Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
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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]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 December 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 December 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
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Attorney General, how many desks are in the Law Officers' Departments' main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by the Law Officers' Departments; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217689)
2
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Attorney General, how many people worked in his Department after their 65th birthday in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(217630)
3
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for driving cars while (a) disqualified from driving and (b) uninsured in each police force area in the UK in each year since 2010.
(217583)
4
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Attorney General, how much has been paid by the Treasury Solicitor's Department in legal costs relating to the case of the Public Law Project v. The Secretary of State for Justice ([2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin)).
(217667)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
5
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that employers offer apprenticeships to disadvantaged young people.
(217658)
6
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that employers are able to support continued learning by apprentices that they employ.
(217659)
7
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in (a) Medway and (b) Gillingham and Rainham constituency are enrolled in adult skills sessions.
(217595)
8
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the results were of the impact assessment carried out on the effect on the small marine business sector of his Department's decision to withdraw enhanced funding from the British Marine Federation.
(217710)
9
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which posts staff of UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation are on secondment from industry; from which company each such person was seconded; and what the start and end date of each such secondment is.
(217666)
10
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217688)
11
Simon Hart
(Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to prohibit the practice of companies requiring their suppliers to make a payment to join or to remain on their lists of suppliers.
(217720)
12
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people working in his Department are over 65 years old; and if he will make a statement.
(217650)
13
N
Iain Stewart
(Milton Keynes South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have been started in Milton Keynes in the last 12 months.
(217179)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
14
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women in Gillingham and Rainham constituency were in work in each of the last five years.
(217602)
15
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government takes to support UK companies in protecting their intellectual property from cyber-attacks.
(217586)
16
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government takes to protect UK infrastructure from cyber-attacks.
(217587)
17
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government takes to protect official records from cyber-attacks.
(217588)
18
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217690)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
19
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in non-domestic rates has been collected by the Exchequer in Wales in each of the last five years.
(217714)
20
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequentials arise from the measures announced in the Autumn Statement on 3 December 2014.
(217715)
21
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217705)
22
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure.
(217494)
23
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that small businesses are not adversely affected by the implementation of new EU VAT rules for digital sales.
(217567)
24
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on small businesses of proposed changes to EU VAT rules for digital sales.
(217568)
25
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give consideration to extending the current VAT threshold to digital sales across the EU.
(217570)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
26
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether homes converted from office space as a result of the B1(a) to C3 permitted development right conferred by section J.1 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 1101) are subject to building regulations.
(217762)
27
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of Youth Hubs and charities to the reduction of young offending rates.
(217601)
28
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department will respond to the consultation on the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector launched in February 2014.
(217661)
29
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of domestic fires in the private rented sector caused by electricity; and if he will make it his policy to introduce five-yearly electrical safety checks.
(217711)
30
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the annual number of domestic fires in England caused by (a) electrical misuse and (b) domestic electrical distribution faults.
(217712)
31
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statistics his Department collates on the number of accidental dwelling fires (a) in the private rented sector, (b) in the social rented sector and (c) for owner occupiers.
(217713)
32
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217691)
33
Mr Nick Hurd
(Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the London Borough of Harrow receives annually in Government grants; and if he will make a statement.
(217663)
34
N
Robert Neill
(Bromley and Chislehurst):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether front and side extensions are subject to the same neighbouring amenity rules as rear extensions under the General Permitted Development Order 2013.
(217524)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
35
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what level of underspend he expects in his Department in the current financial year.
(217651)
36
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times he has visited (a) the theatre, (b) the opera, (c) a live concert, (d) an exhibition and (e) a sporting event in an official capacity since taking up his post.
(217719)
37
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217692)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
38
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217693)
39
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of one week's mine clearing training by the Army for 40 members of the Peshmerga; and if he will make a statement.
(217596)
40
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of providing (a) sharp shooting and (b) first aid training to Kurdish forces; which regiment will be providing that training; and if he will make a statement.
(217597)
41
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel work on night shifts at RAF Akrotiri; and what catering arrangements are in place for people working such shifts.
(217598)
42
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average pay is of locally employed catering staff at RAF Akrotiri; and if he will make a statement.
(217717)
43
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what catering arrangements are made for armed forces personnel at RAF Akrotiri; and if he will make a statement.
(217721)
44
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce the winner of the LCS(T) contract; and what the reasons are for the time taken to announce this decision.
(217668)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
45
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2014 to Question 210492, when the documents mentioned will be ready for publication; and to what timescale such types of documents are normally made available to the public.
(217539)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
46
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she or other Ministers of her Department have visited foodbanks run by or located in schools.
(217485)
47
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many desks are in her Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217694)
48
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead to Question 213345, at how many schools on the Priority School Building Programme construction work has (a) started and (b) been completed since October 2014.
(217499)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
49
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217695)
50
Mrs Anne McGuire
(Stirling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what role is played by Ofgem in the calculation and recovery of the renewable obligation certificate from customers.
(217664)
51
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the Smith Commission's recommendations to devolve shale gas mineral access rights to Scotland.
(217609)
52
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the Smith Commission's recommendations to devolve the licensing of fracking companies to Scotland.
(217610)
53
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the capacity of offshore wind projects likely to bid for Contracts for Difference awarded by his Department in April 2014.
(217473)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
54
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many desks are in her Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217696)
55
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 216087, which flora and fauna found in the the rivers Beane and Mimram he would expect to benefit from less abstraction from the rivers.
(217746)
56
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the global environmental significance of chalk rivers; and if she will make a statement.
(217747)
57
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to monitor the use of the internet for wildlife-related criminal activity.
(217643)
58
N
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the UK dairy industry.
(217476)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
59
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to raise human rights issues in Kashmir with his international counterparts upon the occasion of the UN International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2014.
(217502)
60
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations (a) to the government of Tanzania and (b) in international fora about the proposed eviction of the Masai to provide a hunting reserve.
(217611)
61
N
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons held in Vienna on 8 and 9 December 2014; if he will publish on his Department's website all print and oral submissions made by the UK to the conference; and if he will make a statement.
(217218)
62
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217697)
63
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216865, what estimate he has made of the cost of obtaining the information requested; and on what basis that estimate was arrived at.
(217593)
64
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's relationship with Taiwan; and what plans he has to strengthen ties between the UK and Taiwan.
[R] (217641)
65
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK in promoting closer links between the UK and Taiwan.
[R] (217642)
66
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve relations with the Taipei Representative Office in the UK; and what discussions his Department has had with the Taipei Representative Office on improving (a) visa treatments and exemptions for people travelling from Taiwan to the UK and (b) dialogue between the Taipei Representative Office and relevant departments in the UK Government.
[R] (217649)
67
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the renewed mandate of the UN mission to South Sudan continues to have a strong focus on the protection of civilians; and if he will make a statement.
(217480)
68
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that the UN peace keeping mission to South Sudan is well-resourced, fully deployed and implementing its mandate; and if he will make a statement.
(217481)
69
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of renewed conflict in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
(217482)
70
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that both sides in the conflict in South Sudan implement the agreement to end all hostilities; and if he will make a statement.
(217483)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
71
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to issue an oral or written statement on the Government's progress on implementing proposals set out in Hard Truths: the journey to putting patients first.
(217503)
72
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216876, what steps the Government is taking to improve the take-up of substance misuse services by mental health patients who have drug and alcohol dependencies.
(217575)
73
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Autumn Statement 2014, (a) over what timescale, (b) through what mechanism and (c) in what form the £1.2 billion allocated for GP services in that Statement be provided to clinical commissioning groups and primary care commissioned services.
(217576)
74
Mr Alan Campbell
(Tynemouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to ensure that the revenue needs of acute hospital foundation trusts are met when a trust removes or reduces parking charges.
(217632)
75
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote awareness of bladder cancer to people under the age of 55.
(217599)
76
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with motor neurone disease have appropriate access to support and equipment in order for their communication needs to be met.
(217600)
77
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of 16 to 59 year olds in England are not exempt from the prescription charge.
(217627)
78
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS of (a) a 12 minute GP consultation and (b) a walk-in accident and emergency visit without treatment was in the last period for which figures are available.
(217628)
79
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the chief executive of NHS England is permitted under his contract to publicly welcome financial commitments to the NHS made by the Shadow Secretary of State for Health.
(216669)
80
N
Dr Liam Fox
(North Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) the extent of additional work required from a GP or clinician when prescribing an off-label or unlicensed indication of a drug, (b) the effect of such prescribing on GPs' and clinicians' working hours and (c) whether there is sufficient human resource within the NHS to allow such prescribing to take place routinely.
(217538)
81
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217698)
82
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on complaints advocacy in (a) adult social care and (b) the NHS in each local authority in each of the last three years.
(217623)
83
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the quality of Patient Advice and Liaison Service and NHS Complaints Advocacy arrangements.
(217624)
84
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which national body is responsible for national oversight of social care complaints data.
(217625)
85
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address regional variations in the quality of complaints advocacy in adult social care.
(217626)
86
N
Iain McKenzie
(Inverclyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to support carers' wellbeing and mental health.
(217580)
87
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committe report, Services for people with neurological conditions, published on 16 March 2012; and if he will make a statement.
(217478)
88
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were refused on the grounds on coercion in the last year for which records are available.
(217766)
89
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's most recent policy framework is concerning the entitlement of women undergoing screening and diagnosis testing for foetal anomaly during pregnancy to full and informed consent, to proper support in the event of a positive result, and to their right to refuse screening or testing if they so wish.
(217767)
90
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the annual registration fee for dentists to the General Dental Council was in each year since 1984 in which that fee was levied.
(217750)
91
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of senior management at each London (a) clinical commissioning group and (b) NHS Trust have resigned in each month since the creation of each such groups or trust.
(217603)
92
Craig Whittaker
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women were referred onwards to other care pathways after it was determined that they were being coerced into seeking an abortion in the last year for which records are available.
(217763)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
93
N
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to introduce measures to track, manage and routinely supervise perpetrators of domestic violence and serial stalkers in a similar way to sex offenders.
(217001)
94
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the comments by US Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield on 9 October 2014, on the UN drug control conventions, what recent discussions her Department has had with its US counterparts on drug policy.
(217748)
95
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to counter the use of the internet as a means of radicalisation.
(217594)
96
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many desks are in her Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217699)
97
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) external legal advice and counsel and (b) internal legal services in each of the last four years.
(217472)
98
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms certificates were issued in Clwyd South constituency in the last five years.
(217607)
99
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police vehicles have been used as ambulances in (a) London and (b) England and Wales in each year since 2010.
(217581)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
100
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many NHS healthcare staff have been deployed to aid the response to Ebola in (a) West Africa and (b) each country.
(217491)
101
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many NHS healthcare staff are scheduled for deployment to aid the response to Ebola in (a) West Africa and (b) each country; and how many personnel are scheduled to be deployed on each date.
(217497)
102
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what specialist training the NHS has provided to its healthcare staff before deploying in Ebola affected regions.
(217504)
103
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what organisation is the employer of NHS healthcare staff deployed to Ebola-affected regions while they are outside the UK.
(217522)
104
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the extent of the misuse of UK aid to India; and what steps her Department takes to ensure that UK aid is not misused.
(217584)
105
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many desks are in her Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217700)
106
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK is taking to encourage other donors to help GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance reach its replenishment target of $7.5 billion.
(217590)
107
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date Ministers and officials in her Department first met (a) Médecins sans Frontières, (b) ActionAid, (c) CARE, (d) Concern, (e) International Rescue Committee, (f) Save the Children, (g) UNICEF and (h) WorldVision to discuss Ebola.
(217591)
108
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's standard terms of contract with suppliers.
(217592)
109
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many teams of staff from UK accountancy institutions have been deployed to developing countries under the Investment Facility for Utilising Specialist Expertise funded by her Department since April 2014; and if she will make a statement.
(217604)
110
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of her Department's Official Development Assistance contribution in 2013 was a result of funding being used or allocated from future years' budgets.
(217605)
111
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's news release of 25 June 2013, what progress has been made by the task force of legal experts working to identify legal, regulatory and social barriers that limit opportunities for women in business in the Arab world.
(217606)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
112
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2014 to Question 214194, what the names are of the barristers referred to in that Answer.
(217629)
113
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217701)
114
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 625, what progress has been made by his Department's investigation into reasons for increases in the number of non-molestation orders issued by the English courts.
(217723)
115
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were in courts in North Wales for the misuse of controlled drugs in each of the last five years.
(217477)
116
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies were contracted by his Department to provide training for (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years; and what his Department's expenditure on companies contracted to train (i) prisoners and (ii) prison staff has been in each of the last five years.
(217498)
117
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting magistrates there were in each of the last five financial years.
(217534)
118
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation claims for loss or damage to prisoners' property left in the custody of the Prison Service were made in the last year for which figures are available; and how much compensation was claimed in those cases.
(217535)
119
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine imposed for (a) driving without insurance, (b) failure to stop or report a road accident, (c) failure to produce an insurance certificate, (d) failure to produce a test certificate and (e) driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence was in the last four years.
(217536)
120
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 213482, what changes there have been in the number of security staff at (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates' courts in each year since 2010.
(217577)
121
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been suspended from duty in each month since May 2010.
(217582)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
122
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many desks are in her Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217702)
123
N
Mr Adam Holloway
(Gravesham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of security co-operation between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
(906472)
Questions to the Prime Minister
124
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he took following representations by the hon. Member for North Down to secure the release of Alexandra Wilson from Bangor in County Down from a women's prison in Beijing in November 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(217765)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
125
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217703)
126
N
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on tied pub tenancies and the provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill in the last month.
(217495)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
127
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been invested in road infrastructure in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency in each year since 2010.
(217631)
128
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in (a) October and (b) November 2014.
(217708)
129
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in (a) October and (b) November 2014.
(217709)
130
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216679, on traffic counts, in which location in Shipley each such count took place.
(217665)
131
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217704)
132
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to amend the law relating to the unauthorised use of unmanned drones in the airspace over the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(217764)
133
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the pacer trains on the Calder Valley line will be replaced.
(217716)
134
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rolling stock is earmarked to replace pacer units on Northern Rail lines.
(217749)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
135
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what investment the Government has made in infrastructure in Wales since May 2010; and what estimate he has made of the level of that investment in the next five years.
(217585)
136
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217706)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
137
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that public and private service providers are complying with their duty under the Equality Act 2010 to take action to avoid deaf service users being placed at a substantial disadvantage.
(217751)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
138
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of Dame Carol Black's report, Working for a healthier tomorrow, presented to his Department in 2008.
(217537)
139
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2012 to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree, Official Report, column 929W, on food banks, what visits Ministers of his Department have made to foodbanks in order to assess the effects of welfare reforms on foodbank use since December 2012.
(217484)
140
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to letters sent by district managers of Jobcentre Plus to hon. Members on 30 September 2014, how many such letters were sent; and what the estimated cost to his Department of sending those letters was.
(217486)
141
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
(217707)
142
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance payments for more than one year in Clwyd South constituency.
(217656)
143
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of employment and support allowance payments for more than one year in Clwyd South constituency.
(217657)
144
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died since May 2010 while their benefit was withheld as a result of sanction.
(217571)
145
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pilot schemes his Department has launched since May 2010.
(217572)
146
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the value of Work Programme payments claimed fraudulently by providers since June 2011.
(217573)
147
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has recouped in Work Programme payments claimed fraudulently by providers since June 2011.
(217574)
148
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will instruct the Head of Payroll Services at Newcastle Employee Service Centre to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Angus dated 3 November 2014 and the email dated 20 November 2014 concerning his constituent Ann Marie Caldwell.
(217475)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
149
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answers to Questions 58 and 86 in his oral evidence of 29 January 2014 to the Welsh Affairs Committee on the steel industry in Wales, HC 882-i, what progress he has made in initiatives to create supply chain groups.
[Transferred]
(217589)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
150
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean and (b) median earnings are of people in full-time work in Clwyd South constituency.
[Transferred]
(217608)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
151
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of planned changes in EU VAT on digital sales on the level of exporting to other EU member states by small businesses.
[Transferred]
(217569)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
152
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to Answer Question 205289 tabled on 11 July 2014.
[Transferred]
(217718)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
153
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Imperial War Museum on proposals to close that museum's library; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(217612)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
154
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the titles and dates of publication are of all reports held by the Government on the impact of the detonation of a UK Trident warhead.
[Transferred]
(217496)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
155
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the consultation documents for the review of the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations will be published.
[Transferred]
(217722)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
156
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the UK plans to sign the International Convention for the Protection of all persons from Enforced Disappearances (2006).
[Transferred]
(217523)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
157
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on implementing the conclusions of her Department's report, Advancing transgender equality: a plan for action, published in December 2011; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(217662)