commission to standardise VAT returns.
(216073)
31
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to encourage the European Commission to publish greater details on how much revenue it receives and how that revenue is spent.
(216074)
32
N
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 20 February 2012 to Question 95617, what estimate he has made of the proportion of income tax relief on contributions accruing to individuals with an annual income of (a) up to £19,999, (b) between £20,000 and £44,999, (c) between £45,000 and £74,999, (d) between £75,000 and £99,999, (e) between £100,000 and £149,999 and (f) over £150,000 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.
(215992)
33
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has received any information from UK Financial Investments Ltd in respect of the (a) operation by RBS of its Global Restructuring Group (GRC) as a profit centre for the bank and (b) implications of the operations of the GRC for small business customers of RBS.
(216223)
34
N
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken to answer calls to tax credit helplines was in the last 12 months.
(215872)
35
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the banking industry on full account number portability.
(215855)
36
Mr David Lammy
(Tottenham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) housing benefit and (b) publicly-funded new homes in each year from 2010.
(216049)
37
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of air passenger duty on tourism in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK.
(216114)
38
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase access to bank lending for businesses in Northern Ireland.
(216115)
39
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding invested in small and medium-sized enterprises through venture capital trusts in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK in each of the last three years.
(216116)
40
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of printing and distributing personal tax summaries; on what criteria it was determined who would receive such summaries; what representations he has received on the wording used in those documents; and if he will make a statement.
(215891)
41
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on attracting companies that develop bitcoin technology to locate in the UK.
(215985)
42
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the ability of companies dealing with bitcoin to open a bank account.
(215986)
43
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance is provided to officials processing applications for tax credits on the documentation necessary to verify an applicant's single status, where HM Revenue and Customs contends that there has been an unreported change of circumstances.
(216199)
44
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of cases where applications for tax credits were (a) refused or (b) suspended because the applicant had failed to provide evidence of their status as a single person to the satisfaction of the assessing officer there were in the last 12 months.
(216200)
45
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of cases in which officials engaged in verifying the eligibility of applicants for tax credits where issues relating to their single status were an issue did not provide information advising how single status could be established in the last 12 months.
(216201)
46
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the average total processing time of applications for tax credits where the assessing officer has issued a request for additional documentation in respect of single person status and tax credits have been suspended pending examination of that documentation.
(216202)
47
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills regarding UK financial commitments to the European Space Agency.
(216162)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
48
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216090)
49
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216181)
50
Mark Field
(Cities of London and Westminster):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses were submitted to his Department's consultation on local welfare provision in 2015-16 (a) in total and (b) from local authorities.
(216209)
51
Mark Field
(Cities of London and Westminster):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of local welfare assistance schemes on preventing and reducing homelessness.
(216211)
52
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department (a) spends directly on and (b) allocates to local authorities for integration work.
(215987)
53
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have (a) bought a home for the first time and (b) made mortgage applications in Lancaster district since 2010.
(216103)
54
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish an analysis of the savings from local authorities' transformational schemes set against the timescales involved.
(216168)
55
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a real-terms time series of change in individual local authority income since 2010-11.
(216169)
56
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will discuss with his Ministerial colleagues measures to ensure that, where practical, analysis submitted by other government departments at future spending reviews includes sub-national analysis by individual local authority or local authority type.
(216170)
57
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 9 of the summary of the National Audit Office report, Financial sustainability of local authorities, published on 19 November 2014, what assessment he has made of the effect on the ability of local authorities to meet their statutory duties of the reduction in government funding to local authorities between 2010-11 and 2015-16.
(216198)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
58
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216091)
59
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216182)
60
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to propose to the BBC, as part of the forthcoming negotiations on renewal of its Royal Charter, that under a renewed Charter the BBC should be required to demonstrate more transparency about fees, expenses and salaries paid to all staff or employees of the Corporation who earn more than £100,000 per annum.
(215893)
61
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will commission, in conjunction with the devolved administrations, research into the penetration of high-speed broadband services in rural areas.
(215896)
62
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made in ensuring that the First World War is appropriately commemorated.
(215838)
63
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the Law Commission's recommendations for reform of the Electronic Communications Code.
(216207)
64
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Law Commission's recommendations for reform of the Electronic Communications Code.
(216208)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
65
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216092)
66
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216183)
67
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) premises owned by his Department are not in operational use; and what the estimated value of those assets is.
(215931)
68
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) buildings outside the UK are owned by his Department; and what the estimated value of those assets is.
(215950)
69
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running cost was of MOD Main Building in 2013-14; and what the estimated value of that building is.
(215981)
70
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what storage facilities are owned by his Department; and what the estimated value of those facilities is.
(215982)
71
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral Answer of the hon. Member for Canterbury on 24 November 2014, Official Report, column 633, on army reserve, how many people have dropped out of the reserve recruitment process as a result of the time taken to process applications since July 2013.
(216196)
72
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fires have taken place on UK (a) nuclear-powered and (b) nuclear-armed submarines since 3 July 2012; and how many such fires were aboard HMS Talent and HMS Triumph.
(216078)
73
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties were flown by RAF Reaper Remotely Piloted Air Systems, in Afghanistan in each year since 2008.
(216079)
74
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will support the creation of a European Defence Agency common fund to support multi-nation research and capability projects.
(216080)
75
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Ministry of Defence HQ contracts were for under £1 million in 2013-14.
(216070)
76
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Ministry of Defence HQ contracts were placed in 2013-14; what the value of those contracts was; how many on the bid basis were (a) competitive and (b) non-competitive contracts.
(216071)
77
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on each type of fuel in 2013-14; and who the suppliers were.
(216072)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
78
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216093)
79
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216184)
80
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timeframe her Department has set for schools in special measures to improve their performance before it takes action.
(215892)
81
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of VAT paid by sixth form colleges in the UK in each of the last three years.
(215913)
82
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on VAT paid by sixth form colleges.
(215930)
83
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the minimum requirements are for an initial Local Offer.
(216046)
84
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of implementing Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
(216047)
85
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of how far local authorities are complying with their statutory duties on local offers.
(216048)
86
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the access provided to local authorities to registration information from academies, free schools and independent schools in order for them to discharge their obligation to monitor children who may be missing education.
(215856)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
87
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to businesses of complying with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme.
(216050)
88
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, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of the proxies in determining which families are fuel poor.
(216107)
89
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 214542, what research his Department carried out in determining that no suppliers require an upfront payment from customers on a credit meter.
(216108)
90
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment the Office for Nuclear Regulation has made of the threat posed to the security of nuclear facilities by unmanned aerial vehicles; and if he will make an assessment of the implications for UK nuclear infrastructure of the evidence presented to the session of the Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques of the French parliament on 24 November 2014.
(216052)
91
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much energy investment of each type was made by energy companies in each year since 1984.
(215898)
92
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much sub-sea off-shore cabling has been laid in which areas in each of the last 30 years.
(216069)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
93
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216094)
94
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216185)
95
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that home insurance is offered to people living in flood risk areas.
(216138)
96
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of risk arising from the arrival of the red swamp crayfish to the wildlife and environment in England; and what steps the Government will take in response to its arrival.
(216205)
97
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risks to native wildlife and habitats from the arrival in the UK of Quagga mussels; and how that assessment was carried out.
(216214)
98
N
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to balance the environmental damage caused to agricultural land by solar farm developments with the need to mitigate the effects of climate change when considering whether farm subsidies should be paid on farm land occupied by solar farms.
(215967)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
99
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216095)
100
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216186)
101
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of press freedom in Iran.
(215935)
102
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of restriction of access to the internet in Iran.
(215936)
103
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of religious freedom in Iran.
(215937)
104
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the detention of journalists in Iran.
(215938)
105
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his priorities are for the extended negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme; and if he will make it his policy to withhold UK support for lifting sanctions until his Department sees irrefutable evidence of Iran dismantling any nuclear weapons capability.
(216031)
106
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance is being given by the UK to the effort to discover what happended to Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
(216194)
107
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the new High Representative for the EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Palestinian statehood and the EU's position on encouraging a two-state solution in the Middle East.
(216195)
108
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Government plans to take forward the commitment to review access to justice set out in the Government's Business and Human Rights Action Plan.
(216000)
109
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for review of the Government's Business and Human Rights Action Plan.
(216001)
110
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to review the Government's Business and Human Rights Action Plan.
(216002)
111
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has met Prince Nasser bin Hamad of Bahrain in an official capacity; and when the next such meeting is planned.
(215826)
112
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of fighting in Kachin State and northern Shan State in Burma.
(216008)
113
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Burmese government on granting citizenship to the Rohingya.
(216018)
114
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing to the internally displaced Rohingya.
(216019)
115
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Burmese government on allowing humanitarian access to Rohingya Muslims who are displaced in Rakhine state.
(216020)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
116
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216096)
117
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216187)
118
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an indicator measuring mortality rates of over-75s from cancer in the NHS Outcomes Framework; and if he will make a statement.
(216007)
119
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Clinical Director of Work and Health post was deleted; for what reasons that post was deleted; and what plans his Department has to replace that post.
(215993)
120
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he is making on implementing seven-day working for mental health care.
(215994)
121
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of arthritis patients receive their first treatment within three months of diagnosis.
(215995)
122
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England and regulatory bodies about the work of the NHS in Devon.
(216004)
123
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of closure of NHS walk-in centres on accident and emergency departments and GP practices.
(216005)
124
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an assessment of the implications for his policies of the full text and research of the study by John Zhang et al, published in Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 80, Suppl. 3, September 2003, as part of his Department's consideration of the safety of pronuclear transfer.
(216104)
125
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition of pregnancy is used by his Department for the purposes of sexual health policy.
(216105)
126
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2014 to Question 210749, if his Department will seek confirmation of the compliance of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) with his Department's guidance and required standard operating procedures by reviewing BPAS publications and information; and whether his Department considers it necessary for BPAS to make amendments to page 8 of its publication British Abortion Law, what it says, and why, in order to achieve such compliance.
(216106)
127
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with his counterparts in the devolved administrations with the aim of replicating best practice in extending survival rates for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
(215895)
128
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is to the NHS of emergency hospital admissions for urinary tract infections amongst people over 65 in each of the last five years.
(215868)
129
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a revised Nursing and Midwifery Code will be published.
(215899)
130
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the revised Nursing and Midwifery Code will include provisions on bowel and bladder care to take account of the findings of the Francis Report on poor continence care.
(215900)
131
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the clinical rationale is for NHS England's proposal to decommission dialysis as a specialised service.
(216239)
132
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to improve early diagnosis of cancer for patients aged over 75.
(215939)
133
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions NHS England has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Advisory Committee on introducing an indicator measuring over-75 mortality rates from cancer in the 2015-16 Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set.
(215942)
134
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the working group on transvaginal mesh implants has made; and if he will make a statement.
(216204)
135
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost is of providing meals for each in-patient in NHS hospitals.
(216144)
136
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that emerging treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy which receive conditional approval are available through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme as early as possible; what steps he is taking to encourage flexible approaches to the licensing process for potential new treatments for rare conditions; what progress NHS England has made on development of a commissioning policy for the Translarna treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement.
(215820)
137
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will add VLCAD deficiency to his Department's newborn screening programme.
(215836)
138
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS England's policy is on testing family members of known carriers for VLCAD deficiency.
(215840)
139
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born with VLCAD deficiency in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of those babies died within the first seven days.
(215841)
140
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to hospital trusts on the timing and manner of publication of agendas for board meetings; and if he will make a statement.
(215839)
141
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Minister of Health in Northern Ireland about support for people with mental illness.
(216137)
142
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of rates of dementia diagnosis in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK.
(216215)
143
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce regional variations in dementia diagnosis.
(216216)
144
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Minister of Health in the Northern Irish Executive on raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer.
(216217)
145
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the future treatment and care of people with cancer.
(216218)
146
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations to ensure continual improvement in cardiovascular disease outcomes.
(216219)
147
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he and officials in his Department have had with the Northern Ireland Department of Health to ensure that patients with rare muscle-wasting conditions have access to new and effective drugs.
(216220)
148
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213582, what the costs already identified by the Walton Centre NHS Trust are for treating patients (a) surgically and (b) with stereotactic radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.
(215943)
149
Sandra Osborne
(Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to the German Government about the issue of responsibility for the victims of thalidomide damage in the UK; and what the UK Government's responsibilities are in this matter.
(216038)
150
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215005, if he will place in the Library the detailed data tables underpinning the bespoke analyses conducted by the Care Quality Commission, referred to in its report Thematic data review of diabetes care pathways, published on 16 October 2014.
(216036)
151
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) each surgery in Corby constituency and (b) each clinical commissioning group area in England were unable to obtain a GP appointment within 48 hours in each month since 2010.
(216165)
152
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve the performance of the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
(216166)
153
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the advertising of e-cigarettes on television.
(216167)
154
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age was of people diagnosed with dyslexia in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Pendle constituency in each of the last three years.
(216029)
155
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of dyslexia were made in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Pendle constituency in each of the last three years.
(216030)
156
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Chemotherapy Intelligence Unit to publish its national audit of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
(216212)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
157
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216097)
158
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216188)
159
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have been granted permission to work, where the claimant has waited more than 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claims for asylum-based further submissions, are recorded as having subsequently secured employment in each of the last three years.
(216163)
160
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been granted permission to work where the claimant has waited more than 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claim or asylum-based further submissions in each of the last three years.
(216164)
161
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure is used to audit and check the UK funding allocated to improve port security in Calais.
(216075)
162
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that penalties for speeding are enforced against drivers from overseas; and what her policy is on the introduction of on-the-spot fines for speeding.
(215815)
163
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding that was previously allocated to the Prevent agenda is now allocated to integration projects.
(215988)
164
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) she, (b) the Minister for Crime Prevention, the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green and (c) the previous Minister for Crime Prevention, the hon. Member for Lewes has met survivors of child sexual abuse or representatives of the survivors of child abuse.
(215989)
165
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount her Department spent on (a) advertisements placed on social media websites, (b) other promotional activities on social media, (c) social media consultants and (d) other activity related to social media in each of the last five years.
(215990)
166
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) her Department, (b) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) and (c) Cheshire Police have taken in responce to the recent HMIC report on Cheshire Police's handling of rape cases; and if she will make a statement.
(215991)
167
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral Answer of 24 November 2014, Official Report, column 628, on Bilateral training programmes (Libya), of the five Libyan service personnel who have been in receipt of military training in the UK and are now being investigated for serious crimes, how many have also claimed political asylum in the UK.
(216197)
168
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for (a) indefinite leave to remain in the UK and (b) naturalisation as a British citizen have passed the Life in the UK test and have an intermediate level English Language speaking and listening qualification since the test was introduced.
(216139)
169
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Independent Monitor for the Disclosure and Barring Service has overturned decisions made by the police since 1 December 2012.
(215824)
170
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that foreign citizens married to a member of the armed forces can include within their qualifying period for British citizenship the time they were living overseas while accompanying their spouse on his or her deployment.
(216145)
171
N
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 16 have been the victim of a sexual offence in each police area in the last year for which data is available.
(215821)
172
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is necessary for applicants for a visa to visit the UK to show that they have booked a return air ticket when they apply for the visa.
(216141)
173
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compensation is available to people who are instructed to book a return ticket before they apply for a visitor's visa to come into the UK and subsequently find that their visa application has been refused.
(216142)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
174
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216098)
175
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on developing a co-ordinated response to demolition of donor-funded infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a result of Israeli action.
(216109)
176
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects funded by her Department in East Jerusalem or the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories have (a) outstanding stop work orders, (b) outstanding demolition orders and (c) been demolished since 2010; and whether the Government has asked the government of Israel for compensation for destruction of any aid-funded projects.
(216110)
177
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid projects funded by her Department in Gaza were damaged or destroyed during the recent conflict; and what the value of UK funding was for each such project.
(216111)
178
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216189)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
179
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216099)
180
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216190)
181
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily cost is of providing meals for each prisoner who is (a) on remand and (b) serving a criminal sentence.
(216143)
182
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consult HM Courts and Tribunal Service, the prison service, groups representing prisoners and other relevant stakeholders on the new scheme for recall adjudicators proposed in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
(215853)
183
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215244, what proportion of the overall number of offenders in youth custody in each year since May 2010 came from each of the ethnic groups listed in that Answer.
(215983)
184
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects his Department's review of penalties for driving offences, announced on 6 May 2014, to report.
(215940)
185
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what involvement his Department has had in plans to review the Government's Business and Human Rights Action Plan.
(216003)
186
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the companies offering guarantees to support Community Rehabilitation companies are (a) in the third sector and (b) private companies.
(216062)
187
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison population was in jail for (a) sex-related offences, (b) vehicle crime, (c) violent crime, (d) drug-related offences, (e) benefit-related fraud and (f) non-benefit-related fraud in each year since 2005.
(216063)
188
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have been performed in each prison in each quarter since 2006.
(216064)
189
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been jailed for sex-related offences in each year since 2005.
(216065)
190
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people jailed for sex-related offences in each year since 2005 were aged (a) under 25, (b) between 26 and 45, (c) between 46 and 64 and (d) over 65 years old at the time of sentence.
(216066)
191
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214230, which courts he believes to be over 100 years old.
(215767)
192
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase prisoner safety at HM Prison Altcourse.
(215825)
193
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the criminal law to allow sanctions for the misconduct of financial traders identified as having manipulated the foreign exchange market.
(216077)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
194
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met the Parades Commission to discuss the situation at Twaddell Avenue, Belfast.
(216140)
Questions to the Prime Minister
195
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with other world leaders over the increasing threat to freedom of religion for (a) Christians and (b) members of other faith groups.
(216221)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
196
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216100)
197
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216191)
198
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of drivers of Heavy Goods Vehicles in the UK.
(215867)
199
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a driving test was in each month of 2014 to date.
(215941)
200
N
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 213147, if he will take steps to reflect the percentage journey share for cycling in the proportion of his Department's spending that is made on cycling.
(215910)
201
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many days have there been delays on the Hereford to Paddington line due to signalling failures in each of the last three years; and what the length was of each such delay.
(216146)
202
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many signalling failures were reported on the Hereford to Paddington line in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014 to date.
(216147)
203
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers were carried on the Hereford to Paddington line in 2013.
(216148)
204
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the forecast number of passengers that will be carried on the Hereford to Paddington line in 2014.
(216149)
205
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money was paid in compensation to passengers for delayed trains on the Hereford to Paddington line in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
(216150)
206
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the causes of recent recurrent signal failures on the Hereford to Paddington line.
(216151)
207
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment Network Rail made in the infrastructure on the Hereford to Paddington line in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
(216152)
208
Bill Wiggin
(North Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to provide funding for disabled access at Ledbury station.
(216153)
Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
209
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what estimate her Department has made of the overall change in women's representation in boardrooms in the private sector in the UK between 1984 and 2014.
(215897)
210
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on protecting the rights of women and girls overseas.
(215837)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
211
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
(216102)
212
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
(216193)
213
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to increase awareness among pensioners of the benefits for which they are eligible.
(216051)
214
Mark Field
(Cities of London and Westminster):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he discussed with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the local welfare provision review, published by his Department on 5 November 2014, prior to the publication of that review.
(216210)
215
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an Access to Work claimant has to be paying class 2 national insurance contributions in order to qualify for the scheme as a self-employed person.
(215832)
216
N
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 in Scotland have had their income support capped since the introduction of the benefits cap.
(215949)
217
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single people, (b) couples without children and (c) couples with children in Warrington are currently in receipt of universal credit.
(215816)
218
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of Remploy in Wrexham made redundant in the last four years are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
(215827)
219
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of Remploy in Wrexham made redundant in the last four years are now self-employed.
(215828)
220
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former employees of Remploy in Wrexham were made redundant in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
(215829)
221
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former employees of Remploy in Wrexham made redundant in the last four years are now in (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment.
(215830)
222
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty in each constituent part of the UK; and how many children were living in poverty in each such region in each of the last three years.
(216112)
223
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what external organisations he has consulted on access to universal credit for jobseekers coming from within the European Economic Area.
(215822)
224
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when non-UK citizens in pathfinder areas will be able to claim universal credit.
(215823)
225
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been engaged on community work placements in each month since April 2014.
(215984)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
226
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to facilitate sustainable recovery in the construction industry.
[Transferred]
(216113)
227
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the potential return on investment to the UK arising from its planned investment in the European Space Agency programmes.
[Transferred]
(216161)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
228
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each ward of (a) the Vale of Clwyd and (b) Denbighshire have received tax credits in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(216067)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
229
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total and percentage change to the level of rate support grant allocated to each local authority area has been since 2010.
[Transferred]
(216068)