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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 15 December 2014

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 15 December 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 15 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.

Monday 15 December  
Questions to the Attorney General
1 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for shoplifting in each of the last five years.
      (218070)
2  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff are employed in the Law Officers' Departments headquarter buildings.
      (218300)
3  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218467)
4  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) the Law Officers' Departments, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218497)
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, whether he plans to offer different rates of apprentice national minimum wage for apprentices of different ages and levels of experience.
      (218260)
6  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of plans to transfer apprenticeship funding to employers from further education providers on the budgets of those providers.
      (218332)
7  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to tackle unsolicited mail.
      (218038)
8 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216899, what terms of reference have been set for the taskforce; and if he will publish the taskforce's membership and the date by which it has been asked to conclude its work.
      (218111)
9  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218299)
10  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of the practice of companies requiring a supplier company to make a payment in order to join or to remain on a list of suppliers.
      (218268)
11  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from small and medium-sized businesses about companies that require a supplier company to make a payment in order to join or to remain on a list of suppliers.
      (218269)
12  
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new businesses have opened in Stourbridge constituency in each of the last five years.
      (218371)
13 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's announcement of 4 November 2014, on establishing a taskforce to assess the possible impact of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling on holiday pay, what the membership of that taskforce is; when that taskforce's first meeting was; and what the remit of that taskforce is.
      (217844)
14  
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
      (218454)
15  
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers have successfully appealed against being named and shamed for non-payment of the national minimum wage under the revised scheme that came into force on 1 October 2013.
      (218516)
16 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate how much his Department has spent in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (218204)
17  
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of revising the length of the validity of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme card to match the length of validity of a relevant work permit.
      (218090)
18  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218466)
19  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218496)
20  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many export licences his Department has issued for the supply of military equipment for incorporation into the Grippen NG.
      (218375)
21  
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many trade negotiations are being conducted by the EU on behalf of the UK.
      (218050)
22 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the total income lost each year to employees who are entitled to but are not paid the National Minimum Wage.
      (218189)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
23  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he has visited a foodbank.
      (218009)
24  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual percentage change in median gross weekly earnings was for (a) full-time employees who were in (i) continuous and (ii) discontinuous employment from one year to the next and (b) full-time employees aged 30 to 50 who were in (i) continuous and (ii) discontinuous employment from one year to the next in each year since 2005.
      (218074)
25 N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all payments of pensions payable to retired civil servants resident overseas are up to date; and whether the MyCSP mutual venture system and its associated information technology are working efficiently.
      (217850)
26  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218301)
27 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women under the age of 25 were diagnosed with cervical cancer in the (a) borough of Barnsley and (b) UK in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
      (217881)
28  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with Sir John Chilcot on whether the report of the Iraq Inquiry will be published before the next General Election; what information his Department holds on the reasons for the time taken to publish that report; and if he will make a statement.
      (218267)
29 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the average level of (a) household and (b) personal savings for each (i) gender, (ii) age and (iii) income bracket.
      (218116)
30 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance data Crown Commercial Services (a) collects or (b) recommends be collected from public sector contractors.
      (218236)
31 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government contracts of what value were allocated to small and medium-sized enterprises based in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years.
      (217812)
32 N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of (a) fraud and (b) error across government in the last year.
      (217821)
33  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218468)
34  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218498)
35  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the syllabus and teaching materials used in the delivery of the Major Projects Leadership Academy course.
      (218376)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
36 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of stamp duty reform on (a) house prices and (b) housing supply.
      (218184)
37  
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.214 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what estimate he has made of the annual number of families that will be affected by the removal of Air Passenger Duty from those aged under (a) 12 and (b) 16 each year.
      (218030)
38 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to pages 132 and 137 of the National Infrastructure Plan 2014, for what reasons none of the communications Top 40 priority investments were rated as innovative or novel and could improve future delivery or enabling significant private sector investment.
      (217985)
39 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £25 million Government contribution announced in the National Infrastructure Plan to support innovation in manufacturing of ultra-low emission vehicles in the UK between 2017-18 and 2019-20 (a) forms part of the previously announced £500 million investment in ultra-low emission vehicles for 2015-20 or (b) is additional spending.
      (217941)
40 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) £15 million Government announced in the National Infrastructure Plan for a national network of charge points on the strategic road network between 2015 and 2021 and (b) three funds for ultra-low emission taxis, buses and cities totalling £85 million in the UK (i) forms part of the £500 million investment in ultra-low emission vehicles for 2015-20 or (ii) is additional spending.
      (217942)
41 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what options will be available for people to purchase additional National Insurance Contributions on a phased basis over a period of years in order to qualify for the new state pension.
      (217990)
42 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 160W on Celtic Football Club, whether the investigation into events at the Co-operative Bank included investigating reports of lower interest rate loans and overdraft facilities being provided to certain customers which were not available to others.
      (217991)
43 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, prior to allocating funding for the new savings bond for senior citizens announced in the Autumn Statement, what assessment he made of likely demand for the new bond.
      (218021)
44 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in (a) England, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency likely to arise from the measures in the National Infrastructure Plan.
      (217875)
45  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Statement of the removal of VAT for hospice charities, whether the exemption will apply to capital as well as revenue expenditure.
      (218254)
46  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (a) fuel and (b) energy industry on the price of domestic fuel following falls in global oil prices.
      (218136)
47  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that domestic fuel prices are adjusted following falls in the global oil price.
      (218137)
48  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his announcement of 8 December of an additional £50 million to promote grass-roots football, what the Barnett consequentials will be for Wales.
      (218455)
49  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218317)
50  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of all government spending in Greater Manchester was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
      (218091)
51  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to rebalance the economy in Northern Ireland.
      (218164)
52  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the value of uncollected tax in Northern Ireland.
      (218165)
53  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he next plans to meet (a) representatives of the business community and (b) high street traders in Northern Ireland.
      (218166)
54 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on proposals for a diverted profits tax.
      (218019)
55 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.251 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to reform legislation relating to umbrella companies.
      (218020)
56  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, what estimate he has made of the number of HMRC staff members that will be required to guarantee that every debtor will receive a face-to-face visit in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20; and whether those staff will be new or existing HMRC staff.
      (218024)
57  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, how many HMRC staff will work in the new vulnerable customers unit in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20; and whether those staff will be new or existing HMRC staff.
      (218025)
58 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of guaranteeing that every debtor will receive a face-to-face visit in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20.
      (218033)
59 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had on the diverted profits tax with representatives of business (a) before and (b) after 1 October 2014.
      (218182)
60 N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the table on page 65 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what proportion of the revenue associated with the income tax: salary sacrifice and expenses including umbrella companies measure he plans will result from reforms to legislation related to umbrella companies in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, (d) 2017-18, (e) 2018-19 and (f) 2019-20.
      (218227)
61 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average response time was to calls to HM Revenue and Customs PAYE and Self Assessment helplines in the last six months for which figures are available; what the longest response time was; how many calls were recorded as abandoned; and how many complaints about response times for those helplines were made in that period.
      (218190)
62  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount raised in taxation from carried interest on financial assets in each of the last three years.
      (218085)
63  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the staffing levels of the High Net Worth Unit in HM Revenue and Customs were in each of the last four years.
      (218088)
64  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what yield was generated to HM Revenue and Customs by the High Net Worth Unit in each of the last four years.
      (218101)
65 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total value of trusts established to protect beneficiaries of inherited wealth.
      (218117)
66 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people of pensionable age in possession of assets exceeding (a) £1 million and (b) £2 million in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
      (218119)
67 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised per head in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland from (i) income taxes, (ii) taxes on property and (iii) the transaction of shares in each of the last four years.
      (218120)
68 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in pursuing firms which use schemes to evade stamp duty land tax.
      (217846)
69  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218484)
70  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218513)
71 N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on women of the measures in budgets and spending reviews since May 2010.
      (218247)
72 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost to the Exchequer would be of reducing the rate of VAT on repairs to, and maintenance of, listed buildings from 20 per cent to five per cent.
      (217887)
73 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from VAT on repairs to, and maintenance of, listed buildings in each of the last five years.
      (217888)
74 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of exempting houses on brownfield sites from stamp duty land tax on their first sale.
      (218017)
75 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of reducing VAT on costs incurred in the redevelopment of brownfield sites.
      (218018)
76  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's domestic adaptation spend was in 2014-15.
      (218380)
77 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost is to HM Revenue and Customs of national minimum wage enforcement cases where (a) there is no enforcement action, (b) a Notice of Underpayment is issued and (c) there is a criminal prosecution.
      (218082)
78 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were repaid arrears of the national minimum wage as a result of his Department's enforcement activity in each of the last six years.
      (218083)
79 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints about non-payment of the national minimum wage HM Revenue and Customs received about how many employers in each of the last six years.
      (218249)
80  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to update the work of the Holtham Commission on funding for Wales.
      (218156)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
81 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2014 to Question 208443 and to the Procedure Committee memorandum, Written parliamentary question answering performance in 2013-14, published on 11 September 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons why his Department was the third worst performing department in 2013-14 for answering named day written questions very late.
      (217957)
82 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2014 to Question 208443 and to the Procedure Committee memorandum, Written parliamentary question answering performance in 2013-14, published on 11 September 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons why his Department was the third worst performing department in 2013-14 for answering ordinary written questions on time.
      (217958)
83 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2014 to Question 208443 and to the Procedure Committee memorandum, Written parliamentary question answering performance in 2013-14, published on 11 September 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons why his Department was the third worst performing department in 2013-14 for answering named day written questions on time.
      (217959)
84 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2014 to Question 208443 and to the Procedure Committee memorandum, Written parliamentary question answering performance in 2013-14, published on 11 September 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons why his Department was the second worst performing department in 2013-14 for answering ordinary written questions very late.
      (217960)
85 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2014 to Question 208443 and to the Procedure Committee memorandum, Written parliamentary question answering performance in 2013-14, published on 11 September 2014, what steps he is taking to improve the performance of his Department in answering Written Parliamentary Questions on time.
      (217961)
86 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what actions set out in his Department's business plans since June 2010 have been classified as over-due in (a) starting and (b) completing.
      (218183)
87 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate (a) how many and (b) what proportion of tenants in the private rented sector have (i) asked for and (ii) been granted the model agreement for a shorthold assured tenancy since that model agreement was published by the Government.
      (218185)
88 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the model agreement for a shorthold assured tenancy.
      (218186)
89 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) number and (b) proportion of neighbourhood plans have been produced by areas that are in the top (i) 25 per cent and (ii) 50 per cent most deprived areas as ranked by the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
      (218187)
90  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms and shops in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency which may have potentially reduced business rates.
      (218321)
91 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms and shops in (a) England, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency which will be affected by the reduction in business rates.
      (217876)
92 N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources his Department has allocated to local authorities to meet their obligations under the Armed Forces Covenant.
      (217899)
93  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the Local Government Association on improving standards of (a) electrical and (b) gas safety in the private rented sector and on preventing fires caused by either energy source in that sector.
      (218281)
94  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the Local Government Ombudsman's report entitled No Place Like Home, on the numbers of disabled people on housing waiting lists.
      (218280)
95  
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which ministers are responsible for the implementation of the commitments arising from the work of the Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers; and when he expects his Department to fully deliver each of those commitments.
      (218264)
96  
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions in each year since it was set up the Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers has met; which ministers attended each such meeting; and what steps have been taken by ministers in pursuance of the recommendations and commitments arising from the work of that group.
      (218265)
97  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218302)
98 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged under 18 who were homeless in each month of 2014.
      (218246)
99 N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping.
      (906621)
100  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the UK Civil Society Monitoring Report on implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy in the UK in 2012 and 2013; what the (a) activities and (b) outputs have been of the ministerial working group on tackling inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers since 2012; and if he will make a statement.
      (218133)
101 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the council tax forgone as a result of houses being purchased by Lancaster City Council for the Chatsworth Gardens project and remaining empty.
      (218229)
102 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds from his Department, including legal fees, have been paid by Lancaster City Council for the purchase of privately owned properties in the West End of Morecambe during the Chatsworth Gardens project; and what the current value of these assets is.
      (218230)
103 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what annual budget Lancaster City Council is provided by his Department for the maintenance and security of properties in the Chatsworth Gardens housing project.
      (218231)
104  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218469)
105  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218499)
106  
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish (a) his Department's conclusions on the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector and (b) the summary of the views expressed in response to that consultation.
     [R] (218368)
107  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on works to, and refurbishment of, offices allocated to Ministers in the last 12 months.
      (218155)
108  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by both the under-occupancy penalty and the introduction of council tax reduction schemes.
      (218243)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
109 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 6 September 2013, Official Report, column 563W, on Creative Industries Council, whether the meeting of the Creative Industries Council planned for 27 November 2013 went ahead; when the minutes of that meeting will be published on gov.uk; and how often that body will meet before May 2015.
      (217983)
110 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 6 September 2013, Official Report, column 563W, on Creative Industries Council, what the names are of the members of the subgroups of the Creative Industries Council; how often those subgroups have met since the Creative Industries Council was established; how often those subgroups will meet in the next 12 months; which subgroup meetings have been attended by (a) him, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) other Ministers; and for each subgroup what proportion of its members have their principal workplace outside London.
      (217984)
111 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the connection vouchers super-connected cities on web page lists two cities as not super-connected.
      (217986)
112 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many super-connected cities there are.
      (217987)
113  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has sought external legal advice on EU state aid in relation to Broadband Delivery UK and broadband rollout.
      (218010)
114 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what newspapers and magazines are circulated to the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
      (218068)
115  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of senior staff in his Department are female.
      (218072)
116  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to take forward proposals from the Law Commission on the wayleaves regime and Electronic Communications Code.
      (218394)
117  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the access entitlements of communications providers under the Electronic Communications Code and those of electricity, gas and water companies.
      (218395)
118  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to implement proposals from the Law Commission to reform the Electronic Communications Code by introducing red book value parameters governing wayleave negotiations between communications providers and land owners.
      (218396)
119  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which cities will be covered by the extended Super Connected Cities programme; and on what criteria they are chosen.
      (218397)
120  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Vice President of the European Commission for the Digital Single Market and (b) the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
      (218398)
121  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the risk of channel loss to viewers on a temporary basis in international content markets that have a retransmission fees regime in place.
      (218399)
122  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215926, what the gap is between availability and actual take-up of superfast broadband in both (a) percentage and (b) absolute terms.
      (218400)
123  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209986, how much of the Super Connected Cities budget was spent on advertising in each month since March 2014.
      (218401)
124  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) female and (b) BME participation in football at (i) player and (ii) management level.
      (218036)
125  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Nuisance Calls Action Plan.
      (218037)
126  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in (i) the UK, (ii) the Southeast, (iii) Medway and (iv) Gillingham and Rainham constituency was on the latest date for which figures are available.
      (218349)
127  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency that have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.
      (218350)
128  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the future of the BBC and the future of the licence fee.
      (218253)
129  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218303)
130  
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total annual sum of payments made under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme has been in each year since that scheme's inception.
      (218096)
131 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate how much his Department has spent in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (218203)
132  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218470)
133  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218500)
134  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) the British Olympic Association and (b) the International Olympic Committee on alternatives to the use of lead ammunition in Olympic shooting.
      (217996)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
135  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in ministerial offices in his Department were appointed from (a) the Civil Service and (b) other bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
      (218282)
136  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the cost of the F-35B aircraft procured for the Fleet Air Arm.
      (218086)
137  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been made in the planned capability of the F-35 joint strike fighter because of the time taken to introduce the aircraft.
      (218087)
138  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what accommodation will be constructed at the UK's new naval base in Bahrain; and how much of this will be allocated to the families of service personnel.
      (218011)
139  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which vessels will be based at the UK's new naval base in Bahrain.
      (218012)
140  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the docking capacity will be of the UK's new naval base in Bahrain.
      (218013)
141  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for use of the UK's new aircraft carriers by US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
      (218014)
142  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of serving personnel in the Army, Navy and RAF in non-front line roles.
      (218139)
143  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are based at (a) Army HQ, (b) Navy HQ, (c) RAF HQ, (d) Joint Forces HQ and (e) MoD Main Building.
      (218154)
144  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for Special Forces is in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
      (218173)
145  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for Special Forces was in each of the last five years.
      (218175)
146  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are working for (a) Defence Equipment and Support, (b) the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and (c) the Defence Support Group.
      (218176)
147  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular service men and service women there are in each rank of the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF.
      (218177)
148 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado aircraft are available for airstrikes on Iraq from RAF Akrotiri; and if he will make a statement.
      (218211)
149 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of spares for Tornado aircraft used for airstrikes on Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
      (218213)
150 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the availability of aircrew for Tornados used for airstrikes in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
      (218214)
151 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first Typhoons will be combat ready following their upgrade.
      (218215)
152 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Government expects the RAF to play in Afghanistan after 2014.
      (218216)
153  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the risk of a breach of UK territorial waters.
      (218389)
154  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts about the UK's maritime surveillance capability gap.
      (218390)
155  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what incursions into UK territorial waters by foreign vessels there have been since January 2011.
      (218391)
156  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the recent incursion of a Russian submarine into UK territorial waters is part of a wider pattern of increased activity; and if he will make a statement.
      (218392)
157  
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department's ISTAR optimisation study will report; and whether the report will be published.
      (218393)
158  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evaluation his Department has made of the requirements for radioactive remediation and toxic materials clean up at the (a) uranium mines abroad from which the UK obtained the uranium used in military nuclear programmes and (b) sites where British nuclear warheads were tested in (i) Australia, (ii) Christmas Island and (iii) Nevada.
      (218172)
159  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218304)
160  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of salaries of (a) civil servants and (b) military personnel in the Defence Equipment and Support section in each year since 2010.
      (218134)
161  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department is of basic training for a civil servant in the Defence Equipment and Support section.
      (218135)
162  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) proportion and (b) number of staff working for his Department in the Defence Equipment and Support section in each year since 2010 had been trained militarily in the UK armed forces.
      (218145)
163  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of (a) salaries, (b) pension contributions, (c) employer's National Insurance contributions and (d) operational allowances for all ranks of officers in each of the armed forces in each year since 2010.
      (218146)
164 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 906180, what the outcome was of his meeting with the King and Crown Prince of Bahrain to discuss future steps to counter ISIL.
      (217892)
165 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 906180, what the outcome was of his meeting with the US Defence Secretary to discuss future steps to counter ISIL.
      (217893)
166 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcomes were of the 10th regional security summit held in Manama, Bahrain from 5 to 7 December 2014.
      (217939)
167  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British personnel have been based in Afghanistan since the conclusion of the British forces combat mission in that country.
      (218168)
168 N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts his Department has held with private military companies in each year since 2008; what the cost of those contracts was; and if he will make a statement.
      (218226)
169 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate how much his Department spent has spent in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (218206)
170  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218471)
171  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218501)
172 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which NATO member states have sent maritime patrol aircraft to (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Leuchars since 15 November 2014; which aircraft were so sent; and what the purpose was of each such visit.
      (217871)
173 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent requests have been made to NATO countries to provide Maritime Patrol Aircraft to locate submarines within UK territorial waters.
      (217872)
174 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of the sighting of a submarine periscope near HMNB Clyde.
      (217873)
175 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of the armed forces to screen the entry and egress of submarines from HMNB Clyde.
      (217874)
176  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when 617 Squadron will move to Marine Corp Air Squadron Beaufort; how long that squadron will be stationed there; how many personnel will be based there; and what estimate he has made of the cost of that move.
      (218358)
177  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the (a) first and (b) last pilot will complete their training on the F-35B with the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501; and how many pilots will be trained.
      (218359)
178  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability for use by the UK of electronic stabilisation software for the Artisan radar systems.
      (218015)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
179  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on electoral reform.
      (218252)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
180  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people of what (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity were excluded from secondary school in (i) Hackney Local Authority area, (ii) London and (iii) England since 2010.
      (218272)
181  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in each London borough continued schooling to (a) A Level and (b) higher education since 2010.
      (218284)
182 N
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons for changes in the looked after children rate in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) the UK since 2009-10.
      (906632)
183  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff are employed in her Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218305)
184 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) voluntary sector providers, (b) community organisations and (c) private sector organisations run children's centres; and which such centres each such organisation runs.
      (218193)
185 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) which children's centres in each local authority area are run by (i) local authorities, (ii) schools, (iii) voluntary sector providers, (iv) community organisations (v) private sector organisations and (vi) other organisations.
      (218194)
186 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's centres were judged (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate at their most recent inspection.
      (218195)
187 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of hours of education provided per week was for a young offender in young offender institutions in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
      (218196)
188  
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded primary schools whose phonics check results were below the national average have been judged (a) outstanding and (b) good in their most recent Ofsted inspection.
      (218095)
189  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she last met the Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Executive.
      (218169)
190 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate how much her Department has spent in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (218205)
191  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218472)
192  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218502)
193  
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places have been available in (a) Bolton, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England in each year since 2010.
      (218244)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
194  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has put in place to ensure that there are sufficient funds to support all successful applications to the Home Improvement Fund from 10 December 2014.
      (218052)
195 N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the press release published by his Department on 8 January 2014, customer communications at heart of review into dealing with widespread power cuts, when he plans that the emergency telephone number which households can call if they experience a power cut will be operational.
      (218238)
196 N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the press release published by his Department on 8 January 2014, customer communications at heart of review into dealing with widespread power cuts, what steps his Department has taken to establish an emergency telephone number which households can call if they experience a power cut.
      (218239)
197  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of how many households in receipt of the warm home discount have requested to have it redeemed against their gas bill.
      (218273)
198  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to allow households to redeem the warm home discount against the cost of their gas bill.
      (218274)
199  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of how many households in receipt of the warm home discount have an electricity usage of less than 2,000 kWhs a year.
      (218275)
200  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218306)
201 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the additional cost to electricity suppliers in the capacity market of carrying the liability for meeting the payments of a defaulting participant.
      (218062)
202 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much of the plant which has qualified for the first auction of the capacity market is fossil-fuel burning plant of less than 20MW capacity, given (a) in MW and (b) as a proportion of the total capacity qualifying for the auction.
      (218063)
203 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the Cost of New Entry, represented as £/MHh for (a) 800MW OCGT, (b) 800MW CCGT, (c) gas plant sub-20MW and (d) oil plant sub-20MW.
      (218064)
204 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the dispatch period required to increase capacity at (a) nuclear, (b) combined cycle gas turbine, (c) open cycle gas turbine and (d) coal-fired power stations.
      (218065)
205  
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of prepayment meter customers who self-disconnected at least once in each year since 2010 and (b) total number of prepayment meter customers in each year since 2010.
      (218286)
206 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on (a) its policy on the extraction of shale gas and (b) the recommendation in the Smith Commission Report to devolve shale gas mineral access rights to the Scottish Parliament.
      (218208)
207 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate how much his Department spent has spent in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (218202)
208  
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what open data requirements have been included in the implementation of smart meters.
      (218178)
209  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218473)
210  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218503)
211 N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the expenditure made to date by the developers of offshore wind projects which have received consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 which he expects to be unsuccessful in the contracts for difference process.
      (218228)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
212  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she and Ministers in her Department have visited a foodbank.
      (218005)
213  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on increasing the number of areas where the requirements of the Water Framework Directive are being complied with.
      (218051)
214  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) an increase of minimum landing size, (b) an end to commercial harvesting during the spring spawning period, (c) restrictions on pair trawling and trammel netting and (d) an expansion of estuarine nursery areas as tools for the preservation of sea bass stocks.
      (218028)
215  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have applied for a licence for diversionary feeding on grouse moors since it was introduced.
      (218323)
216  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve protection for (a) hen harriers and (b) British moorlands.
      (218324)
217 N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make representations to the government of Japan about the killing of wild dolphins in Taiji.
      (218210)
218 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the damage to property and infrastructure that potentially could be prevented by (a) the £80 million flood defences announced for the Humber in the National Infrastructure Plan and (b) the £1.3 billion tidal Humber defence programme currently under review.
      (217877)
219 N
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to expedite the licence application made by North Tyneside Council to the Marine Management Organisation to enable repair work to the quay walls and the dredging of the riverside berth.
      (218035)
220 N
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in ministerial offices in her Department were appointed from (a) the Civil Service and (b) other bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
      (218181)
221  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to a letter sent from her Department, ref. MC355113/RGW, what proportion of overall catch of (a) the 12 vessels from the UK that use bottom trawler gear below 600 metres and (b) the eight vessels from the UK that use bottom trawler gear below 800 metres was caught by bottom trawling and not mid water trawl in the last five years.
      (218157)
222  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's letter, reference MC355113/RGW, how many tons of fish and shellfish (a) the 12 vessels from the UK using bottom trawler gear have caught below 600m and (b) the eight vessels from the UK using bottom trawler gear have caught below 800m in the last five years.
      (218171)
223  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed in her Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218307)
224 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on improving the cleanliness of Britain's chalk rivers.
      (217896)
225  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions relating to dogs there were for each offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; and if she will make a statement.
      (218132)
226  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were prosecuted under the Breeding and Sale of Dogs Acts in 2013; and if she will make a statement.
      (218138)
227  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost is for a dog breeder to (a) obtain a licence for the first time and (b) renew an existing licence; and if she will make a statement.
      (218245)
228  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to address river and flood defence asset maintenance in response to the report published by the National Audit Office, entitled Strategic Flood Risk Management, HC780, last month.
      (218387)
229  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to facilitate communities wishing to take over the maintenance and running of flood defence systems in areas where the Environment Agency is withdrawing; and if she will permit the funding of a local authority special levy for new internal drainage boards (IDBs) on the same basis on which her Department funds those authorities within the boundaries of existing IDBs.
      (218388)
230  
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the likely annual reduction in CAP subsidies to farmers arising from the change to disallow grazing under a solar farm.
      (218518)
231  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218474)
232  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218504)
233  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a consultation on a licensing scheme for commercial game shooting.
      (217998)
234  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) discuss with her counterpart in the Scottish Government the effect of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 and (b) publish a consultation on vicarious liability for landowners who host commercial game shooting in England.
      (217999)
235  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money of payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy.
      (218000)
236 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with fishing organisations on quota arrangements to be agreed in a meeting in Brussels this month.
      (217811)
237 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) broiler chickens, (b) laying hens, (c) cattle, (d) sheep, (e) pigs and (f) other farmed animals died prior to slaughter as a result of (i) fires, (ii) flooding, (iii) exposure to extreme weather, (iv) road crashes, (v) disease and (vi) injury in each of the last three years.
      (216608)
238 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to oblige farms to put in place contingency and evacuation plans to minimise the risk of farm fires to animals.
      (216609)
239 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals for a hazard inspection regime to minimise the risk of farm fires and unnecessary farm animal deaths.
      (216610)
240 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the protection of farm animals and livestock sheds located on flood plains.
      (216611)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
241  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage democratic change in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
      (218054)
242  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with human rights groups on the decision to allow Prince Nasser bin Hamad access to the UK.
      (218097)
243  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain on the release of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace.
      (218098)
244  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain on the release of political prisoners.
      (218099)
245  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain about the treatment of the democracy movement in that country.
      (218100)
246  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has commissioned research to determine what the UK's obligations in international law are in the event of economic or environmental damage being caused to other countries by radioactive fallout or blast arising from a British nuclear weapon being (a) accidentally detonated or (b) deliberately targeted and the effects spread to a third or more of the country.
      (218279)
247  
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government (a) made any requests to and (b) was approached by the US Senate Intelligence Committee or the US administration on redaction of passages in that committee's report about the CIA's detention and interrogation programme.
      (218140)
248  
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish details of any complicity or involvement by the UK Government while Tony Blair was Prime Minister over rendition, interrogation and detention by the Central Intelligence Agency which have been redacted from the report by the US Senate intelligence committee.
      (218386)
249  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218308)
250 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Yazidis still trapped on Mount Sinai in Iraq; and what steps the Government is taking to support those people.
      (217995)
251 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help LGBT people under threat from ISIS in Northern Iraq and Syria.
      (218080)
252 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 205687, tabled on 14 July 2014.
      (217946)
253  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Commonwealth Secretary-General about Gambia's return to the Commonwealth; and if he will make a statement.
      (218001)
254  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart from South Sudan on that country's membership of the Commonwealth; and if he will make a statement.
      (218129)
255  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the reintegration of Somaliland into Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
      (218174)
256 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last raised the inclusion and representation of Assyrians in the (a) Iraqi army and (b) Kurdish peshmerga with the (i) Iraqi government and (ii) Kurdistan regional government.
      (217891)
257 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the effect of the appointment of Haider al-Abadi as Prime Minister of Iraq on (a) the relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi government and (b) the capacity of those governments to lead efforts to combat ISIL.
      (217940)
258 N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many contracts his Department has held with private security companies in each year since 2008; what the cost of those contracts was; and if he will make a statement.
      (218225)
259  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218475)
260  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218505)
261  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government plans to respond to the request of the Brazilian Truth Commission for access to classified documents.
      (218457)
262 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met Prince Nasser bin Hamad; and what areas of bilateral cooperation were discussed at that meeting.
      (218075)
263 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for visits to the UK by representatives of the Bahrain government.
      (218076)
264 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for Ministers to visit Bahrain.
      (218077)
265 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conduct of the general election in Bahrain in November.
      (218078)
266  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the presence of Islamic State or affiliated groups in Yemen.
      (218329)
267  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to guarantee the safety of HM embassy staff in Yemen.
      (218330)
268  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of Yemen.
      (218336)
269  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the presence of operational links between Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Islamic State.
      (218367)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
270 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contract staff work for his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what is the longest length of time any contractor has been working for each.
      (218103)
271 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on events for departing staff since May 2010.
      (218105)
272 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what building refurbishments have been carried out by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 2010; what the cost was of each such refurbishment by category of expenditure; what building refurbishments are planned by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what the estimated cost of each such refurbishment is.
      (218109)
273 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff from his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva in each year since 2010.
      (218110)
274 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on business class flights since May 2010.
      (218200)
275  
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has any plans to allow two Patient Access Schemes for one treatment; and if he will make a statement.
      (218458)
276 N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people suffering from Huntington's Disease have access to appropriate care and support from healthcare professionals.
      (218022)
277  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements his Department has placed on clinical commissioning groups to make financial savings in the last four years.
      (218334)
278  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216134, if he will bring forward proposals to replace the National Education Programme on Health at Work.
      (218003)
279 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014 to Question 204136, from the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West, if he will estimate the likely cost to the NHS of specialist eating disorder clinics in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
      (218125)
280 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister on 2 December 2014, on a £150 million investment to transform treatment for eating disorders, what the source of that funding is.
      (218126)
281  
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) people under 18 have been admitted to hospital because of a sexually-transmitted infection in each of the last five years.
      (218374)
282  
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions maternity units at each (a) NHS trust and (b) NHS foundation trust were put on divert in the last 12 months.
      (218459)
283  
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many days maternity units at each (a) NHS trust and (b) NHS foundation trust were put on divert in the last 12 months.
      (218460)
284 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many treatments on the Cancer Drugs Fund list scored points for addressing unmet need when appraised by the decision making panel.
      (218191)
285 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS England acknowledges unmet need when re-evaluating treatments for pancreatic cancer on the Cancer Drugs Fund list.
      (218192)
286 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the robustness of the methodology used in the Care Quality Commission's Intelligent monitoring process and of the quality of the management of that process.
      (218233)
287 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of the external investigation commissioned by NHS England into NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group and other financially challenged trusts; and when the report of that investigation will be published.
      (217943)
288 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department's plans to develop a measure to record levels of loneliness will help services to establish whether more work is required to tackle loneliness amongst older men.
      (218223)
289 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the development of a population-based measure to help determine the numbers of older people who report feeling lonely; and how this measure will build on the measures already contained in the Public Health and Adult Social Care Outcomes Frameworks.
      (218224)
290 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that care home residents can obtain information and advice before they agree to pay a top-up fee for care home accommodation, in accordance with choice of accommodation regulations under the Care Act 2014; and what guidance he is giving to local authorities on their role in providing such information and advice.
      (218250)
291 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change in total public expenditure on the NHS was in each year between January 2004 and January 2014.
      (217993)
292  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many additional members of medical staff have been hired by Medway Maritime Hospital since it was placed in special measures.
      (218320)
293  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) the reporting by motorists and (b) the recording by healthcare professionals of severe hypoglycaemic events suffered by motorists.
      (218519)
294  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that drivers with type 2 diabetes are not prescribed medications known to cause hypoglycaemic events.
      (218520)
295 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Nursing and Midwifery Council prevents nurses who do not have requisite skills in speaking, listening to, reading and writing English from being employed in the NHS.
      (218114)
296 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of public relations staff employed in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
      (218115)
297  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what medical research charities he has met to discuss the Off-patent Drugs Bill.
      (218383)
298  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure the routine availability of raloxifene to reduce the risk of breast cancer developing in high-risk women.
      (218384)
299  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 7 November 2014, Official Report, column 1118, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the Off-patent Drugs Bill will impede the uptake of innovative medicines by making doctors feel that they should not use medicines except for their licensed indications.
      (218385)
300  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to maximise the coverage of testing for (a) hepatitis C and (b) other blood-borne viruses in a range of healthcare settings.
      (218029)
301 N
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS will make a decision on the funding for Translarna; if he will make funding available to ensure that the people who may benefit from Translarna have long-term access to that drug; what steps he is taking to ensure that emerging treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy are fully funded by the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
      (217815)
302  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme rebate allocation has been calculated for Scotland.
      (218370)
303  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Anti-PD-L1 drug in treating bladder cancer.
      (218285)
304  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what detailed opinions have been submitted by organisations and corporate entities in response to the notification to the UK by the EU on proposals for standardised packaging of tobacco.
      (218147)
305  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the detailed responses from EU Member States to the UK's notification to the EU of proposed regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products.
      (218373)
306  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218310)
307 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the Action Plan on Hearing Loss.
      (217890)
308  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has provided to each charity involved in the rehabilitation of veterans of the armed forces in (a) each year since 2010 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (218369)
309  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many investigations have taken place into each type of alleged misuse of internet resources at his Department in (a) each year since 2010 and (b) 2014 to date; and whether such investigations resulted in disciplinary action or dismissal.
      (218372)
310  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on how many members of staff of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have left to take up jobs or positions in the independent healthcare sector in (a) each year since 2010 and (b) 2014 to date.
      (218456)
311  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staffing level was for each ambulance trust in (a) May 2010, (b) May 2014 and (c) the latest month for which figures are available.
      (218517)
312 N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with bodies that represent pharmacists, GPs and other stakeholders on prescription direction; and if he will make a statement.
      (218212)
313 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have had delays in treatment for cancer of the bladder as a result of shortages of the drug OncoTICE in each of the last two years.
      (217879)
314 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that OncoTICE is readily available to treat patients who have cancer of the bladder.
      (217880)
315 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that the Advisory Committee on Cervical Cancer Screening will hold a further review of the evidence relating to risks and benefits of cervical screening in women under 25.
      (217883)
316  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time for monthly payments from MFET Ltd to people who contracted HIV through their NHS treatment.
      (218002)
317 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to deal with the side effects of (a) haloperidol and (b) other antipsychotic drugs.
      (217894)
318  
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Health Education England monitors the quality of child autism awareness training in NHS hospital emergency departments; and if he will make a statement.
      (218453)
319  
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates since 2 July 2014 he has discussed with GPs the use of off-patent drugs for new indications; and what the content of those discussions was.
      (218461)
320  
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast cancer clinicians his Department met directly when developing its position on the Off-patent Drugs Bill.
      (218462)
321  
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence about that body conducting a technology appraisal for raloxifene in the chemoprevention indication.
      (218463)
322  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive regarding campylobacter in poultry.
      (218167)
323  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals were made by GPs to hospitals in England in December (a) 2010, (b) 2012 and (c) 2014.
      (218283)
324 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216992, how many incidents of medication errors involving hospital patients with Parkinson's disease resulting in no harm were reported to the National Reporting and Learning System between July and November 2014; and which reporting organisation reported each such incident.
      (217988)
325  
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the physiological and social effects of consumption of high sugar energy drinks on children who are in full-time education.
      (218092)
326  
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that everyone diagnosed with asthma has a written asthma action plan by 2015.
      (218093)
327  
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will work with NHS England to ensure that a national clinical audit is carried out into services for people with asthma.
      (218094)
328  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) external and (b) civil service appointees worked in ministerial offices in his Department (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
      (218056)
329  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218477)
330  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218506)
331 N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on the potential effectiveness of liothyronine (T3) and natural desiccated thyroid for patients with hypothyroidism.
      (218084)
332 N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on the potential for cost savings and reductions in hospital admissions from improved diagnosis and management of anaemia.
      (218235)
333 N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of improved diagnosis and management of anaemia to reductions in avoidable admission to hospital; and if he will make a statement.
      (218248)
334 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount each of the healthcare regulators charged for annual registration fees in each of the last five years.
      (218058)
335 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many chairs of healthcare regulators have been drawn from outside the healthcare profession.
      (218059)
336 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how healthcare regulators' annual registration fees are decided; and what recent representations he has received on reducing such fees.
      (218060)
337 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many investigations have been carried out by each healthcare regulator in each of the last five years.
      (218061)
338  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2014 to Question 216783, if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost effectiveness of (a) attracting qualified nurses who are no longer nursing back into nursing and (b) training nurses from scratch.
      (218089)
339  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on human health of the use of lead ammunition for shooting.
      (217997)
340  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the NHS has for future support and care for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
      (218055)
341  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on promoting the use of (a) disposable sensors and (b) other alternatives to glucose blood-testing strips for diabetes patients.
      (218326)
342  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of hypo attacks brought on by type-1 diabetes.
      (218327)
343  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the diabetes improvement plan recently announced by the Scottish Government.
      (218328)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
344 N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls are in place to prevent personation by people sitting English language tests in connection with visa applications for travel to the UK; and if she will estimate the proportion of people who pass such tests who do so as a result of personation.
      (218042)
345  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage public confidence in the willingness of police forces to respond sympathetically and proactively to victims of serious sexual assault.
      (218057)
346 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the minimum earnings threshold needed for a spouse to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK on (a) people on low incomes and (b) family life.
      (217816)
347  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) target time taken between the completion of an immigration tribunal and the implementation of that tribunal's decision is.
      (218322)
348 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to enable individuals who are self-employed to apply for Disclosure and Barring Service certificates relating to themselves; and if she will make a statement.
      (218112)
349 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people resident in England who wish to request a criminal record check on themselves must approach Disclosure Scotland rather than the Disclosure and Barring Service.
      (218113)
350 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on changes in the level of theft of food from shops; and what discussions she has had with stakeholders on this issue.
      (218104)
351 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of food theft occurred in each police force area in England and Wales in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
      (218106)
352 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded incidents of shoplifting there have been by police force area in each year since 2010; and what proportion of these included theft of food.
      (218107)
353 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Emergency Travel Documents wore issued to overseas applicants in each month since June 2012.
      (218108)
354 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the change in the rate of food theft since 2010.
      (218207)
355 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the results were of the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme review.
      (217944)
356 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restraint orders to freeze assets were imposed in each of the last seven financial years.
      (218127)
357 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on removing foreign nationals in each year since 1997.
      (218023)
358  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed in her Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218311)
359  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the National Border Targeting Centre has telephoned carriers to deny authority to carry in each year since 2010.
      (218004)
360  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has of the cost of removing check-off contributions for trade unions in her Department.
      (218148)
361  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of providing check-off services for trade union contributions in each year since 2010.
      (218150)
362  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new staff her Department is planning to recruit for employment in the Passport Office between August 2014 and August 2015.
      (218151)
363  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff she expects to leave the employment of the Passport Office in the year from August 2014.
      (218152)
364  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what forecast she has made of the number of staff that will be recruited to the Passport Office (a) on permanent contracts, (b) on fixed-term contracts and (c) through agency recruitment between August 2014 and August 2015.
      (218153)
365  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with representatives of (a) primary ticketing agencies and (b) secondary ticketing platforms on enhancing the prevention and detection of (i) the use of botnets and (ii) ticket fraud.
      (218377)
366  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) investigated, (b) referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) successfully prosecuted for crimes related to ticket fraud in the last full year for which figures are available.
      (218379)
367  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on reviewing the applicability of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to the use or commissioning of botnets in respect to the purchasing of event tickets.
      (218464)
368  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress Action Fraud has made on collating reports of linked ticket fraud.
      (218465)
369 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homophobic hate crimes were committed against people of Asian ethnicity in each year since May 2010.
      (217882)
370  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken with Sussex Police and Brighton and Hove City Council to end violence against women and girls; and if she will make a statement.
      (218131)
371  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of anti-abortion activity aimed at women and staff attending abortion clinics and pregnancy advisory bureaux over the last four years; and if she will make a statement.
      (218266)
372  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to enforce a designated area around abortion clinics and pregnancy advisory bureaux within which anti-abortion activity cannot take place; and if she will make a statement.
      (218335)
373 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use by the construction industry of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme card as a means of verifying that a construction worker has the right to work in the UK.
      (218123)
374 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to construction companies on how to verify that a construction worker has the right to work in the UK.
      (218124)
375  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218478)
376  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218507)
377 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost has been of all Police and Crime Commissioner elections to date.
      (217945)
378  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pornographic images of children were removed from the internet as a result of investigations by (a) police forces and (b) her Department's agencies in the areas of (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 2010.
      (218402)
379  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of policing each airport in the East of England in each year since 2010.
      (218403)
380 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of transferring a person between immigration removal centres is.
      (217898)
381 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from India were processed using the (a) normal, (b) priority and (c) super priority visa service in 2013.
      (218067)
382 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were granted to applicants from India in 2013.
      (218121)
383 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for UK visas have been made by applicants in (a) Delhi, (b) Chandigarh, (c) Jalandhar, (d) Mumbai, (e) Pune, (f) Ahmedabad, (g) Chennai, (h) Bangalore, (i) Hyderabad, (j) Cochin, (k) Kolkata and (k) Goa in each year since January 2009.
      (218122)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
384 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make an assessment of the availability of books by women in the House of Commons bookshop.
      (218201)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
385  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian implications of the recent armed conflict in the Kachin State of Burma.
     [R] (218053)
386 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are currently in West Africa assisting with the Ebola epidemic; and what steps have been taken to ensure that those people are given the maximum possible protection against that virus.
      (217992)
387 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for how long each group of NHS healthcare staff being deployed to Ebola affected regions will be deployed.
      (217820)
388 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of water and sanitation at the Kerry Town hospital in Sierra Leone.
      (217884)
389 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which companies received allocations of what value from her Department's 2013-14 evaluation budget.
      (217885)
390 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Prime Minister's contribution of 26 November 2014, Official Report, column 901, what the issue referred to as hindering the operation of the Kerry Town hospital in Sierra Leone is.
      (217886)
391 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department's Debt Relief budget is for the (a) current and (b) next financial year.
      (217963)
392  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to evaluation of its Economic Development Strategy.
      (218141)
393  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria her Department will use to evaluate the effectiveness of expenditure under its Economic Development Strategy.
      (218142)
394  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 23 of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013, which instruments (a) are being and (b) will be used; and what amounts will be allocated to each such instrument.
      (218143)
395  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 2 of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013, how the £1.8 billion of her Department's budget to be targeted on economic development will be allocated to different activities and countries.
      (218144)
396  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to the CDC Impact Fund; and what assessment she has made of the financial performance of that Fund.
      (218149)
397  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff are employed in her Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218312)
398 N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts her Department has held with private security companies in each year since 2008; what the cost of those contracts was; and if she will make a statement.
      (218242)
399  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218479)
400  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department and (ii) its non-departmental public body in each of the last five years.
      (218508)
401 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided for (a) disaster relief, (b) schemes which provide clean water and (c) vaccinations and inoculation against preventable diseases in each of the last five years; and how such funding is expressed as a proportion of her Department's total budget.
      (217889)
402 N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216932, how many officials of each grade were involved in delivering her Department's Direct Roadshows; and how many Ministers and officials were in attendance at each such event.
      (218102)
403 N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216932, how many (a) Direct Roadshows and (b) other events have been organised by her Department since 2010; and where those events have taken place.
      (218240)
404 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what comparative estimate she has made of the average cost of (a) resettling a refugee from Syria in the UK and (b) providing financial support to a refugee from Syria in a country neighbouring that country.
      (218034)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
405  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of BME people held in young offender institutions were previously excluded from school.
      (218271)
406  
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity is of people held in youth offending insititutions.
      (218333)
407  
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contraband and illegal substances of each type entered HM Prison Durham in each month since May 2010.
      (218039)
408 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of shoplifting were first-time offenders in each of the last five years.
      (218069)
409  
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are in place to ensure that the relationship between HM Courts and Tribunals Service confiscation units and the Police and Crown Prosecution Service is maintained when confiscation units are privatised.
      (218128)
410  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218313)
411 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 216156, what body independently assesses the NOMS extremism programme; and if he will publish the most recent assessment of that programme.
      (218197)
412 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been for the offence of prison mutiny in each of the last five years.
      (217818)
413 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contracts worth more than £5 million his Department has signed since 1 September 2014; with whom such contracts have been signed; for what purpose; what the (a) annual and (b) total cost of each such contract is; and what the length of each such contact is.
      (217819)
414  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) knives, (b) guns and (c) other weapons were seized from people visiting prisoners (i) in total and (ii) in each prison in each year since 2010.
      (218046)
415  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by (a) escaped or (b) absconded prisoners in each year since 2010; and what those offences were.
      (218047)
416  
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have escaped from prison vans in each year since 2010; how many such prisoners remain on the run; of what offences each such prisoner was convicted; and what length of custodial sentence each such prisoner was given.
      (218048)
417 N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff who worked in ministerial offices in his Department were from (a) the Civil Service and (b) external bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
      (218232)
418 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will begin a review of employment tribunal fees and the effect of such fees on the employment tribunal system.
      (217814)
419 N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215339, how many staff of (a) his Department and (b) external contractors are working on the detailed planning of the court reform programme.
      (217622)
420  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218480)
421  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218509)
422 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to receive the action plan produced by G4S on strategic weaknesses at HM Prison Altcourse.
      (217817)
423 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many financial penalties G4S has been issued with for failures in its performance standards at HM Prison Altcourse; what the reasons for those penalties were; and on what dates they were issued.
      (218218)
424 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take HM Prison Altcourse back into public ownership.
      (218219)
425 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the contract with G4S to manage HM Prison Altcourse.
      (218220)
426 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff vacancies there are at HM Prison Altcourse; and for how long each position has been vacant.
      (218221)
427 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number was of (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff at HM Prison Altcourse in each year since 2005.
      (218222)
428 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213487, what the total value is of outstanding financial impositions in each local criminal justice board area.
      (217822)
429 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Justice on 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 73, on how many occasions in the last two years each government department has been threatened with judicial review; and in each such case, whether judicial review proceedings were subsequently (a) launched and (b) successful.
      (217847)
430 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Justice on 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 72, what the evidential basis was for his statement that minor technicalities in process have been used as an excuse to bring judicial review.
      (217848)
431 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Justice on 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 71, what assessment he has made of when and how the system of judicial review ceased to be based on common sense.
      (217849)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
432  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she has visited a foodbank.
      (218006)
433  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with (a) former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and (b) former Prime Ministers about the On the Run scheme and the Northern Ireland Committee inquiry into that matter.
      (218255)
434  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent in each of the last five years on investigations into past terrorist incidents in Northern Ireland.
      (218256)
435  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of the operation of the Parades Commission in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
      (218257)
436  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations she has received in regard to allegations of past collusion by representatives of the Irish government with terrorists in Northern Ireland.
      (218258)
437  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Irish government about (a) parades and protests in Northern Ireland, (b) policing in Northern Ireland and (c) the economy in Northern Ireland.
      (218259)
438  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed in her Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218314)
439  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218481)
440  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department and (ii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218510)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
441  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he has visited a foodbank.
      (218007)
442  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultation he plans on the draft legislation arising from the recommendations of the Smith Commission.
      (218261)
443  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to publish draft legislation arising from the recommendations of the Smith Commission.
      (218262)
444  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the changes to legislation that would be necessary to implement the recommendations of the Smith Commission on rail.
      (218348)
445  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218315)
446 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the implementation of the provisions of the Scotland Act 2012 which relate to the Scottish rate of income tax.
      (218209)
447  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218482)
448  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in his Department in each of the last five years.
      (218511)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
449 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the Highways Agency has allocated for improvement works to be carried out at the Broad End Road junction; and what criteria the Agency used in determining the level of that funding.
      (217851)
450 N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the safety works at Broad End Road junction, scheduled for completion before Christmas 2014, to be completed.
      (217852)
451 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing the My Licence service; and what estimate he has made of the annual administrative costs of that service.
      (217813)
452 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in ministerial offices in his Department were appointed from (a) the Civil Service and (b) external bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
      (218217)
453 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much investment has there been in the Chelmsford to London Liverpool Street rail line by (a) project and (b) type of investment in each of the last 10 financial years.
      (217937)
454 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times and when rail services on the Chelmsford to London Liverpool Street line have been disrupted as a result of overrunning engineering works carried out by Network Rail in the last 12 months.
      (217938)
455 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on proposed investment in the Chelmsford to London Liverpool Street rail line in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
      (217962)
456 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish punctuality figures for the Greater Anglia service between Chelmsford and London Liverpool Street for each of the last three years.
      (218044)
457 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish punctuality figures for the Greater Anglia service between Chelmsford and London Liverpool Street for each of the last six months.
      (218045)
458  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on provision of on-board refreshments on rail services.
      (218026)
459  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the outcomes of his Department's South East Flexible Ticketing Programme.
      (218027)
460  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Transport Scotland on the proposals on rail in the Smith Commission; and what issues were raised by his Department in those discussions.
      (218263)
461 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to make cities more accessible to cyclists.
      (218071)
462 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with Coventry City Council steps to make Coventry more accessible to cyclists.
      (218073)
463 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of First Hull Trains on the extension of their track-access arrangements beyond December 2016.
      (217878)
464 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect the commitment to tender new trains on the TransPennine and Northern Rail franchises might have on (a) journey times and (b) number of services at (i) Cottingham, (ii) Ferriby, (iii) Brough, (iv) Wressle, (v) Broomfleet, (vi) Gilberdyke, (vii) Saltmarshe, (viii) Eastrington and (ix) Howden railway stations.
      (218066)
465  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the future capacity of airports in London.
      (218251)
466 N
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to consider options for creating a new fast train service between London Waterloo and Weymouth.
      (217845)
467  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218316)
468 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to change the application criteria to be a special constable within the British Transport Police.
      (218031)
469 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Scottish Government on the implications for the future of British Transport Police of the recommendations of the Smith Commission.
      (218032)
470 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial provision he has made for possible travel disruption caused by winter weather.
      (218079)
471 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency measures he has in place for the effects on roads and railways of snowfall during winter.
      (218081)
472 N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2014, if he will make it a requirement of the new Northern Rail and Trans-Pennine rail franchises that Pacer trains must be replaced by different rolling stock; and by what date he plans for Pacer trains to be replaced by different rolling stock on those franchises.
      (218237)
473  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218483)
474  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218512)
475 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Road Investment Strategy, published on 1 December 2014, what years are covered by the first road period and next road period.
      (217895)
476  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any additional costs to the public purse would arise from designating the route between Exeter and Plymouth as part of the strategic national transport corridor.
      (218016)
477  
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will conduct an investigation into the compliance of Uber with regulations for the operation of taxi firms and the licensing of individual taxi drivers.
      (218049)
478  
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of introducing a flashing amber sequence at certain traffic lights in off-peak hours.
      (218179)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
479  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he has visited a foodbank.
      (218008)
480  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the economic development of Wales and steps to attract inward investment to Wales.
      (218276)
481  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the letting of the Wales and Borders railway franchise.
      (218277)
482  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the implications for the UK Government's policies of the recently issued gross value added statistics for Wales; and if he will make a statement.
      (218278)
483  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218318)
484  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218485)
485  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in his Department in each of the last five years.
      (218514)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
486  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff are employed in the Government Equalities Office headquarter buildings.
      (218309)
487  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on the implementation of the report Advancing transgender equality: a plan for action; and if she will make a statement.
      (218130)
488  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218476)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
489 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what locations performance measurement review officers are being deployed.
      (218188)
490 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means and indicators his Department measures the success of performance measurement review officers.
      (218198)
491 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is given to staff in his Department in order for them to qualify as performance measurement review officers.
      (218241)
492 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria he used to determine that the threshold at which a change in income can lead to an adjustment in child maintenance payments should be set at 25 per cent.
      (218234)
493 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that women who have less than the 10 years' National Insurance Contributions required to qualify for a state pension will be informed of their options before introduction of the new state pension.
      (217989)
494  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects of the benefits cap on reducing unemployment in (a) Medway and (b) Gillingham and Rainham constituency; and if he will make a statement.
      (218325)
495  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to take into account the particular effects of different health conditions in implementation of its welfare reform policies.
      (218040)
496  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of his welfare reform policies on people with Addison's disease.
      (218041)
497  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
      (218319)
498  
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the Fit for Work service can be offered to people who are (a) on long-term sick leave and (b) otherwise in employment.
      (218180)
499  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are waiting for an employment and support allowance (ESA) assessment in Wrexham and Denbighshire; and how many such people are (a) new claimants and (b) existing ESA recipients.
      (218287)
500  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of each transaction for benefit payments paid into a Post Office card account in Northern Ireland; and what that cost is in other regions of the UK.
      (218170)
501 N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have received an (a) second, (b) third and (c) fourth sanction in each quarter since January 2010.
      (217897)
502  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
      (218486)
503  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
      (218515)
504  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 2010.
      (218404)
505  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of medical assessments for (a) personal independence payment, (b) attendance allowance, (c) industrial injuries disablement benefit and (d) incapacity benefit have been subject to appeal in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of administering such appeals in each such year.
      (218405)
506  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals by claimants against decisions on non-entitlement to employment and support allowance in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire, (f) Norfolk and (g) England there were in each year since 2010; what the average length of time taken to determine such appeals was in each such year; and what the cost of such appeals was in each such year.
      (218406)
507 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216814, whether he plans to implement a further IT solution to ensure that local authorities have the information needed to suspend housing benefit only in cases where it is so appropriate.
      (218199)
508  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase funding for the Access to Work Workplace Mental Health Support Service to more than two per cent of the annual Access to Work budget.
      (218381)
509  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will reform the Access to Work system so that packages of support can transfer from job to job with the individual.
      (218382)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
510  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many reports of ticket fraud have been made to Action Fraud in the last full year for which figures are available; and how many such reports related to tickets purchased through legitimate secondary ticketing platforms.
   [Transferred]  (218378)
511 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people with debt, excluding student loans, of (a) up to £5,000, (b) between £5,000 and £10,000, (c) between £10,000 and £20,000 and (d) more than £30,000 (i) in each year since 2010 and (ii) in the most recent period for which figures are available.
   [Transferred]  (218118)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
512  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes in the global price of oil on domestic fuel prices.
   [Transferred]  (218366)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
513  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have an autism strategy.
   [Transferred]  (218270)

Prepared 12th December 2014