Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
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Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
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[R]
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 16 December 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 16 December 2014
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
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 assessment he has made of the negative impact on business and jobs he is seeking to limit.
(218289)
2
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, whether the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal of 4 November 2014 in Bear Scotland and Others v Mr David Fulton and Others necessitates changes to the Working Time Regulations.
(218290)
3
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his speech of 3 July 2013 to the Local Government Association, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the three pilot schemes on closer partnerships between local enterprise partnerships and further education colleges in helping people acquire the skills required to get local jobs.
(218559)
4
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from (a) consumer organisations and (b) individuals on the effectiveness of Trustmark and NAPIT in protecting consumers from rogue traders.
(218544)
5
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to introduce a scheme for naming and shaming employers who fail to pay an employment tribunal award.
(218531)
6
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of removing university tuition fees for students studying science, medicine, technology, engineering and mathematics.
(218437)
7
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers who were issued with notices of underpayment for the national minimum wage and were eligible for naming and shaming under the arrangements introduced since 1 October 2013 he has decided not to name and shame.
(218354)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
8
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217639, on Government departments: meetings, for what reasons the Government has decided not to publish those details.
(218447)
9
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget was for the D5 London 2014: leading digital governments conference; and how the invitees to this conference were identified.
(218347)
10
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) least and (b) most visited Government website was in each of the last three years; and how many times each such website was visited.
(218433)
11
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on decorations, hospitality or refreshments for Christmas activities in 2014.
(218526)
12
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the amount his Department has spent on public procurement which has reached small and medium-sized firms through its supply chains in each region.
(218527)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
13
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.161 of the Autumn Statement 2014, when the Government plans to (a) publish the terms of reference for and (b) launch the review of the future structure of business rates.
(218343)
14
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Medway and (b) Gillingham and Rainham constituency are paying less income tax in 2014-15 than they paid in 2009-10.
(218296)
15
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency have been affected by the freezing of fuel duty.
(218297)
16
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to respond to Question 213722 tabled on 6 November 2014.
(218488)
17
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings to the public purse will arise from annual pay restraint and workforce reductions in the armed forces in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
(218561)
18
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notices of underpayment have been issued to businesses in the London Borough of Newham for non-payment of the National Minimum Wage in each of the last six years; and how many employees were covered in each case.
(218448)
19
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations for National Minimum Wage non-payment have resulted in the issue of a notice of underpayment in each month since October 2013.
(218449)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
20
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's announcement on 30 January 2014 of a review into how more social homes can be built, when he plans to publish that review.
(218341)
21
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.200 of the Autumn Statement 2014, which other city areas have come forward with devolution proposals.
(218342)
22
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many expressions of interest in response to the Locally-led Garden Cities Prospectus had been (a) received and (b) considered as of 10 December 2014.
(218344)
23
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2014 to Question 207598, when he will publish the response to the consultation on requirements for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in the private rented sector.
(218439)
24
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he and other Ministers in his Department have visited a foodbank.
(218533)
25
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on employee car travel policy.
(218451)
26
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to reclaim and re-use disability adaptations and equipment that are no longer required by clients.
(218540)
27
N
Sir Peter Luff
(Mid Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the consequences will be for (a) Worcestershire County Council, (b) the Worcestershire LEP and (c) the district councils of South Worcestershire of the full implementation of the recommendations of the review by Sir Bob Kerslake of the governance and organisational capabilities of Birmingham City Council.
(218294)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
28
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 10.11 of the National Infrastructure Plan 2014, what the basis is for the assessment that £500 million will be needed for superfast broadband to reach an additional five per cent of the UK.
(218043)
29
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the announcement on 30 October 2014 of free wifi in public buildings, by what procedure the list of buildings was decided; what criteria were used to select those buildings; what representations he received from local government and businesses in Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Bristol; how the cost will be funded; how much of that funding is from the Super Connected Cities budget; and what funds local authorities are contributing.
(218428)
30
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Super Connected Cities budget (a) remaining for 2014-15 and (b) allocated for 2015-16 is allocated to advertising or advertising agencies.
(218429)
31
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many broadband connection vouchers have been awarded in each month since March 2014; who the beneficiaries are; and in what regions those beneficiaries are located.
(218430)
32
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the current Electronic Communications Code on the ability of mobile network operators to improve mobile voice and data coverage in rural areas.
(218291)
33
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from mobile network operators on the reform of the Electronic Communications Code to assist their mobile coverage plans.
(218292)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
34
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce an initial operating capability for the A400M Atlas aircraft.
(218551)
35
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the provision of close air support by the UK for the Afghan National Security Forces.
(218556)
36
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on increased activity of Russian aircraft in proximity to UK airspace.
(218557)
37
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel he expects to be stationed on average at any one time in the UK's new naval base in Bahrain.
(218357)
38
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the running costs of the UK's naval base in Bahrain in each year to 2020.
(218440)
39
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when negotiations with the government of Bahrain on the construction of a UK naval base in that country began.
(218441)
40
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the projected cost of the new UK naval base in Bahrain will be funded by his Department; and from which section of his Department's budget these funds will come.
(218442)
41
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Status of Forces Agreement between the UK and Bahrain has been amended as a result of the UK naval base in Bahrain.
(218443)
42
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) Capita Group plc, (b) Serco and (c) G4S have tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010.
(218567)
43
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) military and (b) civilian personnel have graduated from the Major Projects Leadership Academy.
(218407)
44
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what potential suppliers to the VANGUARD replacement programme his Department has identified.
(218408)
45
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to fit an aerial refuelling boom system to the Voyager aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
(218409)
46
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of ISIL's military capabilities; and if he will make a statement.
(218410)
47
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military assets he intends to retain in Afghanistan after 31 December 2014.
(218411)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
48
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the NUT supply teacher survey 2014, what steps she plans to take to increase the pay of supply teachers employed through agencies.
(218563)
49
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on teacher recruitment of the Chief Inspector of Schools Annual Report 2014.
(218427)
50
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by her Department in each year since May 2010.
(218566)
51
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions (a) Serco and (b) G4S have tendered for contracts let by her Department in each year since May 2010.
(218568)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
52
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish the full terms of reference of his Department's review of wind turbine noise.
(218569)
53
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish correspondence between his Department and the Institute of Acoustics relating to his Department's review of wind turbine noise.
(218570)
54
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to issue an invitation to tender for the research required for its review of wind turbine noise; and what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that that review will be independent.
(218571)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
55
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total funding for flood protection has been provided through (a) her Department's standard partnership funding framework, (b) private sector contributions and (c) other public sector contributions.
(218345)
56
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding for flood protection is planned to be raised through a standard partnership funding framework in each year between 2015-16 and 2020-21.
(218346)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
57
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Colombian authorities about respect for labour rights in the oil and mining industries in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(218431)
58
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Colombian authorities about protection of members of Union Sindical Obrera and its allies in Meta against assassination attempts and other targeted violence.
(218432)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
59
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS budget was spent on commissioning private providers in each of the last five years.
(218445)
60
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 212899, whether it is his Department's policy to encourage NHS staff to become dementia friends.
(218446)
61
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing two Patient Access Schemes for one treatment; and if he will make a statement.
(218554)
62
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on NHS smoking cessation services in each of the last five years.
(218412)
63
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding mental health trusts have received in real-terms in each of the last five years.
(218413)
64
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest date is by which his Department could table regulatory proposals on the standardised packaging of tobacco under the Children and Families Act 2014, if they were to be voted on before the end of this Parliament.
(218414)
65
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many companies have signed Public Health Responsibility Deal pledges with measurable targets; and how many such companies have met those targets.
(218490)
66
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many child inpatient admissions with a primary diagnosis of obesity there have been in each of the last five years.
(218491)
67
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many days maternity units at each (a) NHS Trust and (b) NHS Foundation were put on divert in the last 12 months.
(218539)
68
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued for antidepressant medication in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency in each of the last 10 years.
(218337)
69
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions and at what cost patients who were admitted to psychiatric facilities run by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust were placed out of area in the last year.
(218338)
70
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many premature deaths related to mental health issues were registered by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust in each of the last five years; and what the initial diagnosis was in each such case.
(218339)
71
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have applied to Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust for mental health treatments in each of the last five years; and what treatment was received for each such diagnosis for every year available.
(218340)
72
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses employed in the NHS do not have the necessary English language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for nurses from outside the EU.
(218288)
73
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in England with advanced renal cell carcinoma have accessed treatment through the Cancer Drug Fund since April 2013.
(218434)
74
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors will be considered in decisions as to which drugs are delisted from the Cancer Drug Fund.
(218528)
75
N
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the approval by the Scottish Medicines Consortium of two second line treatments for renal cell carcinoma, if he will direct the Cancer Drug Fund panel to ensure that patients in England will continue to have access to treatments that are available on the NHS in Scotland for that condition.
(218530)
76
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Public Health England, (c) Monitor and (d) the Care Quality Commission spent on public relations and communications staff in (i) each year since 2010 and (ii) 2014 to date.
(218532)
77
N
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full time equivalent staff in the NHS in England were employed as (a) diagnostic radiographers, (b) clinical radiologists, (c) ultrasonographers, (d) medical endoscopists, (e) nurse endoscopists, (f) radiotherapy physics staff, (g) nuclear medicine technologists, (h) therapeutic radiographers and (i) clinical oncologists in each of the last five years; and how many of each group were at consultant level.
(218444)
78
N
George Hollingbery
(Meon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average (a) chief executive/secretary remuneration and (b) number of full-time equivalent staff was in each of his Department's (i) advisory non-departmental public bodies, (ii) executive agencies, (iii) executive non-departmental public bodies, (iv) non-ministerial departments and (v) tribunal non-departmental public bodies in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(218295)
79
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cancer patients currently have access to (a) intensity modulated, (b) image-guided and (c) stereotactic radiotherapy.
(218360)
80
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests per indication were received by NHS England for radiotherapy treatment in the last financial year; and how many such requests were refused.
(218419)
81
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) colonoscopy tests and (b) flexible sigmoidoscopy tests took place in the NHS in England in each of the last five years.
(218494)
82
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage coverage of flexible-sigmoidoscopy screening was at the end of (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and what the projected coverage of such screening is for the end of 2015-16.
(218495)
83
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage health authorities to reclaim and re-use disability adaptations and equipment that are no longer required by clients.
(218541)
84
N
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress his Department has made in formulating a new scheme of support for those who contracted haemophilia or hepatitis C as a result of contaminated NHS blood supplies; what assessment he has made of the effect on the implementation of such a scheme of the dissolution of Parliament before it is completed; and if he will make a statement.
(218158)
85
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence about a technology appraisal for tamoxifen in the chemoprevention indication.
(218545)
86
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast cancer clinicians he spoke to directly when developing his policy on the Off-patent Drugs Bill.
(218546)
87
Naomi Long
(Belfast East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Off-patent drugs will be considered under the Early Access Scheme.
(218547)
88
Sir Peter Luff
(Mid Worcestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the 111 NHS telephone service on attendance at hospital accident and emergency departments.
(218555)
89
N
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average throughput of fractions was per radiotherapy machine in England in each of the last five years.
(218438)
90
N
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards the objective set in Improving Outcomes: A Cancer Strategy for England, published in January 2011 of an average throughput of 8,700 fractions per radiotherapy machine per year.
(218489)
91
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the rebate from the PPRS scheme (a) in cash terms and (b) as a proportion of overall medicines spend in 2015-16 and 2016-17; and what earlier estimate his Department has made for that period.
(218420)
92
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions each (a) NHS trust and (b) NHS foundation trust, on which dates, have had bed occupancy rates of 100 per cent for (i) maternity and (ii) general and acute beds since May 2010.
(218421)
93
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what charges are in place for patients who use NHS walk-in centres; and which of these charges have been introduced since May 2010.
(218422)
94
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests his Department has received from (a) acute trusts, (b) ambulance trusts and (c) mental health trusts for emergency financial assistance to cope with upcoming winter pressures.
(218423)
95
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (a) stationery and (b) printing costs in (i) each of the last four years and (ii) 2014-15 to date.
(218529)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
96
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 4 of page 1 of her Department's publication, Changes to Family Migration Rules Impact Assessment, published on 12 June 2012, if she will ensure that the Government's review of family migration rules planned for April 2015 takes into account the recommendations of the APPG on Migration's inquiry into family migration.
(218487)
97
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what value of assets has been recovered from overseas confiscation orders in each of the last seven years.
(218435)
98
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times she or Ministers in her Department have met their counterparts in the (a) Welsh Government, (b) Scottish Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive to discuss the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Bill.
(218352)
99
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) Serco and (b) G4S have tendered for contracts let by her Department in each year since May 2010.
(218573)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
100
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department's officials have had with the governments of African states receiving aid from the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition on policy reforms relating to seeds and plants variety protections; and if she will publish correspondence and transcripts of meetings on that issue between her Department and (a) the governments of African states receiving aid from the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, (b) the US government, (c) representatives of agricultural companies and (d) representatives of seed companies.
(218562)
101
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to assist Yazidi women in Iraq and Syria who have been kidnapped by ISIS.
(218552)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
102
N
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to increase the compensation paid by criminals to their victims.
(906656)
103
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which companies Capita are sub-contracting under its electronic monitoring contract with his Department.
(218417)
104
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department has awarded to Just Solutions International in each of the last five years; what the value and length of each such contract is; and with whom in his Department each such contract was signed.
(218418)
105
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the new contract for electronic monitoring is costing his Department in each year of the contract.
(218492)
106
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times officials and Ministers in his Department have had meetings with companies that were interested in bidding for the electronic monitoring contract.
(218493)
107
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount his Department has paid to Jadu Ltd for (a) establishing and (b) maintaining IT systems to support the processing of employment tribunal fees and remissions to date.
(218521)
108
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been received by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in payment of employment tribunal fees since 1 April 2014; and how much of that sum was foregone in fee remission.
(218522)
109
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 206019, when he expects to be in a position to provide data on the number of employment tribunal fee remission applications made in each month since 29 July 2013.
(218523)
110
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 206019, how many awards of remission of fees for employment tribunal proceedings were made in each month between 1 July 2014 and 30 September 2014; and how many such awards were to (i) single claimants, (ii) claimants in multiple claimant cases and (iii) applicants to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
(218524)
111
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate savings in variable operational costs to HM Courts and Tribunals Service resulting from the reduction in the number of employment tribunal claims since 29 July 2013.
(218525)
112
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people segregated in prison in England and Wales have protected characteristics in each of the last three years for which data are available.
(218558)
113
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions G4S has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010.
(218564)
114
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions SERCO has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010.
(218565)
115
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will increase the maximum magistrates' court fines for non-payment of the national minimum wage.
(218355)
Questions to the Prime Minister
116
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Prime Minister, when he has visited a foodbank in order to assess the effect of the Government's policies on foodbank use.
(218542)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
117
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 10 September 2014 to Question 208314, by what date he intends to complete consideration of whether to update existing guidance on pedestrian crossings.
(218356)
118
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Law Commission's review of the legal framework governing taxis and private hire vehicles in England and Wales.
(218452)
119
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish reported road casualty figures by severity for each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency for each year from 2003 to 2013.
(218560)
120
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest cost estimate is for (a) Reading Station Area Redevelopment, (b) East West Rail Phase 1 and Phase 2, (c) the Northern Hub, (d) TransPennine electrification, (e) Great Western Mainline electrification, (f) Midland Mainline electrification, (g) South Wales Mainline electrification and (h) Valley Lines electrification.
(218298)
121
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve train speeds between Doncaster and Hull; and if he will make a statement.
(218159)
122
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to permit motorists to opt out of the arrangements by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to pass their details to third parties; and if he will make a statement.
(218160)
123
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the amount of working time lost because of traffic jams in each of the last 10 years.
(218543)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
124
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the procurement for a new provider to deliver the work capability assessment requires the design of that scheme to be revised or reformed.
(218450)
125
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants will be seen for a medical assessment within 16 weeks by 31 December 2014.
(218436)
126
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of unemployed people with mental health problems who are currently on the Work Programme.
(218425)
127
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimant off-flows with a date of death recorded at the time of benefit off-flow there were in each year since 2010; and of those how many claimants had received a sanction in the six months before their death.
(218351)
128
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimant off-flows with a date of death recorded at the time of benefit off-flow there were in each year since 2010; and of those how many claimants had received a sanction in the six months before their death.
(218353)
129
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216782, what steps his Department is taking to improve the administration process for funeral payments.
(218572)
130
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many live Child Support Agency cases with maintenance arrears there is an arrears charging schedule in place; and in how many such cases arrears repayments are being made in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
(218415)
131
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) women and (b) men in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland aged 56 years who in each of the last four years have had no pension savings.
(218416)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
132
Nadhim Zahawi
(Stratford-on-Avon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total annual average cost to the public purse of employing a school nurse.
[Transferred]
(218553)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
133
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the respective policy responsibilities of the Secretary of State for (a) Culture, Media and Sport and (b) Business, Innovation and Skills are with regard to (i) telecoms policy, (ii) the digital economy and (iii) the creative industries.
[Transferred]
(218293)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
134
N
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of crimes committed by ex-prisoners.
[Question Unstarred]
(906635)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
135
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of eligible pensioners who have not claimed the winter fuel allowance in each year since May 2010.
[Transferred]
(218424)
136
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps =he is taking to ensure that pensioners become better aware of their right to claim winter fuel allowance.
[Transferred]
(218426)