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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 5 January 2015

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 5 January 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 5 January 2015

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.

For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.

Monday 5 January  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with disability hate crimes in each of the last 10 years.
      (219111)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on signing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement in circumstances where EU and UK food safety standards were undermined in that Treaty.
      (219385)
3  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that EU and UK food safety regulations are not undermined in the negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Treaty.
      (219386)
4  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether goods produced in the Kaesong Industrial Complex by North Korean labourers are included in the European Union-South Korean Free Trade Agreement; and if he will make an assessment of the implications for that agreement of the findings of the report by the US-Korea Institute at SAIS of March 2014 on the wages of North Korean workers at that complex.
      (219329)
5  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217965 and with reference to paragraph 2.219 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what funding he has allocated to the free online map of green space in each financial year to 2019-20; and when that map will be publicly available.
      (219118)
6 N
Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have contributed in annual membership fees to the Confederation of British Industry in each year since 2007.
      (219412)
7 N
Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have made to the Confederation of British Industry in each year since 2007; and what the purpose was of each such payment.
      (219413)
8  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to institute additional scrutiny of sales of defence and security equipment to Bahrain; and if he will take additional measures to further prevent the sale to Bahrain of defence equipment which would be used against civilians.
      (219327)
9  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of research by the Federation of Small Business which found that 17 per cent of small businesses claim mistreatment by larger firms that they supply; and if he will make a statement.
      (219321)
10 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to protect the independence of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
      (219030)
11  
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will publish the apprentice pay survey for 2014 showing what apprentices are paid by age, gender, ethnicity, industry sector and apprenticeship level.
      (219128)
12  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish final recommendations following his Department's consultation, the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables.
      (219138)
13  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of including (a) the UK sawmilling sector and (b) all industries eligible for relief under the Climate Change Agreement in the scope of the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables scheme.
      (219145)
14  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK sawmilling sector of its exclusion from the provisions of the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables scheme.
      (219147)
15  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will initiate an inquiry into the performance of the insolvency service in handling the case of COSALT.
      (219223)
16  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to create an independent regulator to regulate insolvencies.
      (219332)
17  
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations have been awarded funding from the Employer Ownership Fund to train female engineers; and how much each such organisation has been allocated.
      (219361)
18  
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast his Department has made of the spending on the 2014-15 Employee Ownership Fund.
      (219396)
19 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on promoting Level 3 Building Information Modelling; and if he will make a statement.
      (218904)
20  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many self-employed people there are in (a) Hertfordshire, (b) England and (c) the UK.
      (219087)
21  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small companies were formed in (a) Hertfordshire, (b) England and (c) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
      (219088)
22 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on establishing the national nuclear college.
      (218947)
23  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217431, if he will make it his policy to record the ethnicity of staff working for companies contracted by his Department.
      (219119)
24  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding each Citizens Advice Bureau in Wales has received from his Department in each of the last five years.
      (219351)
25  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218516, if he will list the 55 employers his Department has named and shamed for the non-payment of the national minimum wage.
      (219353)
26  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to provide guidance for the protection of consumers on the practices of cash for property businesses so as to ensure that sellers are fully aware of the financial implications.
      (219325)
27  
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is giving to businesses who wish to take on apprentices.
      (219529)
28  
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of post offices on financial inclusion and the social value of maintaining the network.
      (219384)
29  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of people employed in the video games industry in (a) England, (b) Warwickshire and (c) Warwick and Leamington in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2013.
      (219377)
30  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more women to work in the manufacturing sector.
      (219381)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
31  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants have not received any pension payments from MyCSP since October 2014.
      (219342)
32  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants have received late pension payments from MyCSP since October 2014.
      (219343)
33  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants have received late pension payments since the spin out of MyCSP in 2012.
      (219344)
34  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) desks and (b) workstations there are in his Department; and what the average annual cost to his Department is of leasing each desk.
      (219520)
35  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were employed in his Department on 1 January 2015.
      (219569)
36  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the period of purdah prior to the 2015 General Election will begin.
      (219064)
37  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 215805, what response his Department has received from educational institutions on his Department's guidance on the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
      (219319)
38  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the responsibilities are for dealing with civil emergencies of each of the devolved administrations; and if he will make a statement.
      (219084)
39 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2014 to Question 218578, how many full-time equivalent staff in the Government Digital Service are working on further research on those lacking digital skills; and when such research will be (a) completed and (b) published.
      (219281)
40 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2014 to Question 218583, when he plans to publish details of his (a) correspondence and (b) discussions relating to the Gold review after March 2014.
      (219282)
41 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218433, whether https://www.gov.uk/performance includes information on the top sites on an annual basis for each of the past three years.
      (219284)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
42 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on Exchequer revenues of the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union in European Commission v United Kingdom (Case C-112/14) of 13 November 2014; and if he will make a statement.
      (219257)
43 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many degree students were supported by employers in the most recent year for which figures are available; and in how many such cases tax relief was granted on the employer's costs.
      (219074)
44 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were granted tax relief on expenditure on training to degree level in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the total value was of that tax relief.
      (219075)
45 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief was claimed by employers on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (219097)
46 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of training his Department uses for the purposes of allowing tax relief on employer spending on training.
      (219098)
47 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers received tax relief on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (219099)
48 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of annual expenditure on tax credits is allocated to the administration of the programme.
      (219406)
49  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.103 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what discussions he had with the Chief Executive of Invest NI before the announcement of the possible devolution of corporation tax.
      (219114)
50 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential effect on music web publishing businesses in the UK of the introduction of recently announced changes to VAT rules.
      (219172)
51 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium-sized businesses were directly consulted on the recently announced changes to VAT rules.
      (219175)
52 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether music students who make their music available via (a) www.bandcamp.com and (b) other sharing platforms will be required to register for VAT from 1 January 2015.
      (219176)
53  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential of the changes which come into force on 1 January 2015 on VAT rules for small and micro businesses in the UK which sell digital products to other EU Member states.
      (219235)
54  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to monitor the effect of the VAT mini one stop shop and VAT rules changes which come into force on 1 January 2015 on small and micro businesses in the UK.
      (219236)
55  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with small and medium-sized businesses which are likely to be affected by the introduction of VAT mini one stop shop and the new VAT rules which come into force on 1 January 2015.
      (219237)
56  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rate of VAT is payable on eBooks (a) supplied by Amazon from Luxembourg and (b) supplied in the UK.
      (219219)
57  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to tax authorities in (a) Ireland and Luxembourg and (b) other EU countries to ensure that profits made in the UK can be taxed in the UK at UK tax rates.
      (219220)
58  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds for comparative purposes on VAT taxes and rates on (a) books and (b) eBooks in other EU countries.
      (219224)
59  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce legislative proposals to implement procedures which track transactions in foreign exchange markets to facilitate the detection of mispriced customer trades.
      (219225)
60  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what access he has to evidence by the EU enquiry into the extent and the means of tax avoidance by multinational corporations through Luxembourg and the Irish Republic.
      (219226)
61  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to require that multinational corporations produce a breakdown of their profits earned in the UK and to report all payments of royalties, interest on borrowing and transfer pricing to other tax areas.
      (219227)
62  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the evidence of Kevin Nicholson, Head of Tax, PWC, to the Committee of Public Accounts of 31 January 2013, question 39, HC 870-i, if he will seek from Luxembourg's tax authorities information about who advised, sold, arranged or organised tax avoidance deals taking place in that country.
      (219228)
63  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.243 of the Autumn Statement 2014, how he plans to assess the profits made by multinational corporations for the purpose of the diverted profits tax.
      (219229)
64  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations his Department is conducting on British companies and multinational companies trading in the UK described in documents leaked from PWC on their tax deals in Luxembourg.
      (219230)
65 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the net Exchequer effect of green (a) taxes and (b) subsidies in the last five years.
      (219213)
66 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the income tax personal allowance to £13,500.
      (219214)
67 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has (a) accrued and (b) he expects will accrue as a result of the measures taken in 2012 to extend VAT to alterations to listed buildings.
      (219416)
68 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the relationship between the global price of oil and the cost of petrol in the UK.
      (219505)
69 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the price differentials for LPG across regions of the UK.
      (219508)
70 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average LPG price in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
      (219509)
71  
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications of the Valuation Office Agency's decision to remove cash machines in post offices from the rating list on other retail businesses that host cash machines.
      (219383)
72  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the contribution made by the video games industry to UK GDP in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
      (219379)
73  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the contribution made by the video games industry to UK exports in cash terms in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
      (219380)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
74  
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to protect leaseholders charged with excessive charges for repairs levied before the new cap for council house repairs came into force in August 2014.
      (219077)
75  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff away days have been attended by Ministers in his Department since October 2013.
      (219469)
76  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cleaners who work in his Department are paid the London living wage.
      (219470)
77  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the carbon emissions of officials cars used by Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
      (219471)
78  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any staff not on his Department's payroll have accompanied Ministers in his Department on official (a) foreign and (b) domestic visits since May 2010.
      (219472)
79  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government Procurement Card total spend contribution has been from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since he took up that post.
      (219473)
80  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the gender balance is of staff working in the Ministerial office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
      (219474)
81  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the ethnic composition is of staff working in the Ministerial office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
      (219475)
82  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are employed on zero-hours contracts in the office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
      (219476)
83  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many unpaid (a) interns and (b) other staff work in the office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
      (219477)
84  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many interns are employed to work in the office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
      (219478)
85  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the area in square metres is of the Ministerial office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
      (219479)
86  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless shelters have been visited by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since October 2013.
      (219480)
87  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many care homes have been visited by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since October 2013.
      (219481)
88  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the location was of each care home visited by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since October 2013.
      (219482)
89  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many community pubs have been visited in an official capacity by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since he took up that post.
      (219483)
90  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff away days there have been for staff in the office of each Minister in his Department since October 2013.
      (219516)
91  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what newspapers, periodicals and magazines his Department purchases for the use of Ministers.
      (219568)
92  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many departmental sports days have been attended by Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
      (219570)
93  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many visits in the UK as part of his official duties have been carried out by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since October 2013; and what the (a) location, (b) date, (c) cost and (d) purpose was of each such visit.
      (219571)
94  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many overseas visits in an official capacity have been carried out by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since March 2014; and what the (a) location, (b) date, (c) cost and (d) purpose was of each such visit.
      (219572)
95  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what gifts have been received by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since March 2014.
      (219573)
96  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what gifts have been received by staff in the office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley, since October 2013.
      (219574)
97 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 15 December 2014, Official Report, column 1116, when he plans to issue a Written Statement on radicalisation.
      (219023)
98 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 15 December 2014, Official Report, column 1116, which groups in East London, East Birmingham and along the M62 Corridor his Department is working with.
      (219024)
99 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 15 December 2014, Official Report, column 1116, what the (a) name is of and (b) amounts of money are received by each of the integration projects funded by the £45 million spent by his Department since 2010.
      (219025)
100 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Oral Answer of 15 December 2014, Official Report, column 1116, what (a) the name is of and (b) amount of money is received by each of the 29 projects his Department is supporting in 2014.
      (219026)
101 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Recommendation on page 11 of the report of the National Audit Office entitled, financial sustainability of local authorities, published on 19 November 2014, HC 783, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen its processes for assessing local authority funding requirements at future spending reviews.
      (219027)
102 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at his Department on 15 December 2014, Official Report, columns 1115 and 1153, by what mechanisms the Written Ministerial Statement and Statutory Instrument will guarantee that if a firefighter does not have an underlying medical condition and they cannot pass the fitness test, either they will receive an alternative role or be offered an unreduced pension.
      (219072)
103 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Portsmouth North of 15 December 2014, Official Report, column 115, for what reasons a statutory instrument was not laid on 16 December 2014.
      (219076)
104 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to the Fire Kills campaign in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
      (219100)
105 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, the hon. Member for Portsmouth North, of 15 December 2014, Official Report, column 1153, what steps he will take to audit compliance with new arrangements for firefighters aged over 55 by fire and rescue services over the next three years.
      (219101)
106 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the review of 20 fire and rescue authorities' fitness policies undertaken by his Department.
      (219217)
107 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on Integration Update, what estimate he has made of expenditure on each of his Department's integration projects and activities in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
      (219451)
108 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on Integration Update, which integration projects and activities had their funding terminated in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
      (219452)
109 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218185, if he will undertake an assessment of (a) how many and (b) what proportion of tenants in the private rented sector have (i) asked for and (ii) been granted the model agreement for shorthold assured tenancy since that model agreement was published by the Government.
      (219453)
110 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy to carry out a revaluation of business rates in 2017.
      (219454)
111  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he provided to Faith Minorities in Action Project through the Muslim Charities Forum until his decision to terminate that funding.
      (219484)
112  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what steps he has taken (a) to ensure that the funding provided has been efficiently and effectively spent and (b) to evaluate the contribution made to confronting and challenging extremism in all its forms.
      (219485)
113  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he has provided to each of the projects and activities listed.
      (219486)
114  
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he has provided for each of the projects and activities listed as previously funded.
      (219487)
115 N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the role is of housing needs assessments within local plans.
      (219079)
116 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage change was in the proportion of expenditure made up by council tax income in each English local authority between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
      (219192)
117 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in expenditure on young people's services (i) in total and (ii) per head of, population was in each English local authority between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
      (219193)
118  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in the number of homelessness applications was in each English local authority between April 2010 and the latest date for which figures are available.
      (219194)
119 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications were made under Part A of the Transformation Challenge Award Scheme 2015-16; how many such applications were successful; and what proportion of the funds set aside for Part A awards was allocated.
      (219461)
120 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the applications from Christchurch and East Dorset Councils for an award under Part A of the Transformation Challenge Award Scheme 2015-16 satisfied the criteria for such awards; and for what reason the bid was unsuccessful.
      (219462)
121  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new dwellings were (a) started and (b) completed in (i) the private rented, (ii) local authority, (iii) owner-occupied and (iv) housing association sectors in each year since 2010-11.
      (219558)
122  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on rent levels in the private rented sector in each London borough in each year since 2010-11.
      (219559)
123  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of families that have been statutorily rehoused by each London borough (a) in that borough and (b) elsewhere in each year since 2010-11.
      (219560)
124  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of private rented flats declared unfit for human habitation in each London borough in each year since 2010-11.
      (219561)
125 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Quesiton 217113, when data on how many small firms and shops in each local authority will benefit from reductions in business rates in 2015-16 will be available; and if he will make a statement.
      (218966)
126 N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of the independent inspection of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council headed by Louise Casey CB; and what he expects the contribution to those costs will be from (a) his Department, (b) Rotherham Council and (c) other sources.
      (218893)
127 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-frontline roles are currently available in (a) Warrington and (b) Cheshire for firefighters who cannot meet fitness requirements for reasons beyond their control.
      (218897)
128 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on marketing in relation to the Right to Buy scheme in London in each year since 2010.
      (219547)
129 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Justice speeding up the eviction process for illegal Traveller encampments by appointing specialist magistrates able to sit at short notice and out-of-hours.
      (219209)
130 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what new models of delivering children's services his Department is considering in the course of its Delivering Differently in Neighbourhoods Programme; and if he will make a statement.
      (219210)
131  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what cross-departmental work his Department undertakes with the Home Office to tackle the sexual trafficking of children.
      (219232)
132  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on the effect of changes to rules regulating domestic extensions introduced in 2012.
      (219233)
133  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department monitors the effect on local communities of domestic extensions under permitted development.
      (219234)
134  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses have been built under the Government's proposal to replace every house sold under its right to buy arrangements; and how many houses have been sold under those arrangements.
      (219218)
135  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will increase the number of council tax bands to increase the proportion of their income wealthiest people pay as council tax.
      (219221)
136  
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to create more affordable housing in London.
      (219222)
137  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of planning changes implemented since 2010 allowing the construction of affordable homes.
      (219070)
138  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has for a successor scheme to the Affordable Homes Programme.
      (219071)
139 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties on brownfield land (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all residential property sales were sold in each of the last five years.
      (219417)
140  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many small firms and shops will benefit from the cut in business rates in (a) England and (b) Havering in 2015-16.
      (219120)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
141  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the document DCMS Ministerial hospitality, overseas travel and meetings with external organisations: 1 April to 30 June 2014.
      (219091)
142 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on digital inclusion in each year from 2010; and how much it plans to spend on digital inclusion in each year to 2017.
      (219105)
143  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the all-Ireland bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023.
      (219083)
144 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times (a) Ofcom has requested he proscribe a broadcast service and (b) he has proscribed a broadcast service in each of the last five years.
      (219162)
145 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the time taken by BT Openreach to provide for the connection of new housing developments to telephone services.
      (219008)
146  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the number of households with internet access which do not have a television licence.
      (219109)
147  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households possessed a television licence in each of the last 20 years.
      (219110)
148  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings officials in his Department have had with video games businesses in the last 12 months.
      (219375)
149  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the number of video games companies based in the UK in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
      (219376)
150  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the video games industry.
      (219382)
151  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent review he has made of the arrangements that ensure that customers can easily switch contracts between telecom providers.
      (219348)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
152  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2014 to Question 202098, what the cost is of Typhoon Force-related capital works at RAF Lossiemouth; what estimate he has made of the cost of each infrastructure item for facilitating the future operation of the Typhoon Force and the Northern Quick Reaction Alert facility at RAF Lossiemouth.
      (219121)
153  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014 to Question 202099, what companies his Department contracted to transfer Typhoon Force equipment; and what the terms are of the existing contract.
      (219122)
154  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since Typhoon aircraft were redeployed to RAF Lossiemouth from RAF Leuchars such aircraft were required to use Leuchars as a diversionary airfield; how many such aircraft were involved on each occasion; and what the reasons were for those diversions.
      (219126)
155  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the (a) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and (b) 2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to relocate to the military base at Leuchars; how many military personnel make up each unit; and if he will make a statement.
      (219127)
156  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what items of infrastructure have been (a) commissioned for installation and (b) installed at RAF Leuchars in preparation of the arrival of Army units and associated personnel; how much each such item (i) was estimated to and (ii) has cost; and if he will make a statement.
      (219129)
157  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Ministry of Defence Police are currently undergoing disciplinary proceedings; and how many such staff underwent such proceedings between 2005 and 2013.
      (219401)
158 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement his Department has had in the negotiations between Ascent Flight Training, comprising Lockheed Martin and Babcock, and the Elbit Systems and KBR Affinity Team to provide fixed-wing aircraft training under the UK Military Flying Training Systems programme; when those negotiations are likely to be completed; how long he plans the contract for that training to last; and if he will make a statement.
      (219019)
159 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all correspondence and documentation held or produced by his Department on how the Government's Overseas Justice and Assistance Human Rights Guidance would affect the decision to enter an agreement with Bahrain to establish a naval base in the Gulf; and what assessment he has made of the compatibility of this decision with (a) international human rights treaties to which the UK is a party and (b) the promotion of human rights in Bahrain.
      (219272)
160 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 217946, for what reasons publishing an analysis of the effects of a UK nuclear weapon would prejudice the defence of the UK.
      (219273)
161 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish either as excerpts or in full official analysis of the destructive effect of the detonation of those UK nuclear warheads which were in service before the current Trident warhead.
      (219274)
162 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission and publish a report on the likely effect of a UK Trident warhead in time to allow this report to be presented at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in a level of detail that corresponds with maintaining national security.
      (219275)
163  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of (a) establishing and (b) operating the proposed British military base in Bahrain; and what contribution to those costs will be made by the government of Bahrain.
      (219565)
164 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the probability of planning permission being given for development of those parts of the site of the Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood, Hampshire, which are to be leased to private companies; and if he will make a statement.
      (219503)
165 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the three remaining bidders for the proposed lease of parts of the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre site have made their bids dependent upon planning permission for development being granted; and if he will make a statement.
      (219504)
166  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that service personnel who receive compensation payments as a result of injuries on active service are protected from financial exploitation in cases of brain injury; and if he will make a statement.
      (219085)
167  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215200, how the overall tolerability level was calculated; and how the figure of 0.84 per 1,000 was arrived at for the Tornado when the level for one primary accident set, mid-air collision, was 0.86 per 1,000.
      (219523)
168  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Numerical Criteria for Airworthiness (Adelard 2002) produced for ALTG_ADRPI, under contract MAP 2b/1351.
      (219524)
169  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document, 201110314 Collision Warning System Analysis Impact V1 3, produced by Qinetiq in November 2011.
      (219525)
170  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Merchant Navy to the aims and objectives of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
      (219365)
171  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy officers have participated in the Royal Navy/Merchant Navy Voyage Scheme in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
      (219371)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
172  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 21 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr M M Roberts.
      (219436)
173 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised human rights issues in relation to sexual violence against women with President Juan Manuel Santos in (a) Bogotá and (b) London; and if he will make a statement.
      (219020)
174 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised human rights issues in relation to military justice, land rights and risks faced by human rights defenders with President Juan Manuel Santos in (a) Bogotá and (b) London; and if he will make a statement.
      (219021)
175 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on TechNorth; and if he will make a statement.
      (218906)
176  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 216807, what proportion of students who initiated an online registration failed to finish that registration; and what information he holds on the main reason for failure to conclude the registration process.
      (219123)
177  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department has spent on opinion polling on attitudes in Scotland towards Scottish independence since 1 January 2013; and under what cost headings such money has been spent.
      (219534)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
178 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take, and on what timetable, to respond to the report from Ofsted entitled Overcoming barriers: ensuring that Roma children are fully engaged and achieving in education, published on 16 December 2014.
      (219067)
179 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans Ofsted has to inspect the school improvement service of Dorset County Council; and if she will make a statement.
      (219258)
180 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to respond to the request for guidance submitted by Dorset County Council on whether responsibility for determining the age range of entry to a maintained school rests with the local authority or with the school.
      (219259)
181 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether and how the timetable for the creation of academies and sponsored academies will be affected by rules for purdah preceding the 2015 General Election.
      (219260)
182 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish guidance on how to promote British values in school and ensure that traditional faith teaching is not considered extremism.
      (219014)
183 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been (a) made and (b) upheld about individual inspections in (i) early years provision, (ii) primary schools, (iii) secondary schools, (iv) sixth form colleges and (v) further education colleges in the last three academic years.
      (218891)
184 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of reserves held by local authority maintained schools in each year since 2006-07.
      (219278)
185 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of reserves held by academies in each year since 2006-07.
      (219279)
186 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of reserves held by free schools in each year since 2010-11.
      (219280)
187 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of academies and free schools have chosen to use the national curriculum or to use it as a basis for their teaching.
      (219405)
188  
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparable assessment she has made of the number of 16 to 18 year olds who are not in education, employment or training in (a) the UK and (b) other countries in the EU.
      (219372)
189  
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 18 year olds were not in education, employment or training in (a) 2014 and (b) 2013.
      (219373)
190  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has provided to the education sector on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
      (219238)
191  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on programmes for the teaching of English to (a) primary and (b) secondary school students who do not speak English as a first language in each of the last five academic years.
      (219239)
192  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what programmes her Department directly funds for the teaching of English to primary school students who do not speak English as a first language.
      (219240)
193  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has taken legal advice on whether local authorities are entitled to opt out of SEND placements under EU procurement directives and regulations.
      (219245)
194  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice her Department has given to local authorities making placements to specialist academies to ensure that they are not open to legal challenge by schools arguing that those placements were secured without competition or procurement.
      (219246)
195  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice her Department gives to maintained schools on what action to take when a student with special educational needs is verbally abused by a staff member.
      (219286)
196  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice her Department gives to independent and boarding schools on distribution of female contraceptives and male prophylactics to students.
      (219287)
197  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on children in residential care who have been identified as addicted to narcotics.
      (219288)
198  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards have been put in place following the decision to allow people who have been approved to adopt to search the Adoption Register.
      (219289)
199  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to young carers who are in further education but have yet to reach adulthood.
      (219291)
200  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place for the identification of young carers in further education in order to facilitate the provision of support.
      (219292)
201  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms there are for the identifcation of young carers by government departments and local authorities in order to facilitate the provision of support.
      (219294)
202  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms there are for the identification of young carers by her Department in order to facilitate the provision of support and benefits.
      (219295)
203  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children who are cared for by people who are not their parents (a) live with an approved family foster carer and (b) are looked-after children.
      (219296)
204  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children who are not cared for by a family member who are cared for through informal arrangements.
      (219297)
205  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on children in residential care who have been identified as addicted to alcohol.
      (219299)
206  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have a statement for or related to behavioural difficulties.
      (219300)
207  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to grandparents and other older people who act as kinship carers.
      (219301)
208  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grandparents acted as kinship carers for one or more of their family's children in each of the last five years.
      (219302)
209  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department's policy to record and collect information on the number of children in residential care who take psychiatric drugs.
      (219312)
210  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 214452, what information her Department holds on relation to children in care and psychiatric drugs.
      (219313)
211  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children with a special educational need or disability who are cared for through an informal arrangement.
      (219314)
212  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children who are cared for by a grandparent have a (a) special educational need and (b) disability.
      (219315)
213  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212540, which universities and training providers have taken part in Senco courses.
      (219320)
214 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of each (a) gender and (b) school year group have been removed from the school roll in each of the last three years.
      (218900)
215 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of reported bullying incidents in schools that was (a) homophobic and (b) sexual bullying in each of the last three years.
      (218902)
216  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage children to report sexual abuse to Childline or similar organisations.
      (219338)
217  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (c) Childline, (b) Voice of the Child in Care and (c) other similar organisations on the reporting of child abuse.
      (219341)
218  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils at schools in Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency received five A to C grades in GCSEs in each of the last three years.
      (219066)
219 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she issues on the procurement process local authorities should follow when letting contracts to acquire school places for children with SEND from Special Academy schools.
      (219408)
220 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that local authorities abide by procurement regulations when acquiring school places for children with SEND from Special Academy schools.
      (219410)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
221 N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made on the pilot for the Green Investment Bank to manage funds on behalf of the International Climate Fund; and if he will set a date to launch the pilot.
      (219171)
222  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much of the funds earmarked by his Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
      (219519)
223  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which countries and for what purpose his Department's contribution to the International Climate Fund has been spent; and what proportion of such funding (a) has been allocated to any multilateral institutions and (b) is (i) capital and (ii) resource expenditure.
      (219538)
224  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what selection process is used to appoint members of the Climate Change Committee.
      (219360)
225  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether members of the Climate Change Committee are permitted to have financial interests in businesses which might be affected by energy and climate change policy.
      (219364)
226  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the possibility of extending powers over access to shale gas mineral rights.
      (219093)
227 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what constraints there are on the carbon emissions of fossil fuel plant falling beneath the 20MW threshold.
      (219181)
228 N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212486, when he expects the assessment of the applications received under the 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing round to be completed; and when he expects to set a date for announcement of the award of licences.
      (219197)
229 N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the possibility of making the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund available to householders in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
      (219048)
230 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many children in England were classed as living in fuel poverty in each year since May 2010.
      (219544)
231  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 21 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to M M Roberts.
      (219434)
232  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 14 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to N Alves Lopes.
      (219438)
233  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212185, whether he discussed the pricing structure of the energy industry in his most recent meeting with Ofgem.
      (219242)
234  
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish the final recommendations from the consultation on the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables.
      (219144)
235  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with petrol retailers to ensure that changes in the cost of oil are reflected in the retail prices of petrol; and if he will make a statement.
      (219137)
236 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to prevent a skills shortage in the nuclear sector.
      (218943)
237 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made in the Government's decision for handling the UK's plutonium stockpile.
      (218945)
238  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many contracts have been signed with each energy company to deliver projects under the Energy Companies Obligation between April 2015 and April 2017.
      (219140)
239  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much renewable electricity capacity is projected to come online before 2020.
      (219141)
240  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress he has made on the mass rollout of the Smart Meter programme.
      (219349)
241  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made towards the decarbonisation of heating in the UK to date; what steps he is taking to further progress such decarbonisation; and if he will make a statement.
      (219350)
242 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of fuel poverty on residential air quality and associated illnesses.
      (219506)
243 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of energy efficient housing measures on residential air quality and associated illnesses.
      (219507)
244 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to identify and tackle companies who falsely claim to be providing work as part of the Green Deal.
      (219078)
245  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with (a) his ministerial colleagues and (b) his counterpart in the Welsh Government on the economic effects of using pylons for electricity transmission and their potential effect on (a) tourism and (b) property values.
      (219345)
246  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the (a) economic cost of using pylons for electricity transmission, (b) the cost in respect of property values and (c) their cost in respect of lost taxation.
      (219346)
247  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what review he has undertaken of the fitness for purpose of the business model for the transmission of electricity.
      (219440)
248  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the current model is for determining compensation for householders when pylons are erected near their properties; and what plans he has to review or modify that model.
      (219441)
249 N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish his Department's timetable for progressing the management of separated plutonium stocks.
      (219455)
250 N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the management of separated plutonium stocks.
      (219456)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
251  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the funds earmarked by her Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
      (219517)
252  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which countries and for what purpose her Department's contribution to the International Climate Fund has been spent; and what proportion of such funding (a) has been allocated to any multilateral institutions and (b) is (i) capital and (ii) resource expenditure.
      (219539)
253 N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the quantity of honey produced by the hives on the roof of Nobel House since the installation of those hives.
      (219510)
254 N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates bees were introduced to the hives on the roof of Nobel House.
      (219511)
255 N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a specialist beekeeper has been employed to supervise the hives on the roof of Nobel House.
      (219512)
256  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional provision she plans to make to ensure the level of monitoring of wildlife cybercrime does not fall following the expiration of funding for a cybercrime investigations post within the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
      (219398)
257 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 214826, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the Dogs Trust Report, The Puppy Smuggling Scandal; and if she will meet the Dogs Trust to discuss this matter.
      (219285)
258 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to prohibit the sale of badges which promote illegal activity by mounted groups of hunters hunting foxes with dogs; and if she will make an assessment of the prevalence of this activity by (a) the Countryside Alliance and (b) other groups.
      (219164)
259 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2014 to Question 216668, how many of the marine protected areas in the waters of (a) the UK and (b) UK overseas territories are designated as no-take zones.
      (218960)
260  
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce domestic technical measures to reduce sea bass mortality so that stocks can rebuild.
      (219112)
261 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK food safety standards are protected within the framework of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
      (219467)
262  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes there have been in the number of herds under TB restrictions (a) in each area of the UK, (b) in the Gloucestershire pilot cull area and (c) in the Somerset pilot cull area in each month since January 2010.
      (219536)
263 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what identifiable expenditure her Department has spent on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (219402)
264 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made in implementing the Flood Re scheme.
      (219052)
265 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the feasibility of the implementation timeline for the Flood Re scheme; and if she will make a statement.
      (219053)
266  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to amend restrictions on entry to the UK by animals to enable competition horses from Iraq to compete in the UK.
      (219324)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
267  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Hadi al-Bahra on the humanitarian situation in Kobane.
      (219422)
268  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the Minsk Protocol by all parties to the agreement.
      (219423)
269  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is giving to the Syrian opposition to assist delivery of essential services.
      (219424)
270  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects the Friends of Syria Group to meet.
      (219425)
271  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests the UK has received for additional support from the Kurdistan regional government.
      (219426)
272  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with the EU's new High Representative for Foreign Affairs on other EU member states' contribution towards the fight against ISIL in Iraq.
      (219427)
273  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on the interception of Russian aircraft by NATO forces over the Baltic.
      (219428)
274  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the security situation around Mount Sinjar.
      (219429)
275  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on the refugees on Mount Sinjar.
      (219430)
276  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed the conflict against ISIL with representatives of the Kurdistan regional government.
      (219431)
277  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met Dr Husn Banu Ghazanfar, the Afghan Minister for Women's Affairs.
      (219443)
278  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes his Department is planning to the number of its staff based in Afghanistan.
      (219444)
279  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of EU-wide sanctions on Russia's policy towards Ukraine.
      (219445)
280  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps at an EU-level to increase the size of the sanctions regime against Russia in response to the security situation in Ukraine.
      (219446)
281 N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to staff on terminology to be used when referring to ethnic groups in meetings with the Burmese government.
      (219157)
282 N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials in his Department have been instructed not to use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.
      (219460)
283  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provides to British citizens travelling to (a) Italy, (b) the EU and (c) other countries on obtaining legal expenses insurance to cover such trips.
      (219107)
284  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received that North Koreans with dwarfism are subject to segregation and forced sterilisation; and what steps the British Embassy in Pyongyang is taking in its disability programmes in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to raise this issue with their North Korean counterparts.
      (219117)
285 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on agreeing the language to be used in the draft UN Security Council resolution outlining the principles for a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine.
      (219463)
286  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the detention of Roya Saberinejad Nobakht.
      (219374)
287 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential to hold the perpetrators of recent human rights violations in West Papua to account in international law; and if his Department will develop plans to increase support for the protection of Papuan civilians.
      (219022)
288 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential reputational or political risk to the Government of the decision to enter an agreement with Bahrain to establish a naval base in the Gulf.
      (219271)
289  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he has held with his counterpart in Ethiopia to discuss the continued detention of Andargachew Tsege.
      (219557)
290  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the implementation of the Rome statute in that country and training of its armed forces in human rights observance.
      (219562)
291  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to give practical personnel support to the UN Multidiversional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic.
      (219563)
292  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have held with human rights organisations in Bahrain to discuss the detention of human rights activists in that country.
      (219564)
293  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consular visits have been made to Andargachew Tsege in prison in Ethiopia; and what reports he has received on the state of Mr Tsege's health.
      (219575)
294 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the human rights situation in Tibet.
      (219015)
295 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the human rights situation in Tibet.
      (219016)
296 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Tibet; and if he will make a statement.
      (219017)
297  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Dalai Lama; what topics were discussed in such meetings; and if he will make a statement.
      (219132)
298 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Azeri counterpart on human rights in that country in the last month.
      (219466)
299  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 10 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr P Metcalfe.
      (219437)
300 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish without delay a Judge-led inquiry into any (a) direct and (b) indirect UK involvement in the use of torture or rendition following the events of 11 September 2001; and if he will make a statement.
      (218898)
301 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government communicated with the US (a) Senate Committee on Intelligence or people contributing to that Committee and (b) Administration about that Committee's study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program and UK involvement in (i) torture and (ii) rendition; whether any information in earlier drafts or unpublished versions of that study relating to (A) direct or (B) indirect UK involvement in that programme were (1) redacted or (2) not published following representations from the Government; and if he will make a statement.
      (219031)
302 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in Colombia with his EU counterparts in discussions of EU-Colombia trade agreements.
      (218899)
303 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a country should feature as (a) a case study and (b) a country of concern in its annual Human Rights and Democracy report.
      (219005)
304 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors his Department takes into account in deciding whether to escalate a country from being a case study to a country of concern in its annual Human Rights and Democracy Report.
      (219006)
305 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Ecuador government on (a) environmental protection and (b) protections for environmental and indigenous activists.
      (219104)
306 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department intends to answer Question 216778, tabled on 2 December 2014 for Answer on 11 December 2014, on political prisoners in the United Arab Emirates.
      (218959)
307  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance overseas posts provide to UK nationals who are seeking the return of their child from a country that is not party to the 1980 Hague Convention.
      (219490)
308 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on Turkish membership of the EU.
      (218909)
309 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Cyprus about the human rights of people living in the north of that country; and if he will make a statement.
      (218910)
310 N
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conclusions he has drawn from the outcomes of the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons on 8 to 9 December 2014.
      (219018)
311  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the causes and consequences of recent unrest in East Jerusalem.
      (219248)
312  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the Government is making to international efforts to ensure that people involved in the olive harvest in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are protected from violence and harassment by illegal settlers.
      (219249)
313  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the reasons advanced by the Swedish government for recognising Palestinian statehood.
      (219250)
314 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo on possible closures of camps for internally displaced peoples around Goma by the end of 2014; and if he will make a statement.
      (218912)
315 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the situation in North Kivu; and if he will make a statement.
      (218913)
316 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of closures to camps for internally displaced peoples around Goma on local refugee populations; and if he will make a statement.
      (218914)
317 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what priority he and other Ministers in his Department are giving during discussions on the UK's military involvement in Iraq to ensuring that the Iraqi government holds talks with Sunni tribes; and if he will make a statement.
      (219061)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
318  
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218445, how much the NHS spent on commissioning private providers in each of the last five years.
      (219495)
319  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop more regional managed clinical neuromuscular networks.
      (219448)
320  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient funding is available for wheelchair services for neuromuscular patients with complex needs.
      (219449)
321  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to increase the number and availability of hydrotherapy pools for people living with (a) neuromuscular and (b) other long-term debilitating conditions.
      (219488)
322  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the neuromuscular care advisor post to be hosted by University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be re-advertised and recruited; and if he will make a statement.
      (219136)
323 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Innoculation to make a recommendation on whether all adolescent boys should be included in the national HPV vaccination programme.
      (218969)
324 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England plans to publish the (a) list of respondents and (b) responses received to its consultation on changes to the Standard Operating Procedures for the Cancer Drugs Fund.
      (219457)
325 N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process is in place to co-ordinate the review of the evaluation of cancer drugs led by Bruce Keogh and the Freeman review into innovative medicines and medical technology.
      (219458)
326 N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical industry among those chosen to sit on the hormone pregnancy test review panel.
      (219183)
327 N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from Schering/Bayer on the safety of hormone pregnancy tests.
      (219184)
328 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many localities (a) have and (b) have not adopted the principles of the Crisis Care Concordat.
      (219047)
329 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement the National Inclusion Health Board's recommendations to the Health and Social Care Information Centre to use the 2011 census ethnic category classification in national data collection.
      (219049)
330 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and which areas have a 111 service for mental health.
      (219055)
331 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many households were in receipt of adult social care services in each English local authority in 2013-14.
      (219189)
332 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent per capita on adult social care services in each English local authority in 2009-10 and 2013-14.
      (219190)
333 N
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change was in expenditure per head of population aged 65 and over on adult social care services in each English local authority in 2009-10 and 2013-14.
      (219191)
334  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent per capita on mental health services in each English local authority area between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
      (219196)
335 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what medicines the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (a) has evaluated and (b) intends to evaluate using the highly specialised technologies process; and what medicines his Department is planning to refer to NICE for assessment through that process.
      (218948)
336 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients have been recorded through the Quality and Outcomes Framework as having total cholesterol at 5mmol/l or less in (a) England and (b) each local commissioning organisation in each of the last five years.
      (218958)
337 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what prescriptions were dispensed in the community for the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of cardiovascular disease in (i) England and (ii) each local commissioning organisation in each of the last 10 years.
      (218963)
338 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what prescriptions have been dispensed in the community for the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of high cholesterol in (i) England and (ii) each local commissioning organisation in each of the last 10 years.
      (219011)
339 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what hospital prescriptions have been used in the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of high cholesterol in (i) England and (ii) each local commissioning organisation in each of the last 10 years.
      (219012)
340  
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the press release by the Department for Work and Pensions on 31 October 2014 on the families test, whether his Department has conducted such a test on its policy on long-term prescribing of methadone for opiate addicts.
      (219139)
341  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how long each person has been detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each case where the place of safety was a police cell since 2010; and what the length of wait between assessment and transfer to hospital was in each such case.
      (219331)
342  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time was that a patient spent receiving treatment in an ambulance in London in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
      (219556)
343 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the judgment of 21 November 2014 by Mr Justice Popplewell on NHS England's compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2012, what guidance he plans to give to NHS England on their obligation to consult patients; if he will introduce mandatory public consultation training; and if he will make a statement.
      (219007)
344  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have had tattoos removed on the NHS in each of the last three financial years.
      (219362)
345  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have had breast enhancement surgery for cosmetic or non medical reasons in each of the last three years.
      (219363)
346 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the change in annual transaction costs in the NHS as a result of implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
      (219276)
347 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual costs of the new central institutions established under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
      (219277)
348 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average incidence of stillbirths and linked infant deaths in England and Wales was in which all of the twins or triplets from the same pregnancy that remained after foetal reduction in either the first trimester or early in the second trimester subsequently died in infancy or were stillborn in each of the last 10 years.
      (218955)
349 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an audit of the board members of clinical commissioning groups who have a financial interest in healthcare providers for potential conflicts of interest.
      (219163)
350 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical interventions for opioid dependence there were in prisons in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; and what proportion of such interventions were (i) maintenance prescriptions and (ii) detoxification treatments.
      (219264)
351 N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Questions 214952 and 214953, whether his letter to the German Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth made representations urging the German government to make appropriate financial contributions to British victims of Thalidomide.
      (219059)
352  
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase neuromuscular care advisor support for adults in North Lancashire and South Cumbria living with neuromuscular conditions.
      (219143)
353 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency among (a) practitioners and (b) the public.
      (219149)
354 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211202 what steps he is taking to (a) improve support for people with fibromyalgia and (b) increase public awareness of that condition.
      (219256)
355 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with dementia in each year since May 2010.
      (219541)
356 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) boys and (b) girls aged between 10 and 17 have been admitted to hospital for self-harm in each year since May 2010.
      (219543)
357 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in (a) cash and (b) real terms was spent on child and adolescent mental health services in (i) Warrington and (ii) the North West per person in each of the last five years.
      (219102)
358 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions people in Warrington were transported to hospital in police vehicles because an ambulance was not available or did not arrive in a reasonable time in each of the past five years.
      (219103)
359 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many additional full-time equivalent health visitors have been recruited since 2010.
      (219068)
360 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Individual Funding Request process for cancer medicines.
      (218689)
361 N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Individual Funding Requests for cancer medicines were approved in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
      (218736)
362 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisons in England have adopted a system of opt-out blood-borne virus testing.
      (219173)
363 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for prisoners in England between referral and commencement of treatment for (a) hepatitis C and (b) HIV.
      (219174)
364  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses employed part-time in NHS hospitals drew a pension in each year since 2010.
      (219243)
365  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives employed part-time in NHS hospitals drew a pension in each year since 2010.
      (219244)
366  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of e-cigarettes sold in the UK.
      (219290)
367  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses employed by the NHS worked part-time in each calendar year from 2010.
      (219298)
368  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours were worked on average by NHS-employed hospital doctors in each of the last 10 years.
      (219303)
369  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors employed in general practice have been offered a contract as a locum by the NHS in each year from 2010.
      (219304)
370  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors working in NHS hospitals were employed as agency locums, in each year from 2010.
      (219305)
371  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new part-time contracts the NHS has offered to general practice doctors in each year from 2010.
      (219306)
372  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors in general practice were employed through agencies in each year from 2010.
      (219307)
373  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives working in NHS hospitals were agency staff in each year from 2010.
      (219308)
374  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives working in NHS hospitals were employed part-time in each year from 2010.
      (219309)
375  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses working in NHS hospitals were agency staff in each year from 2010.
      (219310)
376  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the use of e-cigarettes in public places is subject to regulation or control.
      (219311)
377  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors employed part-time in general practice also drew a pension in each year from 2010.
      (219316)
378  
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 61 of the Report of the Smith Commission, what plans he has for the devolution of abortion.
      (219146)
379 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of sexual assault or child sexual abuse on waiting lists for mental health support services in each region.
      (218901)
380  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets he will set for the uptake of clinically effective off-patent drugs.
      (219134)
381  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the use of patient decision aids to support the use of off-patent drugs outside of their licensed indications.
      (219135)
382 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) professionally-qualified clinical staff other than locum doctors, (b) doctors other than locum doctors and qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, (c) HCHS doctors other than locum doctors and (d) qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff were employed in each NHS foundation trust in May (i) 2010 and (ii) 2014.
      (219062)
383 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what identifiable expenditure his Department has spent on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (219403)
384 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral evidence given by Richard Douglas, Director General, Finance and NHS, to the Health Committee on 9 December 2014, Questions 513-4, what assessment he has made of the potential effect that reducing Health Education England's budget to support the £2 billion additional funding for the frontline NHS in 2015-16 would have on the healthcare workforce.
      (219063)
385 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards a paperless NHS; and if he will make a statement.
      (219216)
386 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on front-line NHS services of the ring-fence on NHS spending.
      (219211)
387  
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that all GP surgeries are open for at least one evening each week.
      (219251)
388  
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to amend working time rules to give trainee doctors, surgeons and medics additional time to train and practice.
      (219252)
389 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the diagnosis rate of dementia, (b) shorten the waiting time between sufferers seeing their GPs and receiving a diagnosis and (c) ensure that sufferers receive continuing help with their condition; and if he will make a statement.
      (218908)
390 N
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on dealing with claims for compensation by haemophiliacs given contaminated blood provided by the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
      (218967)
391 N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with organisations representing health and care workers on the development of the draft statutory guidance implementing the adult autism strategy.
      (218956)
392 N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage NHS foundation trusts to follow the statutory guidance implementing the adult autism strategy.
      (219270)
393  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the charitable sector can play an increased role in adult social care.
      (219521)
394  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate support systems are in place for older vulnerable people and people with dementia.
      (219537)
395 N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between him, Ministers of his Department, officials of his Department and the European Commission on the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations, as notified by the UK Government to the Commission on 29 August 2014.
      (218952)
396 N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he, Ministers or officials of his Department have had with the European Commission on the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Product Regulations, as notified by the Government to the Commission on 29 August 2014.
      (218953)
397 N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any EU member state has objected to the European Commission about the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Product Regulations, as notified by the Government to the Commission on 29 August 2014; and if he will make a statement.
      (218954)
398  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the number of specialist diabetes teams in GP practices and health centres as a measure to prevent diabetes-related amputations.
      (219389)
399  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetes-related amputations there were in each county in the last three years.
      (219390)
400  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce diabetes-related amputations.
      (219391)
401  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of diabetes-related amputations which took place in the last three years in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset which could have been prevented.
      (219392)
402  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with supermarkets as part of the Responsibility Deal.
      (219393)
403  
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of obesity care of the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice ruling that obesity can constitute a disability under certain circumstances.
      (219527)
404  
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in the General Dental Council registration fee on availability of NHS dentists.
      (219522)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
405 N
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many international students living and studying in the UK have not had their passports returned to them by the Passport Office in time to travel abroad before Christmas 2014.
      (219051)
406 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for UK police forces to investigate criminal suspects in Northern Cyprus.
      (219153)
407 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what airports police officers investigating the escape of John Anslow used on their (a) outward and (b) inward bound flights to Cyprus in 2013.
      (219160)
408 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria must be met before a police officer is permitted to travel abroad to investigate people suspected of criminal offences in their force's area.
      (219179)
409 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements can be made for removing suspected criminals to the UK to stand trial in the absence of an extradition treaty between the UK and the host country.
      (219188)
410 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates officers in Staffordshire police force travelled to Northern Cyprus in connection with the investigation into John Anslow's escape from lawful custody; and which airport these officers flew (a) into and (b) out of on those visits.
      (219266)
411 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of the adoption by the police of ethnic category codes currently defined in the 2011 census in respect of the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller population as part of their collection of data in accordance with Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.
      (219411)
412  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage victims of sexual assault to report such assaults to the police.
      (219108)
413  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent (a) police officers and (b) police staff were employed (i) overall and (ii) per 1,000 of the population in each London local authority in (A) 2011-12 and (B) 2013-14.
      (219148)
414 N
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter sent to the Minister of State for Policing in September 2014, reference BWC6181 by the hon. Member for Bournemouth West, on behalf of his constituent, Mr Robert Lee.
      (219468)
415 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK nationals she estimates are overseas and would potentially be subject to temporary exclusion orders.
      (219056)
416 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake to visit Northern Ireland before the general election for the purpose of ensuring that the public and all political parties are aware of the ongoing consequences of not having the National Crime Agency fully operational there.
      (219058)
417  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assets of criminal origin have been repatriated from the UK to jurisdictions overseas since 1 January 2014.
      (219530)
418  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) legislative measures and (b) further reviews have been instigated as a result of the Arab Spring Asset Recovery Taskforce Review led by Michael Beloff; and if she will make a statement.
      (219531)
419  
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the UK has imposed an asset freeze on an individual with reference to former regimes in the Arab Spring countries since the creation of the Arab Spring Asset Recovery Taskforce; what the value is of such assets; and if she will make a statement.
      (219532)
420  
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether special constables and police volunteers are allowed to serve with the police if they become hon. Members.
      (219124)
421 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected processing time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
      (218890)
422  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external agencies are carrying out character enquiries on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration as part of the application process for British Citizenship; and what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) longest time taken to complete such enquiries by each such agency was in the last year for which information is available.
      (219526)
423 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police time is spent dealing with complaints of online abuse and anti-social behaviour.
      (219165)
424 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of abuse and anti-social behaviour originating from social media have been dealt with by the police in the last year; and what proportion of police time this figure represents compared to time spent on (a) all abuse and anti-social behaviour complaints and (b) all complaints to the police.
      (219166)
425 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) children have been referred to the Channel anti-radicalisation programme since its inception; and how much that programme has cost to date.
      (219167)
426 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last conducted a review of the effectiveness of the Channel anti-radicalisation programme; and what form that review took.
      (219168)
427  
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation her Department has paid for unlawfully detaining people under immigration powers in Scotland in each of the last five years.
      (219387)
428 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a constituent of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish, Mr Edward Francis Temple Inglis, of Dukinfield, Greater Manchester (Home Office reference: J1960269), will have his citizenship application of 16 June 2014 decided upon.
      (219269)
429  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set and publish a maximum time limit by which she will place in the Library reports received by her Department from the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.
      (219092)
430 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that the Home Office Visas and Immigration section is taking to respond to decisions taken by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the last 12 months; and in how many cases a response is outstanding.
      (218892)
431 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of the drug-induced mortality rate in (a) Sweden, (b) Portugal and (c) the UK.
      (219010)
432 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has plans to set up an alternative to the EU Internal Security fund to facilitate cross-border crime prevention for the period 2014-20.
      (219054)
433 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to train police officers to spot signs that those in their custody may have mental health problems.
      (219180)
434  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 13 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M K Jaber.
      (219435)
435  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 14 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Taher Ivasue.
      (219439)
436 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Minister with cross-departmental responsibilities for child sexual exploitation has met groups of survivors of historic child abuse in the last 12 months.
      (219207)
437  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken any work with the Department for Education on the teaching of English to students for whom English is not their first language.
      (219241)
438  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department contributes to the trialing of independent advocates for trafficked children.
      (219293)
439  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213215, when her Department expects to lay before Parliament a report in relation to advocates for victims of child trafficking.
      (219317)
440  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213215, which 23 local authorities are taking part in the trial of specialist-independent advocates for trafficked children.
      (219318)
441 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has given to the UK Border Agency on (a) the maximum distance that asylum seekers can be asked to travel when reporting to police stations and (b) other aspects of the interpretation of that requirement.
      (219013)
442 N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to local authorities and police forces on the use of community protection notices to tackle shops that persistently (a) sell prohibited goods to underage persons and (b) sell smuggled or counterfeit tobacco.
      (218970)
443 N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to local authorities and police forces on the use of closure orders to tackle shops that persistently (a) sell prohibited goods to underage persons and (b) sell smuggled or counterfeit tobacco.
      (218971)
444 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to increase the number of front-line staff employed to work at the UK border.
      (219212)
445  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2014 to Question 204393, when she intends to bring forward legislative proposals to implement a ban on the testing of household products on animals.
      (219328)
446  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims of child abuse were designated by police in England and Wales as requiring no further action in each year since 1984.
      (219333)
447  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department and its Executive agencies have taken to record (a) claims of child abuse, (b) cases of suspected child abuse and (c) proven cases of child abuse.
      (219334)
448  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to better record claims of child abuse.
      (219335)
449  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the satisfactoriness of the police's historic record of investigating allegations of child abuse.
      (219336)
450  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) charities, (b) lobby groups, (c) experts and (d) the police on the handling of false allegations of child abuse.
      (219337)
451  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police forces on the handling of false allegations of child sexual abuse.
      (219339)
452  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to increase the (a) reporting, (b) detection and (c) prosecution of child abuse.
      (219340)
453  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle transphobia in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
      (219355)
454  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests there have been in (a) Lambeth, (b) Greater London and (c) the UK related to transphobic hate crime since 2010; and how many such arrests have led to prosecution.
      (219357)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
455  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost has been of (a) fees to recruitment agencies, (b) travel and (c) all other costs incurred in the process of appointing the new Clerk of the House culminating in the selection of Carol Mills.
      (219388)
456 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer to Question 218201, how many book titles in total are on sale in the House of Commons Book Shop; what proportion of such books are by women; and what proportion of such books which do not have the words woman, women or sexism in their title are by women.
      (219283)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
457  
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to the Afghan government to promote educational opportunities among women and girls in Afghanistan.
      (219442)
458 N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance her Department issues to staff on terminology to be used when referring to ethnic groups in meetings with the Burmese government.
      (219158)
459 N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether officials of her Department have been instructed not to use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.
      (219459)
460  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential for equipment, such as scanning equipment, supplied through funding provided by her Department, either directly or indirectly through other organisations, to be used for the purposes of coercive abortion; and if she will make a statement.
      (219566)
461  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding has been provided by her Department or indirectly through other organisations which may have been used to support China's one-child policy, for instance through the purchase of ultrasound scanning equipment.
      (219567)
462 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page two of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013 (a) in which countries and (b) on which projects the £1.8 billion of her Department's budget to be targeted on economic development will be spent.
      (219268)
463  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the funds earmarked by her Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
      (219518)
464  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to which countries and for what purpose her Department's contribution to the International Climate Fund has been spent; and what proportion of such funding (a) has been allocated to multilateral institutions and (b) is (i) capital and (ii) resource expenditure.
      (219540)
465  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK's financial share is of the overall EU contribution to helping the refugee crisis in Syria.
      (219133)
466  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 3 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Judith Emanuel.
      (219433)
467 N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will contribute to the European Trust Fund for the Central African Republic.
     [R] (219178)
468  
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to the countries surrounding Syria to cope with refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria.
      (219528)
469 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to continue to fund UNRWA when the current funding programme ends in 2015; and if she will make a statement.
      (218915)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
470 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2012; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2012.
      (219501)
471 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the percentage success rate was under the Capita TI interpreting contract in each month from 12 January to 14 March 2014
      (219515)
472 N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the decision by Mr Justice Collins of 5 December 2014 on the legality of a ban on sending books into prison, when he plans to amend the rules of the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme in line with that judgement.
      (219267)
473 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2012; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2012.
      (219496)
474 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded between 1 June 2010 and the most recent date for which information is available; and of what offence those prisoners had been convicted.
      (219497)
475 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s Analytical Summary on absconding incidents, published in November 2014, how many prisoners with a previous absconding incident and already in open conditions were assessed by the National Offender Management Service in the last three years; how many of those prisoners were allowed to remain in open conditions; and what crimes those prisoners have committed.
      (219498)
476 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the percentage success rate was under the Capita Translation and Interpreting contract in each month from 12 January to 14 March 2014.
      (219499)
477  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime were consulted before the perpetrator was released in each of the last three years.
      (219535)
478 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services in each prison in England and Wales in 2012; and on how many occasions each such interpretation service was used.
      (219419)
479 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison visitors have been arrested in each of the last four years; and how many of those arrested have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of an offence.
      (219261)
480 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) visitors, (b) staff and (c) prisoners were caught attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into each prison in England in each of the last four years; and what steps have been taken in respect of those so caught.
      (219262)
481 N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug seizures for each illegal substance there were in each prison in each of the last four years.
      (219263)
482 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of Hassockfield Secure Training Centre on the average journey time of relatives visiting young offenders accommodated in secure training centres.
      (218894)
483 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the need for secure training centre places in each region of England and Wales.
      (218895)
484 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of the four secure training centres currently operating in England has received the best rating from Ofsted.
      (218896)
485 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department has not carried out an impact assessment of The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Amendment of Functions) Order 2014; and if he will ensure that such an assessment is published.
      (219254)
486 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services in each prison in England and Wales in 2012; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used.
      (219418)
487 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were given imprisonment for public protection sentences of at least two years less than in a decision handed down before 14 July 2008 are still in prison; and what offences each such person committed.
      (218949)
488 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on clerical agency staff in each month since July 2014.
      (218950)
489 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners with public protection sentences imposed on or after 14 July 2008 are beyond their minimum tariff; and for what offence each such prisoner was convicted.
      (218965)
490 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection handed down before 14 July 2008 are beyond their minimum tariff; and what offences each such prisoner committed.
      (219050)
491 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners serving public protection sentences are beyong their minimum tariff; and what offences each such prisoner was convicted of.
      (219060)
492 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions the Legal Aid Agency has had with the legal profession on the 24 month prescribed time period for evidence relating to legal aid funding of domestic violence cases.
      (219182)
493 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many clerical agency staff his Department has employed in each month since July 2014.
      (219185)
494 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the prescribed time period of evidence relating to legal aid funding of domestic violence cases refers to the time of the first application or the evidence of domestic violence.
      (219186)
495 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times legal aid funding in ongoing domestic violence cases has ceased because the Legal Aid Agency ruled that evidence is outside of the prescribed time period since 1 January 2014.
      (219187)
496 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on external legal fees relating to each case involving substantive judicial review hearings since May 2010; and what the outcome of the proceedings was in each such case.
      (219494)
497 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those serving custodial sentences who were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 were (a) moved and (b) not moved to secure mental health establishments before the section expired in each year since 2010.
      (219545)
498 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
      (219549)
499 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the potential merits of the appointment of specialist magistrates able to sit at short notice and out-of-hours to expedite eviction orders against illegal Traveller encampments.
      (219208)
500  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many UK parents have applied for the return of their child from another country under the 1980 Hague Convention in each of the last five years.
      (219489)
501  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the numbers of young offenders in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the causes of those changes.
      (219491)
502  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the availability of places in the prison estate to safely accommodate those sentenced to custodial sentences by the courts.
      (219492)
503 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints there have been to the Information Commissioner's Office about Government data sharing policies.
      (218903)
504 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) discussions and (b) representations from the Information Commissioner's Office he has had on government data sharing.
      (218905)
505  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed changes to the EU Regulation on Data Protection on pancreatic cancer research in the UK.
      (219113)
506 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the G4S strategic plan on HMP Altcourse that has been received by the National Offender Management Service.
      (219177)
507 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of the ruling of the High Court in the case of R (on the application of Tony Whitshon) v Secretary of State for Justice on his policy on (a) insolvency litigation and (b) other exemptions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
      (219028)
508 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions court cells were made available for housing prisoners overnight in each of the last four years.
      (219029)
509 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders held in a cell designed for one inmate shared it with (a) one other and (b) more than one other inmate in each of the last four years.
      (219502)
510 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government spent on the case Gordon-Jones, R (on the appplication of) v The Secretary of State for Justice & Anor [2014] EWHC 3997 (Admin) (5 December 2014).
      (219542)
Questions to the Leader of the House
511  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will ensure that a debate with an opportunity for a division is held on the report by the House of Commons Governance Committee on the Governance of the House of Commons, HC 692.
      (219399)
512  
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will (a) reassess and (b) increase the amount of parliamentary time allocated for Private Members' Bills.
      (219447)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
513  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues about the implications for Northern Ireland of the proposals in the Command Paper on the implications of devolution for England, Cm 8969, published on 16 December 2014.
      (219065)
514  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings she has had with members of the Parades Commission in the last two years.
      (219069)
515  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings of the Joint Ministerial Council she has attended since becoming Secretary of State.
      (219082)
516  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with political parties in Northern Ireland on the National Crime Agency.
      (219106)
517  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 1.103 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what discussions her Department had with the Chief Executive of Invest NI before the announcement of the possible devolution of corporation tax.
      (219115)
518  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she next plans to report to the House on progress in the all-party talks.
      (219116)
519 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the devolution of corporation tax on Northern Ireland's block grant.
      (219150)
520 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish an analysis of the potential effects of introducing a devolved rate of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.
      (219151)
521  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she expects the National Crime Agency to operate in Northern Ireland.
      (219322)
Questions to the Prime Minister
522  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Prime Minister, how many official meetings he has had with the (a) First Minister and (b) Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland since taking office.
      (219081)
523 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his evidence to the Liaison Committee on 16 December 2014, Q30, HC 887, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the public are frankly fed up with so many wind farms being built.
      (219548)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
524  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much has been spent in total on allowances for members of the House of Lords in each year since 2010.
      (219352)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
525 N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216761, what assessment he has made of the effect on Northern Rail of Government plans for the TransPennine Express franchising process.
      (218863)
526 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Statement of 8 December 2014, on Motoring Services Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the competition process.
      (218951)
527 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the issue of competing rights arising from the recent case in West Yorkshire between a woman with a pushchair and a wheelchair user in terms of the priority when seeking to use a designated bay on buses.
      (219265)
528  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents involving near misses have been reported in UK airspace in each of the last five years.
      (219073)
529 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Need to Sell scheme for HS2 (Phase 1) will commence.
      (219546)
530 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218298, how many of the 850 electrified route miles referred to were committed to by the previous Government; how many route miles of High Speed 1 were completed (a) up to and (b) after 1 May 1997; and how many route miles have been electrified since 6 May 2010.
      (219009)
531 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage cyclists to wear high visibility clothing.
      (219255)
532 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what identifiable expenditure his Department has spent on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (219404)
533  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of average punctuality performance on (a) the West Anglia rail route and (b) other rail franchise routes.
      (219086)
534  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents there have been on the M11 in each of the last five years.
      (219089)
535  
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents there have been on the (a) M11 and (b) A(1)M in the last 12 months.
      (219090)
536 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of private sector provision on the railway on (a) the public finances and (b) investment in the railways.
      (219215)
537 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of rail privatisation on (a) investment in the rail network, (b) the performance of the rail network and the quality of services and (c) the public purse.
      (219414)
538  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made in increasing the use of renewable energy in transport.
      (219142)
539 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 41 of the Road Investment Strategy: Investment Plan, published on 1 December 2014, and the proposed study of a scheme to be developed for improvements to the A45 from Thrapston to Stanwick, (a) when that study will begin, (b) which body will undertake the study, (c) what the timescales for the study will be and when the study will conclude, (d) what public consultation will be involved in the study, (e) who will evaluate the study, (f) what funding has been allocated to undertake the study, (g) whether the announcement of a study is a guarantee that road improvements will take place in a future road period, (h) what the earliest year would be in which improvement work could be undertaken on the A45 Thrapston to Stanwick following the study, (i) what submissions about the A45 from Stanwick to Thrapston were received from the Highways Agency in connection with the development of the Road Investment Strategy and (j) what cost estimates were considered in relation to dualling from Thrapston to Stanwick.
      (219170)
540  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on maritime training schemes in each of the last 15 years for which figures are avilable.
      (219366)
541  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the size of the British merchant fleet was in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
      (219367)
542  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage the recruitment of new officer recruits into the Merchant Navy; and if he will make a statement.
      (219368)
543  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) establishment and (b) actual strength of the Merchant Navy Reserve was on 1 April in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
      (219369)
544  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Merchant Navy officer cadets (a) began and (b) completed training in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
      (219370)
545  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the land due to be compulsorily purchased for High Speed Two is required for (a) construction of the track and associated infrastructure and (b) environment mitigation.
     [R] (219323)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
546  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, who is responsible for the co-ordination of emergency services in the event of a major disaster in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
      (219493)
547  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with his (a) ministerial colleagues and (b) his counterpart in the Welsh Government in London on the economic effect of using pylons for electricity transmission and their potential economic effect on (i) taxation and (ii) property values.
      (219347)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
548  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) male and (b) female employees who are employed in organisations with less than 250 employees.
      (219397)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
549  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change was in the number of (i) all households and (ii) working households in receipt of housing benefit in each English local authority area between April 2010 and the latest date for which figures are available.
      (219195)
550 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were previously on benefits that have moved to part-time or full-time work following the introduction of the cap on benefits.
      (219057)
551  
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Scottish pensioners in each local authority area were entitled to receive the basic state pension in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and how many such people are expected to receive basic state pension in 2015-16.
      (219394)
552  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether recipients of the Christmas Bonus may pay it back.
      (219450)
553  
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland on welfare reform.
      (219080)
554 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of annual expenditure on housing benefit is allocated to the costs of administering that benefit.
      (219154)
555 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of parents in the survey conducted by his Department of parents' contact with the Child Maintenance Options Service between February 2013 and March 2014 had no maintenance arrangement following contact with the Service.
      (219094)
556 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of parents in the survey conducted by his Department of parents' contact with the Child Maintenance Options Service between February 2013 and March 2014 chose to make a statutory maintenance arrangement following contact with the Service; and how many children such statutory arrangements covered.
      (219095)
557 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were received by the Child Maintenance Options Service from parents who had been in contact with the Options Service during the period covered by his Department's most recent survey of effective family-based arrangements.
      (219096)
558 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls there were to the Child Maintenance Options Service from September 2014 to the end of November 2014.
      (218968)
559  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 11 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S Almond.
      (219432)
560  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department offers to grandparents and other older people who act as kinship carers.
      (219358)
561 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what identifiable expenditure his Department has spent on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
      (219420)
562 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues for companies on what health and safety data they should publish.
      (218907)
563  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the degree to which assessments for Child Support calculates an individual's assets, to ensure that the assessment is comprehensive.
      (219326)
564 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what help he plans to provide to women who will be adversely effected by the ending of access to derived basic state pensions; and if he will make a statement.
      (218911)
565  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the value of unclaimed benefits in each (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last 10 years.
      (219130)
566  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of employment and support allowance for more than one year in the Vale of Clwyd in each of the last five years.
      (219131)
567  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in housing benefit in Vale of Clwyd constituency in each of the last five years.
      (219330)
568  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who have been subject to the under occupancy penalty live in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) region and constituent part of the UK.
      (219400)
569  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of child poverty was in Pendle in each year since 2006.
      (219253)
570 N
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is in Highland for people requiring an employment and support allowance work capability assessment.
      (219203)
571 N
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for employment and support allowance in Highland are awaiting a work capability assessment.
      (219204)
572 N
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for employment and support allowance in Highland have been waiting for a work capability assessment for (a) longer than three months, (b) longer than four months, (c) longer than five months and (d) longer than six months.
      (219205)
573 N
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for work capability assessments in Highland; and what discussions he has had with Atos on that reduction.
      (219206)
574 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many instances of fraud have been recorded in the universal credit programme since April 2013.
      (218946)
575 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to ensure that a person who loses their employment and support allowance as a result of a sanction will not also lose their housing benefit because of a misunderstanding by the local authority.
      (218957)
576 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to make benefit claimants aware of (a) short-term benefit advances and (b) hardship payments.
      (218961)
577 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents were referred to the Work Programme between June 2011 and June 2014; and how many such parents achieved a sustained job outcome.
      (218962)
578 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the difference in the number of short-term benefit allowance payments in 2013-14 and the number of crisis loan alignment payments in each of the previous six years.
      (218964)
579 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who claimed universal credit up to 13 November 2014 have not accepted the terms of their claimant commitment.
      (219155)
580 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the 22,900 claiming universal credit up to 13 November 2014, in how many cases the claimant has initially been unemployed and then moved into employment during their claim.
      (219156)
581 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in employment and support allowance claimants.
      (219159)
582 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department allocated to local authorities for Universal Credit Delivery Partnership agreements in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
      (219161)
583 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the recent change in the number of 16 to 24 year olds unemployed for more than two years.
      (219513)
584 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job applications have been made through Universal Jobmatch from the EU-wide jobs portal since November 2012.
      (219514)
585 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants participating in the Work Programme have received more than one sanction since June 2011.
      (219551)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
586  
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Government plans to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty of June 2013.
   [Transferred]  (219395)
587 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the £60 million of funding for the National Nuclear Users Facility announced in the Autumn Statement will be used for.
   [Transferred]  (218944)
588  
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the contribution that the video games industry made to UK exports as a proportion of GDP in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
   [Transferred]  (219378)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
589  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218189, how many people in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority were workers paid less than the national minimum wage (NMW); and what proportion of the total number of workers paid less than the NMW such figures represent.
   [Transferred]  (219125)
590 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people claimed jobseeker's allowance aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23, (i) 24, (j) 25 in 2013-14; and, in each case how many left the benefit within six months.
   [Transferred]  (219550)
591  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments his Department has made to Ipsos-Mori for opinion polling since 1 June 2014; and what the purpose was of such polling.
   [Transferred]  (219533)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
592 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on recent changes to the VAT regulation on (a) digital and (b) other small and micro businesses which fall below the existing VAT threshold in the UK; what estimate he has made of the likely additional costs to such businesses; if he will take steps to ensure that UK businesses below the VAT threshold in the UK are not negatively affected by such changes; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (219421)
593 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he forecasts will accrue to the Exchequer from (a) the Carbon Price Floor and (b) the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in each of the next six years.
   [Transferred]  (219415)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
594  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to local authorities for caring for and accommodating victims of child trafficking.
   [Transferred]  (219231)
595 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that local authorities are abiding by procurement regulations when letting contracts to acquire school places for children with SEND from Special Academy schools.
   [Transferred]  (219407)
596 N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on the procurement obligations of local authorities when they seek to acquire school places for children with SEND from Special Academy schools.
   [Transferred]  (219409)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
597 N
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to address the drivers of crime.
   [Question Unstarred]  (906752)
598  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of victims of child sexual trafficking in each local authority in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (219247)
599 N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to seek a reduction in the incidence of deaths among refugees crossing the Mediterranean by boat.
   [Transferred]  (219500)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
600  
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration tribunal decisions in favour of the applicant were subsequently overturned on appeal in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
   [Transferred]  (219555)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
601 N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet representatives of Dudley College to discuss delays to its application for a crossing next to the college campus.
   [Transferred]  (219464)
602 N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will investigate the reasons for the failure to determine Dudley College's application for a new crossing in line with published timescales.
   [Transferred]  (219465)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
603  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on the Government's Transgender Action Plan, published in December 2011.
   [Transferred]  (219354)
604  
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to raise awareness of transgender issues and transphobia; and if she will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (219356)

Prepared 2nd January 2015