Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 18 December 2014
Notes:
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[N]
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 18 December 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 18 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
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218987)
2
Steve Baker
(Wycombe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the costs to small and medium-sized businesses of the practice whereby companies require a supplier company to make a payment in order to join or to remain on that company's list of suppliers.
(218934)
3
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217684, how many employers have been fined for non-payment of the apprentice National Minimum Wage at the rate introduced in March 2014.
(218677)
4
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217684, how many of the 55 companies named for non-payment of the National Minimum Wage had underpaid apprentices; and how many of those 55 companies have been fined for non-payment of the apprentice National Minimum Wage.
(218678)
5
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217684, what (a) funding and (b) staffing has been allocated to enforcement of the apprentice National Minimum Wage.
(218679)
6
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217744, when his Department plans to write to level 2 and 3 apprenticeships in England informing them of their National Minimum Wage entitlement.
(218767)
7
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that interns used for full-time work are paid at least the National Minimum Wage; and if he will make a statement.
(218759)
8
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to prohibit companies from requiring a supplier company to make a payment in order to join or to remain on that company's list of suppliers.
(218825)
9
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications of the practice of companies requiring a supplier company to make a payment in order to join or to remain on that company's list of suppliers on competition in the UK economy.
(218826)
10
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with his ministerial colleagues on what steps to take in response to allegations that Scottish Power mis-sold cashback warranties in the 1990s.
(218620)
11
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to keep the people who lost money following the failure of firms involved in Scottish Power's cash back warranty scheme updated on progress on the review of whether there will be a further investigation of that matter.
(218621)
12
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Insolvency Service plans to conduct any inquiries under sections 432 or 447 of the Companies Act 1985 in the next six months.
(218622)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
13
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218988)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
14
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to ensure that all its polices are consistent with the UK's commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
(218683)
15
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(219003)
16
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings from legal aid reform and legal aid transformation in 2014-15.
(218833)
17
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Kuwaiti nationals have been referred to HM Treasury's sanctions list in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(218834)
18
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assurances he has received that agreements between the individual banks and the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the interest rate swap redress scheme were identical.
(218632)
19
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the potential fining of banks following the completion of the interest rate swap redress scheme.
(218660)
20
N
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the Exchequer from the introduction of fees for (a) employment tribunals, (b) judicial review and (c) criminal courts.
(218537)
21
Richard Fuller
(Bedford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2014 to Question 210848, if he will publish the criteria used by HM Revenue and Customs to determine whether payment of a debt should be pursued even when a case has been accepted for investigation by the Adjudicator.
(218974)
22
George Hollingbery
(Meon Valley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the overall budget for the Care First programme was in each year of that programme.
(218921)
23
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average time was taken by HM Revenue and Customs to pre-approve transfer pricing arrangements in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
(218609)
24
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each grade resigned from the Corporation Tax International and Stamps team of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
(218610)
25
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each grade worked in the Corporation Tax International and Stamps team of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
(218611)
26
N
Shabana Mahmood
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at each grade worked in the Transfer Pricing Group of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
(218658)
27
Mrs Anne Main
(St Albans):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the new rates of stamp duty, under what category land will be sold if planning permission has been granted for both commercial and residential purposes.
(219042)
28
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was overpaid in child and working tax credit because of error by officials in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years for which records are available.
(218880)
29
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that overseas retailers trading online stock which is located in the UK pay the appropriate level of VAT.
(218877)
30
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that all online retailers trading on eBay in the UK display VAT numbers.
(218935)
31
Stephen Phillips
(Sleaford and North Hykeham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on budgetary prudence with regards to EU staff pay and pensions.
(218976)
32
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution by the Exchequer Secretary, of 4 December 2014, Official Report, column 518, on the FCA redress scheme, if he will investigate the case of the Flanagan Group in Liverpool, Walton constituency.
(218619)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
33
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218989)
34
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to recommendation (a) of the report of the National Audit Office entitled Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014, published in November 2014, if his Department will publish a real-terms series of change in individual local authority income since 2010-11.
(218730)
35
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.42 of the Autumn Statement 2014, when he plans to launch the consultation on options for streamlining the process for selling on shared ownership properties.
(218731)
36
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to recommendation (c) of the report of the National Audit Office entitled Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014, published in November 2014, what steps he is taking to develop a clearer understanding of whether local authorities' funding is sufficient to support their core services.
(218732)
37
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraphs 3.5 to 3.11 of the report of the National Audit Office entitled Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014, published in November 2014, what steps he is taking to improve understanding of the financial sustainability of local authorities and the extent to which they may be at risk of financial failure.
(218733)
38
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraphs 3.13 to 3.20 of the report of the National Audit Office entitled Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014, published in November 2014, what steps he is taking to monitor the impact of funding decisions on local services in a co-ordinated way.
(218734)
39
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when and by what process a decision will be made on whether to reduce the number of elections held for Birmingham City Council.
(218881)
40
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average cost per home was of rubbish bin collections in each local authority in each of the last three years.
(218656)
41
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has published to assist local authorities to reduce waste and make savings rather than cutting frontline services.
(218982)
42
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter of 31 October 2014 from the hon. Member for Warley about compulsory purchase orders.
(218975)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
43
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218990)
44
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217484, which Ministers in his Department have visited which foodbanks on what dates.
(218652)
45
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 2.249 of the Autumn Statement 2014 (a) where and (b) when the Great Exhibition in the North will take place; with which organisations he plans to work to co-ordinate that Exhibition; what planning has taken place so far for that Exhibition; and whether the £1 million referred to in that Statement is in addition to or separate from previously announced amounts.
(218653)
46
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209987, in respect of how many of the 135 sites in acquisition stage have contracts been signed; what the value of those contracts is; and what the value of all the contracts that have been signed within the Mobile Infrastructure Project is.
(218721)
47
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the Phase 2 English project areas participating in the superfast broadband rollout programme in procurement have received bids or offers from suppliers other than BT.
(218722)
48
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much BDUK paid Oxera to conduct a state aid evaluation of the National Broadband Scheme; how many full-time equivalent employees are working on that evaluation; how many representations Oxera received and from whom these representations were received; whether BDUK plans to publish those representations; and when BDUK plans to publish that evaluation.
(218723)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
49
Mr James Arbuthnot
(North East Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration has been given to different future requirements for waterproofs of (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force; and if he will make a statement.
(218922)
50
Mr James Arbuthnot
(North East Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether waterproofs procured under the Taped Seam Contract will be designed to be worn under or over body armour.
(218923)
51
Mr James Arbuthnot
(North East Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specifications the Taped Seam Contract will set out for future waterproofs; and if he will make a statement.
(218924)
52
Mr James Arbuthnot
(North East Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Defence Equipment and Support plans to include a requirement for flame retardancy in future waterproof garments under the next Taped Seam Contract.
(218931)
53
Mr James Arbuthnot
(North East Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Defence Equipment and Support plans to include a requirement for chemical and biological protection in future waterproof garments under the next Taped Seam Contract.
(218932)
54
Mr James Arbuthnot
(North East Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the future waterproofing requirements of the armed forces of (a) the UK and (b) other NATO member states; and if he will make a statement.
(218933)
55
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218991)
56
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each type are in service in each branch of the armed forces; and where each such aircraft is based.
(218827)
57
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Army's armoured fighting vehicles is available for urgent deployment.
(218828)
58
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Government has received a request for assistance from a neighbouring state in accordance with sections 3.1 of the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue since 8 November 2013; and which search and rescue assets provided assistance on each such occasion.
(219035)
59
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has provided top-cover fixed wing search and rescue assets for a search and rescue mission since 8 November 2013; and which aircraft were used in each case.
(219036)
60
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rescues were co-ordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue and Coordination Centre in each of the last three years.
(219037)
61
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate how much has been spent by his Department on training the Iraqi Armed Forces since 2003.
(219039)
62
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's document entitled Combined Seapower: A Shared Vision for Royal Navy-United States Cooperation.
(219040)
63
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's document Combined Seapower: A Shared Vision for Royal Navy-United States Cooperation, how the Royal Navy and the United States Navy will conduct (a) combined aircraft carrier operations and (b) force and capability planning.
(219041)
64
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he is taking to protect the Yazidi community in and around Mount Sinjar from ISIS; and if he will make a statement.
(218837)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
65
Andy Burnham
(Leigh):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he, his advisers or anyone in his Office was (a) copied into any submission on and (b) involved in any discussions on the franchising process of Hinchingbrooke Hospital between May 2010 and December 2011.
(218864)
66
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to ensure that individual voter registration does not make it harder for transgender people to register to vote.
(218836)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
67
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a chemistry degree.
(218918)
68
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a science degree.
(218919)
69
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
(218993)
70
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what free school project applications have been withdrawn or cancelled; and what each application had spent on (a) property and planning, (b) technical and consultant and (c) legal fees before withdrawal or cancellation.
(218726)
71
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 19 free schools have opened in 2014-15 to date; how many students those schools have recruited in that period; and when details of the capital funding of those schools will be published.
(218840)
72
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants there were for the position of the new Ofsted lead subject inspector for religious education.
(218937)
73
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria the lead subject inspector uses to assess the teaching of religious education in schools.
(218938)
74
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who has held the responsibilities of the lead support inspector for religious education since the departure of the previous occupant of that post.
(218939)
75
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the new Ofsted lead subject inspector for religious education will be appointed.
(218940)
76
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how long the posts of lead subject leader for (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) geography and (d) history have been vacant.
(218942)
77
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's financial commitment is to the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court project; and if she will make a statement.
[R] (218666)
78
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of foster carers; and what recent estimate she has made of the number of foster carers required.
[R] (218668)
79
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to enable schools to run on solar power; and if she will make a statement.
(218874)
80
N
Iain Stewart
(Milton Keynes South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total additional premium funding paid to maintained schools to help pupils from families serving in the armed forces will be in 2014-15.
(218361)
81
N
Iain Stewart
(Milton Keynes South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils were entered for GCSEs in all subjects comprising the English Baccalaureat in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2013-14.
(218362)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
82
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218994)
83
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the performance of the My Energy Credit scheme.
(218927)
84
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help households with energy bills.
(906711)
85
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) domestic and (b) commercial properties that use LED lighting.
(218973)
86
N
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to support community energy schemes.
(906726)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
87
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
(218995)
88
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made on discussions of deep sea fishing at the Council of Ministers; and what steps she is taking to help bring those discussions to an early conclusion.
(218839)
89
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of compliance by puppy farms with regulations relating to the breeding and sale of puppies.
(218917)
90
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on how often using dogs to flush out foxes to be shot results in foxes being killed by the dogs rather than by shooting.
(218626)
91
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the progress of the project to extend the Yorkshire Dales National Park to the north of Cowan Bridge; and what estimate she has made of how long that project will take.
(218983)
92
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on Flood Insurance: regulations for the Flood Reinsurance Scheme, which closed on 16 September 2014.
(218724)
93
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that parties who are to be excluded from the Flood Re scheme are given adequate time to respond to the proposals for that scheme; and if she will make a statement.
(218725)
94
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take in response to Resolution 11.15 on the use of lead shot adopted by the 11th meeting of the Congress of Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.
(218889)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
95
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218996)
96
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) human rights record of the government of Azerbaijan and (b) compatibility of that record with (i) membership of the EU and (ii) the European Convention of Human Rights.
(218612)
97
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the British Embassy in Pyongyang has had with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials on reports to the UN Commission of Inquiry of widespread use of sexual violence against women within the Workers' Party of Korea, the government of the DPRK and the Korean People's Army.
(219046)
98
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the detention of Mr Biram Dah Abeid in Rosso, Mauritania on 11 November 2014.
(218861)
99
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which human rights concerns he discussed with the Undersecretary at the Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs during his visit to London in December 2014.
(218819)
100
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of changes in the human rights situation in Bahrain in the last six months.
(218820)
101
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department provides for the promotion of human rights in Bahrain.
(218821)
102
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to list Bahrain as a country of concern in his Department's next Human Rights and Democracy Report.
(218822)
103
Stephen Phillips
(Sleaford and North Hykeham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of restrictive measures against the regime in Zimbabwe imposed by the EU.
(218977)
104
Stephen Phillips
(Sleaford and North Hykeham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on corruption in EULEX Kosovo.
(218978)
105
Stephen Phillips
(Sleaford and North Hykeham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation along the Libyan border.
(218979)
106
Stephen Phillips
(Sleaford and North Hykeham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is providing to the Libyan government to improve border security in that country.
(218980)
107
Mr Frank Roy
(Motherwell and Wishaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has contributed to reviving local governance and administration in Syria in the last 12 months.
(218875)
108
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Kenyan government about the massacre of bus passengers on 22 November 2014.
(218886)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
109
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the median wait from test request to test result was for (a) abdominal ultrasound, (b) flexi-sigmoidoscopy, (c) colonoscopy and (d) brain MRI in (i) all tests requested and (ii) GP-requested tests in the last year for which figures are available.
(218769)
110
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients requiring proton beam therapy were treated overseas in each of the last five years; and how many such patients were on the high priority list of cancers.
(218823)
111
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fully functional linear accelerators were used for radiotherapy treatment in the NHS in England in each of the last 10 years; and how many fractions of such treatment NHS England delivered in that period.
(218824)
112
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of clinical commissioning groups have signed up to the five NHS Sign up to Safety pledges.
(218857)
113
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential costs of hepatitis C and the consequences of that disease to the NHS in the next 20 years.
(218684)
114
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England has taken to reduce the prevalence of hepatitis C.
(218862)
115
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(218997)
116
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been agreed for the HIV prevention programme for how many years following the end of the current contract; on what basis the future of that programme was decided; what consultation process was undertaken; and if he will make a statement.
(218755)
117
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in England referred for talking therapies for treatment of depression and anxiety started their treatment within (a) six and (b) 18 weeks in the last (i) quarter and (ii) year for which information is available.
(218756)
118
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services beds there were in England in each of the last five years.
(218757)
119
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in England referred for Early Intervention in Psychosis services received help within two weeks of being referred in the last (a) quarter and (b) year for which information is available.
(218758)
120
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people have accessed NHS child and adolescent mental health services in England in each of the last five years.
(218860)
121
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217647, if he will direct the Care Quality Commission to engage people with recent primary care experience in analytical processing under the heading of Intelligent Monitoring.
(218682)
122
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult mental health patients in Devon have been transferred out of the area in each of the last five years.
(218866)
123
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has paid for adult patients referred to psychiatric intensive care beds out of the Devon Partnership Trust area in each of the last five years.
(218867)
124
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult patients in Devon have been referred to psychiatric intensive care beds out of the area in each of the last five years.
(218868)
125
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult mental health beds have been available in the Devon Partnership Trust area in each of the last five years.
(218869)
126
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult psychiatric intensive care beds were available in the Devon Partnership Trust area in each of the last five years.
(218870)
127
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the provision of psychiatric inpatient beds for people with learning disabilities in Dorset.
(218878)
128
Andy Burnham
(Leigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on child and adolescent mental health services per young person in England in each of the last five years.
(218865)
129
Andy Burnham
(Leigh):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on mental health services per head of population in England in each of the last five years.
(218879)
130
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Foundation Trusts have self-certified to Monitor in their quarterly return for January to March 2014 that they are not compliant with the criteria in the Monitor risk assessment framework, relating to meeting health needs of people with a learning disability.
(219034)
131
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the the Nursing and Midwifery Technology Fund (a) has already been allocated and (b) he plans to allocate in future years.
(218628)
132
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of London Ambulance Service front-line staff in (a) London and (b) Enfield; and how many front-line staff there were in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) 2014 to date.
(218654)
133
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which board members of each clinical commissioning group have a financial interest in healthcare providers.
(218627)
134
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the existence of viable research proposals on the treatment, alleviation and prevention of mesothelioma; and if he will make a statement.
(218871)
135
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each commissioning support unit received in income from clinical commissioning groups since 2013-14.
(218829)
136
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of (a) acute, elderly and general nurses to acute, elderly and general nurses health care assistants and (b) all qualified nurses to health care assistants was in each year since 2009-10.
(218830)
137
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average wait from referral to treatment is for patients categorised as urgent who are not on the two-week cancer pathway.
(218831)
138
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests have been made to NHS England in each month since April 2013; and how many have of those been refused.
(218832)
139
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on parenting programmes in England in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years.
(218858)
140
N
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217880, if he will estimate the number of patients with bladder cancer who have had treatment delayed due to a shortage of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin drugs, including OncoTICE.
(218859)
141
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinicians about how to improve the uptake of clinically and cost-effective off-patent drugs outside their licensed indications.
(218685)
142
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a strategy and workplan with targets for increasing the use of off-label medicines.
(218686)
143
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) associates network about how to remove barriers to implementing NICE familial breast cancer guidance on the use of tamoxifen and raloxifene for women at high risk of breast cancer.
(218687)
144
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government spent in (a) cash terms, (b) real terms and (c) per person in (i) cash and (ii) real terms on older people's social care in England in each of the last five years.
(218680)
145
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government spent in (a) cash terms, (b) real terms and (c) per person in (i) cash and (ii) real terms on social care in England in each of the last five years.
(218681)
146
Stephen Lloyd
(Eastbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have had on the exclusion of indicators measuring over 75 mortality rates in the NHS Outcomes Framework.
(218941)
147
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he plans to lay regulatory proposals before the House to legislate for the standardised packaging of tobacco.
(218766)
148
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 217116, which clinical commissioning groups were consulted about the proposed changes to the commissioning of renal services; and in what form such consultation took place.
(218930)
149
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216943, whether the statement that off-patent drugs are widely used in the NHS refers to the use of off-patent drugs outside of their licensed indications.
(218728)
150
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216943, whether he plans to include issues related to off-patent drugs in the Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review.
(218729)
151
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the funding allocated to the Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund was disbursed in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and how much funding has been so allocated for 2015-16.
(218631)
152
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of re-evaluating the Cancer Drugs Fund list on breast cancer patients.
(218764)
153
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of agreement on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on (a) service delivery and (b) costs in the NHS.
(218765)
154
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cataract operations were performed in NHS hospitals in each year since 2009-10.
(218835)
155
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of (a) Monitor and (b) the Trust Development Authority was in each of the last five years.
(218849)
156
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost per head of the NHS in (a) cash and (b) real terms was in England in each of the last 15 years.
(218850)
157
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on out-of-hours services in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years.
(218851)
158
N
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has spent on its website in the last three years.
(218623)
159
N
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers in his Department have been allocated government cars; and what the shortest journey made by each such Minister in a government car was in each of the last two years.
(218624)
160
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies plan to spend on Christmas (a) cards, (b) postage, (c) parties and (d) decorations and trees in 2014.
(218618)
161
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges about the use of MPDL3280A for gall bladder tumours.
(218882)
162
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote smear tests for young women; and what estimate he has made of the number of young women who died of cancer in the last five years who had not had a smear test.
(218883)
163
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the consumption of alcohol.
(218884)
164
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges and the Alzheimer's Society about DNA and memory loss and the prospects for reducing the incidence of Alzheimer's.
(218885)
165
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability in the NHS of sensor badges to monitor the vital signs of patients.
(218887)
166
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK with migraine; and what the age range of those people is.
(218888)
167
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data sources Health Education England uses to inform its commissioning of training places for allied health professionals.
(218920)
168
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many allied health professionals are working in the public sector; and if he will estimate the number of allied health professionals working in (a) the private sector, (b) the third sector, (c) local authorities and (d) schools.
(218928)
169
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many allied health professionals providing NHS services are employed by (a) private and (b) voluntary sector organisations.
(218929)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
170
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Prevent strategy funding will be used in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities in the next financial year.
(218925)
171
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Government has allocated to the Prevent strategy for (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(218926)
172
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
(218998)
173
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many and what proportion of candidates took their English language tests online in each country in each of the last five years.
(218716)
174
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, what licences were awarded to which companies testing English language skills in connection with visa applications for travel to the UK in the last five years.
(218717)
175
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, what steps her Department takes to ensure that the candidate sitting a test online is the same person who completed the secure online verification process.
(218718)
176
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many concerns regarding fraud or abuse in relation to English language testing were reported to her Department by English language testing providers in each country in each of the last five years.
(218719)
177
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many cases of fraud or abuse in relation to English language testing have been identified in each country in each of the last five years; and what proportion such cases were of the total number sitting those tests in each country.
(218720)
178
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Criminal Finances Improvement Plan 2014, what steps she is taking to work with the private sector to maximise asset recovery.
(218614)
179
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Criminal Finances Improvement Plan 2014, what steps she is taking to strengthen her Department's ability to recover assets hidden overseas.
(218615)
180
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to incorporate into the Serious Organised Crime Strategy the conclusions of the document, UK commitment to action on illegal wildlife trade, published in February 2014.
(218936)
181
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any officials of her Department, British officials acting on behalf of the Government, or British diplomats in the US requested that the US Senate Committee on Intelligence redact any part of its report on the US Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program that potentially could compromise UK national security interests.
(219033)
182
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants were granted British citizenship who had previously absconded from immigration detention in the UK in each of the last five years.
(218985)
183
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls there are on the sale of crossbows.
(218630)
184
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have reviewed all rape reports classified as no crime since the publication of HMIC's report on crime data integrity; how far back each such review went; and how many cases were re-classified as a result.
(218760)
185
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of phishing there have been in each of the last five years.
(218876)
186
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many front-line staff are employed at the UK border; and what the annual cost to the public purse is of such staff.
(218616)
187
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce legislative proposals to prevent anyone who has entered or stayed illegally in the UK being granted British citizenship.
(218768)
188
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people successfully applied for UK citizenship in each of the last five years; how many applications for citizenship in that time have been rejected; and how many people's applications for citizenship are pending.
(218986)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
189
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
(218999)
190
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will consider funding non-UNHCR programmes that support trafficked and abused North Korean women in China.
(219032)
191
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, whether any other departments contributed to the costs of holding the DfID Direct Roadshows.
(218649)
192
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, what venues were used for the DfID Direct Roadshows; and what the market value is of the cost of hiring each such venue for an event.
(218650)
193
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, what publicity material was produced for the DfID Direct Roadshows.
(218651)
194
N
Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects the Strengthening Humanitarian Preparedness in High Risk Contexts programme has established in the Philippines; and what the (a) outputs and (b) outcomes of those projects has been to date.
(218669)
195
N
Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the funding for the Strengthening Humanitarian Preparedness in High Risk Contexts programme was allocated to the Philippines.
(218670)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
196
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(219000)
197
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those imprisoned under an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection have been released on licence in each year since May 2010.
(218657)
198
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Just Solutions International is a contractor or a sub-contractor in the current electronic monitoring contract.
(218852)
199
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of Parental Alienation Syndrome on family breakdowns; and what plans he has to issue guidance or bring forward legislative proposals to deal with that syndrome and its effects.
[R] (218665)
200
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of Parental Alienation Syndrome on families; and what plans he has to issue guidance or being forward legislative proposals to deal with those effects.
[R] (218667)
201
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 215901, tabled on 25 November 2014; and what the reasons are for the time taken to answer that Question.
(218674)
202
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on ensuring that prosecutions are made under squatting legislation.
(219044)
203
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 215302, whether he plans to commission external (a) consultants and (b) accountants to plan the five year investment.
(218841)
204
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations the Minister has received on his policy on insolvency litigation.
(218984)
205
N
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has and in what time frame to digitise (a) records from North Staffordshire and Newcastle Manor Copy Rolls and (b) other records in the National Archive; and if he will make a statement.
(218838)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
206
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to maintain security and police terrorism.
(218735)
Questions to the Prime Minister
207
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from No. 10 Downing Street.
(219001)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
208
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many Electoral Registration Officers failed to meet (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five or (f) more than five of the Electoral Commission's performance standards in each year since 2008.
(218853)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
209
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(219002)
210
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has budgeted for initiatives to increase the number of journeys made on foot in each of the next five years.
(218613)
211
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the sources of funding available are for promoting journeys made on foot from (a) the Government, (b) local authorities and (c) other sources in each of the last five years.
(218655)
212
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and (b) the Civil Aviation Authority about the resources needed by NATS for a resilient and effective national air traffic control system since 2012.
(218854)
213
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and (b) the Civil Aviation Authority about the effectiveness of IT systems used by NATS following the operational difficulties experienced on 7 December 2013.
(218855)
214
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he and officials in his Department have had with National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Civil Aviation Authority on the upgrade programme to enhance air traffic capacity and the implications for continuing reliability of NATS operations day-to-day while it is implemented in the last 12 months.
(218856)
215
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme has been in each of the last five years.
(218617)
216
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assets he has designated for search and rescue under section 2.5 of Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation; and where each such asset is located.
(219038)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
217
Richard Fuller
(Bedford):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the document entitled, Caste Legislation introduction programme and timetable, published in July 2013, for what reasons the draft order has not yet been published for consultation.
(218972)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
218
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
(219004)
219
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount has been taken from the benefits recovered by the Compensation Recoveries Unit to subsidise the cost of the levy under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments scheme in the first year of its operation.
(218872)
220
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Minister imposed a levy under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments scheme on relevant insurers at 2.2 per cent of the gross written premiums for employers liability insurance policies and not three per cent as anticipated.
(218873)
221
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with mental health conditions in the London Borough of Southwark have had sanctions imposed on their benefits when claiming for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in the last 12 months.
(218659)
222
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who waited longer than five days between their benefit application and a decision on their application in each year since May 2010.
(218629)
223
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 October 2013, Official Report, column 487W, how many former Remploy workers are now in employment.
(218625)
224
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount is outstanding in child maintenance arrears in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency and (b) Scotland.
(218688)
225
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders for oustanding child maintenance arrears have been issued to non-resident parents in each of the last four years for which figures are available in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland, (f) each local authority area and (g) each Parliamentary constituency.
(218761)
226
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of paupers' funerals in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) England and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
(218762)
227
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average time taken to process an application for funeral expenses from the Social Fund from application submission to decision in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
(218763)
228
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people who will reach state pension age in the 12 months from the commencement of the single tier pension who will be eligible to receive state pension at the full rate.
(218675)
229
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people who will reach state pension age in the 12 months from the commencement date of the single tier pension who will receive a reduced pension as a result of (a) having made reduced National Insurance contributions as a consequence of contracting out of (i) SERPS or (ii) 2SP and (b) failure to attain the qualifying threshold of a contribution record of 35 years.
(218676)
230
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Access to Work Workplace Mental Health Support Service is currently operating at maximum capacity of its budget; and what further steps he plans to take to ensure that that service meets the needs of people with mental health problems.
(218916)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
231
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Office.
[Transferred]
(218992)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
232
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities to ensure they understand their powers to remove unauthorised encampments.
[Transferred]
(219043)
233
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Department has made of the prevalence of the use of pre-emptive injunctions to protect land from unauthorised encampments.
[Transferred]
(219045)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
234
N
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help households with energy bills.
[Question Unstarred]
(906714)